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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
@alexmlwrites.bsky.social
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THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder & A Memoir / US Artists & NEA (RIP) fellow / work in Best Amer Essays, NYTimes, Harper’s, etc / next up: a 🏳️‍⚧️ work of haunted 👻 nonfiction, BOTH & NEITHER, forthcoming from Doubleday & internationally
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20d
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich @alexmlwrites.bsky.social · 29d
Thrilling news!!! Congratulations, Joy!
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Mr Autumn Man @pnwnwa.myatproto.social · Sep 14
Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.

Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
Young Black man in a patterned shirt leans over a metal water fountain labeled “WHITE ONLY,” drinking directly from it. His gaze meets the camera, capturing a bold act of defiance against segregation during the Jim Crow era.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Sep 14
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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MFA Program for Writers @warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social · Aug 26
We're excited to introduce one of our newest faculty members for our new creative non-fiction track: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich! Please join us in welcoming @alexmlwrites.bsky.social to Warren Wilson, and learn more about their work here: www.warrenwilsonmfa.org/newfaculty-2...
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jul 30
So yesterday I learned about Ava Cordero, a transgender woman who, in 2007, sued Jeffrey Epstein alleging he sexually abused her when she was 16. Her lawsuit was filed in 2007 while Epstein was negotiating a plea deal in Florida for abusing other girls, but her claims were mocked and dismissed
Pages of the NY Post from 2007 featuring Ava Cordero under the headlines "GENDER BENDER SHOCKER" and "S(HE) HAS A HISTORY"
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Apr 5
Wow Chicago!

#HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne

(🎥 Marco Foster)
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Apr 5
Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk
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Mike Williams @mwilli.bsky.social · Apr 5
Portland, ME showed up. #HandsOff
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · Apr 5
Augusta, Maine
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5
100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · Apr 5
Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff
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Army Dude (RET) @armyvetdude.bsky.social · Apr 5
Salt Lake City showed up
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5
Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!
Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · Apr 5
Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff
Portland OR Hands Off Rally
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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · Apr 5
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · Apr 1
"Don’t mess with Trans Kids"
Banner spotted in San Antonio, TX for International day of trans visibility 2025
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earworms magazine (SUBS OPEN UNTIL 11/5) @earwormsmag.bsky.social · Mar 31
now a poem!! gut-wrenching & experimental!! published by @splitthisrock.bsky.social, tonee mae moll’s burning haibun melts from a prose piece into verse lines into a perfectly packaged haiku. it’s an untamed celebration of transness, & u should read it now!!! www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-datab...
Burning Haibun as Portrait: 9 months on HRT, Georgia on MS Word | Poetry Database | Split This Rock
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earworms magazine (SUBS OPEN UNTIL 11/5) @earwormsmag.bsky.social · Apr 1
two poems from the magnificent @yanyiii.com’s book, the year of blue water!! we first found his work when combing through the yale younger poets prize backlist, & we truly understand why he won in 2018 🫢 these poems r incredibly vulnerable & sincere granta.com/two-poems-ya...
Two Poems
‘It murmurs beneath the crust of the ground, or a person who serves as the ground you stand on.’
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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich @alexmlwrites.bsky.social · Apr 6
Thank you, @earwormsmag.bsky.social! 🪱💜
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earworms magazine (SUBS OPEN UNTIL 11/5) @earwormsmag.bsky.social · Mar 31
it’s trans visibility day!! to celebrate, us worm interns here at earworms magazine will be sharing some of our fav works from trans writers! to start off, @alexmlwrites.bsky.social’s 2019 essay, “body language”

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Body Language, by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
How to tell a genderqueer story
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Mar 24
If an Army private accidentally texted the details of a classified military operation to a reporter, let alone transmitted any classified information to anyone who was unauthorized over an unsecured device, they’d be charged and likely spend time in Leavenworth.

But it’s Hegseth, so probably not.
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Paul Lucas @canonizer.bsky.social · Mar 24
the best people!!!

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · Mar 22
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
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