Lacy Warner
@lacywarner.bsky.social
Writer, Producer, Story Hunter
Words in Vogue, Guernica, Tin House etc
Words in Vogue, Guernica, Tin House etc
Loved working on this piece—feels like I’ve been writing it in my head in bits and pieces for the last two decades
What happens when the babysitter becomes the mother employer? @lacywarner.bsky.social explores whether or not she became the mother she used to nanny for.
The Babysitters Club
In hiring a babysitter of my own, have I become the mother I used to nanny for?
conversationalist.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Loved working on this piece—feels like I’ve been writing it in my head in bits and pieces for the last two decades
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Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation
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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
Make this make sense:we want the immigrants gone bc they don’t pay taxes and are a drain, but we are going to find these “illegals” by going through the IRS and rounding up the immigrants who pay taxes?!!!?
April 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Make this make sense:we want the immigrants gone bc they don’t pay taxes and are a drain, but we are going to find these “illegals” by going through the IRS and rounding up the immigrants who pay taxes?!!!?
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TRUMP: "Now, don't tell China all our military secrets about how we are going to fight them in a war in exchange for them letting you sell these cars of yours in their huge market, Elon."
MUSK: [laughter]
MUSK: [laughter]
March 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
TRUMP: "Now, don't tell China all our military secrets about how we are going to fight them in a war in exchange for them letting you sell these cars of yours in their huge market, Elon."
MUSK: [laughter]
MUSK: [laughter]
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"How much of the breastfeeding debate is really about the health of the child, and how much is about the control of women’s bodies and, moreover, about the performance of successful womanhood?" @lacywarner.bsky.social shares her experience and the complicated narratives around breastfeeding.
A Personal History of Breastfeeding
After my daughter was born, I struggled to produce milk. Why did I feel like I had to keep trying?
conversationalist.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"How much of the breastfeeding debate is really about the health of the child, and how much is about the control of women’s bodies and, moreover, about the performance of successful womanhood?" @lacywarner.bsky.social shares her experience and the complicated narratives around breastfeeding.
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No one ever said they were creative.
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No one ever said they were creative.
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DoD officials have said the military spent $52 million between 2014 and 2025 on gender dysphoria treatments for troops — so an average of $5.2 million a year. According to Judge Reyes, the military spends $42 million a year on Viagra treatments.
March 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
DoD officials have said the military spent $52 million between 2014 and 2025 on gender dysphoria treatments for troops — so an average of $5.2 million a year. According to Judge Reyes, the military spends $42 million a year on Viagra treatments.
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I will not be watching the State of the Soyuz tonight. I saw it in Leningrad in 1978.
March 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I will not be watching the State of the Soyuz tonight. I saw it in Leningrad in 1978.
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SCOOP: Some of the DOGE staffers are drawing salaries from the agencies they are cutting. We got some new details: www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
SCOOP: Some of the DOGE staffers are drawing salaries from the agencies they are cutting. We got some new details: www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
Between the student loan fiasco, firing almost 800,000 people and the tariffs—I feel like I’m just in this horrible limbo waiting to find out how broke I’ll be.
March 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Between the student loan fiasco, firing almost 800,000 people and the tariffs—I feel like I’m just in this horrible limbo waiting to find out how broke I’ll be.
Every American deserves the dignity of being employed. Now we have hundred of thousands of folks left without a job and often without health insurance. Is this the country you want to live in?
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
Fired in Trump's chaotic purge, an Anchorage Army vet says he's never felt more betrayed
Mike Macans is one of an unknown number of Small Business Administration employees who were fired, unfired and fired again.
alaskapublic.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Every American deserves the dignity of being employed. Now we have hundred of thousands of folks left without a job and often without health insurance. Is this the country you want to live in?
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
February 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
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Hey corporate media,
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
December 16, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Hey corporate media,
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
America hates children. It’s our police force who are selling guns to school shooters: www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pol...
Police illegally sell restricted weapons, supplying crime
These high-powered weapons are only meant for police. How are they ending up in criminals' hands?
www.cbsnews.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:21 PM
America hates children. It’s our police force who are selling guns to school shooters: www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pol...
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The decision by the Democratic Party to just roll over and die after this election is inexcusable
December 16, 2024 at 12:02 PM
The decision by the Democratic Party to just roll over and die after this election is inexcusable
looking for a tonic after the horrible Cormac McCarthy muse debacle—I wrote about the complicated muse “Suzanne Verdal” who inspired Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” The real tragedy is that both muses have disappeared under the weight of the art they’ve inspired. www.guernicamag.com/suzanne-take...
Suzanne Takes You Down to Her Place Near the River
Wrestling with debt, ambition, and the woman who inspired Leonard Cohen’s famous song.
www.guernicamag.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:18 PM
looking for a tonic after the horrible Cormac McCarthy muse debacle—I wrote about the complicated muse “Suzanne Verdal” who inspired Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” The real tragedy is that both muses have disappeared under the weight of the art they’ve inspired. www.guernicamag.com/suzanne-take...