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Melissa Petro
@melissapetro
Author of SHAME ON YOU: How to be a Woman in the Age of Mortification (Putnam/
@penguinrandom
2024), rep:
@Lauramazer
. She/her, NYC.
New York, NYbit.ly/3axxkw8Joined April 2011
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Camilla Blackett
@camillard
The fact that the studios think writers will buckle from not being paid for months when that’s EXACTLY what they do to us anyway? We will outlast you you soft salaried fucks! (Also we’re selling feet pics, hmu)
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mary
@theoceanblooms
The way they reported this like it’s a joke is really gross because she was apparently talking about suffering with vaginismus.
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Pop Crave
@PopCrave
Meghan Trainor causes chatter online after discussing her “painful” sex with “big boy” husband Daryl Sabara, revealing that she “can’t walk” after sex: “[It’s] to the point where I’m like, ‘Is it all in?’ and he’s like, ‘Just the tip.’ And I’m like, ‘I can’t do anymore.’ I don’t… Show more
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I'm still looking for stories from folks who've kept secrets and/or have "concealable stigmatized identities." TIA! 🙏
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Have you ever harbored a secret about yourself? Maybe it's a "deep, dark, shameful secret" or maybe it's something relatively minor you simply choose to keep private. You can DM or email melissa.petro@gmail.com - anonymous if fine! #journorequest
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Tiffanie Drayton
@draytontiffanie
US Publications don’t publish international pieces because Americans don’t GAF about the rest of the world. Prove them wrong by supporting international stories, plz. Here is my recent piece about the refugee/climate crisis unfolding because of capitalism.
thedailybeast.com
What a Modern-Day Refugee Tragedy Should Make Us Remember
When a boat with the bodies of more than a dozen African refugees washed up on the shores of Tobago, a few miles from my home, it reminded me of a brutal racist past—and present.
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Ashley Lake
@AshleyLatke
Reminds me of how we have literal advertising firm materials about literally “rebranding” “prostitution” as “sex trafficking” and “pornography” as “sexual exploitation” and even with their plans written out the media and politicians happily played along
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Miss Gender
@girldrawsghosts
this Vice article about the anti-trans lobby is so necessary for cis people to read right now this was meticulously planned for years in advance by a hate group for maximum political gain, and they came at us because it was easy, and a shit ton of you fucking fell for it 🧵
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Have you ever harbored a secret about yourself? Maybe it's a "deep, dark, shameful secret" or maybe it's something relatively minor you simply choose to keep private. You can DM or email melissa.petro@gmail.com - anonymous if fine! #journorequest
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Melissa Petro
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Thanks to
@OttoSpecht
, I was able to write a book proposal and sell a goddam book instead of having to homeschool an ADHD five year old. I am so eternally grateful, and I would be grateful to you if you'd show your support with a donation (however large or small).
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My son, Oscar, was expelled from preK after being classified with a disability. Public therapeutic programs were full. Without Otto Specht and the fund, my son Oscar would still be languishing at home, awaiting services. Thanks to them, he's in school— and I am able to work.
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Your donation will go to support the Fund for the Accessibility and Affordability of Education, a fund that allows Otto Specht School, a private Waldorf special needs school, to offer tuition assistance to families in need, including mine.
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We could discuss your goals, pitching and publishing short nonfiction, book proposal 101- what you need, just tell me (or we'll figure it out together). I've been working as a writing instructor for over a decade, and have helped literally hundreds of writers achieve their goals.
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Wanna "pick the brain" of a freelance writer who just sold her first book at auction to a Big 5 Publisher in a 6 figure deal? For a $100 donation to support my son's school for kids with special needs, we can meet over zoom and discuss whatever you'd like:
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Join #TeamOscar and support The Fund!, organized by Melissa Petro
In November 2021, our family was thrown into a crisis when our then four-year-old… Melissa Petro needs your support for Join #TeamOscar and support The Fund!
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Really really REALLY hoping this is as amazing as it promises!
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Heidi N. Moore
@moorehn
The very sarcastic script is suggesting to me "mocking the normies," along with (again, mocking) tributes to 1960s Frankie-and-Annette beach movies. It's going to be played straight but it's obviously satirical of the mythology. Like Rocky Horror. twitter.com/letterboxd/sta…
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Erin Quinlan
@ErinRoseQ
Features pitch call! Cosmo is seeking audacious reads for the mag’s summer and fall issues. Investigative scoops, wild capers, subcultural odysseys—all fascinating proposals welcome. Target word count: 2-3K; pay: $2/word; pitch deadline: 4/8. Email in bio. Key guidelines below.
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