Andrea Lawlor
@anderlawlor.bsky.social
parent, partner, cat dad, writer, prof, etc.
arms embargo now & forever!
IG: @anderlawlor
website: www.anderlawlor.com
substack: https://pocketlawlor.substack.com
arms embargo now & forever!
IG: @anderlawlor
website: www.anderlawlor.com
substack: https://pocketlawlor.substack.com
this is bad
I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.
March 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
this is bad
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THEY KEPT A LIST. VOTERS KEPT RECEIPTS.
Election Day 2025: Voters Consistently Rejected Book Restrictions in School Board Races - The Authors Guild
While book challenges reached historic highs in 2024 and 2025, voters responded decisively. Beginning with pivotal Texas school board races in May and continuing nationwide through November, voters re...
authorsguild.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
THEY KEPT A LIST. VOTERS KEPT RECEIPTS.
Help this guy out! We can think of lots of queer & trans books that did not get attention in the NYT from 2013-2022, I bet!
hey good morning, this is gonna be a thread
attn: queer/trans writers/readers especially:
just want to announce this all again, because I've added some more specifics to this page:
www.sandyernestallen.com/announcements
attn: queer/trans writers/readers especially:
just want to announce this all again, because I've added some more specifics to this page:
www.sandyernestallen.com/announcements
August 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Help this guy out! We can think of lots of queer & trans books that did not get attention in the NYT from 2013-2022, I bet!
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NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
Taking a moment from this stupid coup to be ridiculously flattered & also to say how great is Torrey Peters’ new book Stag Dance? I don’t believe in great American novelists but I do believe in Torrey Peters!
Also the headline is funny, cuz I'm not saying I'm America's great novelist, just that a trans writer could be! Maybe it's @jeannethornton.bsky.social! Maybe it's @emotrophywife.bsky.social Maybe it's @anderlawlor.bsky.social and on and on...
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Taking a moment from this stupid coup to be ridiculously flattered & also to say how great is Torrey Peters’ new book Stag Dance? I don’t believe in great American novelists but I do believe in Torrey Peters!
Fun!
WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Fun!
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This looks enormously useful and also it would be amazing if it could be connected to a posting system on bsky so that whenever it updates, bsky has a repostable post about it
Not a bsky account, but there is this:
www.project2025.observer
www.project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This looks enormously useful and also it would be amazing if it could be connected to a posting system on bsky so that whenever it updates, bsky has a repostable post about it
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But that's not all! @choosedemocracy.bsky.social also highlighted some other inspiring stories getting overlooked right now...
January 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
But that's not all! @choosedemocracy.bsky.social also highlighted some other inspiring stories getting overlooked right now...
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The White House backing away from its freeze on federal grants is a flat out win. As @choosedemocracy.bsky.social wrote in its email blast today: "It doesn't mean we will win every fight. But it does mean that anyone who is telling you it's hopeless is wrong."
January 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The White House backing away from its freeze on federal grants is a flat out win. As @choosedemocracy.bsky.social wrote in its email blast today: "It doesn't mean we will win every fight. But it does mean that anyone who is telling you it's hopeless is wrong."
Seriously
Sure wish my book would become obsolete
January 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Seriously
This does feel like excellent writing advice
Make it gayer. You can't go wrong
January 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This does feel like excellent writing advice
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mutual aid los angeles network (MALAN) has a megalist of resources across the southland: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
and they’re collecting donations in chatsworth: www.instagram.com/p/DElevTEyzVD/
and they’re collecting donations in chatsworth: www.instagram.com/p/DElevTEyzVD/
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
mutual aid los angeles network (MALAN) has a megalist of resources across the southland: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
and they’re collecting donations in chatsworth: www.instagram.com/p/DElevTEyzVD/
and they’re collecting donations in chatsworth: www.instagram.com/p/DElevTEyzVD/
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I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
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I might get "not everyone understands or engages with political questions the same way, the diffs aren't random, & we get pols wrong if we forget that." on a t-shirt, actually.
It's not a very GOOD t-shirt but it is important and the source of a lot of political mistakes & mistakes about politics.
It's not a very GOOD t-shirt but it is important and the source of a lot of political mistakes & mistakes about politics.
