s. e. smith
@sesmith.lol
that person with the peaches national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire 🌿 @theflytrapmedia.com cofounder 🐈⬛ 📖 ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES out now! 🖋️ get your grief advice on @allmydeadcats.com ✉️ sesmith at realsesmith.com
Harry Potter has been on the NYT Children's & Young Adult Series list for NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE WEEKS, in case you're wondering whether anyone gives a shit about giving the terf queen their money. And know that every pull to publish, fanfic, tattoo, pin, whatever the fuck keeps these books relevant.
These people tell you who they are, over and over again.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h agothis is so fucking disgusting.
I hate muggy weather so much, I just got out of the shower and I'm already drenched in sweat
ICYMI, I turned the 'if I'm dead, look here' list mentioned in my book into a fillable document, .doc or .xls depending on your preference! You can find it here: www.realsesmith.com/the-list
While I'm in the Bay this week I will be hitting bookstores to sign stock (if they have ALL MY DEAD CATS) so may that be a prompt to pop in to your local indie this weekend!
A @theflytrapmedia.com reader wrote in asking for advice about REVENGE and @nicolefroio.bsky.social, @meowwwls.bsky.social, and I offered some suggestions including SHRIMP IN THE CURTAIN RODS (h/t Emily).
Ask The Flytrap: Mother, I Crave Violence
How do I...legally and ethically...get revenge?
theflytrapmedia.com
Hey so part of the reason I pay for Kagi is that it was supposed to be possible to completely invisiblize the AI agent by dismissing it. Adding a ‘summarize’ button to Orion is the opposite of that and I do not like it.
I’m seeing you all in Alameda tomorrow night, RIGHT?! (Unless you’re seeing me at the Mill Valley Library on Thursday??) I’m bringing door prizes!! (They aren’t cats.)
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2d agoYooo Alameda, I'm going to be on your fair shores with @bethwinegarner.bsky.social on WEDNESDAY to chat about the book, grief, death, and so much more. There might be plum jam. I hope to see you there. (But seriously, RSVP so they know you're coming.)
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy the work of this innovative textile artist
It's @thexylom.com's 300th story! Woohoo!
The Xylom@thexylom.com · 20h agoNEW: The vulnerable peatlands that protect Kenyan communities on the edge of Lake Victoria from floods are also among the Earth’s richest carbon stores. Identifying them is easier said than done; conserving them, even harder. www.thexylom.com/post/kenya-l...
Come see me at the Mill Valley Library THIS THURSDAY in conversation with Angela Hennessey! Super excited to talk about grief, culture, capitalism, and building inclusive death movements with her.
Author Talk: s.e. smith in Conversation with Angela Hennessy
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning is a book about grief and mourning as collective activities best undertaken in community....
millvalleylibrary.libcal.com
If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them. defector.com/the-right-ha...
The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector
A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN…
defector.com
NOOOOOO I run multiple orgs on Airtable in addition to managing my own work on it. I've been such an Airtable evangelist for years, too.
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · 17h agoMore here:
Purchased as a door prize for my mother's upcoming death café. But I started reading the preview and may need to buy another copy for myself.
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2d agoI'm getting so many lovely responses to ALL MY DEAD CATS now that it's out in the world and people are reading! Many thanks to everyone who preordered, picked up a copy last week, requested from the library, and shared with friends!
Really interesting history/context in this feature on single-use plastics, though some suggestions for reducing in the kitchen seem either obvious or wishful thinking. Obviously reducing personal waste is good, but we gotta hold point sources accountable, not just consumers. (2 things can be true!)
The Easy, Affordable Ways to Cut Down on Single-Use Plastic in Your Kitchen
Single-use plastic is everywhere in the kitchen, but reducing it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. These practical tips and easy swaps can help you cut back on plastic waste one step at a time.
seriouseats.com
"More than 15,000 people in El Cerrito have a Nextdoor account, which is approximately 60 percent of the town’s population" <-- not the only jump scare in this piece.
amy brown@amybrown.xyz · 19h agomy essay about becoming the nextdoor villain of el cerrito drops tomorrow at @oaklandreviewofbooks.org
I did NOT realize that many supermarket sushi counters are actually run as franchises within stores, & that the working conditions are horrendously abusive. Journalism like this surfacing these issues is so important, so if you like this, please donate to @prismreports.org so they can keep doing it!
The hidden cost of America's supermarket sushi boom
Myanmar refugees face exploitative working conditions as the backbone of the grocery store sushi industry, according to a lawsuit
prismreports.org
Contact tracers and public health workers are astonishingly good at their jobs and would have excellent careers as PIs if they ever decided to leave the field.
Nurses Chase Cyclospora, Aided by Interviews, Fast-Food Receipts — And the Messy Details - KFF Health News
Yes, they’ve heard all the poop jokes. Public health staffers are painstakingly tracing the sources of this massive outbreak, combing through fast-food orders and lettuce purchases as they listen to p...
kffhealthnews.org
This is TOMORROW! (And while signing up is appreciated, everyone will be welcome, so if you forget or you're a person who just doesn't like signing up to things, that's okay.)
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2d agoYooo Alameda, I'm going to be on your fair shores with @bethwinegarner.bsky.social on WEDNESDAY to chat about the book, grief, death, and so much more. There might be plum jam. I hope to see you there. (But seriously, RSVP so they know you're coming.)
Thoughtful feature on what Amazon organizers—and others!—can learn from what worked and what didn't in the Fight for 15.
What Amazon Organizers Can Learn From the Fight for 15
Organizers at Amazon can take lessons from the Fight for 15’s success at building pressure through a broad public campaign—and from its failure to really build an organization of, by, and for workers.
inthesetimes.com
a week late in having my copy arrive, which means an extra week of celebrating the gift of @sesmith.lol’s new book “all my dead cats.” i’m so very proud that this book exists & my friend wrote it—hfs, it was once just an idea?! celebrating are the skulls of my dead cats, moxie (L) & whimsy (R)
Disability advocacy orgs quietly nuking their DEI content to comply in advance is not great, and a good reminder that the best groups are disability justice-focused and working directly in community.
Some Disability Advocacy Groups Quietly Shifted Diversity Language After Trump Took Office
An Emancipator investigation examining 74 disability advocacy groups found that around thirty percent of well-funded organizations that receive significant federal grants and contracts likely changed ...
theemancipator.org
Come see me at the Mill Valley Library THIS THURSDAY in conversation with Angela Hennessey! Super excited to talk about grief, culture, capitalism, and building inclusive death movements with her.
Author Talk: s.e. smith in Conversation with Angela Hennessy
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning is a book about grief and mourning as collective activities best undertaken in community....
millvalleylibrary.libcal.com
This is a FASCINATING read on 70 years of honey queens (as in human queens, not queen bees) and the honey industry in the US.
Honey Royalty
Have you heard of the American Honey Queens? Have a peek at one of our very sweetest commodity competitions.
ambrook.com
Coco-Winston is hosting book club and we’re going to be discussing grief and community with @sesmith.lol and their new book All My Dead Cats and Other Losses
