Alice M. Phillips
@alicemphillips.bsky.social
Prone to falling down rabbit holes.
Humor writer with work in Reductress, McSweeney's, Points in Case, Weekly Humorist, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, and elsewhere.
https://www.alicemphillips.com
Prev.: Davidson, NYU Law, POTUS44, and public defense in SC.
Humor writer with work in Reductress, McSweeney's, Points in Case, Weekly Humorist, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, and elsewhere.
https://www.alicemphillips.com
Prev.: Davidson, NYU Law, POTUS44, and public defense in SC.
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
My latest Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-inspired satire on the GOP response to proposed ICE reforms is out today in Jane Austen’s Wastebasket!
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February 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
My latest Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-inspired satire on the GOP response to proposed ICE reforms is out today in Jane Austen’s Wastebasket!
medium.com/jane-austens...
medium.com/jane-austens...
Well done, @jessekubanet.bsky.social on your fantastic @mcsweeneys.net debut!
February 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Well done, @jessekubanet.bsky.social on your fantastic @mcsweeneys.net debut!
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My first McSweeny's piece:
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
My first McSweeny's piece:
Well done, Mary!! Sharp take on fickle Republican [lack of] empathy.
Thrilled to be back in The Belladonna Comedy with an inside perspective on last week’s NYT profile of ‘The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained’.
thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-the-g-o-p...
thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-the-g-o-p...
I’m “The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking about the Boy ICE Detained”
(Saying what I’m thinking would be telling.)
thebelladonnacomedy.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Well done, Mary!! Sharp take on fickle Republican [lack of] empathy.
What I’m doing on Sunday! (Except at halftime—will be watching Bad Bunny)
I'm in @mcsweeneys.net today writing about The Big Game
When I Invited All of You Over to Watch the “The Big Game,” I Assumed You Knew I Was Talking about Human Chess
I don’t know why you’re all so upset. I’m sorry if there’s some “other event” that you were all more excited about that’s apparently also happening...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
What I’m doing on Sunday! (Except at halftime—will be watching Bad Bunny)
Thrilled to be back in Slackjaw Humor today with this satire about one of patriarchy’s favorite apples of discord: the married name change! Should you change or keep your name when you get married? Either way, here’s why you’re wrong! (Free, and no need to subscribe)
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The Cons And Cons Of Changing Or Keeping Your Maiden Name After Marriage
Either way, here’s why you’re wrong.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Thrilled to be back in Slackjaw Humor today with this satire about one of patriarchy’s favorite apples of discord: the married name change! Should you change or keep your name when you get married? Either way, here’s why you’re wrong! (Free, and no need to subscribe)
medium.com/slackjaw/the...
medium.com/slackjaw/the...
As part of the law school clinic I participated in with EJI’s leadership, I got to be part of the research effort for this memorial. Truly one of the most heart-wrenching and eyeopening experience, reading article after article from not very long ago about countless instances of racial terror.
"One of the most moving places that I have ever been to." "Powerful and heartbreaking. A must visit." "Just go."
These reflections from visitors capture what it is like to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
These reflections from visitors capture what it is like to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
February 4, 2026 at 12:05 AM
As part of the law school clinic I participated in with EJI’s leadership, I got to be part of the research effort for this memorial. Truly one of the most heart-wrenching and eyeopening experience, reading article after article from not very long ago about countless instances of racial terror.
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Downtown Minneapolis today! ✊
January 30, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Downtown Minneapolis today! ✊
Not Catherine O’Hara :(
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Not Catherine O’Hara :(
@camilareads.bsky.social Hahaha. NPR’s “car-respondent.” That’s fantastic.
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
@camilareads.bsky.social Hahaha. NPR’s “car-respondent.” That’s fantastic.
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Irony is dead: Ted Cruz Calls for U.S. to Arm Iranian Protesters ‘Right Now’ So They Have ‘The Ability to Fight Back’ www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Ted Cruz Calls for U.S. to Arm Iranian Protesters ‘Right Now’ So They Have ‘The Ability to Fight Back’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is calling for the United States to immediately arm protestors in Iran so they have the ability to "fight back" against the oppression of the Islamic Republic government.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Irony is dead: Ted Cruz Calls for U.S. to Arm Iranian Protesters ‘Right Now’ So They Have ‘The Ability to Fight Back’ www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Whew. When your kid has a serious medical condition, there is a fine line between reading up to educate yourself and reading yourself into a crushing vortex of anxiety.
January 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Whew. When your kid has a serious medical condition, there is a fine line between reading up to educate yourself and reading yourself into a crushing vortex of anxiety.
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A good measure of how crazy things have gotten is if you pretend we’re in a Star Wars movie and then imagine how long the opening crawl would have to be for an audience of people from 4 weeks ago to be caught up
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
A good measure of how crazy things have gotten is if you pretend we’re in a Star Wars movie and then imagine how long the opening crawl would have to be for an audience of people from 4 weeks ago to be caught up
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
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Why would you believe people who tell you that the US can't shut down institutions at the drop of a hat when you are currently witnessing this administration do it in real time?
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Why would you believe people who tell you that the US can't shut down institutions at the drop of a hat when you are currently witnessing this administration do it in real time?
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
Starting to get emails from my kids’ schools about the measles forecast. The outbreak is about 90 minutes’ drive away from us, but it’s now spread to a few upstate counties and the rest of the state is regarding it as an inevitability that it will come to the Midlands and Lowcountry.
January 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Starting to get emails from my kids’ schools about the measles forecast. The outbreak is about 90 minutes’ drive away from us, but it’s now spread to a few upstate counties and the rest of the state is regarding it as an inevitability that it will come to the Midlands and Lowcountry.
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Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
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“Unless Someone Gives Me One for Invading a Country.” By @fionataylor.bsky.social
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-against-p...
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-against-p...
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“Unless Someone Gives Me One for Invading a Country.” By @fionataylor.bsky.social
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-against-p...
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-against-p...
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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This man is talking about stealing a country at gunpoint from nations the US is allied with. Of course Europeans hate us. You would feel the same way if you were in their place. American voters put this man in power, he didn’t seize it this time.
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
This man is talking about stealing a country at gunpoint from nations the US is allied with. Of course Europeans hate us. You would feel the same way if you were in their place. American voters put this man in power, he didn’t seize it this time.