Sarah Weinman
@sarahweinman.com
Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Latest Book: WITHOUT CONSENT. Author, SCOUNDREL, THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.
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Sarah Weinman
@sarahweinman.com
· Nov 11
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Epstein is one degree removed from YIVO and wow do I ever not like this
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Epstein is one degree removed from YIVO and wow do I ever not like this
Every new Botstein revelation is a reminder that no one should run anything for 50 (!) years
New Email Shows Bard’s President Thanked Epstein for Caribbean Trip
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Every new Botstein revelation is a reminder that no one should run anything for 50 (!) years
Many of us know VERY well and could probably take a shift here and there
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Many of us know VERY well and could probably take a shift here and there
It's one of the best novellas ever and also the ending destroyed me as an adult, what would it have done in high school?!
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
It's one of the best novellas ever and also the ending destroyed me as an adult, what would it have done in high school?!
The actual narrative of Surya Bonaly is incredible, no need to impose any others!
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The actual narrative of Surya Bonaly is incredible, no need to impose any others!
More recent interview from 2018: slate.com/culture/2018...
An Interview With the Figure Skater Who Did the Only Legal Backflip in Olympic Competition
A 19-year-old Californian named Terry Kubicka flipped at the 1976 Games. Here's what he remembers about his somersault of glory.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
More recent interview from 2018: slate.com/culture/2018...
Also this got me to look up what Kubicka is up to now (or at least, 2009: skatingmagazine.usfigureskating.org/article/Skat...)
Skating Magazine Archive
skatingmagazine.usfigureskating.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Also this got me to look up what Kubicka is up to now (or at least, 2009: skatingmagazine.usfigureskating.org/article/Skat...)
The Panican Brief
February 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The Panican Brief
This is a really comprehensive profile of the current fortunes and fascinating life of Laura X, whom I wrote about in WITHOUT CONSENT:
Laura X got spousal rape banned in California. At 85, she scrapes by in a Berkeley hotel room
She got spousal rape banned in California. Now 85, her fortune went to building a million-page women’s history archive — and to a Ponzi scheme.
www.berkeleyside.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
This is a really comprehensive profile of the current fortunes and fascinating life of Laura X, whom I wrote about in WITHOUT CONSENT:
This is Duchesnay erasure
February 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is Duchesnay erasure
I didn’t get into it for space reasons but it was SO infuriating to read about what 19th century feminists were agitating for and…no one gave a shit for a century plus
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I didn’t get into it for space reasons but it was SO infuriating to read about what 19th century feminists were agitating for and…no one gave a shit for a century plus
Obviously I have some, uh, skin in the game here
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Obviously I have some, uh, skin in the game here
Oh this is a fantastic hire!
Inbox: The New Yorker is hiring Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld.
February 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Oh this is a fantastic hire!
"We’re going to have to, as an industry, just make sure that they’re f***ing good." On the crisis in nonfiction publishing, and making sure this is actually cyclical and not indicative of something deeper.
There’s a crisis in non-fiction book sales. What’s to blame?
We’re buying 17 million fewer factual books than six years ago. Is the rise of podcasts to blame? Or publishers’ obsession with celebrities and influencers?
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"We’re going to have to, as an industry, just make sure that they’re f***ing good." On the crisis in nonfiction publishing, and making sure this is actually cyclical and not indicative of something deeper.
Best thread you will read today.
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Best thread you will read today.
Reposted by Sarah Weinman
Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/
Thank you very much!
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Thank you very much!
Reposted by Sarah Weinman
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
This is SUPER helpful (just learned of it)
so something that's been helpful for me is the @xblock.aendra.dev labeler, bc it labels social (mostly twitter / bsky) screenshots, so I'd have to actively click it open when people post those. In case you are looking for something to minimize twitter dunking on your skyline.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
This is SUPER helpful (just learned of it)
Needed this thank you!
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Needed this thank you!
The wedding was real!!
Bad Bunny Stuns the Super Bowl With Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and a Real Wedding Ceremony as Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba and More Party on Stage
Bad Bunny staged a Super Bowl Halftime performance for the ages on Sunday, with Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, an elaborate set and a real wedding.
variety.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The wedding was real!!
Too busy getting an op-ed commission about it maybe
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Too busy getting an op-ed commission about it maybe
Reposted by Sarah Weinman
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous