Ann Burlingham
@annburlingham.bsky.social
Opinionated feminist bisexual anti-racist troublemaker. Suddenly into genealogy. A bit cultish about a few things. In Pittsburgh, where the air makes it hard to breathe, and from Perry, NY.
I poked around a bit before realizing there was probably some setting I didn’t know about. Interesting for it to be people they follow and not vice versa.
Oh, well, you know me: public opinionator.
Oh, well, you know me: public opinionator.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I poked around a bit before realizing there was probably some setting I didn’t know about. Interesting for it to be people they follow and not vice versa.
Oh, well, you know me: public opinionator.
Oh, well, you know me: public opinionator.
but a grim “Yep, thought so.” Of course it turned out he was doing worse than I’d suspected, even though I’d seen those red flags. Did Cassandra feel personal vindication? I felt some relief that the community now knew the truth and that he was being stopped from doing more harm.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
but a grim “Yep, thought so.” Of course it turned out he was doing worse than I’d suspected, even though I’d seen those red flags. Did Cassandra feel personal vindication? I felt some relief that the community now knew the truth and that he was being stopped from doing more harm.
I agree that expecting authors to be somehow perfect or to fully align with our beliefs is unreasonable. It’s also entirely human to find that one feels differently about their work, knowing more about them. Engaging with the complexities of human writers is part of engaging with their writing.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I agree that expecting authors to be somehow perfect or to fully align with our beliefs is unreasonable. It’s also entirely human to find that one feels differently about their work, knowing more about them. Engaging with the complexities of human writers is part of engaging with their writing.
after she died that she had known her daughter was sexually abused by Munro’s second husband and Munro stuck with him until the end greatly changed how I see that story. She was one of my favorite writers. My relationship with her work necessarily changed: is it all affected by this secret?
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
after she died that she had known her daughter was sexually abused by Munro’s second husband and Munro stuck with him until the end greatly changed how I see that story. She was one of my favorite writers. My relationship with her work necessarily changed: is it all affected by this secret?
When someone’s shitness is exposed, re-examining their work in that light is reasonable. One of Alice Munro’s stories, in which the main character’s daughter stops speaking to her for the rest of her life, had me empathizing with the mother intensely long before I became a mother. Learning
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When someone’s shitness is exposed, re-examining their work in that light is reasonable. One of Alice Munro’s stories, in which the main character’s daughter stops speaking to her for the rest of her life, had me empathizing with the mother intensely long before I became a mother. Learning
Why should that be a top agenda item?
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Why should that be a top agenda item?
Thanks! It was a great show.
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Thanks! It was a great show.
Quite excellent. Heard it here in Pittsburgh. Would love to have a transcript to be able to tell people about specific parts.
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Quite excellent. Heard it here in Pittsburgh. Would love to have a transcript to be able to tell people about specific parts.
too lazy to open my email so I'll mention here that Taskmaster Australia SEASON 6 episode 4 includes a task about moving mugs, including the line "Most unbroken mugs gotten into the bath wins. Hm, maybe I'll just suggest that it's homework for Jennie....
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
too lazy to open my email so I'll mention here that Taskmaster Australia SEASON 6 episode 4 includes a task about moving mugs, including the line "Most unbroken mugs gotten into the bath wins. Hm, maybe I'll just suggest that it's homework for Jennie....
I see why he's getting roasted. Until today, I had never heard of him.
September 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I see why he's getting roasted. Until today, I had never heard of him.
...and I do know it's difficult for some parents. especially if they didn't have the experience themselves, as children.
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
...and I do know it's difficult for some parents. especially if they didn't have the experience themselves, as children.
When my kindergartener's school librarian said "You can tell he's been read to", my heart broke. Granted I owned a bookstore and grew up in a house full of books, being read to by both parents in the '70s (we watched tons of tv, too), but reading with a kid is for me kind of the point of having one.
September 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
When my kindergartener's school librarian said "You can tell he's been read to", my heart broke. Granted I owned a bookstore and grew up in a house full of books, being read to by both parents in the '70s (we watched tons of tv, too), but reading with a kid is for me kind of the point of having one.