#Writers

Tola Rotimi Abraham

thatTola

I'm getting really tired of the Nigerian scammer jokes in African American series. Blackish has done it several times and now it's #InsecureHBO .It's internalized racism tbh. It's never

Ben Jones

bfjo

Here is a new JEP piece on the rise of research teams, with messages for economics. The short story is: #1 Research teams have big benefits. Coauthored papers have increasing

Ian Welsh

iwelsh

Before Obama was inaugurated I was told by someone involved in the drone program that Obama intended to massively increase assassinations. My publisher would not let me publish that story

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

silviamg

I say: “When you’re Latina American, everything you write is ‘magical realism,’ an arcane and meaningless label, and yet it’s kind of the hole where publishing/marketing puts us.”Horror is back!

Racheline Maltese

racheline_m

Anyone outside of Romancelandia trying to do a hot take about our genre _really_ needs to understand that, broadly speaking, we have both a liberation wing (protagonists bend the world

Mama Z

mamaztheguru

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Helen King (Classics, History of Medicine, C of E)

fluff35

I don't usually write threads. But this seemed to merit one. The Open University is getting a lot of publicity right now and among the comments on various news stories

Thomas Lee

Thomas_D_Lee

My meagre follower count is getting up towards the years when King Arthur "may have" existed (but almost certainly didn't). So I think I'm going to tweet whenever we reach

Anne Caldwell

historianne

I have stumbled upon the most perfect quote from French anarchist Alexandra David-Néel. When asked why she made a perilous journey to Tibet, she responded “it was there and the

Graham Webster

gwbstr

This hinges on unnamed “people familiar” with alleged contacts. At this stage, with the Trump admin openly lying to increase US-China tensions, it’s impossible to take this seriously. Hard position

Blackwell's

blackwellbooks

Good afternoon! Today, we are lucky enough to welcome Dan Richards to #BlackwellsVF! @Dan_Zep To join in, keep up to date with this thread, or follow the hashtag #BlackwellsVF Author

Doom Patrol Updates

dpdcuupdates

Q&A with @tfarrell15 and @shoshanasachi on @TheDCUniverse "What was your Favorite part of the Danny Patrol Episode?" "What was it like writing for a character like Danny when you knew

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

Under the new Academy Award rules, your film isn’t eligible for a Best Picture nomination unless it includes minority characters, but you’re also not allowed to write minority characters if

saltandsagebooks

saltandsagebook

Sensitivity ReadersA Thread—————————Dear #WritingCommunity,To say the lived experience of a singular sensitivity reader has no value because they cannot perfectly represent EVERY member of their marginalized community is .

words are weapons ⚡

vimoh

The reason Sanghis are wondering aloud who is "funding" stand-up comedians is because they can't imagine doing things without being "funded". Their entire online edifice after all, is based on

Holly Ordway

HollyOrdway

I started rewatching the show "Murder, She Wrote" out of nostalgia, but am really impressed with what an interesting show it is! Above all, Angela Lansbury's Jessica Fletcher is a