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
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· 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...
It is super weird whenever someone sets up a new Substack and I can't say I have regrets about ditching the platform at all
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It is super weird whenever someone sets up a new Substack and I can't say I have regrets about ditching the platform at all
Officially at the "watching vintage figure skating routines" stage of burnout, not the worst way to deal
February 7, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Officially at the "watching vintage figure skating routines" stage of burnout, not the worst way to deal
Haven't decided if I'm going to get seriously into Olympics-watching but have fond memories of 1998 when I almost flunked out of my sophomore year because I spent too much time watching the Winter Games at ungodly early hours
February 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Haven't decided if I'm going to get seriously into Olympics-watching but have fond memories of 1998 when I almost flunked out of my sophomore year because I spent too much time watching the Winter Games at ungodly early hours
The announcing is so perfectly CBC and makes me proud to be a Canadian *and* an American
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The announcing is so perfectly CBC and makes me proud to be a Canadian *and* an American
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I owe my career to this format and I think everyone should go to a used bookstore and buy one today.
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I owe my career to this format and I think everyone should go to a used bookstore and buy one today.
This is FANTASTIC
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This is FANTASTIC
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
What a remarkable book @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 3:46 AM
What a remarkable book @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
Why do I keep writing books that are all too relevant to the present moment
February 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Why do I keep writing books that are all too relevant to the present moment
The linked essay is very good; the photo is remarkable.
there is an infamous 'joke' lecture they invited him to do about groping. they didn't just think it was acceptable, they thought it was hilarious.
www.publicbooks.org/asimovs-empi...
www.publicbooks.org/asimovs-empi...
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The linked essay is very good; the photo is remarkable.
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i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
I can barely watch tv and video why on earth would I want to make them, leave me to text and audio, which I enjoy and am good at
One thing about the enormous pressure journalists are under to make videos and TikToks and do streams that kills me is that, like… some of us are meant to be read and not seen. Commenters get SO MAD about the way I look whenever my face breaches containment! Just let me write!
February 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I can barely watch tv and video why on earth would I want to make them, leave me to text and audio, which I enjoy and am good at
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Tangentially, if you haven’t already read @gracepanetta.bsky.social’s new story about the discussion of #MeToo in the Epstein Files, you really should.
Epstein tracked #MeToo fallout and advised accused men behind the scenes
New files released by the Justice Department show Jeffrey Epstein joking about being in a "pariahs club" and discussing the fate of powerful men who had been accused of wrongdoing.
19thnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Tangentially, if you haven’t already read @gracepanetta.bsky.social’s new story about the discussion of #MeToo in the Epstein Files, you really should.
Who is this *we* you are all talking about, I'm not in there
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Who is this *we* you are all talking about, I'm not in there
Shakespeare: timeless, timely, prescient, brilliantly performed.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Shakespeare: timeless, timely, prescient, brilliantly performed.
Same here.
All this antisemitism has made me so much more Jewish.
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Same here.
Regency Ocean’s Eleven? Yeah I’d read this
It just occurred to me to wonder…is there already a book in which all of the cads from Austen novels get together and plan one last con? Willoughby, Wickham, Henry Crawford, the younger Mr Elliot…they cordially loathe each other but they have to admit their combined powers are formidable!
4. It took me way too long to piece this together … Wickham had tried to elope with Georgianna the summer right before Bingley let Netherfield. So of course Darcy was uptight and on edge when he first met everyone because he had just thwarted Wickham’s revenge plan!
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Regency Ocean’s Eleven? Yeah I’d read this
What a piece by @helenshaw.bsky.social on the remarkable life of Libby Howes.
The Actress Who Disappeared Twice
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
What a piece by @helenshaw.bsky.social on the remarkable life of Libby Howes.
That's right. Book World as a standalone section came back in 2022.
Not downplaying today’s news but worth noting that this is at least the second time they’ve killed a books section, eliminating the stand-alone “Book World” maybe 20 years ago?
The Post killing its Books section (one of the best around) is so fucking bleak
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
That's right. Book World as a standalone section came back in 2022.
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I'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Jesus fucking Christ
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Jesus fucking Christ
I had to handwrite a short piece in another language and what an utterly humbling experience, less for the language mistakes and more for being totally out of practice handwriting
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I had to handwrite a short piece in another language and what an utterly humbling experience, less for the language mistakes and more for being totally out of practice handwriting
"Elite impunity" is also why people like William F. Buckley Jr. could be bffs with an actual murderer and not only not care about the teenage victim, but smear her in print
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"Elite impunity" is also why people like William F. Buckley Jr. could be bffs with an actual murderer and not only not care about the teenage victim, but smear her in print