Sonya Huber
@sonyahuber.bsky.social
Writer & Professor. Voice First, Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, Love & Industry, etc. Memoir, essays, chronic pain, labor, disability activism, Midwestern tater tot. A few beads, a loud laugh. www.sonyahuber.com she/her/they/them
I was having a nice morning on Saturday and minding my business when someone in my life sent me an email telling me that I didn’t have the courage to read Buck Sexton’s forthcoming book Manufacturing Delusion: How the Left Uses Brainwashing, Indoctrination, and Propaganda Against You.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I was having a nice morning on Saturday and minding my business when someone in my life sent me an email telling me that I didn’t have the courage to read Buck Sexton’s forthcoming book Manufacturing Delusion: How the Left Uses Brainwashing, Indoctrination, and Propaganda Against You.
If you are upset about the fascism, here is a picture for you of my puppy Izzy. (If you think fascism is fine, this little peanut is explicitly not for you.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you are upset about the fascism, here is a picture for you of my puppy Izzy. (If you think fascism is fine, this little peanut is explicitly not for you.)
A new substack about Afghans, Ancient Greeks, trauma, democracy, and what organizing does to save our connections to each other. “Even when we lose, we win. But we will win.” open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A new substack about Afghans, Ancient Greeks, trauma, democracy, and what organizing does to save our connections to each other. “Even when we lose, we win. But we will win.” open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
This is Izzy and she approves!
August 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is Izzy and she approves!
Sinéad spoke & speaks the truth for survivors. As Epstein-Trump headlines pull this personal pain to the forefront, Sinéad’s memory & presence are particular inspiration and comfort. She blazed the path of righteous rage, and the wonderful essays in this book explore the ways we have all benefitted
July 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sinéad spoke & speaks the truth for survivors. As Epstein-Trump headlines pull this personal pain to the forefront, Sinéad’s memory & presence are particular inspiration and comfort. She blazed the path of righteous rage, and the wonderful essays in this book explore the ways we have all benefitted
Calling all Sinéad O'Connor fans! Have you pre-ordered your copy of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU? Edited by @marthabayne and me. Pre-order your book from @barnesandnoble from now until July 11 and get 25% off. Use code PREORDER25
July 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Calling all Sinéad O'Connor fans! Have you pre-ordered your copy of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU? Edited by @marthabayne and me. Pre-order your book from @barnesandnoble from now until July 11 and get 25% off. Use code PREORDER25
7.5 million students with disabilities will lose access to special education services if Trump guts the U.S. Department of Education. #ProtectOurKids @aftunion.bsky.social
The American people did not vote for chaotic and reckless attacks on our children and public schools.
The American people did not vote for chaotic and reckless attacks on our children and public schools.
March 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
7.5 million students with disabilities will lose access to special education services if Trump guts the U.S. Department of Education. #ProtectOurKids @aftunion.bsky.social
The American people did not vote for chaotic and reckless attacks on our children and public schools.
The American people did not vote for chaotic and reckless attacks on our children and public schools.
Hey folks, here's a new substack post about my week so far--having lots of feelings and stepping into courage. I use the analogy of building Ikea furniture, though I think I am one of the only people who actually enjoys building Ikea furniture? open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
February 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hey folks, here's a new substack post about my week so far--having lots of feelings and stepping into courage. I use the analogy of building Ikea furniture, though I think I am one of the only people who actually enjoys building Ikea furniture? open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
This is my gender now and the she-beasts of hell have been awoken
January 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is my gender now and the she-beasts of hell have been awoken
Proposal for a new word denoting the general trauma-ness. Or traumarity?
December 26, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Proposal for a new word denoting the general trauma-ness. Or traumarity?
One MAGA to block
November 26, 2024 at 1:03 AM
One MAGA to block
Apocalypse Pulitzer to whoever is doing email subject lines at @vanityfair.com.web.brid.gy
November 14, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Apocalypse Pulitzer to whoever is doing email subject lines at @vanityfair.com.web.brid.gy
My dog Hazel hopes you have moments of calm and wants you to rub her belly.
October 26, 2024 at 8:57 PM
My dog Hazel hopes you have moments of calm and wants you to rub her belly.
200 postcards ready to go!
October 23, 2024 at 11:10 PM
200 postcards ready to go!
It lives!!!!! Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us, a rollicking and deep collection of amazing essays. It's on the internet and available for pre-order, with many readings and celebrations to come, out July 22, 2025. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
October 18, 2024 at 9:26 PM
It lives!!!!! Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us, a rollicking and deep collection of amazing essays. It's on the internet and available for pre-order, with many readings and celebrations to come, out July 22, 2025. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
I have another Substack up, and if you like mixed metaphors about crisis and what I'm calling "The Great Unraveling" at this moment in time. Link in comments, with lemons and lemonade, sweaters and car crashes, and more. sonyahuber.substack.com/p/lemons-con...
October 14, 2023 at 1:48 PM
I have another Substack up, and if you like mixed metaphors about crisis and what I'm calling "The Great Unraveling" at this moment in time. Link in comments, with lemons and lemonade, sweaters and car crashes, and more. sonyahuber.substack.com/p/lemons-con...
Wrapping up Book Tour Posts: Day 4-6 on events and Rest and ADHD and revolutionary coffee shops open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
September 28, 2023 at 2:23 PM
Wrapping up Book Tour Posts: Day 4-6 on events and Rest and ADHD and revolutionary coffee shops open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
What's it like hosting a book event with five people, one of them me? It's NORMAL. It's SO SO normal and fine. I break it down and think about what a book event is actually for. And I got to hang out with Megan Stielstra and Martha Bayne and met Eirin Caffall!
September 25, 2023 at 1:35 PM
What's it like hosting a book event with five people, one of them me? It's NORMAL. It's SO SO normal and fine. I break it down and think about what a book event is actually for. And I got to hang out with Megan Stielstra and Martha Bayne and met Eirin Caffall!
Book Tour Thoughts, Day 2-3: On grief and love, friendships stretching over decades, and grief and love
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September 24, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Book Tour Thoughts, Day 2-3: On grief and love, friendships stretching over decades, and grief and love
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Book Tour Thoughts #1: on worst-case scenarios, Minneapolis, and friends open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
September 21, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Book Tour Thoughts #1: on worst-case scenarios, Minneapolis, and friends open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...
Illllllllinois!!!! Sept 23 at Plainfield Public Library, Sept 24 at Volumes Bookcafe with rockstar Megan Stielstra!!!, and Sept. 26 at New Lenox Public Library!!!! Masks requested. Seee you there!!!!!
September 15, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Illllllllinois!!!! Sept 23 at Plainfield Public Library, Sept 24 at Volumes Bookcafe with rockstar Megan Stielstra!!!, and Sept. 26 at New Lenox Public Library!!!! Masks requested. Seee you there!!!!!
Minnnnneapolis!!!! Sept. 20 @ 6 pm at Moon Palace with Heidi Czerwiecz and Jeannine Ouellette and…. Magers & Quinn on 9/21 at 7 pm with Kate Hopper!!! (Register online for M&Q, masks for both) See you there!!!
September 15, 2023 at 4:45 PM
Minnnnneapolis!!!! Sept. 20 @ 6 pm at Moon Palace with Heidi Czerwiecz and Jeannine Ouellette and…. Magers & Quinn on 9/21 at 7 pm with Kate Hopper!!! (Register online for M&Q, masks for both) See you there!!!