Open until December 4th!
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Open until December 4th!
As the kid who always looked for the latest issue of Bitch magazine in the bookstore, this is so good.
We were so happy to see everyone's enthusiasm for our project to reprint pieces from Bitch Media! We are all excited because we also loved Bitch just as much as you. It was a formative publication for many of us. So here's a thread of some of our fave Bitch articles.
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
As the kid who always looked for the latest issue of Bitch magazine in the bookstore, this is so good.
A poem written in all caps is screaming into the void, right? Is that the right form?
October 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A poem written in all caps is screaming into the void, right? Is that the right form?
For real! Send your work to Variant!
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
For real! Send your work to Variant!
After reading "Paperweight" by Ryan Teitman. Wondering why not a brick? Why not a stone?
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Paperweight
I’m glad I don’t become a brick or, God forbid, a stone. When I’m a rock, I appreciate so many things I don’t otherwise notice. A breeze moving through the room like a dancer stretching her limbs.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
After reading "Paperweight" by Ryan Teitman. Wondering why not a brick? Why not a stone?
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Last night I told a family member I don't have "a take." It's not worth it to share an opinion with someone who won't listen.
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Last night I told a family member I don't have "a take." It's not worth it to share an opinion with someone who won't listen.
I've not been very good about reading a poetry book a day. But a poem a day, that I can do.
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Found: Lines from My Mother’s Emails, 2002–2012 | The Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Thought
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August 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I've not been very good about reading a poetry book a day. But a poem a day, that I can do.
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theaccountmagazine.com/article/foun...
Some of my favorite days are book mail days. Looking forward to spending time with these two.
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Some of my favorite days are book mail days. Looking forward to spending time with these two.
Watching the suffragette episodes of "The Gilded Age" within a current women-shouldn't-vote backdrop should not come as a surprise. But it still does.
August 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Watching the suffragette episodes of "The Gilded Age" within a current women-shouldn't-vote backdrop should not come as a surprise. But it still does.
Work just added the approved AI a few days ago. I may not want to help train AI but hope it remembers that I was always polite.
Gov. Newsom announces new statewide partnership with tech giants to bolster AI education, resources
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced that California will partner with four major tech companies to boost generative AI education, resources and skills.
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August 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Work just added the approved AI a few days ago. I may not want to help train AI but hope it remembers that I was always polite.
And also disgusted that any kind of empathy or basic politeness is a weakness.
August 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
And also disgusted that any kind of empathy or basic politeness is a weakness.
Absolutely disgusted that the phrase "equal rights, equal fights" is now a part of the atmosphere in my home.
August 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Absolutely disgusted that the phrase "equal rights, equal fights" is now a part of the atmosphere in my home.
Because so much of my life was spent crossing train tracks. Sophie Hoss frames the risk so well.
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I Was Seventeen and a Half by Sophie Hoss | Issue #37
and in those days I played chicken with life and roulette with oblivion. I ducked under the lowered crossing signals to race the oncoming train across the tracks, and when I reached the other side, I ...
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July 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Because so much of my life was spent crossing train tracks. Sophie Hoss frames the risk so well.
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Anyone else remember when people didn't want to be a sellout?
July 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Anyone else remember when people didn't want to be a sellout?
Reposted by KM Crane
Congratulations to the Variant writers on the Wigleaf Top 50 2025 Longlist!
@danbillyc.bsky.social "Kilter" (Spring 2024)
@courtludwick.bsky.social "Quarter" (Spring 2024)
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social "The Interview" (Fall 2024)
@sarahroth.bsky.social "Postnatural" (Winter 2024)
@danbillyc.bsky.social "Kilter" (Spring 2024)
@courtludwick.bsky.social "Quarter" (Spring 2024)
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social "The Interview" (Fall 2024)
@sarahroth.bsky.social "Postnatural" (Winter 2024)
new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )
June 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congratulations to the Variant writers on the Wigleaf Top 50 2025 Longlist!
@danbillyc.bsky.social "Kilter" (Spring 2024)
@courtludwick.bsky.social "Quarter" (Spring 2024)
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social "The Interview" (Fall 2024)
@sarahroth.bsky.social "Postnatural" (Winter 2024)
@danbillyc.bsky.social "Kilter" (Spring 2024)
@courtludwick.bsky.social "Quarter" (Spring 2024)
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social "The Interview" (Fall 2024)
@sarahroth.bsky.social "Postnatural" (Winter 2024)
Mark your calendars!
Join MJ Gomez and Qetsi’ah Joachim-Baggott for Birdsong, Wildfires, and Faith: A Poetry Reading hosted by Variant Lit. Sunday, June 22 10 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. BST. Live on Zoom.
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Register:
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June 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mark your calendars!
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Tag a friend who has a novella or poetry collection that they should send to Driftwood Press! Use the link in bio for details and to submit. #callforsubmisions
April 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tag a friend who has a novella or poetry collection that they should send to Driftwood Press! Use the link in bio for details and to submit. #callforsubmisions
Baby bonuses and a"National Medal of Motherhood"?!? This is worse than weird.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Baby bonuses and a"National Medal of Motherhood"?!? This is worse than weird.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Look at this lineup! How can you NOT sign up for and join this virtual NaPoMo reading hosted by the fantastic @hphseries.bsky.social ???
THIS THURSDAY at 730pm EST/630pm CST!
THIS THURSDAY at 730pm EST/630pm CST!
April 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Look at this lineup! How can you NOT sign up for and join this virtual NaPoMo reading hosted by the fantastic @hphseries.bsky.social ???
THIS THURSDAY at 730pm EST/630pm CST!
THIS THURSDAY at 730pm EST/630pm CST!
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Your assignment this week is to read a book that some “Mom for Liberty” would bring to a school board meeting and cry about.
April 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Your assignment this week is to read a book that some “Mom for Liberty” would bring to a school board meeting and cry about.
Completely chaos-ed out.
April 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Completely chaos-ed out.
"You Oughta Know" is playing in the dental office waiting room.
April 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"You Oughta Know" is playing in the dental office waiting room.
The wind chimes are aggressively joyful today.
March 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The wind chimes are aggressively joyful today.
Loving this for April!
A new neat thing from Lemon Grove Writers! I’ve created 30 poetry prompts for April, and I’ll be emailing one out each morning (around 6am Central) for the whole month. Here's the link if you want to join in!
lemongrovewriters.com/april-prompts
lemongrovewriters.com/april-prompts
March 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Loving this for April!
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also I don't beleive any of them charge fees so SUBMIT YOUR WRITING WITH WILD ABANDON
March 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
also I don't beleive any of them charge fees so SUBMIT YOUR WRITING WITH WILD ABANDON