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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 20h

I am dipping my toes into the newsletter genre... join me for some stray threads

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Welcome to Lessons in Ferality

Stray threads from a feral femme

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 25d

Whenever a face wash is called “a milk” I’m like “ah yes, the milk of human kindness“

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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · Sep 11

All my students learn this in first year.

Ryan "Spirit Halloween of '76" Randall @ryanpatrickrandall.com · Sep 11

Have you ever noticed that "debate" isn't how knowledge actually disseminates through academics and other communities who care about evidence and methodical ways of making meaning?

That tells us something useful the value of debate for knowledge & policy, compared to mere performance or propaganda.

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The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congratulations to this year's winner, @adelebarclay.bsky.social

The winner of the 2025 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest is Adele Barclay for "Perhaps a Wolf & Lamb"

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Aug 20

I bring a certain “we’re gonna watch each other die” to the friendship

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Aug 9

The trick is to never have coffee so in the rare time you do you feel invincible even as the inevitable headache ensues

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · Jul 29

📚 #NMAReadingList

🏆 Cobra Blue Mustang Strat – @fiddlehd.bsky.social

In this lyrical, searing essay, @adelebarclay.bsky.social explores memory, trauma, and sisterhood through art and loss.

Gold winner, Columns & Essays.

#NMA25 #Essays #CreativeNonfiction

🔗 zurl.co/ksBbq

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 19

Recently my ex accidentally sent me money and then later a sext and in both cases I politely let them know they had messed up… and now THEY have unfollowed ME

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Jun 29

I’m so warbled by grief that when someone posts a sentimental photo with music and a long caption I’m like “oh no that person died” but then they’re just wishing a friend good luck on their move to Berlin

Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Jun 21

What if dudes’ torso pics were just them being kitties coyly showing their bellies?

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Jun 20

just found out my grandma used teenaged photos of me for one of her catfishing accounts… what kind of flavour of fucked up is that

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you to @fiddlehd.bsky.social & @canadamediaawards.bsky.social for granting “Cobra Blue Mustang Strat” Gold. Having this work about my older sister Elissa, grunge music, teen girl grit, and the legacy of domestic abuse be celebrated on a national scale makes me feel like these stories matter 🎸❤️‍🔥

National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · Jun 14

Congratulations to the #NMA25 Gold-winning @adelebarclay.bsky.social for @fiddlehd.bsky.social in the category of Columns and Essays for "Cobra Blue Mustang Strat"

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Ian LeTourneau @ianletourneau.bsky.social · Jun 14

Way to go @adelebarclay.bsky.social !

National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · Jun 14

Congratulations to the #NMA25 Gold-winning @adelebarclay.bsky.social for @fiddlehd.bsky.social in the category of Columns and Essays for "Cobra Blue Mustang Strat"

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · Jun 14

Aww thank you so much for publishing! 💜

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · Jun 14

Congratulations to the #NMA25 Gold-winning @adelebarclay.bsky.social for @fiddlehd.bsky.social in the category of Columns and Essays for "Cobra Blue Mustang Strat"

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 28

Perfectly acceptable so long as you don’t take the songs to Broadway

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 28

I’m begging you: not everything needs to be turned into a musical

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 25

The Big Wintersleep

Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · May 25

Some Like It Hot Hot Heat

Melanie @powerpop.bsky.social · May 25

Romancing The Stone Temple Pilots

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 2

💜💜💜

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · May 2

Congratulations @adelebarclay.bsky.social! It was an honour to publish the essay and we are so excited to see it nominated for a #NMA25!

Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 1

Wow! The first essay I published from my memoir Black Cherry has been nominated for a #NMA25 from @canadamediaawards.bsky.social

Thanks @fiddlehd.bsky.social for publishing 🌱

This is my first National Magazine Award nomination and the writing where I found the story of me and my sister 🩵

National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · May 1

🎸 Finalist | Columns & Essays | #NMA25

Cobra Blue Mustang Strat

@fiddlehd.bsky.social | By @adelebarclay.bsky.social

🔗 zurl.co/UOALO

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 1

Wow! The first essay I published from my memoir Black Cherry has been nominated for a #NMA25 from @canadamediaawards.bsky.social

Thanks @fiddlehd.bsky.social for publishing 🌱

This is my first National Magazine Award nomination and the writing where I found the story of me and my sister 🩵

National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · May 1

🎸 Finalist | Columns & Essays | #NMA25

Cobra Blue Mustang Strat

@fiddlehd.bsky.social | By @adelebarclay.bsky.social

🔗 zurl.co/UOALO

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 1

She’s a 10 but she has a 8/9 Beighton score

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · May 1

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · May 1

🎸 Finalist | Columns & Essays | #NMA25

Cobra Blue Mustang Strat

@fiddlehd.bsky.social | By @adelebarclay.bsky.social

🔗 zurl.co/UOALO

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · May 1

I wanna make out with the lilacs

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