meryl wilsner (they/them)
@merylwilsner.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🩷📝 | bestselling author of queer romance | they/them | linktree.com/merylwilsner
Recs for gender inclusive books for a tween learning about puberty?
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Recs for gender inclusive books for a tween learning about puberty?
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I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
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Actually the question that occurs to me is "will you nominate him anyway even after years of people telling you they won't vote for him if you do, and then when you lose as you were warned you would, will you blame not yourselves but the people who warned you."
If he ends up being the Democrat on the presidential ticket in 2028, you would rather vote republican or not vote at all because of this issue?? That’s the million dollar question. Not the hill I would die on and def not worth losing an election over!
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Actually the question that occurs to me is "will you nominate him anyway even after years of people telling you they won't vote for him if you do, and then when you lose as you were warned you would, will you blame not yourselves but the people who warned you."
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okay well this is one ongoing panic off my mind at least
This never should have been a question, but today the Supreme Court sent a powerful reminder that the right to love who you love isn't up for debate.
It is the law of the land.
It is the law of the land.
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
okay well this is one ongoing panic off my mind at least
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finally available as a shirt!!!! 🦂🏳️⚧️
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
finally available as a shirt!!!! 🦂🏳️⚧️
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Cool for the Summer is 20% off in paperback for Banned Book Week using code BBW25 at Bookshop! bookshop.org/a/2228/97812... (You can check out the entire great list of books to support thanks to the partnership of We Need Diverse Books here: bookshop.org/info/banned-...) 🌈📚
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October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Cool for the Summer is 20% off in paperback for Banned Book Week using code BBW25 at Bookshop! bookshop.org/a/2228/97812... (You can check out the entire great list of books to support thanks to the partnership of We Need Diverse Books here: bookshop.org/info/banned-...) 🌈📚
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Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
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Reminder this holiday season that donating to the SA sucks. Ignore the red buckets.
The Salvation Army really is the epitome of a certain kind of white conservatism
They prey on the most vulnerable. They happily leave the sort of people they don't like to die in the streets
But they smile a lot and don't cuss and say "Jesus", so they get to be respectable
They prey on the most vulnerable. They happily leave the sort of people they don't like to die in the streets
But they smile a lot and don't cuss and say "Jesus", so they get to be respectable
October 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Reminder this holiday season that donating to the SA sucks. Ignore the red buckets.
Being intentional in word choice/sentence structure/etc for my autistic main character and I just know people are going to read her point of view and claim I’m a bad writer bc it’s very plain and matter of fact 🙃🙃🙃
September 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Being intentional in word choice/sentence structure/etc for my autistic main character and I just know people are going to read her point of view and claim I’m a bad writer bc it’s very plain and matter of fact 🙃🙃🙃
Here to be very on brand and say Naomi Osaka’s mother is 🔥🥵
September 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Here to be very on brand and say Naomi Osaka’s mother is 🔥🥵
I’m at the point in drafting where I need to reread the beginning so I can make sure I nail the end and, hey! This book is pretty good!!!
August 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I’m at the point in drafting where I need to reread the beginning so I can make sure I nail the end and, hey! This book is pretty good!!!
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hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social
New books by Regina Black, Mary Roach, AND Anita Kelly today!!!!
July 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New books by Regina Black, Mary Roach, AND Anita Kelly today!!!!
I’ve been quietly weeping for a half an hour as I finished listening to Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. My god.
July 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’ve been quietly weeping for a half an hour as I finished listening to Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. My god.
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you know i keep that thang on me (cherishing my wife)
July 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
you know i keep that thang on me (cherishing my wife)
Just finished our rewatch of The Leftovers and that remains the greatest finale of all time
July 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Just finished our rewatch of The Leftovers and that remains the greatest finale of all time
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Every @merylwilsner.bsky.social book is a banger and this sexy sapphic sports romance Cleat Cute is absolutely no exception. Incredible addition to my July reads
July 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Every @merylwilsner.bsky.social book is a banger and this sexy sapphic sports romance Cleat Cute is absolutely no exception. Incredible addition to my July reads
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Reminder that I'm teaching a seminar with Writer's Workshops next Monday and we still have spots open! writingworkshops.com/products/a-g...
What is Voice? A Guide to Discovering and Sharpening Your Voice
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July 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reminder that I'm teaching a seminar with Writer's Workshops next Monday and we still have spots open! writingworkshops.com/products/a-g...
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It was me! And I'm incredibly grateful to Felicia for educating me on Substack's issues.
My newsletter is now available through Kit, instead.
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My newsletter is now available through Kit, instead.
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July 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It was me! And I'm incredibly grateful to Felicia for educating me on Substack's issues.
My newsletter is now available through Kit, instead.
merylwilsner.kit.com/posts/update...
My newsletter is now available through Kit, instead.
merylwilsner.kit.com/posts/update...
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Every word. Bar for bar. Verbatim.
All of it this feels validating seeing somebody put this in words I couldn’t.
I almost died during that year but every thing he said is exactly how I felt during that time minus fighting the virus with no insurance and when a vaccine wasn’t in existence
All of it this feels validating seeing somebody put this in words I couldn’t.
I almost died during that year but every thing he said is exactly how I felt during that time minus fighting the virus with no insurance and when a vaccine wasn’t in existence
July 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Every word. Bar for bar. Verbatim.
All of it this feels validating seeing somebody put this in words I couldn’t.
I almost died during that year but every thing he said is exactly how I felt during that time minus fighting the virus with no insurance and when a vaccine wasn’t in existence
All of it this feels validating seeing somebody put this in words I couldn’t.
I almost died during that year but every thing he said is exactly how I felt during that time minus fighting the virus with no insurance and when a vaccine wasn’t in existence
The Devil Wears Prada 2 cast is a murder attempt on lesbians everywhere
July 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Devil Wears Prada 2 cast is a murder attempt on lesbians everywhere
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i LOVE telling them to quit. put it on a voicemail. “hey this guy sucks and if you don’t quit you do too”
Good time to remind people that when you call your reps that suck you can remind the staffers that they can and should quit.
You know that you can still escape, right? Just head home and enjoy firing up the grill. Let Mike Johnson deal with the fallout. Not your problem.
July 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i LOVE telling them to quit. put it on a voicemail. “hey this guy sucks and if you don’t quit you do too”
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Doing a thing for a Pride thing
June 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Doing a thing for a Pride thing