Maryann Aita
@maryannaita.bsky.social
Writer, Performer, Professor | Author of LITTLE ASTRONAUT: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS (ELJ Editions, 2022) | CNF editor at Press Pause Press | Beginner pianist | she/her
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Maryann Aita
@maryannaita.bsky.social
· Nov 6
America has shown me time and time again that it does not believe women deserve autonomy, let alone power. Why did I ever have hope? I know the fear, anger, and utter despair I have today is shared by many of us. I am devastated.
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A friend just said he went to an hour-long talk on the aphorism. I said wouldn't you rather just hear an aphorism on the hour-long talk.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A friend just said he went to an hour-long talk on the aphorism. I said wouldn't you rather just hear an aphorism on the hour-long talk.
I am submitting some art and poems around. It’s been a while since I sent anything out. What journals are looking for subs?
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I am submitting some art and poems around. It’s been a while since I sent anything out. What journals are looking for subs?
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I have one very vocal cat and he always seems to have something important to say but I’ll never know it is for sure
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have one very vocal cat and he always seems to have something important to say but I’ll never know it is for sure
Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse is unironically the best thing on Netflix.
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse is unironically the best thing on Netflix.
After several years of teaching, I finally have a rate my professors page with two student ratings. Huzzah!
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
After several years of teaching, I finally have a rate my professors page with two student ratings. Huzzah!
I have had Doughboy for over four years. He was a very skittish little kitten when I got him but he always seemed to want to be a lap cat. He just wasn’t ready. He’s sit next to me or close by. But never in the lap. Today, he finally did it. Doughboy is officially a lap cat.
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I have had Doughboy for over four years. He was a very skittish little kitten when I got him but he always seemed to want to be a lap cat. He just wasn’t ready. He’s sit next to me or close by. But never in the lap. Today, he finally did it. Doughboy is officially a lap cat.
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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
Bag charms are objectively useless and unnecessary. But do I want some? Yes. Yes, I do.
September 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Bag charms are objectively useless and unnecessary. But do I want some? Yes. Yes, I do.
Nothing like being 10 minutes late to the first day of class when you are the professor. 🤦🏼♀️
September 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Nothing like being 10 minutes late to the first day of class when you are the professor. 🤦🏼♀️
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Funny how cats eat birds when the birds are small but birds eat cats when the cats are small
January 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Funny how cats eat birds when the birds are small but birds eat cats when the cats are small
I have been in the path of at least five earthquakes in my lifetime and have not actually felt a single one. This isn’t a brag. It just seems kinda weird.
August 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I have been in the path of at least five earthquakes in my lifetime and have not actually felt a single one. This isn’t a brag. It just seems kinda weird.
I’ve gotten at least 5 scammy emails about marketing my book in the past week. My book is over 3 years old and it’s backordered because my distributor is changing. So clearly, none of these “people” have actually read my book. Anyone know what might be the reason for so many of these emails now?
August 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I’ve gotten at least 5 scammy emails about marketing my book in the past week. My book is over 3 years old and it’s backordered because my distributor is changing. So clearly, none of these “people” have actually read my book. Anyone know what might be the reason for so many of these emails now?
This may be controversial but I sometimes give ChatGPT one of my essays to help me come up with a title. And it usually is extremely complimentary of my writing. I know it can’t actually comprehend what I’ve written but I have to say it still feels nice to hear!
July 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This may be controversial but I sometimes give ChatGPT one of my essays to help me come up with a title. And it usually is extremely complimentary of my writing. I know it can’t actually comprehend what I’ve written but I have to say it still feels nice to hear!
Do I continue to plan a wedding in this dystopia?
July 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Do I continue to plan a wedding in this dystopia?
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Sometimes I think about how wild it was that my 8th grade gym teacher told us how he smoked a cigarette when he was in 8th grade, so his father made him smoke an entire pack of cigarettes and he never did it again. That was his anti-smoking pitch for us.
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sometimes I think about how wild it was that my 8th grade gym teacher told us how he smoked a cigarette when he was in 8th grade, so his father made him smoke an entire pack of cigarettes and he never did it again. That was his anti-smoking pitch for us.
I have somehow become deeply invested in some woman’s search for a kind of ugly purse on Instagram. She goes to various TJ Maxx’s and comments on other bags but I have been through at least 6 of these reels and I am IN IT. Rooting for her.
June 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I have somehow become deeply invested in some woman’s search for a kind of ugly purse on Instagram. She goes to various TJ Maxx’s and comments on other bags but I have been through at least 6 of these reels and I am IN IT. Rooting for her.
What do you call it when the leader of a country mobilizes troops against its citizens?
What do you call it when the government withholds medical care?
What do you call it when they when they erase us from history?
What do you call it when he calls himself a king?
If this isn’t fascism what is?
What do you call it when the government withholds medical care?
What do you call it when they when they erase us from history?
What do you call it when he calls himself a king?
If this isn’t fascism what is?
June 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What do you call it when the leader of a country mobilizes troops against its citizens?
What do you call it when the government withholds medical care?
What do you call it when they when they erase us from history?
What do you call it when he calls himself a king?
If this isn’t fascism what is?
What do you call it when the government withholds medical care?
What do you call it when they when they erase us from history?
What do you call it when he calls himself a king?
If this isn’t fascism what is?
I hear a lot of women wanting to wear makeup so you “can’t tell you’re wearing makeup.” I think everyone should do whatever they want in regards to makeup but I have to say that I really like being able to tell I’m wearing makeup. Do I overdo it sometimes? Absolutely, but who cares? It’s fun!
June 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I hear a lot of women wanting to wear makeup so you “can’t tell you’re wearing makeup.” I think everyone should do whatever they want in regards to makeup but I have to say that I really like being able to tell I’m wearing makeup. Do I overdo it sometimes? Absolutely, but who cares? It’s fun!
Sometimes I think about how wild it was that my 8th grade gym teacher told us how he smoked a cigarette when he was in 8th grade, so his father made him smoke an entire pack of cigarettes and he never did it again. That was his anti-smoking pitch for us.
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sometimes I think about how wild it was that my 8th grade gym teacher told us how he smoked a cigarette when he was in 8th grade, so his father made him smoke an entire pack of cigarettes and he never did it again. That was his anti-smoking pitch for us.
We crushed fascism once and we’ll do it again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
TANK VS TESLA
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We crushed fascism once and we’ll do it again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
The most incredible thing just happened at this Franz Ferdinand concert: there was a long line for the men’s restroom and absolutely no wait for the women’s room.
April 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The most incredible thing just happened at this Franz Ferdinand concert: there was a long line for the men’s restroom and absolutely no wait for the women’s room.
I have a lot of names and titles depending on my part-time and freelance work gigs. But my favorite is when I work with young kids and I get to be “Miss Maryann.”
February 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I have a lot of names and titles depending on my part-time and freelance work gigs. But my favorite is when I work with young kids and I get to be “Miss Maryann.”
I have one very vocal cat and he always seems to have something important to say but I’ll never know it is for sure
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have one very vocal cat and he always seems to have something important to say but I’ll never know it is for sure
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And so it begins.
Only one media outlet is reporting that LA Mayor Karen Bass' mic was turned off during the roundtable with Donald Trump last night.
None of them are reporting that they physically took away her microphone too because she kept trying to fact check him.
Shameful.
None of them are reporting that they physically took away her microphone too because she kept trying to fact check him.
Shameful.
January 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
And so it begins.
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