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Dr. Bitch

@ritamookerjee.bsky.social

Agent of chaos, professor by day. Author of False Offering. Editor of Honey Literary and Split Lip Magazine. Board VP of Sundress Publications.

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Bill Shaner @billshaner.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Said it before i'll say it again the #1 rule of massachusetts is "the more you know the worse it gets"

West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“Let us join hands in praise of the shablam, the milkshake, for every shield of leather & tulle & fishnet.” Excerpt from "Draglesque Prayer for the Gays and Theys Backstage at the Gig" by @ritamookerjee.bsky.social from Winter 2025 Online Exclusives. buff.ly/gEbDuqK #writingcommunity #writersky

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Let's start Friday with a WIN! Poetry Editor @ritamookerjee.bsky.social has a poem in @alocasiamag.bsky.social's anthology 99 QUEER WRITERS ON PLANTS AND NATURE! 🌷

West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We’re excited to present the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by Nathan Erwin, @ritamookerjee.bsky.social, @ewenglass.bsky.social, and @andhow.bsky.social among others; fiction by Janine A. Willis; CNF by @hillbillypilgrim.bsky.social Read it here:

West Trade Review Online Exclusives Winter 2025

West Trade Review: Fearless. Crafted. Authentically Human.

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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Departures 4 is based on the Brewer’s Choice selection for Flight 1, @ritamookerjee.bsky.social piece “Wherein the Kardashian Sisters” flight-literary.ghost.io/rita-mookerj...

Departures 4
In "Wherein the Kardashian Sisters Marvel at
their Bounty, Reach Enlightenment," Rita Mookerjee uses the Kardashians' own words to
show us a more enlightened side of fame.
Write about a celebrity of your choice (reality
TV or otherwise) at the moment they reach the afterlife.

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Cozy up with our DECEMBER ISSUE. 🎁 WORDS by @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Dawid Mobolaji, Grzegorz Bogdał, Derek Maiolo, & Tariq Thompson. ART by Eric Calloway. PLUS @allisonwyss.bsky.social interviews @wiswell.bsky.social. buff.ly/xfJzbi6

Three abstract panels like a storm erupting against a blue sky. Panel 1: broad, swooping gestures of white and pale gray.

Panel 2: dark veins streak downward like electricity.

Panel 3: a thick, explosive tangle of dark paint with flashes of red.

Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Congratulations and best of luck to @ritamookerjee.bsky.social @jackbedell.bsky.social and @mehpoeting.bsky.social

sarah clark (they)@sarahclark.bsky.social · 9mo ago

One of my favorite small poems from ANMLY (@anmlymag.bsky.social) by the illustrious @ritamookerjee.bsky.social for #smallpoemsunday

ANMLY. Men by Rita Mookerjee.

Men
are the sort of people who
chisel butter from its block
and with a short, blunt knife
pummel it back and forth
across a bready path until
only its stain is left. It never
occurs to them to cut off
a clean square and heat it for
a moment, that butter melts
simply asking to be poured.

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We love ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY as much as we love this poem❤️ Poetry Editor @ritamookerjee.bsky.social published the gorgeous piece, Self-Portrait as the Pie Crust in Heretic (2024), in @upthestaircase.bsky.social: buff.ly/L4U0jlR

Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“You are Lady Godiva. You are wearing chaps. You made a phenomenon of shaking salads” Flight 1 comes in for a landing with our Brewer’s Choice category: @ritamookerjee.bsky.social blew us away with this hybrid piece made up of lines from the Kardashians Read: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-1/

Flight 1

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Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Friends! Enemies! Acquaintances! Flight 1 is now live! Read our inaugural issue here: flight-literary.ghost.io

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Kick back, fix yourself a warm drink, and enjoy our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. 🍁 WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones ART by Valerie Marshall AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti buff.ly/uOXuAsg

Technical-style drawing with an isometric view of industrial buildings on a square plot of land, surrounded by a crevasse on all sides, enmeshed with tree roots. A wonky forest with striped antelopes forms a desolate stronghold around the complex.

SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Please join us in welcoming our 2025-2026 Writers in Residence. Save every date for our upcoming reading season! @taylorbyas.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social, @joankwonglass.bsky.social @ninasudhakar.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenWriters

Blue flyer that says Welcome! Writers in Residence 2025-2026: Allison Blevins, Taylor Byas, Joan Kwon Glass, Rita Mookerjee, Lisa Rhoades, Nina Sudhakar, Lesley Wheeler, Sunni Wilkinson. Logos at the bottom say SWWIM, The Betsy Hotel, Matwaala, and CreArte.

Flyer that says Save Every Date 2025-2026 Reading Season:

Thursday, 9/11/25, at 7:00 PM:
SWWIM x Matwaala:
Nina Sudhakar & Carolene Kurien

Thursday, 10/16/25, at 7:00 PM:
Lisa Rhoades & Yael Valencia Aldana

Thursday, 11/13/25, at 7:00 PM:
Taylor Byas & Rosa Sophia Godshall

Thursday, 12/11/25, at 7:00 PM:
Lesley Wheeler & Haya Pomrenze

Thursday, 1/8/26, at 7:00 PM:
Rita Mookerjee & Madison Whatley

Thursday, 2/12/26, at 7:00 PM:
Allison Blevins with Carolina Hospital,
Nicole Hospital-Medina, & Holly Iglesias

