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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her)

@maryelizabethw.bsky.social

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Writer/Consultant/Speaker. Doctoral candidate, Drew University. Masters student, Strathclyde University. Author, A Series of Catastrophes & Miracles. Stage 4 cancer & clinical trial veteran. Reader. Eater. Sometime hot mess.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 13d

My post on Elizabeth Gilbert's new book just passed 26K views, which is a big deal for a small person doing her own thing out here. After I got laid off, I really didn't know if even I'd keep writing. This means a lot to me.

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We need to talk about this Elizabeth Gilbert mess, by someone who's had Stage 4 cancer

Strap in, mofos.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 2d

If you missed it this week, I went on a rant about our American eating disorder. Read a free preview and consider becoming a subscriber -- support independent writers!

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Then you should probably eat.

On our American eating disorder

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about our American collective eating disorder. Free preview on my substack:

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Then you should probably eat.

On our American eating disorder

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 4d

Wish we had a press corp that would actually ask something like “where are you getting this information from?”

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 4d

A cameraman at the #ToryConference just did an excellently-timed zoom onto Chris Philp. #kemi #badenoch

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 3d

Take the trip. Buy the shoes. Panic at the disco.

Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 4d

My substack is about healthcare but sometimes I just want to talk about Taylor. And it's my substack so I can!

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A very brief digression about Taylor

Look what you made me do.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI I'm so proud of this honest and enlightening conversation with @rozsa.bsky.social about autism, addiction, and why the Saw franchise makes some good points.

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"Don't worry about being in George Orwell. Worry about being in Franz Kafka."

Journalist Matthew Rozsa talks about addiction, healthcare inequity, and our country's frightening new war on the neurodivergent

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 5d

Looking up at the 170-year-old Argyle Street Ash Tree, Glasgow's recently crowned Woodland Trust Tree of the Year for 2025.

#glasgow #treeoftheyear #tree #argylestreet #streetscape #tenement #streetphotography #woodlandtrust

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 6d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 6d

What an interesting time to have an upcoming trip to Portland to talk about ethics.

Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 7d

It's Sunday and that means it's time for my roundup of Scottish things that amused me this week -- with bonus York content!

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Sunday Funday: Scottish (and English!) things that amused me this week

Apparently I'm already dressing exactly like Paddington.

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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 7d

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 8d

Let me make a purchase without a ten step sign up process for something I'm going to immediately unsubscribe from, I beg.

Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 9d

Rachel Kolb went deep on her beautiful new book, “Articulate,” the myriad ways we can all communicate better, and the “rising tide” of eugenicist rhetoric that should concern all of us.
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"Disability isn’t a bad thing! It isn’t something to deny or hide about yourself!"

"Articulate" author Rachel Kolb on finding her voice, and what the new "rising tide of eugenicist ideas" means for all of us

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 9d

Because women are TRAPPED! Don't even get me started on trying on jeans.

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Little Hotshot @littlehotshot.swifties.social · 9d

“Taylor swift does nothing for me, exiting the timeline”

GREAT! Do you want an award? A cookie? Maybe the stick out of your ass perhaps?

Good god people. You don’t have to like everything and you don’t need to announce everything you hate. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 9d

I love that one! Kazan gets stuck in a dress! I think about it every time I too face that specific dressing room terror.

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Matthew Rozsa @rozsa.bsky.social · 10d

My three-part message to autistic people living under Trump and RFK Jr.:

1. Don't worry about being in George Orwell.

2. Worry about being in Franz Kafka.

3. Watch "Saw VI."

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"Don't worry about being in George Orwell. Worry about being in Franz Kafka."

Journalist Matthew Rozsa talks about addiction, healthcare inequity, and our country's frightening new war on the neurodivergent

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 10d

New episode of the podcast is out and it's as always free to all. Talked to my friend and colleague @rozsa.bsky.social about neurodiversity, addiction, and of course, the Saw movies.

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"Don't worry about being in George Orwell. Worry about being in Franz Kafka."

Journalist Matthew Rozsa talks about addiction, healthcare inequity, and our country's frightening new war on the neurodivergent

maryelizabethw.substack.com

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Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 10d

The other very Scottish thing that happened today is that I asked at the bakery if there was orange in the sticky toffee pudding (I HAVE BEEN BURNED BEFORE) and the owner said, "Nah, that's against the law, isn't it?"

Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 10d

Last and possibly only.

Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 10d

Today a Scottish kid bumped into me on the street and said, "Ooh, sorry, hen," and I feel like I've truly arrived.

Mary Elizabeth Williams (she/her) @maryelizabethw.bsky.social · 10d

I really think you're going to enjoy the way I framed our podcast ep, Matt.