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Allison Wyss

@allisonwyss.bsky.social

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I don’t think I’ve been lost. she/her And a book(!): SPLENDID ANATOMIES (Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, 2022) https://www.allisonwyss.com

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · Nov 13

I want to post something that I can pin, so I guess I'll share this review of my book (Splendid Anatomies) that I can only read if I want joy to fill my heart such that it overwhelms me and I fall down in intense but exquisite pain.

(But that probably won't happen to you! It's just a good read.)

Power and Vulnerability: A Review of Splendid Anatomies by Allison Wyss

There used to be a horror movie critic in the pink section of the San Francisco Chronicle, Joe Bob Briggs, who would end his reviews with a tally of boobs, bodies, and pints of blood spilled — more be...

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 1h

It’s done now but you’re responsible for winding it up in a way that keeps it that way.

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2h

I'm really good at untangling knots. This is something I was known for as a child, forgot about as an adult, and then remembered when I had a kid. I think about how scouts learn to tie special kinds of knots (I think?), but UNtying them is a more useful skill in my opinion.

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Piper @yourfriendpiper.bsky.social · 3d

I do feel scared when people are making new protest celebrities out of teenagers. You’re making targets

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 1d

Not to imply you're 75, btw, I have no idea. Only to admit I'm 46 and was absolutely giving this look to the sign advertising RSV shots for 75yos.

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 1d

Meme of guy ignoring "vaccines they give 46yos" to check out "vaccines they give 75yos."

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 1d

AND I noticed immediately after posting that I typed ballet instead of ballot so I deleted and re-did, also as if I were a responsible adult human person.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 1d

Today I got my shots for flu and covid and I filled out my mail-in ballot (but I still need my witness to get home before I send it) because I am a RESPONSIBLE ADULT HUMAN PERSON and I really care about my community. (Who knew?)

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2d

This is true. But even that conversion that happens when you do have a reason to hang out, how it turns into friendship--that's so mysterious to me. And thank goodness for the people who get it and somehow make it happen.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2d

This makes me think about the fact that I don't think I ever learned how to make friends. I think all of the friends I have made me.

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2d

10yo's feelings were hurt when her computer called her a robot because she doesn't know what a parking meter is.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about Daniel Tam-Claiborne's TRANSPLANTS and an interesting sex scene:

Transplants and Change Through Intimacy | The Loft Literary Center

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like that means their pants are so shitty they won't last you a whole day.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 3d

It's goddamn infuriating.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 3d

And you know, honestly, I think the fight against amazon would be so much easier if they didn't all pull this bullshit. I am so happy to order directly from the maker except this part sucks. A centralized pestering system saves more frustration than anything else that evil dude offers.

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 3d

Sure every website I occasionally buy things from, I'll give you my email for the tiniest fraction of a percentage off my overpriced purchase, but if you then demand my phone number, I will cancel my order and leave the earth scorched behind me as I never ever ever buy from you again.

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

That's fantastic.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

My kid: I can't believe you teach classes.
Me: What do _you_ think I should do for money.
My kid, because she's an asshole: I don't know. Write books?

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

I reassure myself, well, I’m not gonna let ai cook MY brain. I’m going to keep thinking, creating, imagining, struggling, being human. But I want that for everyone. We do those things in community with each other. Each cooked brain hurts us all.

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

It's possible that I haven't tucked in a shirt since catholic school.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

I think so often about people saying "you can't live in fear" in the sense of it being ok to take risks if the reward is worthwhile and the reward is the intense and life altering thrill of--wait for it--exposing their nose in public. Beautiful, that thrill is certainly worth shortening my life.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

Transitioning from the anxiety of “can I get this done in time?” to the anxiety of “will they like it?” is never as satisfying as I expect it to be.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

You just make fart noises into the hole, right?

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Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

This was funny but now I'm humming that song and I don't like it.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 6d

We can blame the enabling parent who brought him his trumpet.

Allison Wyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve done the walk of shame to school with a forgotten item for backpacks and permission slips this time it is a trumpet.

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