Susan Stinson
@susanstinson.bsky.social
Novelist. Author of Martha Moody, Spider in a Tree, and Venus of Chalk from Small Beer Press. Essays in The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies and The Portable Feminist Reader. Triker. she/her.
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Hey! 25% my Martha Moody! And so very many other excellent books from Small Beer Press. Until the end of the year.
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I just listened to a Radiolab episode from Sept 26, 2025 ("Voice") in which Alice was featured and spoke so powerfully about what it means to lose your voice and yet retain a clear grasp on your own and everyone else's humanity
rest in power and strength of being heard
radiolab.org/podcast/voice
rest in power and strength of being heard
radiolab.org/podcast/voice
Voice
How we got our voices and the power they hold over us.
radiolab.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I just listened to a Radiolab episode from Sept 26, 2025 ("Voice") in which Alice was featured and spoke so powerfully about what it means to lose your voice and yet retain a clear grasp on your own and everyone else's humanity
rest in power and strength of being heard
radiolab.org/podcast/voice
rest in power and strength of being heard
radiolab.org/podcast/voice
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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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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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Alice in her own words: bsky.app/profile/thra...
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Alice in her own words: bsky.app/profile/thra...
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
The podcast "When We All Get to Heaven "is narrated by my friend Lynne Gerber, who spent more than a decade researching, writing, and producing it in an intense collaboration with others. I want to talk about it with somebody. It's so intense. Start at the beginning or with the making of interview!
We are so thrilled to see When We All Get to Heaven featured on Apple Podcasts this week.
Follow the story of a queer church as it faces AIDS in 1980s and ’90s San Francisco.
Listen now: apple.co/WhenWeAllGet...
Follow the story of a queer church as it faces AIDS in 1980s and ’90s San Francisco.
Listen now: apple.co/WhenWeAllGet...
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The podcast "When We All Get to Heaven "is narrated by my friend Lynne Gerber, who spent more than a decade researching, writing, and producing it in an intense collaboration with others. I want to talk about it with somebody. It's so intense. Start at the beginning or with the making of interview!
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obviously this is bad, but it’s long been true of other countries we praise to the skies for their healthcare and a lot of progressive Americans don’t want to acknowledge that as a huge vector of oppression. there are a lot of places I couldn’t emigrate to even if I wanted bc they have BMI limits
Obesity's now on the list of considerations, as well as cancer, & mental health, that may result in denial of an immigrant visa.
"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
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"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
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State Department to allow denial of immigrant visas to those with health issues, including obesity
US State Department guidance could deny immigrant visas for health conditions like obesity.
nypost.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
obviously this is bad, but it’s long been true of other countries we praise to the skies for their healthcare and a lot of progressive Americans don’t want to acknowledge that as a huge vector of oppression. there are a lot of places I couldn’t emigrate to even if I wanted bc they have BMI limits
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More on this—quite a lot more on this—soon, but in the meantime:
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
A Long Game
From bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing.
Writing can feel like an endle...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
More on this—quite a lot more on this—soon, but in the meantime:
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
I just made my calls to Sen. Warren and Sen. Markey to tell them to call for Schumer to step down. I have their numbers in both my phones and I usually just call them, but this time I did it through the Indivisible form (previous post for link) because I want to be sure that these calls are counted.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I just made my calls to Sen. Warren and Sen. Markey to tell them to call for Schumer to step down. I have their numbers in both my phones and I usually just call them, but this time I did it through the Indivisible form (previous post for link) because I want to be sure that these calls are counted.
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a script from @indivisible.org! (I'm probably going to add how harmful this will be in Ossoff's reelection campaign, bc we'll be blaming the entire party when people's healthcare premiums are so high they can't afford insurance)
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
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November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
a script from @indivisible.org! (I'm probably going to add how harmful this will be in Ossoff's reelection campaign, bc we'll be blaming the entire party when people's healthcare premiums are so high they can't afford insurance)
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I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
Thread. Call your senators!
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thread. Call your senators!
I just called them, too. You?
I called @markey.senate.gov & @warren.senate.gov to beg them to do whatever's in their power to stop Democrats from caving. Ending the shutdown at the expense of the American people & their rights is shameful. I will no longer be able to call myself a Democrat if this party cannot hold the line.
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I just called them, too. You?
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"Hyde language" would be a ban on anything related to abortion. So, any Senate Democrat that caves is agreeing to vote to implement a nationwide abortion ban in exchange for healthcare subsidies.
Democrats are likely to get a vote on an extension later. But they've already gotten similar votes. Republicans already vowing to block an extension without major changes to the ACA, like adding Hyde language.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Hyde language" would be a ban on anything related to abortion. So, any Senate Democrat that caves is agreeing to vote to implement a nationwide abortion ban in exchange for healthcare subsidies.
Hey! 25% my Martha Moody! And so very many other excellent books from Small Beer Press. Until the end of the year.
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
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indiepubs.com/collections/...
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hey! 25% my Martha Moody! And so very many other excellent books from Small Beer Press. Until the end of the year.
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Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
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...this #song by #kingharvest is often playing in my head when I wake up in the morning.. #dancinginthemoonlight
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Dancing in the Moonlight (Original Recording) - King Harvest
YouTube video by KingHarvestMusic
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
...this #song by #kingharvest is often playing in my head when I wake up in the morning.. #dancinginthemoonlight
youtu.be/g5JqPxmYhlo?...
youtu.be/g5JqPxmYhlo?...
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all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.
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This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
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Everything quietens and slows. Some live on;
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Everything quietens and slows. Some live on;
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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possibly the greatest cat photo ever. happy halloween
October 28, 2024 at 5:37 PM
possibly the greatest cat photo ever. happy halloween