Martha Bayne
@marthabayne.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
This prompts me to bring up the crushing moment when I went to the High Fidelity extras casting call trying to look cool and was told, "Hmmm, maybe we can use you in one of the North Shore scenes." My ego has still not recovered.
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This prompts me to bring up the crushing moment when I went to the High Fidelity extras casting call trying to look cool and was told, "Hmmm, maybe we can use you in one of the North Shore scenes." My ego has still not recovered.
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Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
Oh god I miss being edited
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Oh god I miss being edited
They seem to have corrected it, but without an editor's note.
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
They seem to have corrected it, but without an editor's note.
Reposted by Martha Bayne
This project was co-produced with @blockclubchi.bsky.social, @invisible.institute, @thetriibe.com, Cicero Independiente, and the Investigative Project on Race & Equity.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This project was co-produced with @blockclubchi.bsky.social, @invisible.institute, @thetriibe.com, Cicero Independiente, and the Investigative Project on Race & Equity.