Wendy C. Ortiz
@wendyortiz.com
EXCAVATION: A MEMOIR,
HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK: ESSAYS, and
BRUJA: A DREAMOIR, all reissued by Northwestern University Press, 2025. @nupress.bsky.social
Mommy’s El Camino is my weekly newsletter. she/her. Los Angeles 🤌🏼 https://linktr.ee/wendy.c.ortiz
HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK: ESSAYS, and
BRUJA: A DREAMOIR, all reissued by Northwestern University Press, 2025. @nupress.bsky.social
Mommy’s El Camino is my weekly newsletter. she/her. Los Angeles 🤌🏼 https://linktr.ee/wendy.c.ortiz
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Wendy C. Ortiz
@wendyortiz.com
· Mar 31
BOOKS AND BOOKS and BoOkS. Official pub date is 4/15/25. Pre-orders are out there 🪽
Love to @nupress.bsky.social and to the OG small publishers who put out the first incarnations of these books 💚💚💚
Love to @nupress.bsky.social and to the OG small publishers who put out the first incarnations of these books 💚💚💚
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HAPPY THANKSGIVIG - dashare.zone ADMIN
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVIG - dashare.zone ADMIN
Rough day to not have any Visine in the house 😅
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Rough day to not have any Visine in the house 😅
My printer has said it’s “low on toner” for YEARS. Whiner.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My printer has said it’s “low on toner” for YEARS. Whiner.
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It's absolutely disgusting what the New York Times, and particularly Azeen Ghorayshi, is doing with its coverage of autism. It's so deeply irresponsible.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's absolutely disgusting what the New York Times, and particularly Azeen Ghorayshi, is doing with its coverage of autism. It's so deeply irresponsible.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
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There’s a 45 minute all Nirvana cycling class on Peloton and as I rode it, of course I had to wonder what Kurt would make of it. 20yo-me is snarking about it. Current me is ambivalent about having this bike and this soundtrack, but also loved the ride.
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There’s a 45 minute all Nirvana cycling class on Peloton and as I rode it, of course I had to wonder what Kurt would make of it. 20yo-me is snarking about it. Current me is ambivalent about having this bike and this soundtrack, but also loved the ride.
🕯️ Jimmy Cliff 🕯️Rest in Peace 🕯️
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youtu.be/-fym7NzSokQ?...
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come, 1972 HQ HD
YouTube video by nostalgoteketpunktse
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November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🕯️ Jimmy Cliff 🕯️Rest in Peace 🕯️
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youtu.be/-fym7NzSokQ?...
The 15yo announced that songs that mention cocaine sound so fun, she bets they had some when they made the song…sigh, true, true…
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The 15yo announced that songs that mention cocaine sound so fun, she bets they had some when they made the song…sigh, true, true…
Lol “reading a lot of Esther Perel”
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Lol “reading a lot of Esther Perel”
eight more days of Mercury retrograde
a black cat is peeking out from behind a cabinet
Alt: a black cat is peeking out from behind a cabinet then runs toward the camera ending in a close-up of its face
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November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
eight more days of Mercury retrograde
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With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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L.A.'s alt-right extremists are doubling down on their “WHITE MAN FIGHT BACK!" fliers, neo-Nazi tattoos, and white power band tees.
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
L.A.'s alt-right extremists are doubling down on their “WHITE MAN FIGHT BACK!" fliers, neo-Nazi tattoos, and white power band tees.
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
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They are so funny. Our neighbors are being stuffed into unmarked vans, and they’re all like let’s vote against a term we probably can’t define instead.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
They are so funny. Our neighbors are being stuffed into unmarked vans, and they’re all like let’s vote against a term we probably can’t define instead.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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Look we've all acted over the top when meeting someone we think is hot
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Look we've all acted over the top when meeting someone we think is hot
All those dumbasses “denouncing the horrors of socialism” ahead of Mamdani’s visit is just 😂🤣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
All those dumbasses “denouncing the horrors of socialism” ahead of Mamdani’s visit is just 😂🤣🤣
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trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
Honestly, I’m staring at Mamdani’s facial expression throughout because I love watching the ease with which some people can control what their face is doing in extremely weird circumstances. I’m not one of them, but I like studying others do it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Honestly, I’m staring at Mamdani’s facial expression throughout because I love watching the ease with which some people can control what their face is doing in extremely weird circumstances. I’m not one of them, but I like studying others do it.
Los Angeles has turned the corner from pouring rain to blue skies 🤩 My dog is thrilled, I am thrilled.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Los Angeles has turned the corner from pouring rain to blue skies 🤩 My dog is thrilled, I am thrilled.
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there are all kinds of tiny actions, both activist and artistic, that go unseen or are purposely modest or have a narrow circumference and that does not change what they are and what effects they can have. effect is not a measure of volume. it is a measure of density
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
there are all kinds of tiny actions, both activist and artistic, that go unseen or are purposely modest or have a narrow circumference and that does not change what they are and what effects they can have. effect is not a measure of volume. it is a measure of density
Re: taking risks on books large publishers wouldn’t. My book Excavation was rejected by ~30 traditional publishing editors before a small press (@futuretensebooks.bsky.social) picked it up. It went on to sell about 10k copies before I sold it to @nupress.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Re: taking risks on books large publishers wouldn’t. My book Excavation was rejected by ~30 traditional publishing editors before a small press (@futuretensebooks.bsky.social) picked it up. It went on to sell about 10k copies before I sold it to @nupress.bsky.social.
The list of degrees that will no longer be considered professional includes counselors/therapists. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen over the yrs who were SO glad to find me, a queer Mexican American/Chicana therapist, in a sea of white clinicians. Federal student loans made this possible.
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The list of degrees that will no longer be considered professional includes counselors/therapists. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen over the yrs who were SO glad to find me, a queer Mexican American/Chicana therapist, in a sea of white clinicians. Federal student loans made this possible.
In 1993 when I started calling myself bisexual, there was of course the magazine Anything That Moves, but is that where I got the phrase “Mmmm, this fence feels good”??
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In 1993 when I started calling myself bisexual, there was of course the magazine Anything That Moves, but is that where I got the phrase “Mmmm, this fence feels good”??