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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

They settled on 2,500 words b/c we read @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social's story "Ghost" and they decided that was a length they liked--"kinda long, but without feeling long," so someone copy/pasted the text into Word to get an exact count, then rounded up. Editing!

Ghost by Kevin Maloney

originally published by Hobart, October 2014 re-animated by HAD, October 2021 Two days before Halloween I caught my wife having sex with my best friend Dave in a position we’d never trie...

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Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social · 1h

This one pretty much sums up the relationship I have with poetry and - who am I kidding? - with myself 😬😬. Thanks so much to @poolpartymag.com for publishing it recently; they’re doing really cool stuff 📱

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thanks for reading! It’s a goodie!

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hell yeah

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Sep 7

Glad you like it—it’s one of our favorites!

Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Sep 7

lol, can’t tell if this is a compliment?

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Aug 17

(4) they’re wrong. And so are the women who endorse them.

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Aug 17

(3) and she excused both this guy and her boyfriend at my expense. With nobody to turn to at home, no friend who would believe me, and no adult to confide in, I attempted suicide soon after.

Thank god I survived, b/c after all that … if these worms think they can take from me w/out consequence …

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Aug 17

(2) the doxxing me was one of my closest friend’s bf. I told her what the guy and his bandmates had done to me and she shamed me for speaking ill of the guy, that I was hurting his feelings, that he would never do something like that. But he HAD done that …

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Aug 17

(1) The last time I was this scared of somebody, I was 13. I had been drugged, then raped on videotape, & that night it was projected at a punk show. Many of my classmates were there. W/in weeks, I had been doxxed online b/f there was a word for it …

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Aug 17

I feel like I need to speak up about a toxic experience my wife
@femmeintheory.bsky.social had in a writing workshop recently: @charleneelsby.bsky.social's PSYCHODEMONICS, hosted by Burnt Tongue, a platform run by @emilottoman.bsky.social. Since R-A and I are big fans of Charlene’s work, when R-A..

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Aug 14

Awww I’m just seeing this!!!! Been bad about Bluesky lately. ❤️

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Aug 14

You’re gonna want to read this one!

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Aug 14

"When I told people about this fear, they’d laugh and I’d laugh and I’d say, “I know, I know” and I’d do this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and we’d move on."

We're FUCKING THRILLED to publish "Megalohydrothalassophobia, or Something" by the wildly talented @aubrirose.bsky.social 🗿🌊😱

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Megalohydrothalassophobia, or Something by Aubri Kaufman

I can’t pinpoint the onset of my giant underwater statue phobia, but I suspect it crystallized ten years ago, around the first time I saw a photo of a massive Jesus submerged somewhere in Key Largo. C...

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Apr 11

Don’t understand how ppl and org’s can identify as “radically feminist” while also identifying as trans-exclusionary. Trans women are NOT men who have just cavalierly decided they “feel like women” in order to infiltrate women’s spaces. To claim that is utterly ridiculous & not based in evidence.

Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Apr 7

Am I broken? Really thought more was going to happen in the White Lotus finale after being strung along all season. The only thing that surprised me was Chelsea dying. Everything else was either jump scares or predictable mayhem (obvi Walton Goggins was going to kill his own father, for ex.) 😒

Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Apr 2

The is poem rife with hauntingly evocative imagery.

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Apr 2

"...she laces honey-lacquered twine
around her face, her head. Then
she opens the hive to let the bees swarm
around her most delicate organs."

So excited to publish this amazing poem "The Bee Charmer" 🐝 by Portland poet Lauren Mantis. This one is 🔥🔥🔥

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The Bee Charmer

There’s a woman in town who performs healing with a net. I pay to watch the show, front row, metal folding chair creaking in the spring grass, half-brown, half-waking.

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Apr 2

Awww, Aaron! Thank you so much for reading it! ☺️

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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · Apr 1

Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 1

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Apr 1

I wanna know how much the copywriter who wrote the new “You can’t win. So win.” headline for Nike. It’s surprisingly bad.

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Apr 1

You win some, you lose some.

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Rejection Letters @rejectionlit.bsky.social · Apr 1

babe, wake up! @kevinmkearney.bsky.social's novel, FREELANCE, is available for pre-order!!!

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Freelance: A Novel | Asterism Books

Simon McNamara might only be 19, but he knows he’s destined for greatness. Sure, he barely finished high school. And, okay, he’s hopelessly in love with Angelica, an OnlyFans girl who constantly remin...

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Apr 1

🥹 so excited to share this new essay.

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Apr 1

My fiancée @femmeintheory.bsky.social has an incredible, brilliant essay out today in the new issue of @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social. Hope you all take a minute out of your day and give it a read 🔥🔥🔥

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RUNOFF - Farewell Transmission

By Ryan-Ashley Anderson The Youngsville realtor had no answers when we asked why the trees at the edge of the woods bent sideways, why the puddles towards the back were neon green, or where the water ...

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Mar 29

Always astounded when I get chats like this from customers. And I love using the opportunity to put my feminism into action.

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Mar 25

I keep LinkedIn notifications turned on so that when I see alerts for promotion updates and posts like, “Top 5 Hiring Trends for 2025,” the feeling of disgust which rises up inside me confirms I’m on the right path.

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Mar 22

Are people just afraid to be actual critics these days? I fear the make-nice-ness of the PNW has infected the rest of the country. I know for a fact that there are other critics of this season’s Severance (one is a TV writer) but no one’s writing about it. The heck?

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Mar 21

OK…unnecessary plot tangents, plot holes, and the overuse of capsule eps notwithstanding, the last 5 mins of the Severance finale could have carried the season had there been actual tension. Unfortunately, we were set up from the start at the birthing cabins to expect Mark S. to choose Helly 🫥