Nina the Slackmistress
@slackmistress.bsky.social
TV writer. Writer writer. Penned the Lizzie McG bra episode. Author of The Crone Zone for @quirkbooks.bsky.social (Fall ‘25). Liz Taylor of the Midwest.
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I dont particularly like my writing but I'm proud of this piece. Was going to use this as the first entry for my relaunched newsletter but had a chance to get it in Wired and I took it.
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How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World
Harry Jackson went into Kathmandu as a tourist. He ended up being one of the main international sources of news on Nepal’s Gen Z protests.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I dont particularly like my writing but I'm proud of this piece. Was going to use this as the first entry for my relaunched newsletter but had a chance to get it in Wired and I took it.
www.wired.com/story/how-a-...
www.wired.com/story/how-a-...
Just referred to someone as “a trilby-dicked loser” and honestly, it’s the first time in awhile I’ve felt so alive.
September 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just referred to someone as “a trilby-dicked loser” and honestly, it’s the first time in awhile I’ve felt so alive.
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Do y’all know about my friend @slackmistress.bsky.social’s book, The Crone Zone? It’s out now! And it’s 100% Cosmo-approved. amzn.to/46akvT4
September 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Do y’all know about my friend @slackmistress.bsky.social’s book, The Crone Zone? It’s out now! And it’s 100% Cosmo-approved. amzn.to/46akvT4
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The global war on terror set legal precedent for torture, abduction and assassination of those deemed terrorists.
September 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The global war on terror set legal precedent for torture, abduction and assassination of those deemed terrorists.
I was prepared for the Nazis to be terrible, but I wasn’t expecting them to be straight-up *dorks.*
September 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I was prepared for the Nazis to be terrible, but I wasn’t expecting them to be straight-up *dorks.*
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“Artists, writers and musicians should go on strike until Kimmel is back!”
Hey you know how you love making grocery lists with ChatGPT and ask it decorate your house? It ate all our money and jobs so we don’t actually have anything to strike on.
Hey you know how you love making grocery lists with ChatGPT and ask it decorate your house? It ate all our money and jobs so we don’t actually have anything to strike on.
September 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“Artists, writers and musicians should go on strike until Kimmel is back!”
Hey you know how you love making grocery lists with ChatGPT and ask it decorate your house? It ate all our money and jobs so we don’t actually have anything to strike on.
Hey you know how you love making grocery lists with ChatGPT and ask it decorate your house? It ate all our money and jobs so we don’t actually have anything to strike on.
I hope that everyone is having the day they deserve! 💙💙💙
September 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I hope that everyone is having the day they deserve! 💙💙💙
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if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
September 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
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If you’re around Elliott Bay Book Co maybe I hid some stickers in the book I recently illustrated that came out today.
September 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you’re around Elliott Bay Book Co maybe I hid some stickers in the book I recently illustrated that came out today.
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It’s here! @slackmistress.bsky.social book The Crone Zone is out now. Cosmo-approved.
September 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s here! @slackmistress.bsky.social book The Crone Zone is out now. Cosmo-approved.
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This is worth twelve satires.
September 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is worth twelve satires.
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I just started @slackmistress.bsky.social ‘s The Crone Zone and I love it. Highly recommend. Bought it on a whim and do not regret. Favorite quote so far: “It’s like a Voltron of caretaking expectations.”
September 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I just started @slackmistress.bsky.social ‘s The Crone Zone and I love it. Highly recommend. Bought it on a whim and do not regret. Favorite quote so far: “It’s like a Voltron of caretaking expectations.”
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The announcement is just gonna be “it’s illegal now to say I’m dead”
September 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The announcement is just gonna be “it’s illegal now to say I’m dead”
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Also if you do author events for a Chicago-area bookseller please holler at me or Nina, I get the sense she’s having a hard time getting event support from her publisher just because they laid off all their junior marketing and publicity staff
September 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Also if you do author events for a Chicago-area bookseller please holler at me or Nina, I get the sense she’s having a hard time getting event support from her publisher just because they laid off all their junior marketing and publicity staff
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The Crone Zone by @slackmistress.bsky.social (with illustrations by @pamwishbow.bsky.social) is out in the world today! Perfect for all the aspiring bog witches, swamp hags, and Baba Yagas in your life (and anyone trying to age under patriarchy). Featuring every crone pun I could think of
The Crone Zone by Nina Bargiel: 9781683694830 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
It's time to embrace your inner crone! Tap into the wisdom of age and learn how to take up space, do as you please, shake off expectations, and live life on your own terms. If you’ve been looking...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Crone Zone by @slackmistress.bsky.social (with illustrations by @pamwishbow.bsky.social) is out in the world today! Perfect for all the aspiring bog witches, swamp hags, and Baba Yagas in your life (and anyone trying to age under patriarchy). Featuring every crone pun I could think of
Foreward Reviews calls The Crone Zone "a celebratory self-help guide about the wisdom, freedom, and fun of old age." A NetGalley Reviewer calls it riddled with f-bombs. Both are true! Available for preorder now or everywhere on TUESDAY! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
August 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Foreward Reviews calls The Crone Zone "a celebratory self-help guide about the wisdom, freedom, and fun of old age." A NetGalley Reviewer calls it riddled with f-bombs. Both are true! Available for preorder now or everywhere on TUESDAY! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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@slackmistress.bsky.social remains one of the funniest and smartest people on the internet. If you're living outside America, you can get THE CRONE ZONE through Blackwell's.
August 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
@slackmistress.bsky.social remains one of the funniest and smartest people on the internet. If you're living outside America, you can get THE CRONE ZONE through Blackwell's.
I was looking for the link to my book for preorders (THE CRONE ZONE! September 2!) and came across a early review (???) that complained about the liberal use of “fuck.” MY MOM WILL BE SO PROUD! @quirkbooks.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I was looking for the link to my book for preorders (THE CRONE ZONE! September 2!) and came across a early review (???) that complained about the liberal use of “fuck.” MY MOM WILL BE SO PROUD! @quirkbooks.bsky.social
While you were on Bluesky, I was studying the blade.
July 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
While you were on Bluesky, I was studying the blade.
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I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so.
June 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so.
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Perhaps we can make it September when Crone Zone comes out @slackmistress.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Nothing says I’m dating a journalist than calling your partner and he answers “can’t talk, we’re bombing Iran.”
The US carried out airstrikes on 3 sites in Iran, Trump announced Saturday night. Updating story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-i...
Trump says US bombed 3 nuclear sites in Iran
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.S. launched strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran.
taskandpurpose.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Nothing says I’m dating a journalist than calling your partner and he answers “can’t talk, we’re bombing Iran.”
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The US carried out airstrikes on 3 sites in Iran, Trump announced Saturday night. Updating story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-i...
Trump says US bombed 3 nuclear sites in Iran
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.S. launched strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran.
taskandpurpose.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The US carried out airstrikes on 3 sites in Iran, Trump announced Saturday night. Updating story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-i...
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As faith leaders have a crowd take a knee and pray outside the federal building, DHS officers raise their weapons at priests and National Guard members lineup with riot shields against them tonight in downtown L.A.
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
As faith leaders have a crowd take a knee and pray outside the federal building, DHS officers raise their weapons at priests and National Guard members lineup with riot shields against them tonight in downtown L.A.