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Margot Atwell

@margotatwell.bsky.social

Writer, editor,publisher, creative funding expert in Brooklyn. Editor of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. Previously @feministpress & @kickstarter. She/they 🌈📚 https://margotatwell.com/

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.

Headline in today's Guardian that reads "Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40 percent, study finds. Cognitive health in later life is 'strongly influenced' by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers."
Holly Anderson 🍇@hollyanderson.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tell your friends. Even if the only florist you can find nearby is in the Kroger produce section. There is a person putting those arrangements together and they WILL work with you and you WILL get better results with a pro who’s given a free hand

Ray@godaytonflyers.bsky.social · 2y ago

Some of the best advice I ever received was Holly telling us to ask the local florist to go wild and do their thing rather than get a pre-packaged arrangement.

The Trandalorian@charliejaneanders.com · 8mo ago

Writing this story made me happy in a dark time. I talked to half a dozen people who started queer bookstores in their communities, and what I heard gave me hope. These aren't just bookstores — they're a lifeline for people who have no place else to go.

The Trandalorian@charliejaneanders.com · 8mo ago

Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything! Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns. My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Margot Atwell@margotatwell.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I was so honored that ABSOLUTE PLEASURE was included on this list, with a lovely review from @jennyhayes.bsky.social.

Jenny Hayes@jennyhayes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

And if you have a shady Rocky Horror past like me, get ABSOLUTE PLEASURE (@feministpress.bsky.social) ed. @margotatwell.bsky.social: "essays on the cult movie from a diverse spectrum of queer authors ... a complex celebration of those who figure out how to be what they once might only have dreamed."

Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror, ed. Margot Atwell Feminist Press Creative Nonfiction. Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror collects essays on the cult movie from a diverse spectrum of queer authors. For many, Rocky Horror offered a lifesaving glimpse of a glittering world where people who fall outside of society’s norms might thrive. But these writers don’t shy away from the troubling aspects of the movie, its audience participation rituals, and its creator. With each piece forming one small fraction of the main attraction, the anthology presents a glorious, complex celebration of those who figure out how to be what they once might only have dreamed. (Jenny Hayes)
Ro Salarian@rosalarian.bsky.social · 12mo ago

While thinking about the No Kings protests, I realized something. Trump isn't acting like a king. He's acting like a CEO. This isn't a monarchy, this is late stage capitalism. America is being treated as a business acquisition. He's stripping it for parts before dumping it like a fucking Toys R Us.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · last yr.

Tens of millions of people have died from Covid. Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure. Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.

The Trandalorian@charliejaneanders.com · last yr.

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.