Zan Romanoff
@zanopticon.bsky.social
culture writer for hire / author of BIG FAN, SQUARE WAVES & lots of other stuff / co-host of On the Bleachers, a podcast about the intersection between sports and pop culture
and directly on the heels of "quiet, piggy," too.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
and directly on the heels of "quiet, piggy," too.
hey! my publisher, 831 stories, is interested in helping out-- where should they contact you?
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
hey! my publisher, 831 stories, is interested in helping out-- where should they contact you?
please give whatever you can, and if you want to volunteer, I'd love to have you join me! Being on the ground & in community is sometimes difficult but also often joyful and meaningful in a way nothing else is
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
please give whatever you can, and if you want to volunteer, I'd love to have you join me! Being on the ground & in community is sometimes difficult but also often joyful and meaningful in a way nothing else is
congratulations!!
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
congratulations!!
this is a sidenote but I was just reading Caroline Palmer's WORKHORSE, a novel abt working at Vogue in its last glory days, and the main character is HORRIFIED when a digital editor posts stuff without making 100% sure it's right. editor is like, "if it's wrong we'll just change it. who cares?"
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
this is a sidenote but I was just reading Caroline Palmer's WORKHORSE, a novel abt working at Vogue in its last glory days, and the main character is HORRIFIED when a digital editor posts stuff without making 100% sure it's right. editor is like, "if it's wrong we'll just change it. who cares?"
it's not necessarily editors' faults-- they're wildly overworked and underpaid-- and in general everyone's trying to publish too much too quickly. which results in a lot of stuff that could be better on any number of levels!
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
it's not necessarily editors' faults-- they're wildly overworked and underpaid-- and in general everyone's trying to publish too much too quickly. which results in a lot of stuff that could be better on any number of levels!
chiming in to say your understanding is 100% correct. some agencies have started hiring in-house editors to make sure that books at least get some? attention?
October 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
chiming in to say your understanding is 100% correct. some agencies have started hiring in-house editors to make sure that books at least get some? attention?
both Trump administrations have occurred during my 30's and I'm still happier now than I was in my 20's (on a personal level obviously, larger political scene highly fucked etc.)
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
both Trump administrations have occurred during my 30's and I'm still happier now than I was in my 20's (on a personal level obviously, larger political scene highly fucked etc.)
... or, well, you know what I meant
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
... or, well, you know what I meant
honestly hurt that I did not receive "I'm throwing a ferry off a trident tonight"
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
honestly hurt that I did not receive "I'm throwing a ferry off a trident tonight"
that's how I felt!
October 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
that's how I felt!
"And when you knock us down, we're going to get up. And on the way up, we're going to bite a kneecap off. And we're going to stand up, and then it's going to take two more shots to knock us down. And on the way up, we're going to take your other kneecap"
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"And when you knock us down, we're going to get up. And on the way up, we're going to bite a kneecap off. And we're going to stand up, and then it's going to take two more shots to knock us down. And on the way up, we're going to take your other kneecap"