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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · 3d

Will I see you this weekend? 📚🎤

WIMMEN’S COMIX panel at the 29 Palms Book Festival, Friday Nov 7 at 3:30, Twentynine Palms, CA

Red Light Lit performance at the Out There Bar, 29 Palms Book Festival, Saturday Nov 8, 8 PM, Twentynine Palms, CA

Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · 9d

Saturday! 🌈✨Bookish LGBTQ+ folks and their friends will be here - will you? I’ll be signing and selling books from 10-11 AM (when it’s still nice & cool) with local authors under the big tent. 🎪 Now, more than ever, let’s show up loud and proud. 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛🌴💙💜

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · 11d

Time isn’t real/doesn’t matter, unless you want to make it to one of these upcoming book events. Hope to see you! 🌈💥

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What time is it there?

or here, for that matter

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · 18d

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The Worst Kind of Girl hits the road (ouch)

& keeps going

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · 18d

The Worst Kind of Girl and I will be out and about in Southern California in the next few weeks. Will we see you?

Signing with local authors on Sat November 1, 10-11 AM, Palm Springs Cultural Center

Panel Moderator: Wimmen's Comix, a VIP Conversation, at 29 Palms Book Festival, 3:30 PM, Friday November 7. Reader, Red Light Lit, 8:00 PM, Saturday November 8.

Reading, open mic, and sanctuary tour Saturday November 15, 3-5 PM, at Viva Rescue, Menifee, CA. RSVP for address

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · 28d

The Desert split open celebrates band books week, sat 11, 3 to 5 PM, local author readings plus an open mic. At the flamingo Heights community center, 55977 Perris St, Yucca Valley

Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · 28d

🌈✊📚 Hope to see you at the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! Saturday, 3 PM, at the Flamingo Heights Community Center (55977 Perris St, Yucca Valley, CA, behind La Copine). open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...

Saturday: Banned Books Week Reading, Open Mic

& Book Swap

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Oct 4

Event flyer for the desert split open celebrates banned books week. Saturday, October 11, 3 to 5 PM featured readers and an open mic.
At the flamingo Heights community Center, 55977 Perris St, Yucca Valley, CA.

Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Oct 4

“We must not obey in advance, shrink ourselves, or keep quiet about the truths that hurt us. The personal is political and the political is coming for us.” Will you join us on Saturday 10/11 to celebrate our right to write and read freely?

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Unlearning silence

Also: where to find me Oct/Nov

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 24

Could not be more excited about this! 🌈SAVE THE DATE: Sat 11/15, 3 PM. I’ll introduce new readers to The Worst Kind of Girl, host an open mic & meet the animals! 🐐🐴 If you’re anywhere nearby, don’t miss this. “Viva is a grassroots, LGBTQ+ women run nonprofit trying to change the world for animals.”

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 17

🎤💥 Don’t miss the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! This year at the Flamingo Heights Community Center in Yucca Valley, CA. Brief readings by local authors followed by an open mic. Bring a book for the FHCC book exchange! 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Details: open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...

Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 14

Preorders open now: www.susanrukeyser.com/store/p/bad-...

Bad Words — Susan Rukeyser

I don’t believe in “bad” words. I believe in the power of marginalized people to reclaim slurs used against them. To me, language is continually under construction and entirely within our control. Our...

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 14

At Substack I wrote about BAD WORDS 🌈💥 my new collection of short and very short work, which is infused with the urgency I felt with the rise of Trump and rooted in fierce love. Most were written the Desert Split Open Mic, but some are older than others brand new.
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Good News: Bad Words

Coming soon! Here's a sneak peek...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 12

We always knew exactly who the shooter would be. The only detail we didn't know was his name.

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 12

The reaction to this man’s death shows us everything we need to know about white supremacy. Acting like “politics” is something to discuss politely, agreeing to disagree, is pretending the GOP’s “politics” are not specifically about removing basic human rights from certain citizens. ✋ #sureJan

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · Sep 11

The left isn’t “dancing on Charlie Kirk’s grave,” we’re just pointing out that, thanks to rhetoric like his, a lot of other graves exist.

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌈🌵🛼 My novel The Worst Kind of Girl is now available to order! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... or www.susanrukeyser.com/store/p/the-... Thanks to Red Light Lit, this book gets a 2nd chance. To me this book is about hope & queer joy. Hope it feels that way to you too.

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Not a dream, a party

The Worst Kind of Girl is relaunched & ready to order

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 2

My son just moved to Australia, where it is already/always tomorrow, meaning he moved to the future. Obviously I’m going to obsess about this like a moody poet/mom with jokes for the entire time he’s there! “Hello? Is this the future calling?”

I miss him.

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Sep 2

I liked him better when he was dead.

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Aug 31

Will I see you in LA?

The Worst Kind of Girl relaunch party, Friday September 5 at The Pop-Hop, 5002 York Blvd, Los Angeles

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Aug 31

Plot twist! 🌈🌵
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Turns out I belong here

The desert as karmic lover and/or home

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌈✨NEWS >>> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit and we’re celebrating on Fri 9/5 at The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles - can you join us? Look at this lineup of readers! So thrilled to be among them, and grateful for a second chance at getting this book into the hands of more readers.

The Worst Kind of Girl relaunch party by Red Light Lit: Fri Sept 5, 7 PM, The Pop-Hop, 5002 York Blvd, Los Angeles, California

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Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social · Aug 27

This. It doesn't matter how you're using it (brainstorming, summarizing, editing,etc.) you are supporting a company who does this.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Aug 27

If you're using ChatGPT or giving money to OpenAI, you're supporting this.

Just stop. Cut them off. They're the worst of the worst.

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · Aug 26

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today

This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be

OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

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Susan Rukeyser @susanrukeyser.bsky.social · Aug 27

Los Angeles—> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit! I am so thrilled to be with RLL, a woman-run publisher and event series that embraces many of the themes in this book. ❤️‍🔥 Help us celebrate on Friday, Sept 5, 7 PM, at The Pop-Hop: 5002 York Blvd, LA.