Melissa. Just Melissa.
@mgeschwind.bsky.social
Feminism. Anxiety. Kind of a writer.
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I support trans rights. I intended to start with a punchier, more interesting lede – “I don’t understand transness” – but there are times when style is the enemy of su…
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I stand with the trans community.
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Wild vs Stars preseason.
Super rare situation:
Benn just went down in dramatic fashion from a high stick.
Super rare situation:
Benn just went down in dramatic fashion from a high stick.
September 26, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Wild vs Stars preseason.
Super rare situation:
Benn just went down in dramatic fashion from a high stick.
Super rare situation:
Benn just went down in dramatic fashion from a high stick.
Why Am I Awake?: The Melissa Geschwind Story
September 26, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Why Am I Awake?: The Melissa Geschwind Story
I don't even like iced coffee. I assume I'm as good as hired.
September 25, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I don't even like iced coffee. I assume I'm as good as hired.
Seems like a pretty big onus
September 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Seems like a pretty big onus
I am sitting in a parking lot about to go to a dentist appointment and crying laughing at this thread. Thank you for this, @sarahjeong.bsky.social!
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
September 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I am sitting in a parking lot about to go to a dentist appointment and crying laughing at this thread. Thank you for this, @sarahjeong.bsky.social!
My government wants me dead because all my contributions to my communities - family, friends, local, online, etc. - are unpaid. My government wants me dead because I am being the best Melissa Geschwind I can manage to be, and that Melissa Geschwind doesn't do enough to drive the economy.
September 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My government wants me dead because all my contributions to my communities - family, friends, local, online, etc. - are unpaid. My government wants me dead because I am being the best Melissa Geschwind I can manage to be, and that Melissa Geschwind doesn't do enough to drive the economy.
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A work requirement for an income-tested assistance program is just so transparently violent. If you work 80 hours/month you likely will no longer qualify for Medicaid and you certainly won't get any benefits from your employer. Any medical care at all will bankrupt you. And then you die.
September 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
A work requirement for an income-tested assistance program is just so transparently violent. If you work 80 hours/month you likely will no longer qualify for Medicaid and you certainly won't get any benefits from your employer. Any medical care at all will bankrupt you. And then you die.
Signed
September 20, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Signed
A work requirement for an income-tested assistance program is just so transparently violent. If you work 80 hours/month you likely will no longer qualify for Medicaid and you certainly won't get any benefits from your employer. Any medical care at all will bankrupt you. And then you die.
September 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
A work requirement for an income-tested assistance program is just so transparently violent. If you work 80 hours/month you likely will no longer qualify for Medicaid and you certainly won't get any benefits from your employer. Any medical care at all will bankrupt you. And then you die.
I know Godwin's Law is defunct, but please find a way to bash people who choose not to stand with goddamned Macklemore without calling them "Nazis"? Thanks.
September 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I know Godwin's Law is defunct, but please find a way to bash people who choose not to stand with goddamned Macklemore without calling them "Nazis"? Thanks.
Anyway, "free Palestine" hits different when it comes from someone with a history of appearing in Jewface.
September 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Anyway, "free Palestine" hits different when it comes from someone with a history of appearing in Jewface.
My apparently very controversial opinion is that it is not just ok but actually a good thing to not comment on things you don't understand. And I promise you, nobody understands all the angles snd details of Israel/Palestine. Some of us keep our mouths shut because we have nothing of value to add.
September 16, 2026 at 12:50 AM
My apparently very controversial opinion is that it is not just ok but actually a good thing to not comment on things you don't understand. And I promise you, nobody understands all the angles snd details of Israel/Palestine. Some of us keep our mouths shut because we have nothing of value to add.
Apparently it's a 'physical pain that laughs at .5mg of Xanax' anxiety day. This is torture and I don't deserve it.
September 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Apparently it's a 'physical pain that laughs at .5mg of Xanax' anxiety day. This is torture and I don't deserve it.
