Writer and social justice educator + strategist. THE GLOOMY GIRL VARIETY SHOW forthcoming @feministpress. Work in @The_Rumpus, @ElectricLit. Rep: DeFiore & Co
Cincinnati, OH.
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So excited to share with you all the cover of THE GLOOMY GIRL VARIETY SHOW: A MEMOIR! I would love it if you could join me and @feministpress in "creating a world where everyone sees themselves in a book," by pre-ordering Gloomy Girl. ❤️ feministpress.org/books-over…
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If you can’t say “Free Palestine” or speak out on any injustices against humanity across the world or at home without fear of losing a job, an opportunity, a connection, a title, or a platform, then you’re not free either and that’s the point.
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Respectfully, get this guy the fuck up outta here. His soul literally tired from decades of evil. Let him rest. Please!
BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Mitch McConnell appearing to have another scary episode in the media gaggle in Covington today. Aides had to step in to help him out and repeat questions. He was eventually lead away. We'll have the full video on @WLWT
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Nebraska police pull over man with a Watusi bull riding in the passenger’s seat northeast.newschannelnebrask…
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Thank you so much for the feature! Honored to be given a platform alongside so many dope African writers! 🇳🇬
Coming Fall 2024 by way of @FeministPress, Freda Epum (@ByThePunchBowl) is releasing a nonfiction collection of essays, poems, & images titled THE GLOOMY GIRL VARIETY SHOW that is a critical reflection on race, mental illness, & belonging in America.
buff.ly/3DqXmfO
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I am a CHILD. I’m only 16. I go to school every day in order to learn, make friends and thrive.
Kentucky just made it illegal for me to use the bathroom in school. They are forcibly taking away my healthcare. I can no longer speak to a school counselor without (1/2)
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Save the date! Iranian American poet @sasqitoon Farnaz Fatemi and Nigerian-American writer and MFA alum @ByThePunchBowl Freda Epum will be reading in Bachelor Reading Room in TWO weeks, on 10/26 at 7:30.
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So cool!
What would Rapunzel’s life be like if she had to deal with shrinkage, split ends, hair products and super long braiding sessions, would she let down her hair? #PitBLK #kidlit #poc #CB #ChildrensBooks
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Don’t tell me to respect the constitution when I had to be an amendment… twice.
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If rebirth is real I pray I don’t get born into a YouTube vlog family
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Huh I guess the pandemic is still ongoing. That’ll be 48 thousand dollars please
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We're nosing up on 300 preorders for YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY: A New Weird Horror Anthology to Beneft Trans Youth in Texas.
Proceeds go to @EqualityTexas. Full ToC deets coming soon; preorder your copy at the link:
tinyurl.com/yckn7bxy
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Thank you to the folks at @MemoirMonday for featuring my @The_Rumpus essay, "Safety Aesthetic" from my work in progress! I am overjoyed to be in the company of other great essayists! ❤️#amwriting #WritingCommunity #nonfiction
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my editor, gently: what did you mean by this?
me, sobbing: I don’t know😭
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I am excited to have my essay "The Aesthetics of Safety," in @The_Rumpus today!
"Inside I was alone, with myself, in my own brain where there, too, were a million little viruses. Wrap the whole of my insides in plastic—only then would I be safe."
therumpus.net/2021/12/the-ae…
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