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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism.

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Mother of twins, wife of dude, writer of stuff, prof. of student, PhD. Website at demistybellinger.com. Story collection All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere (U-Nebraska Press: Zero Street Fiction: https://tinyurl.com/prdacfrt)

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 7d

Do you like writing the whimsical in your short fiction? Do you amuse your readers, or make them muse? If so, send me a story at Necessary Fiction! I'm guess editing this month: necessaryfiction.submittable.com/Submit

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 12h

@aubreyhirsch.bsky.social is my hero. My husband and I love her work. Going to get her book as an anniversary present to us: www.splitlippress.com/graphic-rage

Graphic Rage by Aubrey Hirsch

In 25 sharp, unflinching, and darkly funny feminist comics, Aubrey Hirsch’s Graphic Rage exposes the absurdities and injustices that women know all too well, turning rage into razor-sharp wit and push...

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 20h

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 22h

An administration of Leni Riefenstahls.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 23h

This is hilarious! I still remember phone numbers from my childhood.

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 1d

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 1d

I did my first query review last week, and I loved digging in to give the author their best shot at finding an agent! There's a lot of advice out there, but sometimes it helps to hear from a trusted source! If you need some help with your query, see below!

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 2d

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 2d

From the title to the last sentence, this story by @kathyfish.bsky.social is delectable.

The Saddest Fuckers of All — Ghost Parachute

I am needing a prescription for the Pill. I can no longer use Student Health due to living in a new town and not being a student anymore. I am telling this to the kid as he is rolling out pizza dough ...

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 2d

Heh! Anytime!

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David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 3d

Less than a month away!!!!

Listen to live Lit and raise funds for @translifeline.org.

Register now at:
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Bearded Bards
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Online readings to raise funds for Tans Lifeline.

November 8, 2025
Featuring:
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Brian Spears
Matthew E. Henry
James McConachie
David J. Bauman
Jonathan Everitt

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 2d

Living in an old New England house means that falls are full of mice creeping inside and the cat finding one of the mice, eviscerating it, and leaving it in the kitchen for you to find.

He is resting after the carnage.

Picture of my black cat Al, who is sleeping soundly on his red blanket. He looks innocent, but his appearance is deceptive.

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 3d

As my husband and I are originally from Wisconsin, we're rooting for the Brewers. Or my daughter is. We're forced to watch recaps every morning.

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 3d

Yes!✔️

DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 4d

But a sesame seed bagel? Is that okay? Because that's kind of the only one I ever order.

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 4d

Guys. GUYS! John Waters is headlining AWP! He's our keynote speaker!

conference.awpwriter.org/keynote2026....

2026 AWP

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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · 4d

“At Trader Joe’s, the fluorescent lights spark a transformation inside us. We are werewolves meeting the moonlight. We break off into parallel tornados in pursuit of snacks and frozen dumplings…”

@livesinpages.bsky.social | @maudlinhouse.bsky.social

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Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 4d

Sherman is not bothered at all!

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 7d

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 6d

Take a moment to read our folio from the annual "Off Site. On Purpose." reading!

SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 10d

Introducing Painted Bride Quarterly’s folio featuring work from the Los Angeles “Off Site. On Purpose.” reading last spring.

In March 2025 in downtown Los Angeles, SWWIM, MER, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, & Cultivating Voices Live Poetry produced the third annual “Off Site. On Purpose.”

Painted Bride Quarterly Cover, Issues 110 & 111, image of woman floating in pool

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 7d

She sounds like a childish bully being caught up in her transgressions.

WATCH: Sen. Schiff details a list of questions Bondi refused to answer in oversight hearing

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 7d

Hilarious! 🤣

DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for sharing!