Maria Dahvana Headley
@mariadahvana.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
Oh, & though it happened to someone else's family: Once I was on a plane to TX for thanksgiving, & a dude walked down the aisle, his hiking backpack dripping pink liquid. A 22-lb turkey, which he was defrosting en route. I said no. He acted like a turkey Jedi, & said this was the only way to do it.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Oh, & though it happened to someone else's family: Once I was on a plane to TX for thanksgiving, & a dude walked down the aisle, his hiking backpack dripping pink liquid. A 22-lb turkey, which he was defrosting en route. I said no. He acted like a turkey Jedi, & said this was the only way to do it.
My sister & I lost focus at Christmas - we were in charge of watching over my then-husband's Coca-Cola ham, which was in the oven. We drank cocktails, & tried on ballgowns. Eventually, we opened the oven to find the ham enrobed in pitch-black Coca-Cola toffee. We broke it off with a hammer. 🔨
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My sister & I lost focus at Christmas - we were in charge of watching over my then-husband's Coca-Cola ham, which was in the oven. We drank cocktails, & tried on ballgowns. Eventually, we opened the oven to find the ham enrobed in pitch-black Coca-Cola toffee. We broke it off with a hammer. 🔨
I made a 3rd place in my house. There is a weird long room, half of which is kitchen, half of which was uncomfortable space. I attached fold-out reading lamps to the wall, & brought the best chair into the corner. Now we have a reading lair, walled off w/bookshelves. Why didn't I do this before?!
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I made a 3rd place in my house. There is a weird long room, half of which is kitchen, half of which was uncomfortable space. I attached fold-out reading lamps to the wall, & brought the best chair into the corner. Now we have a reading lair, walled off w/bookshelves. Why didn't I do this before?!
Random crowdsourcing just in case: has anyone cured SI joint pain? It's been driving me insane for 6 years, & no one seems to be able to fix me. I know what happened. Pregnancy made it click out. It was a tiny click, with endless fuckitude after. Posting in case anyone has awesome ideas.
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Random crowdsourcing just in case: has anyone cured SI joint pain? It's been driving me insane for 6 years, & no one seems to be able to fix me. I know what happened. Pregnancy made it click out. It was a tiny click, with endless fuckitude after. Posting in case anyone has awesome ideas.
There is no frenzied housecleaning like the frenzied housecleaning of the household whose in-laws are on a plane heading this direction. And also, there are no distracting book collections like the ones I just pawed through, "organizing" the folklore/fairytale/mythology sections.
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There is no frenzied housecleaning like the frenzied housecleaning of the household whose in-laws are on a plane heading this direction. And also, there are no distracting book collections like the ones I just pawed through, "organizing" the folklore/fairytale/mythology sections.
Thing about being a writer is that you have to grit your teeth and push on, whether you're getting rejection, or you're killing it. Rejection earns you a day of being flat on the floor, & then, up again, writing. Killing it earns you a day of rapture & then, better get your ass back to work.
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Thing about being a writer is that you have to grit your teeth and push on, whether you're getting rejection, or you're killing it. Rejection earns you a day of being flat on the floor, & then, up again, writing. Killing it earns you a day of rapture & then, better get your ass back to work.
Today,I unpacked pounds of books sent me by another writer, & lemme tell you, this was kindness. In the ancient days I requested these books from a man, & said man insisted that they were not my area of interest. But. The history of violence is my area of interest. Also my area of interest is huge.
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Today,I unpacked pounds of books sent me by another writer, & lemme tell you, this was kindness. In the ancient days I requested these books from a man, & said man insisted that they were not my area of interest. But. The history of violence is my area of interest. Also my area of interest is huge.
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Musk's "time away from politics" involved having Republicans completely revamp the 2021 infrastructure bill so that a huge swath of the $42.5 billion in taxpayer broadband grants are funneled to his company (and away from better options) in exchange for satellite service he already planned to offer
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Musk's "time away from politics" involved having Republicans completely revamp the 2021 infrastructure bill so that a huge swath of the $42.5 billion in taxpayer broadband grants are funneled to his company (and away from better options) in exchange for satellite service he already planned to offer
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Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
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resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
Currently reading a book I've carried around with me since college, repeatedly reading only the first chapter and then falling out. In this book, between pages 100-101, I found evidence of a long ago me, one with long henna red hair, which thread I apparently I left as a marker.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Currently reading a book I've carried around with me since college, repeatedly reading only the first chapter and then falling out. In this book, between pages 100-101, I found evidence of a long ago me, one with long henna red hair, which thread I apparently I left as a marker.
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
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RIP Alice Wong, fiercest, finest, most fabulously dressed freedom fighter and friend. She changed the world a bit at a time every day and never stopped loving it. She taught me so much. I can’t believe this. I miss her bravery and clarity already. 💔♿️
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
RIP Alice Wong, fiercest, finest, most fabulously dressed freedom fighter and friend. She changed the world a bit at a time every day and never stopped loving it. She taught me so much. I can’t believe this. I miss her bravery and clarity already. 💔♿️
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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all the constituent parts finally knit back together, camera slowly pans up to the face, turns out it's cate blanchett
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
all the constituent parts finally knit back together, camera slowly pans up to the face, turns out it's cate blanchett
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just have a scene where all the parts of him come back together like the iron giant as the theme swells, maybe one of his hands gooses a stewardess on bottom on the way there, bob's your uncle
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
just have a scene where all the parts of him come back together like the iron giant as the theme swells, maybe one of his hands gooses a stewardess on bottom on the way there, bob's your uncle
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thune Plans Test Vote on Shutdown, Saying Deal Is Getting Closer
Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.
Before the ACA, I couldn't get insurance as a freelancer at all, bc I'm a type 1 diabetic, so "pre-existing conditions." It was absolute shit on my health, scavenging for insulin & test strips, constantly in life or death debates about being able to go to the doctor. I had no primary care.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Before the ACA, I couldn't get insurance as a freelancer at all, bc I'm a type 1 diabetic, so "pre-existing conditions." It was absolute shit on my health, scavenging for insulin & test strips, constantly in life or death debates about being able to go to the doctor. I had no primary care.
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I know quite a few comrades on the ACA exchange. I used to be on the exchange for years. A doubling or tripling of premium costs will be a death sentence for people who NEED HEALTH INSURANCE to survive. PERIOD.
We've heard Democrats say as much for WEEKS. So what the hell??????
We've heard Democrats say as much for WEEKS. So what the hell??????
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I know quite a few comrades on the ACA exchange. I used to be on the exchange for years. A doubling or tripling of premium costs will be a death sentence for people who NEED HEALTH INSURANCE to survive. PERIOD.
We've heard Democrats say as much for WEEKS. So what the hell??????
We've heard Democrats say as much for WEEKS. So what the hell??????
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.