Jess Wright
@sublunam.bsky.social
writer, teacher, garden nerd in west yorkshire
occasional historian of the body: The Care of the Brain in Early Christianity (UC Press, 2022), Psychiatry: Antiquity and Its Legacy (Bloomsbury, 2025)
www.jessica-wright.co.uk
occasional historian of the body: The Care of the Brain in Early Christianity (UC Press, 2022), Psychiatry: Antiquity and Its Legacy (Bloomsbury, 2025)
www.jessica-wright.co.uk
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Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
a cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil
ALT: a cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil
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December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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This is what I wrote at the time and I still believe it even though it made a lot of people mad.
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The Library Is a Commons
A socialist former president of the American Library Association on why defending libraries is fighting capitalism.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is what I wrote at the time and I still believe it even though it made a lot of people mad.
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inthesetimes.com/article/publ...
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Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
September 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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When people say “I want my kids to have things I never had the opportunity to have,” I did not realize they meant measles.
September 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When people say “I want my kids to have things I never had the opportunity to have,” I did not realize they meant measles.
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I'm looking for pitches for @MotherJones' print culture section, Mixed Media! These are ~2,000-word essays that combine reporting, cultural criticism, historical research, and/or personal narrative. More details in our pitch guidelines here: www.motherjones.com/contribute/w...
Freelance Writer Guidelines
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September 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I'm looking for pitches for @MotherJones' print culture section, Mixed Media! These are ~2,000-word essays that combine reporting, cultural criticism, historical research, and/or personal narrative. More details in our pitch guidelines here: www.motherjones.com/contribute/w...
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I keep telling my friends: find your thing. Find one issue. Bury yourself in. Find comrades to join you. Build build build. Then the coalitions will form.
August 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I keep telling my friends: find your thing. Find one issue. Bury yourself in. Find comrades to join you. Build build build. Then the coalitions will form.
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streetcake: experimental writing magazine @streetcakemag.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: streetcake: experimental writing magazine
streetcake: experimental writing magazine @streetcakemag.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/streetcake-experimental-writing-mag-13215 #amwriting
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August 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
streetcake: experimental writing magazine @streetcakemag.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
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Manchester streets speak back.
August 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Manchester streets speak back.
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The Sealey Challenge, a month-long project where participants read a book of poetry every day during August, is donating all money collected to The Sameer Project.
This year, the Sealey Challenge is raising funds for Gaza.
This August, you can read poems and support Palestine thanks to the Sealey Challenge and The Sameer Project. The Sealey Challenge is a month-long project where participants read a book of poetry ev…
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July 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Sealey Challenge, a month-long project where participants read a book of poetry every day during August, is donating all money collected to The Sameer Project.
a week late because I ran away to the woods, but here’s my #chani / sappho / apocalypse poem, out in one of my favourite northern publications
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Carmen et Error 12.5 makes its debut into the world, featuring work from:
☁️ @sublunam.bsky.social
🌮 K. Degala-Paraíso
☕ @bourgnetstogner.bsky.social
Carmen et Error 12.5 makes its debut into the world, featuring work from:
☁️ @sublunam.bsky.social
🌮 K. Degala-Paraíso
☕ @bourgnetstogner.bsky.social
Issue 12.5 - Carmen et Error
listening to Chani on inauguration day with all social media apps deleted except BlueSky maybe because the sky is all we have leftby Jess Wrightgolden shovel after Anne Carson’s translation of Sappho ...
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July 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
a week late because I ran away to the woods, but here’s my #chani / sappho / apocalypse poem, out in one of my favourite northern publications
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📚Friends don’t let friends buy books from Amazon📚
July 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📚Friends don’t let friends buy books from Amazon📚
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Writers & readers! Our main submissions are Poems to Palestine but you can submit poems & fiction via our Creative Writing Group. Just subscribe to The Madrid Review (it’s free!) and send your work!
#WritingCommunity #creativewriting
#wip #wips #submissions
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#WritingCommunity #creativewriting
#wip #wips #submissions
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The Madrid Review
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July 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Writers & readers! Our main submissions are Poems to Palestine but you can submit poems & fiction via our Creative Writing Group. Just subscribe to The Madrid Review (it’s free!) and send your work!
#WritingCommunity #creativewriting
#wip #wips #submissions
themadridreview.com/creative-wri...
