Maria Dahvana Headley
@mariadahvana.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
I tried to keep away, but keep seeing scraps of I Am A Poor Disgraced Journalist Who Fell In Mad Love With A Parasitic Worm Puppeting A Kennedy. It's so Weekly World News. My dad, who subscribed, and quoted it all day, would have loved this.
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I tried to keep away, but keep seeing scraps of I Am A Poor Disgraced Journalist Who Fell In Mad Love With A Parasitic Worm Puppeting A Kennedy. It's so Weekly World News. My dad, who subscribed, and quoted it all day, would have loved this.
A small happy thing: today, after years of hunting, I finally figured out the name of the designer of my favorite earrings. The ones that first got a little broken, and then entirely disappeared a few years back. I wore them until they went into the dark. But now. At last. A dragonish quest begins.
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A small happy thing: today, after years of hunting, I finally figured out the name of the designer of my favorite earrings. The ones that first got a little broken, and then entirely disappeared a few years back. I wore them until they went into the dark. But now. At last. A dragonish quest begins.
The time of year when suddenly your email is full of holiday "asks" from people you went on a couple tinder dates with a decade ago, who added you to their mish mash email list and now want you to give them money.
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The time of year when suddenly your email is full of holiday "asks" from people you went on a couple tinder dates with a decade ago, who added you to their mish mash email list and now want you to give them money.
So far, I've made sticky toffee pudding, a cranberry mousse pie. a dry brine turkey is in the oven. I've roasted butternut squash, made cornbread stuffing & pimento cheese, and...more. I'm wandering while everyone is at the park. But I did declare dinner is at 7 & that makes this day much better.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So far, I've made sticky toffee pudding, a cranberry mousse pie. a dry brine turkey is in the oven. I've roasted butternut squash, made cornbread stuffing & pimento cheese, and...more. I'm wandering while everyone is at the park. But I did declare dinner is at 7 & that makes this day much better.
Oh, & though it happened to someone else's family: Once I was on a plane to TX for thanksgiving, & a dude walked down the aisle, his hiking backpack dripping pink liquid. A 22-lb turkey, which he was defrosting en route. I said no. He acted like a turkey Jedi, & said this was the only way to do it.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
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November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Oh, & though it happened to someone else's family: Once I was on a plane to TX for thanksgiving, & a dude walked down the aisle, his hiking backpack dripping pink liquid. A 22-lb turkey, which he was defrosting en route. I said no. He acted like a turkey Jedi, & said this was the only way to do it.
My sister & I lost focus at Christmas - we were in charge of watching over my then-husband's Coca-Cola ham, which was in the oven. We drank cocktails, & tried on ballgowns. Eventually, we opened the oven to find the ham enrobed in pitch-black Coca-Cola toffee. We broke it off with a hammer. 🔨
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My sister & I lost focus at Christmas - we were in charge of watching over my then-husband's Coca-Cola ham, which was in the oven. We drank cocktails, & tried on ballgowns. Eventually, we opened the oven to find the ham enrobed in pitch-black Coca-Cola toffee. We broke it off with a hammer. 🔨
I made a 3rd place in my house. There is a weird long room, half of which is kitchen, half of which was uncomfortable space. I attached fold-out reading lamps to the wall, & brought the best chair into the corner. Now we have a reading lair, walled off w/bookshelves. Why didn't I do this before?!
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I made a 3rd place in my house. There is a weird long room, half of which is kitchen, half of which was uncomfortable space. I attached fold-out reading lamps to the wall, & brought the best chair into the corner. Now we have a reading lair, walled off w/bookshelves. Why didn't I do this before?!
Random crowdsourcing just in case: has anyone cured SI joint pain? It's been driving me insane for 6 years, & no one seems to be able to fix me. I know what happened. Pregnancy made it click out. It was a tiny click, with endless fuckitude after. Posting in case anyone has awesome ideas.
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Random crowdsourcing just in case: has anyone cured SI joint pain? It's been driving me insane for 6 years, & no one seems to be able to fix me. I know what happened. Pregnancy made it click out. It was a tiny click, with endless fuckitude after. Posting in case anyone has awesome ideas.
There is no frenzied housecleaning like the frenzied housecleaning of the household whose in-laws are on a plane heading this direction. And also, there are no distracting book collections like the ones I just pawed through, "organizing" the folklore/fairytale/mythology sections.
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There is no frenzied housecleaning like the frenzied housecleaning of the household whose in-laws are on a plane heading this direction. And also, there are no distracting book collections like the ones I just pawed through, "organizing" the folklore/fairytale/mythology sections.
Thing about being a writer is that you have to grit your teeth and push on, whether you're getting rejection, or you're killing it. Rejection earns you a day of being flat on the floor, & then, up again, writing. Killing it earns you a day of rapture & then, better get your ass back to work.
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Thing about being a writer is that you have to grit your teeth and push on, whether you're getting rejection, or you're killing it. Rejection earns you a day of being flat on the floor, & then, up again, writing. Killing it earns you a day of rapture & then, better get your ass back to work.
Today,I unpacked pounds of books sent me by another writer, & lemme tell you, this was kindness. In the ancient days I requested these books from a man, & said man insisted that they were not my area of interest. But. The history of violence is my area of interest. Also my area of interest is huge.
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Today,I unpacked pounds of books sent me by another writer, & lemme tell you, this was kindness. In the ancient days I requested these books from a man, & said man insisted that they were not my area of interest. But. The history of violence is my area of interest. Also my area of interest is huge.
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Musk's "time away from politics" involved having Republicans completely revamp the 2021 infrastructure bill so that a huge swath of the $42.5 billion in taxpayer broadband grants are funneled to his company (and away from better options) in exchange for satellite service he already planned to offer
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Musk's "time away from politics" involved having Republicans completely revamp the 2021 infrastructure bill so that a huge swath of the $42.5 billion in taxpayer broadband grants are funneled to his company (and away from better options) in exchange for satellite service he already planned to offer
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Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
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resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
Currently reading a book I've carried around with me since college, repeatedly reading only the first chapter and then falling out. In this book, between pages 100-101, I found evidence of a long ago me, one with long henna red hair, which thread I apparently I left as a marker.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Currently reading a book I've carried around with me since college, repeatedly reading only the first chapter and then falling out. In this book, between pages 100-101, I found evidence of a long ago me, one with long henna red hair, which thread I apparently I left as a marker.
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
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RIP Alice Wong, fiercest, finest, most fabulously dressed freedom fighter and friend. She changed the world a bit at a time every day and never stopped loving it. She taught me so much. I can’t believe this. I miss her bravery and clarity already. 💔♿️
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
RIP Alice Wong, fiercest, finest, most fabulously dressed freedom fighter and friend. She changed the world a bit at a time every day and never stopped loving it. She taught me so much. I can’t believe this. I miss her bravery and clarity already. 💔♿️
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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all the constituent parts finally knit back together, camera slowly pans up to the face, turns out it's cate blanchett
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
all the constituent parts finally knit back together, camera slowly pans up to the face, turns out it's cate blanchett
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just have a scene where all the parts of him come back together like the iron giant as the theme swells, maybe one of his hands gooses a stewardess on bottom on the way there, bob's your uncle
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
just have a scene where all the parts of him come back together like the iron giant as the theme swells, maybe one of his hands gooses a stewardess on bottom on the way there, bob's your uncle
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish