Gina Harlow
@writergharlow.bsky.social
Californian. Essayist. Herstry | Narratively| Roi Fainéant Press |Janus Literary | Austin Statesman| The Hunger
Nonfiction reader at Third Street Review. Working on a long story about a young horse. www.ginaharlowwrites.com
Nonfiction reader at Third Street Review. Working on a long story about a young horse. www.ginaharlowwrites.com
My most woke opinion is that I recognize how people and groups have been harmed, continue to be harmed, and that it’s good and right to acknowledge that, to make amends, to do better.
Geez.
Geez.
Most woke opinions: The human condition is unnecessarily miserable because some people are sociopathically greedy. There have always been trans people, always. Racism/sexism/any current bigotry: I cannot believe we are still doing this shit. I mean, really. Jesus. Wtf
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My most woke opinion is that I recognize how people and groups have been harmed, continue to be harmed, and that it’s good and right to acknowledge that, to make amends, to do better.
Geez.
Geez.
What can one person do? Chris Kluwe, a retired NFL player running for office in California, speaks to what so many of us feel. I hear the voice of an American who just wants a better world, who wants a United States.
Synopsis- We all need to do something.
open.substack.com/pub/thetruth...
Synopsis- We all need to do something.
open.substack.com/pub/thetruth...
Chris Kluwe doesn't need this shit
The former Minnesota Vikings punter could be playing video games in his basement. Instead, he's running for Assembly. Why? "To help save democracy."
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What can one person do? Chris Kluwe, a retired NFL player running for office in California, speaks to what so many of us feel. I hear the voice of an American who just wants a better world, who wants a United States.
Synopsis- We all need to do something.
open.substack.com/pub/thetruth...
Synopsis- We all need to do something.
open.substack.com/pub/thetruth...
💯💯
“The Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors.” Color me skeptical, but a good column!
Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
October 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
💯💯
"The Latin root of notice is to begin knowing,"
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/04/l...
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/04/l...
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way,” William Blake wrote in his most spirited letter. “As a man is, so …
www.themarginalian.org
September 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"The Latin root of notice is to begin knowing,"
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/04/l...
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/04/l...
“We know that sky without ever having stood beneath it. We know that field without ever having walked through it. “
This gorgeous essay, about loss and nature, about a screensaver photo and what connects us.
This gorgeous essay, about loss and nature, about a screensaver photo and what connects us.
“I return to the perfect green field, the perfect blue sky, where it feels impossible that anything has ever ended, or ever could end.”
From “bliss, eternity,” a new Insight essay by Nikki Barnhart.
theoffingmag.com/insight/blis...
From “bliss, eternity,” a new Insight essay by Nikki Barnhart.
theoffingmag.com/insight/blis...
bliss, eternity - The Offing
Insight - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“We know that sky without ever having stood beneath it. We know that field without ever having walked through it. “
This gorgeous essay, about loss and nature, about a screensaver photo and what connects us.
This gorgeous essay, about loss and nature, about a screensaver photo and what connects us.
There are no roses, and the appropriate word is Gang.
There ya have it. The Rose Garden Club at the White House.
September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There are no roses, and the appropriate word is Gang.
Remembrance.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/a...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/a...
After Katrina’s Deadly Waters, Therapists Brought Watercolors
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remembrance.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/a...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/a...
This was so, so good.
Eli’s universe is the reality of our hard knocks and the dreaminess of our hopes. The truth of our ugliness and our beauty, our trying and failing and trying again at life.
Group hug!!
www.imdb.com/title/tt1039...
Eli’s universe is the reality of our hard knocks and the dreaminess of our hopes. The truth of our ugliness and our beauty, our trying and failing and trying again at life.
Group hug!!
www.imdb.com/title/tt1039...
Boy Swallows Universe (TV Mini Series 2024) ⭐ 7.9 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
1h | TV-MA
www.imdb.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This was so, so good.
Eli’s universe is the reality of our hard knocks and the dreaminess of our hopes. The truth of our ugliness and our beauty, our trying and failing and trying again at life.
Group hug!!
www.imdb.com/title/tt1039...
Eli’s universe is the reality of our hard knocks and the dreaminess of our hopes. The truth of our ugliness and our beauty, our trying and failing and trying again at life.
Group hug!!
www.imdb.com/title/tt1039...
Reposted by Gina Harlow
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
Reposted by Gina Harlow
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
On Not Surrendering in Advance, or During, or At Any Point Thereafter
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
Reposted by Gina Harlow
if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
There are still good, kind, decent people in the world
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
Florida locals defy Ron DeSantis by restoring Pulse rainbow crosswalk
People took matters into their own hands after the commemorative crosswalk was removed, and drew it back onto the ground.
www.newsweek.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
This CNF gem by @tracieadams.bsky.social
“One plank for each remembered joy. One screw for each regret loosened from my chest.”
“One plank for each remembered joy. One screw for each regret loosened from my chest.”
So thrilled to share my CNF published in The Orange Rose today. I wrote this in a @mattkendrick.bsky.social workshop and then revised it in my @smokelong.bsky.social group—huge thanks for all the help!
theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/08/22/w...
theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/08/22/w...
