Julie River

@julieriver.com

🌈 Freelance journalist. Associate Editor at New Noise Magazine, Yellow Scene Magazine, and OUT FRONT Magazine🌈 She/Her "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." JulieRiver.com

I debuted a brand new poem at Aurora Pride today called “Hate and Angels.” I promised Cherilynne Gratton-Camis that I would record a video of the poem for her since it references her daughter. And I want the world to see this poem.

May 29 - Slam Free or Die at Stark Brewing Company in Manchester, NH June 2 - The Dirty Gerund at Ralph’s Rock Diner in Worcester, MA June 3 - Port Veritas in Portland, ME June 4 - Boston Poetry Slam t The Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, MA June 5 -Providence Poetry Slam at AS220 in Cambridge, MA

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The funniest joke I've ever thought up that nobody else laughs at but me: It sure was nice of Flock of Seagulls to educate us about how Iran is so far away.

"I didn't vote for" you did. Sorry. You did. Should have listened to the woke libtards instead of your roided out imaginary friends who told you kids were pooping in kitty litter at school

Yes, this is a real tweet from Joanne. First she says she supports the LGBTQ+ community. Then she slowly admits that she doesn't support trans people. Then she admits that she doesn't support asexual people. It kind of feels like she's slowly revealing that she doesn't support any queer people.

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I feel like for how racist and sexist and transphobic he is, we often forget to mention that trump just isn’t a very good president. Like he really kinda sucks at this.

Okay, so I finally get to announce this. Because we still need to get through the final fundraising push to finance my book, we’re hosting an event for it. -Drag Performances -Vendors -LGBTQ+ poets show ad -Acoustic set from Ren Ash of Plasma Canvas! -And, of course, a set of my own poems

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People say print media is dead, but every time I try to interview someone, the very first thing they ask is “Can it be in print?” I really wanted to interview @veradrew22.bsky.social, but as soon as I told her publicist it might not make the print issue, I got ghosted. Digital is what’s dead.

I won an SPJ award for one of my articles. That’s nice, but I literally have no idea how prestigious this is. Is this a real award or is it just a scam to collect submission fees? No clue. But hey, award-winning journalist over here!

One of my biggest pet peeves about popular sci-fi is that sci-fi writers don’t understand the difference between an antidote and a vaccine. (I’m particularly looking at you, Chris Carter.)