asha
@ashiepants.bsky.social
storyteller, essayist, teacher, pop culture nerd
MFA @ UIowa NWP
MFA @ UIowa NWP
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asha
@ashiepants.bsky.social
· Aug 29
Where do I go to apologize to Yoko?
Bad Bunny might influence enough whites to learn how to roll their Rs, the strength of which could topple capitalism
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bad Bunny might influence enough whites to learn how to roll their Rs, the strength of which could topple capitalism
Real nerds have a favorite Jeopardy champion
February 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Real nerds have a favorite Jeopardy champion
You think you’re pretty cool and hip for your age and then you find yourself smiling warmly at the Jeopardy players “fun facts.”
February 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
You think you’re pretty cool and hip for your age and then you find yourself smiling warmly at the Jeopardy players “fun facts.”
When you’re browsing through their LinkedIn, it’s too late.
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM
When you’re browsing through their LinkedIn, it’s too late.
Every single episode of Sisters (1991): C’mon, we’re sisters!
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Every single episode of Sisters (1991): C’mon, we’re sisters!
O’Hare so big it’s like landing in Wisconsin and then taking a bus to the airport gate.
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
O’Hare so big it’s like landing in Wisconsin and then taking a bus to the airport gate.
When Patti LaBelle said “I don’t know the words” to This Christmas she was right, no one knows the words.
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
When Patti LaBelle said “I don’t know the words” to This Christmas she was right, no one knows the words.
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Yes. It's getting really hard to suspend my disbelief for competence porn in these times... rs-benedict.com/2025/11/29/s...
Stupid Times Call for Stupid Writing
Maybe your writing isn’t too stupid. Maybe your writing isn’t stupid enough.
rs-benedict.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Yes. It's getting really hard to suspend my disbelief for competence porn in these times... rs-benedict.com/2025/11/29/s...
Heat on, ceiling fan circulating. It’s winter once again.
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Heat on, ceiling fan circulating. It’s winter once again.
Is he cute or does he have a beard? 🧔🏻
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Is he cute or does he have a beard? 🧔🏻
It is high time we Jean Val Jean, and there’s way too many Javerts out there. Russell Crowe Javerts at that.
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It is high time we Jean Val Jean, and there’s way too many Javerts out there. Russell Crowe Javerts at that.
Pssst, the great battle was against fascism. It’s always against fascism. All your favorite heroes are fighting fascists. All of them.
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Pssst, the great battle was against fascism. It’s always against fascism. All your favorite heroes are fighting fascists. All of them.
they’re rage-baiting literary and high fantasy nerds, now, and/or don’t understand Tolkien at all.
Don’t just get angry! organize, support your community, vote in local elections!
Don’t just get angry! organize, support your community, vote in local elections!
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
they’re rage-baiting literary and high fantasy nerds, now, and/or don’t understand Tolkien at all.
Don’t just get angry! organize, support your community, vote in local elections!
Don’t just get angry! organize, support your community, vote in local elections!
I’d love a series about what Michael does between Halloweens. Taking driving lessons, learning just enough about the current culture to stalk teens, etc
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I’d love a series about what Michael does between Halloweens. Taking driving lessons, learning just enough about the current culture to stalk teens, etc
do you ever remember a long forgotten obsession and briefly wonder how you got here from there?
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
do you ever remember a long forgotten obsession and briefly wonder how you got here from there?
My other “actually” opinion/fact is that Stephen King’s The Shining and The Shining (1980) are not the same thing.
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
My other “actually” opinion/fact is that Stephen King’s The Shining and The Shining (1980) are not the same thing.
Yes, there is a Stephen King canon. Of course there is.
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Yes, there is a Stephen King canon. Of course there is.
My book snobby “actually he’s Frankenstein’s monster” take is the girls are not twins they’re just dressed the same. (Also bc Kubrick made them twins. They are not canonically twins)
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My book snobby “actually he’s Frankenstein’s monster” take is the girls are not twins they’re just dressed the same. (Also bc Kubrick made them twins. They are not canonically twins)
Most movies about writers give me writers guilt that I should be writing but The Shining really does it to me
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Most movies about writers give me writers guilt that I should be writing but The Shining really does it to me
So no one else thought this was Hank Hill?
I tell you what, learn a little bit about cancer and people who think you can cure cancer with diet or supplements do look very silly. This is why cancer biologists have such a hard time not being snarky.
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
So no one else thought this was Hank Hill?
What are we calling posts here? How do we verb it? Bluesky-ing? Sky writing?
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
What are we calling posts here? How do we verb it? Bluesky-ing? Sky writing?
“I noticed you looked a little toe up” my cat when she starts grooming me, probably.
September 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
“I noticed you looked a little toe up” my cat when she starts grooming me, probably.
I was accused of virtue signaling and figure I should just embrace it.
I pride myself in knowing how to pronounce Buttigieg.
I pride myself in knowing how to pronounce Buttigieg.
September 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I was accused of virtue signaling and figure I should just embrace it.
I pride myself in knowing how to pronounce Buttigieg.
I pride myself in knowing how to pronounce Buttigieg.
Maybe I should try hard drugs?
September 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Maybe I should try hard drugs?