This is what I wrote that day. This was my experience, nothing more and nothing less. wp.me/p2u2QH-2G
My Personal Time Capsule
I wrote this piece on September 11, 2001, at the urging of a friend who knew that writing – and only writing – might be therapeutic for me in the moment. It was published 12 days later …
wp.me
September 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This is what I wrote that day. This was my experience, nothing more and nothing less. wp.me/p2u2QH-2G
Fair warning: I'm still not ready to be cute or edgy or whatever about 9/11. I know that as time goes on there are more and more people for whom it's an abstract concept, but it's still a very real trauma to me and many others in my age bracket. Feel free to AMA, but expect earnest replies.
September 11, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Fair warning: I'm still not ready to be cute or edgy or whatever about 9/11. I know that as time goes on there are more and more people for whom it's an abstract concept, but it's still a very real trauma to me and many others in my age bracket. Feel free to AMA, but expect earnest replies.
Whole lotta people forgot about coulombs. Sad.
The weird thing about this WMU/Michigan situation is I haven't heard the word "coulombs" once.
September 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Whole lotta people forgot about coulombs. Sad.
The weird thing about this WMU/Michigan situation is I haven't heard the word "coulombs" once.
September 8, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The weird thing about this WMU/Michigan situation is I haven't heard the word "coulombs" once.
The fuck? Is this a prank?
September 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The fuck? Is this a prank?
I'm still not over this. Not sure I'm ever going to be over this.
Ok, I feel the same way about AI as everyone else here does. I hate it, I fear it, I want it gone. That said...
...the Google result when you search "geschwind ice girls" has knocked the breath out of me. Holy shit, evil Google AI - you really know how to make a gal's night.👀
...the Google result when you search "geschwind ice girls" has knocked the breath out of me. Holy shit, evil Google AI - you really know how to make a gal's night.👀
September 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I'm still not over this. Not sure I'm ever going to be over this.
I'm unfollowing anyone who talks shit about Gloria Steinem today. RIP to a pioneer in the field of elevating women to full human status in our society. May her vision someday become reality.
September 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I'm unfollowing anyone who talks shit about Gloria Steinem today. RIP to a pioneer in the field of elevating women to full human status in our society. May her vision someday become reality.
This is truly magnificent. Best AMA I've ever seen.
September 3, 2026 at 5:32 AM
This is truly magnificent. Best AMA I've ever seen.
Ok, I feel the same way about AI as everyone else here does. I hate it, I fear it, I want it gone. That said...
...the Google result when you search "geschwind ice girls" has knocked the breath out of me. Holy shit, evil Google AI - you really know how to make a gal's night.👀
...the Google result when you search "geschwind ice girls" has knocked the breath out of me. Holy shit, evil Google AI - you really know how to make a gal's night.👀
September 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Ok, I feel the same way about AI as everyone else here does. I hate it, I fear it, I want it gone. That said...
...the Google result when you search "geschwind ice girls" has knocked the breath out of me. Holy shit, evil Google AI - you really know how to make a gal's night.👀
...the Google result when you search "geschwind ice girls" has knocked the breath out of me. Holy shit, evil Google AI - you really know how to make a gal's night.👀
I Have To Make Phone Calls And I Don't Wanna: The Melissa Geschwind Story
September 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I Have To Make Phone Calls And I Don't Wanna: The Melissa Geschwind Story
I think only Springsteen and Counting Crows, which is a short list but one I absolutely stand behind.
Introduce yourself with five artists you’ve seen at least twice:
CKY
Five Iron Frenzy
GWAR
P.O.D.
The Kunst Conspiracy
CKY
Five Iron Frenzy
GWAR
P.O.D.
The Kunst Conspiracy
Introduce yourself with five artists you’ve seen at least twice:
Third Eye Blind
Bad Bad Hats
Something to Do
Shakey Graves
Wilco
Third Eye Blind
Bad Bad Hats
Something to Do
Shakey Graves
Wilco
September 1, 2026 at 8:23 AM
I think only Springsteen and Counting Crows, which is a short list but one I absolutely stand behind.
Me.
Name your fav alien lady
August 31, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Me.