#WritingCommunity #creativewriting
#wip #wips #submissions
themadridreview.com/creative-wri...
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Time to do it. Issue coedited by 22yr old Gaza poet Haia Mohammed - who had no food OR water today. She wants to read you. #GazaGenocide
“Poetry is an act of peace.” - Neruda
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators…” - Shelley
#Poetry #Peace #Palestine
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“Poetry is an act of peace.” - Neruda
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators…” - Shelley
#Poetry #Peace #Palestine
themadridreview.com/f/subs-open-...
Subs open July 1st-13th: 1 poem per poet - Poems for Palestine
The Madrid Review invites poets from around the world to submit one poem only, in Word format, as an email attachment between July 1 and July 13, 2025, for Issue 5 of the magazine which goes to print ...
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June 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Time to do it. Issue coedited by 22yr old Gaza poet Haia Mohammed - who had no food OR water today. She wants to read you. #GazaGenocide
“Poetry is an act of peace.” - Neruda
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators…” - Shelley
#Poetry #Peace #Palestine
themadridreview.com/f/subs-open-...
“Poetry is an act of peace.” - Neruda
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators…” - Shelley
#Poetry #Peace #Palestine
themadridreview.com/f/subs-open-...
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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Thousands march through New York City’s Times Square protesting the bombing of Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thousands march through New York City’s Times Square protesting the bombing of Iran.
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On Monday, Israel struck Iran’s Evin prison, known for the intellectuals, activists, artists and students who have served time there—many of whom are fighting for democracy. In 2024, we published five Iranian women’s accounts of their life behind bars in Evin. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Letters from Inside Iran's Evin Prison — The Dial
Five Iranian women, all human rights activists, write of life behind bars.
www.thedial.world
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
On Monday, Israel struck Iran’s Evin prison, known for the intellectuals, activists, artists and students who have served time there—many of whom are fighting for democracy. In 2024, we published five Iranian women’s accounts of their life behind bars in Evin. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
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"In these harrowing days of calculated overwhelm, our job is to resist consent manufacturing and calls to craven acquiescence. To think critically about language, hold media coverage accountable. To protest." - Kaveh is such a beautiful writer.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"In these harrowing days of calculated overwhelm, our job is to resist consent manufacturing and calls to craven acquiescence. To think critically about language, hold media coverage accountable. To protest." - Kaveh is such a beautiful writer.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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“I can only say that I admire and support Palestine Action wholeheartedly – and I will continue to, whether that becomes a terrorist offence or not.” Sally Rooney continues to be a real one. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney
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June 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“I can only say that I admire and support Palestine Action wholeheartedly – and I will continue to, whether that becomes a terrorist offence or not.” Sally Rooney continues to be a real one. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Moonlit still life with butterfly | Mary Fedden
June 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Moonlit still life with butterfly | Mary Fedden
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Happy 21st day of Pride! It’s Pride Solstice! Pride Midsommar! Your goal today is florals, garlands and pagan weirdness so unsettling it scares the straights! Build a Wicker Gay! Lure folks to your gay rural village! Possibly don’t throw them off cliff! All hail the Green Man of Pride!
June 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Happy 21st day of Pride! It’s Pride Solstice! Pride Midsommar! Your goal today is florals, garlands and pagan weirdness so unsettling it scares the straights! Build a Wicker Gay! Lure folks to your gay rural village! Possibly don’t throw them off cliff! All hail the Green Man of Pride!
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The literary world's prestigious Taco Bell Quarterly has surpassed 22k followers on Bluesky, which is more than the Paris Review, Granta, and Ploughshares combined. I assure you there is no literary world. It's just this contextual silo from like 20 years ago that's still pointlessly gatekept
June 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The literary world's prestigious Taco Bell Quarterly has surpassed 22k followers on Bluesky, which is more than the Paris Review, Granta, and Ploughshares combined. I assure you there is no literary world. It's just this contextual silo from like 20 years ago that's still pointlessly gatekept
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Literature is dead and no one reads anymore! I would still encourage you to make terrible life choices and become a writer anyway! Fuck a job, write poetry!
June 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Literature is dead and no one reads anymore! I would still encourage you to make terrible life choices and become a writer anyway! Fuck a job, write poetry!
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
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June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!