Thursday, 3/19/26, at 7:00 PM:
Sunni Brown Wilkinson & Elizabeth Jacobson

Thursday, 4/16/26, at 7:00 PM:
Joan Kwon Glass & Clayre Benzadón

Logos at the bottom read: SWWIM, The Betsy Hotel, Matwaala, and CreArte

Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Day 13 of the #sealeychallenge August 13th- False Offering, Rita Mookerjee This collection by Flight 1 contributor @ritamookerjee.bsky.social shimmers with inventive, playful language. Read these poems out loud, you won’t regret it @jacklegpress.bsky.social

The cover of the Rita Mookerjee book False Offering

Coconut Oil
As a teen, I wish I knew I had perfect skin and spent less time shaving my thighs and the small of my back, rubbing brown sugar and extra virgin into my feet and arms while my mom shouted at me to stop wasting water.
I didn't want to peel the brown away, but I hoped for something more dazzling underneath, maybe gold or amber? I lived a life far from beaches so coconuts were rarely on my mind, but once I anointed myself with clear paste, boys would sit by me at lunch, a girl at ballet would tell me I smelled good, and so my oilwork became routine.
My vanity grew loaded with oils. All of them impart a different slick: some to lure people in with a dark sheen, some to melt yesterday's kohl from my lid, some to prime me for escape.
At night, I'd stroke my shins and knead the petals of my arches. After months in sun on hot grass and driveways, I saw myself reflected in storefronts and car windows and decided I would become a bronze idol, a gilded thistle, a living ember searing through my hair and clothes. Because of my oilwork I keep jars all around the house— in the bathroom, the kitchen, at my bedside- so I always remember how I coaxed myself from the shower and out into the day.

Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For our elusive “Brewer’s Choice” category, we knew instantly there was only one real choice. @ritamookerjee.bsky.social is a multi-hyphenate, literary powerhouse. She does standup, she does burlesque, she Emcees, she writes poetry, she teaches, we’re not sure there’s anything she DOESN’T do.

Robert @callicoinnc.bsky.social · last yr.

Dr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social · last yr.

is anyone else categorically adverse to shows about love and dating? 👀

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · last yr.

ESSEJ @essejpx.bsky.social · last yr.

muscle butts are so funny…all that mass and no jiggle to it. what we supposed to do with that???

Dr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social · last yr.

I agreed with tucker AND piers morgan this week wtaf

Dr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social · last yr.

the beyoncé/buffalo soldier 📀🐎is making me so depressed. so much misinformation and glorification of settler colonialism…

Greg van Eekhout @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social · last yr.

I read a book about gay people and became gay and then I read a book about straight people and became straight again and then I read a book about Australians and became Australian and then I read a book about Bigfoot and became Bigfoot. Book-banners are weak knuckleheads.

Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · last yr.

SPLIT LIP FAM is truly unstoppable!!! Congrats for all this GREAT news @lorisambolbrody.bsky.social @mariannelchan.bsky.social @sashabrown.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @livesinpages.bsky.social @amystuber.com @ritamookerjee.bsky.social @ambersparks.bsky.social @maxpasakorn.bsky.social & MORE!

Split Lip Magazine@splitlipthemag.bsky.social · last yr.

Summer is here at last 😎 Let’s appreciate all the incredible publications and news from our SLM FAM: buff.ly/wcSTYqX

An open book with brown sunglasses resting on top, placed at the edge of a blue swimming pool.

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · last yr.

Ice cream truck funerals apparently produce the most horror movie ass sound you can hear in real life

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · last yr.

Have a goodnight with some poetry on this ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🌙 Poetry Co-Editor @ritamookerjee.bsky.social has two iconic poems in @villaineralit.bsky.social‬ we know you'll love: buff.ly/98kePPd

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW YORK (AP) — Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention.

Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · last yr.

"Our sister went to help the people who came out of the volcano." When I "came back" to the lit world, it was a @rpmirabella.bsky.social essay that allowed me to reframe how I think about relationship with writing, so it's an HONOR that we get to feature him on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week.

Volcano People by Richard Mirabella

Our sister went to help the people who came out of the volcano. She told us she was going to leave at the 4th of July picnic, while we sat around eating corn, our hands fatty with butter, silk in our ...

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Dr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social · last yr.

glad that everyone is seeing him clearly now. (this man tried to send his followers on me when I clocked him for being an exclusionary fatphobic twat)

regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · last yr.

this man is a herbert

derek guy: I admire the courage of people protesting the ICE raids in California. I'm against violent protests and think they're counterproductive. I also think that non-violent protests send a more powerful and enduring message. Have long believed in Dr. King's message about using…
reply from sasha: I mean this genuinely, but what else are people supposed to do when their communities are faced with direct violence? Non violence cannot win against direct violence, when people are being ripped from their communities it's only logical that they defend themselves.
reply from derek guy: If you're in a relationship with an undocumented immigrant, you can make a direct impact on their life by marrying them (if it is indeed a legit marriage, and I am not suggesting anyone enter a false marriage for green card reasons). IMO, this makes more of an impact than throwing bottles.

Megs 🤘🏻🖤@megnev.bsky.social · last yr.

Borders aren’t real.

Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · last yr.

If white people across the country started singing “Free Palestine” to the tune of “Sweet Caroline” when a little drunk this summer at their white people bars in their little polos and $70 flip flops I think the worst “journalists” in the world would actually implode

Dr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social · last yr.

obvi we are used to mediocre ww being picked for everything, but losing out on a residency to a ww bragging about trips to europe and her second house being in escrow is pretty gross