Marley Rose-Teter
@marleyroseteter.bsky.social
Writer. Theatre director. Occasional anime panelist. Once jammed a knife into my leg while carving a pumpkin. Queerer and queerer. She/her. Rep: Hannah Andrade
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Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!
Me, to SO: "What is that in your hair? Is that...grapes?"
(It was, indeed, a small bunch of moldy shriveled grapes.)
(It was, indeed, a small bunch of moldy shriveled grapes.)
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Me, to SO: "What is that in your hair? Is that...grapes?"
(It was, indeed, a small bunch of moldy shriveled grapes.)
(It was, indeed, a small bunch of moldy shriveled grapes.)
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
Oh, I love this.
a while back @toddedillard.bsky.social and @toddpetersen.bsky.social suggested i write a poem from one of my posts. the todds are two of my favorite people, so i did, and @baltimorereview.bsky.social was kind enough to take it. plz check out the issue: baltimorereview.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Oh, I love this.
When I don't post on socials for a while, I feel like I'm "supposed" to be posting more. When I do post a bunch, I feel like I look like I have no life, sitting here on socials. It's a lose-lose, and I miss the days when the Internet was about making friendships, not curating an image of your life.
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
When I don't post on socials for a while, I feel like I'm "supposed" to be posting more. When I do post a bunch, I feel like I look like I have no life, sitting here on socials. It's a lose-lose, and I miss the days when the Internet was about making friendships, not curating an image of your life.
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Fighter/Bard checking in. There are many ways to help even if it isn't always direct.
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Fighter/Bard checking in. There are many ways to help even if it isn't always direct.
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You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
So, I adore Caroline Kepnes's YOU books---I listen to them on audio, and they are SO voicey and SO funny---but I think listening to them while falling asleep is a mistake because I keep having nightmares in which my incredible cinnamon roll of a husband has become Horrible.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
So, I adore Caroline Kepnes's YOU books---I listen to them on audio, and they are SO voicey and SO funny---but I think listening to them while falling asleep is a mistake because I keep having nightmares in which my incredible cinnamon roll of a husband has become Horrible.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
INCREDIBLE.
We experienced a truly incredible moment at the aquarium when this octopus decided to be a total jerk to its tankmate.
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
INCREDIBLE.
I agree with this. I also think, hey, whatever framing makes you feel most excited about your life is the framing you should use!
Calling swimming outdoors "wild swimming" is a bit like calling lawn mowing “wild vacuuming”.
January 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I agree with this. I also think, hey, whatever framing makes you feel most excited about your life is the framing you should use!
Quite possibly the best thing I've read all week.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Quite possibly the best thing I've read all week.
. @bookshopsantacruz.bsky.social, as always killing it with their shelf talkers 🤣
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
. @bookshopsantacruz.bsky.social, as always killing it with their shelf talkers 🤣
Absolutely dying laughing at the 1992 Kirkus review for The Secret History. The Secret History had some problems, yes---but this review is downright spiteful! (Also a great reminder to writers that scathing reviews won't necessarily hurt your book or career!) www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Absolutely dying laughing at the 1992 Kirkus review for The Secret History. The Secret History had some problems, yes---but this review is downright spiteful! (Also a great reminder to writers that scathing reviews won't necessarily hurt your book or career!) www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
I am officially introducing, "There's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi," into my vocabulary 🤣🤣
We've been calling them 'words.'
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.
A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.
So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.
A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.
So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I am officially introducing, "There's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi," into my vocabulary 🤣🤣
Okay, but wait--- As someone who happily sips vinegar out of shot glasses, I would ADORE these.
Twirling my mustache in an evil, sinister fashion as I sneak into the local boba tea shop with these mfs in hand
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Okay, but wait--- As someone who happily sips vinegar out of shot glasses, I would ADORE these.
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I forgot to tell you this last night
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I forgot to tell you this last night
I am 36 years old and only just today understood the "what is black and white and red all over" joke o_O;;;;;
January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I am 36 years old and only just today understood the "what is black and white and red all over" joke o_O;;;;;
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A bright, crisp sunrise over Lake Winnipeg this morning. Perfect conditions for a walk.
January 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A bright, crisp sunrise over Lake Winnipeg this morning. Perfect conditions for a walk.
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Holy crap. Without completing portions of the required paperwork, with a likely failed drug test, and with clear indication that no HR person had ever Googled her or done even a cursory background check, ICE "hired" @laurajedeed.bsky.social.
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Holy crap. Without completing portions of the required paperwork, with a likely failed drug test, and with clear indication that no HR person had ever Googled her or done even a cursory background check, ICE "hired" @laurajedeed.bsky.social.
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Art Supplies Trading & Gifting! 🎁
Have old unused paints? Extra brushes or paper? A spare tablet? Yarn? Other materials you won’t use?
This is mutual aid share for artists to share supplies, all around the globe! 🎨
Instructions to join are below ⬇️
#ArtShare #TraditionalArt #MutualAid #ArtSky
Have old unused paints? Extra brushes or paper? A spare tablet? Yarn? Other materials you won’t use?
This is mutual aid share for artists to share supplies, all around the globe! 🎨
Instructions to join are below ⬇️
#ArtShare #TraditionalArt #MutualAid #ArtSky
January 6, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Art Supplies Trading & Gifting! 🎁
Have old unused paints? Extra brushes or paper? A spare tablet? Yarn? Other materials you won’t use?
This is mutual aid share for artists to share supplies, all around the globe! 🎨
Instructions to join are below ⬇️
#ArtShare #TraditionalArt #MutualAid #ArtSky
Have old unused paints? Extra brushes or paper? A spare tablet? Yarn? Other materials you won’t use?
This is mutual aid share for artists to share supplies, all around the globe! 🎨
Instructions to join are below ⬇️
#ArtShare #TraditionalArt #MutualAid #ArtSky
Me, eternally failing to make small-talk with my baby: "Yes, it's red. Red like apples...and firetrucks...and I'm sure there are other red things in this world, but I can't come up with any at the moment... Torii gates."
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January 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Me, eternally failing to make small-talk with my baby: "Yes, it's red. Red like apples...and firetrucks...and I'm sure there are other red things in this world, but I can't come up with any at the moment... Torii gates."
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THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
Anyway ICE was filmed desecrating Renee Nicole Good’s memorial & doing violence to people who found that distasteful. Might be too soon to say if this falls into some kind of pattern of behavior if you’re the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
Okay, but does ANYONE prefer the spelling "gray" to "grey"? I know the A is American vs the E is British, but I'm here to tell y'all that I've talked it over with a bunch of authors, and we all agree: "grey" looks and feels right, across the board.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Okay, but does ANYONE prefer the spelling "gray" to "grey"? I know the A is American vs the E is British, but I'm here to tell y'all that I've talked it over with a bunch of authors, and we all agree: "grey" looks and feels right, across the board.
My boy just got his first tooth, and I'm as proud as if he'd won the Nobel Prize!
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
My boy just got his first tooth, and I'm as proud as if he'd won the Nobel Prize!