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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you pittsburgh climate pollution for giving me and 1/3 of the city population asthma in the first place but ok

Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · 4d

In undergrad I wrote a play for a theatre class about soil pollution in pittsburgh set in 2040 and in my play there was a one liner about how rite aids don’t exist anymore….so. I’m just saying.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Rite Aid, once one of America’s biggest pharmacy chains, shut its remaining stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business.

Rite Aid Closes Its Remaining Stores

The company said it had closed its remaining 89 stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business and filing for bankruptcy protection twice.

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · 5d

My mom took too much Tylenol when she was pregnant with me and accidentally created the worlds foremost Kate Braverman scholar

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 6d

Next Tuesday I'm giving a Work Talk for @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social at 7pm at Wave Archive with @leahmensch.bsky.social and Katie Jean Shinkle. I'm talking about a Michigan 1995 Simulator, Leah's doing Braverman impersonations, and KJS is dishing on Bad Men. Deets: open.substack.com/pub/tucsones...

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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 6d

Next Tuesday I'm giving a Work Talk for @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social at 7pm at Wave Archive with @leahmensch.bsky.social and Katie Jean Shinkle. I'm talking about a Michigan 1995 Simulator, Leah's doing Braverman impersonations, and KJS is dishing on Bad Men. Deets: open.substack.com/pub/tucsones...

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The Beef Review @beefreview.bsky.social · 13d

We are The Beef Review, a journal of literary feuds. We want your anger, grievances, pet peeves, your drama.

Part mid-life crisis, part bit-taken-too-far—the truth is we have Beef w/ the literary landscape, Beef w/ the world, & maybe Beef w/ you too.

We have big beefy plans. Stay tuned 🥩

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · 14d

That’s my speciality lol

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · 14d

It’s your birthday and everything is terrible; why wouldn’t you buy them

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Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 18d

One of the many reasons AI sucks. Literally none of these things are true.

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · 27d

My walls were so thin in my old apartment that my neighbor once told me he could hear me listening to a podcast about Iran contra in the shower.

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Aug 26

Only rivaled by hotel apples

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Aug 11

When the community was fighting project blue in Tucson, I was thinking a lot about what it means to be from a post industrial city, whose population continues to suffer the devastating environmental, health, and safety effects of decades of industrialization and corporate greed. It breaks my heart.

Explosion at US Steel plant in Pennsylvania leaves 1 dead, dozens hurt or trapped under rubble

An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh has left one dead and dozens injured or trapped under the rubble, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue them.

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Aug 8

I hope they can find one. Too bad there’s no data or research on this

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · Aug 3

Tucson friends! There's a public meeting tomorrow on the Project Blue proposal aka Amazon's attempt to drain our aquifer for a data center. It's 5-7pm at the Tucson Convention Center & everyone is welcome, please make a sign & bring everyone you know!

handmade sign showing the thirsty meme blond man sucking on the bottom of a water glass. The man is labeled amazon and the water in the glass is labeled Tucson water.

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Aug 1

I teared up! This has to be one of my favorite moments of track and field ever.

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 30

I started a free newsletter about KATE BRAVERMAN and my book project. Subscribe if you dare. ❤️

Everything Requires an Explanation

All things Kate Braverman, ghost archives, and unlikely coincidences

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 28

Omg yes it’s #bravermanmania over here!!!

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 24

It will be about Kate Braverman like everything else gear up

March Sadness 90s Edition @marchxness.bsky.social · Jul 24

With the 36th pick @leahmensch.bsky.social calls up Bob Dylan's Tryin to Get to Heaven (1997):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BVF...

Bob Dylan - Tryin' to Get to Heaven (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 23

This was for me right

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Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · Jul 21

An interview with Tucson essayist and poet Katherine Larson and an excerpt from her new book The Wedding of the Foxes: substack.com/profile/3663...

Tucson Essay Club (@tucsonessayclub)

Excerpt from Katherine Larson’s excellent new book The Wedding of the Foxes, and an interview with her. Book release 8/3/25 + social to follow.

substack.com

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 20

Damn straight

Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · Jul 19

Fine, @leahmensch.bsky.social: tucsonessayclub.org/product/i-to...

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Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · Jul 19

Fine, @leahmensch.bsky.social: tucsonessayclub.org/product/i-to...

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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · Jul 9

The latest issue of The Kenyon Review is here! It is brimming with beauty and brilliance and includes “The Milk Incident” by Easton Smith, the winning entry of the 2024 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest judged by Idra Novey.

kenyonreview.org/journal/spri...

Spring 2025 Cover: Alia Ali

Jade of Jaipur, JADE series (2024)

Pigment print on French-produced Canson Baryta Photographique Baryta Matte Paper, 310 gram, with UV laminate, mounted on aluminum Dibond in custom-built wooden frame hand upholstered by the artist in Rajasthani chandhiri silk hand printed with 24 karat gold using traditional wood block methods and embroidered with gold zari thread.

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 10

Ugh my mattress is from Bezos but honestly it is amazing — lmk if you want the details

Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 9

My mom was like 🤷🏽 but I was an 18 y/o hypochondriac (said endearingly) with only Google at my disposal so I thought I was dying

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Leah Mensch @leahmensch.bsky.social · Jul 9

I had high cholesterol until I was 22 and now I just don’t anymore and my pcp was recently like yeah, this happens a lot in healthy teenagers who are athletes. Meanwhile the dermatologist (?) was like YOU SHOULD CHANGE YOUR DIET, without even asking any questions about my diet. I’m still mad!!!

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