Daniel Rafinejad
@dannoway.bsky.social
writer, translator, theatrist, teacher, liquorice lover, childless cat person. Dyspraxic, Iranian New Yorker misfit. he/او 🌈☮️🐈⬛
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Daniel Rafinejad
@dannoway.bsky.social
· Mar 17
DANIEL RAFINEJAD
Daniel Rafinejad taught Persian language and literature at Harvard University before devoting himself to full-time writing and translating. His work has appeared in Evergreen Review , Nowruz...
www.danielrafinejad.com
I’m Carol Channing meets Andy Kaufman meets Sadeq Hedayat meets Lassie meets James Baldwin at a dinner hosted by Grover Monster and Rosie O’Donnell. Sit by me! And check out my work here:
www.danielrafinejad.com
www.danielrafinejad.com
Now that I’m in my late 40s, I’m getting really into alto lady singers like Anne Murray, Patsy Cline, and Anita Baker.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Now that I’m in my late 40s, I’m getting really into alto lady singers like Anne Murray, Patsy Cline, and Anita Baker.
I would sing this to the truly divine Ms. Lee Grant on her 100th birthday! 🎃🎉
youtu.be/EPZ7v-bwk0E?...
youtu.be/EPZ7v-bwk0E?...
Florence Henderson sings "That Old Black Magic" on The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
YouTube video by Stargayzing
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October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I would sing this to the truly divine Ms. Lee Grant on her 100th birthday! 🎃🎉
youtu.be/EPZ7v-bwk0E?...
youtu.be/EPZ7v-bwk0E?...
Happy Halloween, friends! 🎃🧡🖤💚💜🍂
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Happy Halloween, friends! 🎃🧡🖤💚💜🍂
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Pauline Kael on Taylor Swift: "She commandeers like a pagan goddess of Albion, and though her music is garbage, it is edible garbage, and for that, the common man must be grateful." #impersonation #parody #sublimatedlesbianism
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Pauline Kael on Taylor Swift: "She commandeers like a pagan goddess of Albion, and though her music is garbage, it is edible garbage, and for that, the common man must be grateful." #impersonation #parody #sublimatedlesbianism
My argument against “Politicians have always been dishonest and unscrupulous; Trump just doesn’t disguise it” is that his bald cruelty enables this sort of behavior.
Every word of this is worth reading. These people are not outliers in young MAGA leadership. The person you are when you think you can get away with saying anything is the real you.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My argument against “Politicians have always been dishonest and unscrupulous; Trump just doesn’t disguise it” is that his bald cruelty enables this sort of behavior.
I’m irritable today, so here’s a baby okapi for anyone else who needs it! 🦒🦓🧡💚
October 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I’m irritable today, so here’s a baby okapi for anyone else who needs it! 🦒🦓🧡💚
I’m still waiting for the Vengabus.
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m still waiting for the Vengabus.
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I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Fun fact: Disney invented the myth about lemmings.
www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?ad...
www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?ad...
Lemming Suicide Myth, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Alaska Wildlife News is an online magazine published by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
www.adfg.alaska.gov
September 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Fun fact: Disney invented the myth about lemmings.
www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?ad...
www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?ad...
I guess 1987 was a good year for film!
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I guess 1987 was a good year for film!
I don’t know whether we’re all born poets or whether poetic verve is something we can be taught.
But poetry! We need it. Here are some that are helping me get through. To somewhere. #alsoapoet
But poetry! We need it. Here are some that are helping me get through. To somewhere. #alsoapoet
August 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I don’t know whether we’re all born poets or whether poetic verve is something we can be taught.
But poetry! We need it. Here are some that are helping me get through. To somewhere. #alsoapoet
But poetry! We need it. Here are some that are helping me get through. To somewhere. #alsoapoet
Reposted by Daniel Rafinejad
Now you see, sir, how your fooling grows old, and people dislike it.
August 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Now you see, sir, how your fooling grows old, and people dislike it.
Reposted by Daniel Rafinejad
others were set down for magnificent parts in high tragedies, and short and easy parts in genteel comedies, and jolly parts in farces
July 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
others were set down for magnificent parts in high tragedies, and short and easy parts in genteel comedies, and jolly parts in farces
Reposted by Daniel Rafinejad
"Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders."
(Words by Mary Schmich)
noble and children respected their elders."
(Words by Mary Schmich)
July 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders."
(Words by Mary Schmich)
noble and children respected their elders."
(Words by Mary Schmich)
My cat Nigel and I are doing a production of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG this summer. In rep with last summer’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN. If you buy tickets for both, you get the THEY’RE PLAYING OUR DEATH combo package. #cats #summerstock 🎶👨🏼💼🎭🐈⬛
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My cat Nigel and I are doing a production of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG this summer. In rep with last summer’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN. If you buy tickets for both, you get the THEY’RE PLAYING OUR DEATH combo package. #cats #summerstock 🎶👨🏼💼🎭🐈⬛
I also like the name Kissy Magnetophone for a pop star. 🎤🎶👩🎤💫
July 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I also like the name Kissy Magnetophone for a pop star. 🎤🎶👩🎤💫
I know Schisandra is a kind of shrub, but I think it would make a pretty first name. #deepthoughts #suchaschisandra 🍓🌳
July 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I know Schisandra is a kind of shrub, but I think it would make a pretty first name. #deepthoughts #suchaschisandra 🍓🌳
I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy. #Bloomsday 🌊🪒🪞🫖🛌🌼💚
June 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy. #Bloomsday 🌊🪒🪞🫖🛌🌼💚
June 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM