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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 1h

Half My Lovers Are Dead:
Poetry, Bastards, and Leaving it All Behind

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you, Melanie! And of course, you can always email and call and visit! Xoxox

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 16h

This is going to be awesome; I saw it last year. If you are near Santa Cruz, a must.

Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 19h

Max10 is a unique format of performance. This Saturday night, 8 PM at the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz, CA. It will be something else…

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 18h

Exactly! But the death threats are ruining my hobbies!

Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you, John!

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 1d

Dear friends,

I left Facebook. Wow! It’s been a few decades. But doxxing is not fun, & so I bade adieu.

Instead, you’ll find me at:
susiebright.ink (my Substack), and here, of course!
@susiebright on BlueSky

Do stay in touch. I gotta find another way to remember your birthday . . .
Xox, Susie

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Lachesis @lalalachesis.bsky.social · Jul 26

my thoughts precisely, by susie bright.

"Men themselves are destroyed by meat-market culture. Duh. I guess the perks are distracting"

"Call Hothead Paisan for best practices."

Contempt: The Silence Racket

My thoughts on the Epstein-Trump Affair

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I like it even better in Polish.

“Behind every erotic condemnation lies a passionate hypocrite.” - Susie Bright

Piotr Książczak @piotrksiazczak.bsky.social · Aug 31

„Za każdym erotycznym potępieniem kryje się żarliwy hipokryta.” - Susie Bright

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M.L. Humphrey @mlhumphrey.bsky.social · Dec 26

On year I asked for "How to Write a Dirty Story" by Susie Bright for Christmas. I was a little surprised someone (my mom, probably) actually bought it for me.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · Dec 26

I had thought that my in-laws were pretty used to my Christmas book lists by now, but apparently my request for Eleanor Janega's THE ONCE AND FUTURE SEX: GOING MEDIEVAL ON WOMEN'S ROLES IN SOCIETY was considered a little scandalous, and my husband was told he should be the one to buy it for me.

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Rebecca Boone @rebeccastmaries.bsky.social · Oct 21

Six female authors I love:

📚Margaret Atwood
📚Susie Bright
📚Toni Morrison
📚Fran Lebowitz
📚Shirley Jackson
📚Olivia Laing

⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (StinaMarie) @stinasdemons.com · Oct 21

Six female authors I love:

🖤 Shirley Jackson
💜 Gemma Files @gemmafiles.bsky.social
💙 Anais Nin
🧡 Joyce Carol Oates* (*sigh)
💚 Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social
🩵 Christi Nogle @christinogle.substack.com

Steven Gomzi @stevengomzi.bsky.social · Oct 21

Six authors I love:

Terry Pratchett
Stephen King
Tiffany McDaniel
Neil Gaiman
Greg F. Gifune
S.A. Cosby

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rudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.social · Nov 8

Absolutely cracking writing from Susie Bright. Dorothy Allison was a bolt of lightning.

Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · Nov 8

Dorothy Allison died. Susie Bright wrote something quickly to share susiebright.ink/p/dorothy-al...

Dorothy Allison - Cut Off The Lights

April 11, 1949 - November 6, 2024

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Suzi @suzisteffen.bsky.social · 2d

omg!!!

Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 2d

Our memorial reading of Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina, will be live-streamed from 9am- 9pm, Pacific time.

I’ll be reading around 11 and 12. There’s about 50 different performers. All at Arion Press, produced by Litquake.

youtube.com/live/X2AupLr...

Bastard Out of Carolina Marathon Reading - Sunday, October 12th

YouTube video by Litquake

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 2d

The Fellowship of Southern Writers Float

Honoring Dorothy Allison

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Today is Bay Area memorial reading of _Bastard Out of Carolina_ for Dorothy Allison coordinated by Litquake

Livestream 9 AM - 9 PM Pacific Sun 12 Oct 2025

www.youtube.com/live/X2AupLr...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 2d

Read more about it

@susiebright.bsky.social remembers Dorothy Allison

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“Bastard Out of Carolina” - A Marathon Public Reading for Dorothy Allison

She gave me a few minutes to make her scream: I’m giving back 12 hours

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 2d

Our memorial reading of Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina, will be live-streamed from 9am- 9pm, Pacific time.

I’ll be reading around 11 and 12. There’s about 50 different performers. All at Arion Press, produced by Litquake.

youtube.com/live/X2AupLr...

Bastard Out of Carolina Marathon Reading - Sunday, October 12th

YouTube video by Litquake

youtube.com

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 2d

BREAKING: Diane Keaton dies at 79, according to a report. The actress was best known for her roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and 'Annie Hall.' bit.ly/4o9TDbS

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 2d

Gaza isn’t going to rebuild itself. Those luxury cost side hotels need an experienced property developer like this hardened son of a major criminal.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump’s (so-far) successful plan to end the conflict in Gaza was orchestrated by Jared Kushner in a bid to make himself richer, according to Trump biographer Michael Wolff.

How Jared Played Trump to Grease Own Pocket: Wolff

Kushner’s business connections and Trump manipulation may have cleared the way for a Gaza peace deal, according to Trump biographer Michael Wolff.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 6d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 3d

Snowflake fascism is the worst kind of fascism

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 3d

Blaise Ingoglia, DeSantis’ handpicked CFO, was asked about the postcard and if his DFS officers should have treated it as a threat. He said he never saw it but then said “I’m sure that’s not the only thing” when a reporter told him what it said.

Ingoglia also has ties to Susie Wiles.

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Emily Rooks True Lust @emilyrookstruelust.bsky.social · 14d

ABOUT EMILY
Q: Who were the writers back when you began who persuaded you that erotica could be worthwhile literature?
A: I’m not so sure any specific authors had the effect, but specific editors – like Rachel Kramer Bussel and Susie Bright – certainly did. The stories they...

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Longtail News @longtail.news · 10d

Feed: "Susie Bright’s Journal"
By: Susie Bright on Thursday, October 2, 2025

In the Courtroom— Everything on the Line

The Chicago Seven trial took place from September 24, 1969, to February 18, 1970.

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Leather Archives & Museum @leatherarchives.bsky.social · 23d

Honey Lee Cottrell (center, photographed with Susie Bright by Mariette Pathy Allen) was a visionary lesbian photographer and filmmaker. Cottrell was a proud union member and was involved in the founding of the GLBT Historical Society.

Honey is a white butch woman with short, cropped hair, wearing a tank top and standing behind a chair, smiling down at Susie bright, who has long blonde, hair and bangs, and a tank top.

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · Sep 10

Dorothy Allison forever.
We’re throwing a marathon of her greatest work at Litquake this year.
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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 10d

A little fun news in your face: Litquake is staging a marathon reading of Bastard out of Carolina on Oct 12 in San Francisco. Check out the sweet archival pics from the Dorothy Allison Papers (and some taken by yours truly)!

www.litquake.org/boocmarathon

Bastard Out of Carolina Marathon Reading | Litquake

In remembrance of Dorothy Allison’s legacy as a writer, lesbian feminist, and advocate for sexual freedom, Litquake is proud to join the author’s literary estate in presenting a cover-to-cover maratho...

www.litquake.org

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 4d

ICE was on the roof. He had just been praying.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 5d

ICE released a statement after an agent aimed a pepper ball at a priest’s head after he prayed and laughed when he was hit:

“If you are obstructing law enforcement, you can expect to be met with force.”

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