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Freda Epum

@fredaepum.bsky.social

✨ Writer, artist, and consultant. 📍OH 🌽 & AZ 🌵 📚 THE GLOOMY GIRL VARIETY SHOW: A MEMOIR (Jan' 25 @feministpress) PhD-ing in English Lit Newsletter @ fredaepum.substack.com #fibromyalgia #chronicillness | 🇳🇬 🏳️‍🌈 www.fredaepum.com

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Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last year I suffered through dangerous chronic pain from an untreated iatrogenic prolactinoma--after 10 years of polypharmacy including 8 years on a antipsychotic for Bipolar disorder that I did not have that was truly complex trauma--alongside fibromyalgia and genetic connective tissue disorder...

Nigerian Author Freda Epum is Sick and Needs Our Help

Nigerian author Freda Epum, whose work we've featured on Brittle Paper, is facing a difficult health crisis and needs our support. After being diagnosed with a pituitary tumor this year, Freda has en...

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Todd Dillard@toddedillard.bsky.social · last yr.

sometimes it seems like people want to get published like it will Solve Their Problems and I just want to confirm that after you publish they don't give you a new childhood, you still have to live with yourself, it's just that some of that self is on display this month at a Review

Jeffrey Pryor@blueca1971.bsky.social · last yr.

Hey there! There's a GoFundMe campaign to help someone get a set of false teeth, as they’re on disability and can’t afford it on their own. Every donation, no matter how small, makes a real difference, so please consider clicking the link below to contribute or share it with others.

Queer Fortress@fortress-frederick.bsky.social · last yr.

HHS plans to remove gender dysphoria from disability protections under Section 504—but 17 GOP AGs are still pushing a lawsuit that could gut all federal disability protections. Schools, hospitals, and workplaces could refuse accommodations. #DisabilityRights #TransRights \

Federal government to remove gender dysphoria from protected disabilities list

It’s unclear what the move means for a related lawsuit that could dismantle protections for all people with disabilities.

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Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks so much @ironhorselitrev.bsky.social! Gloomy Girl is also perfect for upcoming Mental Health Awareness month in May! 😉

Iron Horse Literary Review 🐴@ironhorselitrev.bsky.social · 2y ago

For #blackhistorymonth , we want to shout out our contributor @fredaepum.bsky.social , whose work was highlighted in IHLR 21.3. And congratulations to her for her recent memoir, The Gloomy Girl Variety Show! https://www.feministpress.org/books-overflow/the-gloomy-girl-variety-show

A magazine cover. Title: Entryways into Memories that Might Assemble Me, Authoer: Freda Epum
Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · 2y ago

Guys, I'm a Most Anticipated 😭. Thank you so much Debutiful, for naming Gloomy Girl one of the most anticipated debut books of 2025! Who knew my ruminating on hopefully making the list was ✨manifesting✨ Very happy the book's innovative structure is getting some shine. 😌

A grid of books from Debutiful's Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2025From the publisher: Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms. I don’t cover a lot of memoirs, but when I do, I want it to push and challenge me. This promises to push what a memoir does in a new direction.A tweet reading "women shoot their shot by thinking about you smh" "first of all it's called manifesting"
Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · 2y ago

Gloomy Girl's Amazon ranking shot up over the last week! Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered! If you read the book and liked it (hopefully 🥹), I would love it if you could leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Or request it at your local library or book store. Linking both pages below. 🖤

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Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · 2y ago

"I came to theory because I was hurting-the pain within me was so intense...I came to theory desperate, wanting to comprehend-to grasp what was happening around and within me. I saw in theory then a location for healing." - Toni Morrison. Here’s me at the start of my book and me now. Out Jan 15!

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Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · 2y ago

Proud of myself for pushing through to the next newsletter entry! This piece features art from Gloomy Girl. And started as a response to a prompt from new writer friend Zeba Blay in her Pop Culture is Personal class: a manifesto on why we write. As always, here's a sneak peak.

Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've relaunched my newsletter! 🎉 Finally feeling a little more room to breathe this year and I decided to relaunch my newsletter. Pub day is January 14! Have you pre-ordered? 👀. Here's a sneak peak (links to all sources are in the newsletter itself. --- Why talk about identity and publishing?

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ive noticed the same issue with the history packs. I didn't bother pointing it out, because what would be the point? It feels weird to ASK to include BIPOC historians, if you can't even see us as part of your community.

Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 2y ago

I just looked at a highly circulated starter pack for top science and science communicators and there are 58 men, 27 women, the rest orgs based in the US, and 95% white. Maybe, just maybe, do a bit of curation and check your biases and show some care with what you put out into the wild.

Freda Epum@fredaepum.bsky.social · 2y ago

#AcademicSky #BVM Here's an intro post. I'm Freda. I'm a writer, artist, social justice consultant, and educator. My debut memoir, The Gloomy Girl Variety Show, comes out in Jan. with Feminist Press. My style blends cultural criticism, personal narrative, & pop culture, from a Black feminist lens.

Nanjala@nanjala.bsky.social · 2y ago

I knew I was spending too much time online when I saw an email with the subject line “It’s Giving Tuesday” and my first thought was “what kind of vibe does Tuesday give?”