“We Built a Porch” by Tracie Adams
The receptionist picked up on the second ring. I jabbed at the screen to put her on speaker. I didn’t even wait for her to speak. “I need a new drug. No hangovers. No nerve damage. No racing heart.…
theorangeroselitmag.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This CNF gem by @tracieadams.bsky.social
“One plank for each remembered joy. One screw for each regret loosened from my chest.”
“One plank for each remembered joy. One screw for each regret loosened from my chest.”
"She allows her eyes to drift over the now meaningless words, through her mind, out of her head. She feeds the pages into the shredder."
Read this wonderful story by @charhamrick.bsky.social! It's little, but it's a lot. ❤️
www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ29/Hamri...
Read this wonderful story by @charhamrick.bsky.social! It's little, but it's a lot. ❤️
www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ29/Hamri...
MacQueen’s Quinterly: Fiction: Charlotte Hamrick: All the Little Organisms
Shame (noun): a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety.
www.macqueensquinterly.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"She allows her eyes to drift over the now meaningless words, through her mind, out of her head. She feeds the pages into the shredder."
Read this wonderful story by @charhamrick.bsky.social! It's little, but it's a lot. ❤️
www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ29/Hamri...
Read this wonderful story by @charhamrick.bsky.social! It's little, but it's a lot. ❤️
www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ29/Hamri...
Reposted by Gina Harlow
@ilyakaminsky.bsky.social remembers discovering poetry as deaf child in Ukraine: “The language of poetry speaks to all our senses… It can speak, privately, to all of us. It is visceral.”
Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine
This essay comes from Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods in Our Own Words, out now from Faber US, the definitive anthology for children on what it’s like to grow up disabled, featuring twenty-two a…
buff.ly
August 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@ilyakaminsky.bsky.social remembers discovering poetry as deaf child in Ukraine: “The language of poetry speaks to all our senses… It can speak, privately, to all of us. It is visceral.”
"What did it matter if she saved one lizard?"
Kiss: Ellen Bass's Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/26/e...
Kiss: Ellen Bass's Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/26/e...
Kiss: Ellen Bass’s Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness
There is no greater remedy for helplessness than helping someone else, no greater salve for sorrow than according gladness to another. What makes life livable despite the cruelties of chance —…
www.themarginalian.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"What did it matter if she saved one lizard?"
Kiss: Ellen Bass's Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/26/e...
Kiss: Ellen Bass's Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/26/e...
Reposted by Gina Harlow
David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it
August 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it
Reposted by Gina Harlow
“Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts millions of free books each month to children around the world.” 📚 imaginationlibrary.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts millions of free books each month to children around the world.” 📚 imaginationlibrary.com
“My new face will not be aged, because looking in the mirror at a wrinkly face fishes out the bloated, drowned corpse of the past and turns it over into the future, which you also do not want.”
What a stinger this story is.
xraylitmag.com/forever-by-s...
What a stinger this story is.
xraylitmag.com/forever-by-s...
FOREVER by Spencer Lee
I’m sitting at the pool with the boys, listening to the gardener trim the hedges. The world right now is loud and whirring. When the gauze comes off, everything will be graceful and good. My surgeon’s...
xraylitmag.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“My new face will not be aged, because looking in the mirror at a wrinkly face fishes out the bloated, drowned corpse of the past and turns it over into the future, which you also do not want.”
What a stinger this story is.
xraylitmag.com/forever-by-s...
What a stinger this story is.
xraylitmag.com/forever-by-s...
Reposted by Gina Harlow
Reposted by Gina Harlow
The United Nations’ highest court issued a legal opinion stating that nations are obligated to take action against climate change, warning that neglecting this responsibility could breach international law.
July 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The United Nations’ highest court issued a legal opinion stating that nations are obligated to take action against climate change, warning that neglecting this responsibility could breach international law.
“You may also notice a recurring glitch called shame. This is not a bug. It is the entire operating system.”
Calling all humans. You tender beings. Read this!
Calling all humans. You tender beings. Read this!
To walk: Shift your weight and hope.
To speak: Open your mouth. Regret everything.
To cry: Happens automatically when watching underdog sports movies or looking at your own reflection too long in a subway window.
To speak: Open your mouth. Regret everything.
To cry: Happens automatically when watching underdog sports movies or looking at your own reflection too long in a subway window.
Terms and Conditions for Occupying Your Flesh Prison
Welcome, soft idiot. You’ve been issued a Human Body™, the most fragile, overpromised, poorly updated model in the known universe. It arrives prelo...
buff.ly
July 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“You may also notice a recurring glitch called shame. This is not a bug. It is the entire operating system.”
Calling all humans. You tender beings. Read this!
Calling all humans. You tender beings. Read this!
Reposted by Gina Harlow
Summertime writer training breakfast.
June 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Summertime writer training breakfast.
Reposted by Gina Harlow
third-street-review.org/fiction/
My story in Third Street Review. Second story down. Thank you, Rina Palumbo.
My story in Third Street Review. Second story down. Thank you, Rina Palumbo.
Fiction
Fragmented © Heather D Haigh The Script Reader Patricia Schultheis Although the chaos following the election decades before had eased and government systems were once again somewhat reliable, Celes…
third-street-review.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
third-street-review.org/fiction/
My story in Third Street Review. Second story down. Thank you, Rina Palumbo.
My story in Third Street Review. Second story down. Thank you, Rina Palumbo.