This is a great, really important paper. IIRC it doesn't cite Bourdieu, but it's a perfect example of the argument in Public Opinion Does Not Exist - not everyone understands or engages with political questions the same way, the diffs aren't random, and we get pols wrong if we forget that.
Appreciate the shoutout from @poqjournal.bsky.social!
I show misalignment btwn Black Americans’ expressed partisan & ideological identities (red line below) stems from unfamiliarity w/ terms “liberal” & “conservative,” making the standard, oft-used lib-con measure invalid for this population.
I show misalignment btwn Black Americans’ expressed partisan & ideological identities (red line below) stems from unfamiliarity w/ terms “liberal” & “conservative,” making the standard, oft-used lib-con measure invalid for this population.
December 17, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I might get "not everyone understands or engages with political questions the same way, the diffs aren't random, & we get pols wrong if we forget that." on a t-shirt, actually.
It's not a very GOOD t-shirt but it is important and the source of a lot of political mistakes & mistakes about politics.
It's not a very GOOD t-shirt but it is important and the source of a lot of political mistakes & mistakes about politics.
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alright lets do this — I'm the book content editor for Reactor and I'm looking for 2025 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and genre-bending speculative books!
If you're a writer or a publicist with a YA or adult SFFH book out next year, please share the link/info here! (or email me)
If you're a writer or a publicist with a YA or adult SFFH book out next year, please share the link/info here! (or email me)
November 18, 2024 at 2:18 PM
alright lets do this — I'm the book content editor for Reactor and I'm looking for 2025 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and genre-bending speculative books!
If you're a writer or a publicist with a YA or adult SFFH book out next year, please share the link/info here! (or email me)
If you're a writer or a publicist with a YA or adult SFFH book out next year, please share the link/info here! (or email me)
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Every state could do this.
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Every state could do this.
Where do you get your intel about online QT literary events?
I know about @ourweather.bsky.social's MEET ME THERE series, and also Sinister Wisdom's events, but I'd love to know if there's a list somewhere.... or if you know of anything great coming up, will you post it here or DM me?
I know about @ourweather.bsky.social's MEET ME THERE series, and also Sinister Wisdom's events, but I'd love to know if there's a list somewhere.... or if you know of anything great coming up, will you post it here or DM me?
December 9, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Where do you get your intel about online QT literary events?
I know about @ourweather.bsky.social's MEET ME THERE series, and also Sinister Wisdom's events, but I'd love to know if there's a list somewhere.... or if you know of anything great coming up, will you post it here or DM me?
I know about @ourweather.bsky.social's MEET ME THERE series, and also Sinister Wisdom's events, but I'd love to know if there's a list somewhere.... or if you know of anything great coming up, will you post it here or DM me?
Dudes this was extremely cool to wake up to!!!
And you’re in my starter pack of LGBTQIA+ Writers go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
December 9, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Dudes this was extremely cool to wake up to!!!
This is fantastic!
Lavender Menace, Gays the Word, Book Woman…I’ve fallen in love with so many LGBTQIA bookshops. They’re places of joy and resistance, good coffee and even better books. Support 🌈 stories and businesses by sharing this Starter Pack.
go.bsky.app/G321HCf
go.bsky.app/G321HCf
December 8, 2024 at 8:47 PM
This is fantastic!
Come watch Sally Potter's ORLANDO (1992) with me tonight at Amherst Cinema! 7pm amherstcinema.org/films-and-ev... & you can buy copies of a beautiful new edition of Woolf's ORLANDO & Tisa Bryant's UNEXPLAINED PRESENCE thanks to Amherst Books!
November 20, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Come watch Sally Potter's ORLANDO (1992) with me tonight at Amherst Cinema! 7pm amherstcinema.org/films-and-ev... & you can buy copies of a beautiful new edition of Woolf's ORLANDO & Tisa Bryant's UNEXPLAINED PRESENCE thanks to Amherst Books!
Hey what's up! Not sure if my #westernmass people are here but there's a ton of awesome things happening this week & some of them are actually also online... 1/6
November 18, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Hey what's up! Not sure if my #westernmass people are here but there's a ton of awesome things happening this week & some of them are actually also online... 1/6