Casey Johnston
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social
Buy my book, A PHYSICAL EDUCATION
a Marketplace and Scientific American pick for 2025!
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a Marketplace and Scientific American pick for 2025!
science writer/author
Newsletter shesabeast.co
couchtobarbell.com
I’m freaked out by the fact that every single s10 Love Is Blind guy‘s unironic choice of hair/beard styling is the gigachad meme
February 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I’m freaked out by the fact that every single s10 Love Is Blind guy‘s unironic choice of hair/beard styling is the gigachad meme
One of the experts specifically pointed out this book as correct and I howled
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the experts specifically pointed out this book as correct and I howled
earnest question: was he drunk www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
earnest question: was he drunk www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
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September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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It’s come to my attention that I inspired Cheryl Strayed to learn to powerlift, so as soon as I’m done screaming crying and throwing up I will have no choice but to retire. Thank you for understanding www.instagram.com/p/DMWO-zsyAn...
July 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s come to my attention that I inspired Cheryl Strayed to learn to powerlift, so as soon as I’m done screaming crying and throwing up I will have no choice but to retire. Thank you for understanding www.instagram.com/p/DMWO-zsyAn...
(where "good," it must be stressed again, is not "can it win over the most people by whatever strategy necessary/is most popular with the people with the most resources" but "is it humane and/or morally/ethically defensible")
June 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
(where "good," it must be stressed again, is not "can it win over the most people by whatever strategy necessary/is most popular with the people with the most resources" but "is it humane and/or morally/ethically defensible")
AI coverage has developed the same problems as bad political journalism: covering the horse race and who is most popular, vs "are their platforms/politics actually any good"
defector.com/toward-a-the...
defector.com/toward-a-the...
June 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
AI coverage has developed the same problems as bad political journalism: covering the horse race and who is most popular, vs "are their platforms/politics actually any good"
defector.com/toward-a-the...
defector.com/toward-a-the...
let's freaking GOOOOOOOO www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/w...
June 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
let's freaking GOOOOOOOO www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/w...
Seattle tonight is the night—
no one has ever, in all the recorded history of live bookstore events, managed to not have an awkward pause after the moderator says “any questions?”
but tonight we can change the course of humankind www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
no one has ever, in all the recorded history of live bookstore events, managed to not have an awkward pause after the moderator says “any questions?”
but tonight we can change the course of humankind www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Seattle tonight is the night—
no one has ever, in all the recorded history of live bookstore events, managed to not have an awkward pause after the moderator says “any questions?”
but tonight we can change the course of humankind www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
no one has ever, in all the recorded history of live bookstore events, managed to not have an awkward pause after the moderator says “any questions?”
but tonight we can change the course of humankind www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
Unsurprising that AI is popular mainly with bullshitters, since all it does is bullshit
June 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Unsurprising that AI is popular mainly with bullshitters, since all it does is bullshit
Nearing 150 RSVPs for the Seattle event for A PHYSICAL EDUCATION Wednesday; I should have done a damn stadium tour
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
June 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Nearing 150 RSVPs for the Seattle event for A PHYSICAL EDUCATION Wednesday; I should have done a damn stadium tour
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
S E A T T L E: I'm in town THIS WEDNESDAY JUNE 4 to talk about A Physical Education at Third Place Books! All my other ticketed events have sold out, so you should reserve your spot here now if you want to come: www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
June 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
S E A T T L E: I'm in town THIS WEDNESDAY JUNE 4 to talk about A Physical Education at Third Place Books! All my other ticketed events have sold out, so you should reserve your spot here now if you want to come: www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/casey-...
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’ve never respected a Harvard student more than right now www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’ve never respected a Harvard student more than right now www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
People combing through the FDA and Dept of Education budgets line by line for more cuts while behind them Elon turns a rocket made of construction paper and Elmer’s glue into confetti every two weeks and bills the government another $50 billion
May 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
People combing through the FDA and Dept of Education budgets line by line for more cuts while behind them Elon turns a rocket made of construction paper and Elmer’s glue into confetti every two weeks and bills the government another $50 billion
I’m a full damn page in the LA Times today🎉🎉 www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
May 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m a full damn page in the LA Times today🎉🎉 www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
well well well look what the cat dragged in on Bookshop's Bestsellers of the Week, if it isn't our own A PHYSICAL EDUCATION!! 💪💪💪💪😤😤😤😤
bookshop.org/lists/booksh...
bookshop.org/lists/booksh...
May 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
well well well look what the cat dragged in on Bookshop's Bestsellers of the Week, if it isn't our own A PHYSICAL EDUCATION!! 💪💪💪💪😤😤😤😤
bookshop.org/lists/booksh...
bookshop.org/lists/booksh...
for every copy you get, ten new borrowers sprout, you can never sate the maw of the A PHYSICAL EDUCATION readership
May 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
for every copy you get, ten new borrowers sprout, you can never sate the maw of the A PHYSICAL EDUCATION readership
I see the attorney asking if the vaginal area is where the clitoris is, and I raise him the TSA asking if this is some kind of bomb
May 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I see the attorney asking if the vaginal area is where the clitoris is, and I raise him the TSA asking if this is some kind of bomb
Not for nothing, my plane from Newark last Saturday was 90% empty
May 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Not for nothing, my plane from Newark last Saturday was 90% empty
Very very stoked indeed to be #1 in feminist theory and #6 in "culinary biographies/memoirs"... fitting in terms of priorities www.amazon.com/gp/bestselle...
May 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Very very stoked indeed to be #1 in feminist theory and #6 in "culinary biographies/memoirs"... fitting in terms of priorities www.amazon.com/gp/bestselle...
as we cruise into Mother's Day weekend, I want to be clear that A PHYSICAL EDUCATION is nothing if not an invitation for all of our Almond Moms to come to the table to perhaps, literally for the first time ever, break some damn bread
womensbarbellclub.substack.com/p/why-casey-...
womensbarbellclub.substack.com/p/why-casey-...
May 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
as we cruise into Mother's Day weekend, I want to be clear that A PHYSICAL EDUCATION is nothing if not an invitation for all of our Almond Moms to come to the table to perhaps, literally for the first time ever, break some damn bread
womensbarbellclub.substack.com/p/why-casey-...
womensbarbellclub.substack.com/p/why-casey-...
A PHYSICAL EDUCATION book event at The Strand NYC sold out😳😳😳😳
May 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A PHYSICAL EDUCATION book event at The Strand NYC sold out😳😳😳😳
Today is the day! My book is out in the world. It’s not a friendly world for writing about science or women or especially women’s bodies right now. But I’m so proud to be telling a story that makes a certain type of person very, very angry. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey...
May 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today is the day! My book is out in the world. It’s not a friendly world for writing about science or women or especially women’s bodies right now. But I’m so proud to be telling a story that makes a certain type of person very, very angry. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey...
You hate to see it… a library caught flat footed with 31 requests for A PHYSICAL EDUCATION and only one copy to feed all those little mouths
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
You hate to see it… a library caught flat footed with 31 requests for A PHYSICAL EDUCATION and only one copy to feed all those little mouths