Elinor
@elinor.bsky.social
Pinned
Elinor
@elinor.bsky.social
· Oct 29
COLUMN: The Book-Object, "Why Does Taylor Swift Want to be Our English Teacher?"
considering the aesthetics of the English teacher as wielded by the pop star
zonamotel.substack.com
My Taylor Swift essay for Zona Motel is out today! I'm examining what being an English teacher means in pop culture and why Taylor might want to incorporate that into her brand 👀
Reposted by Elinor
The big lie of our age (that they somehow managed to sell to us) is that government / legislation is “evil”.
Government / legislation was designed to protect you from the real evil: the selfish shit that rich people will inevitably do while bribing governments and lawmakers to look the other way.
Government / legislation was designed to protect you from the real evil: the selfish shit that rich people will inevitably do while bribing governments and lawmakers to look the other way.
January 31, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The big lie of our age (that they somehow managed to sell to us) is that government / legislation is “evil”.
Government / legislation was designed to protect you from the real evil: the selfish shit that rich people will inevitably do while bribing governments and lawmakers to look the other way.
Government / legislation was designed to protect you from the real evil: the selfish shit that rich people will inevitably do while bribing governments and lawmakers to look the other way.
Reposted by Elinor
Don't shop tomorrow. If you're able, funnel some funds toward community solidarity efforts. But especially stay the fuck off amazon. We vote with our dollars; Bezos made the Melania movie with 75 million of his
January 30, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Don't shop tomorrow. If you're able, funnel some funds toward community solidarity efforts. But especially stay the fuck off amazon. We vote with our dollars; Bezos made the Melania movie with 75 million of his
I don't know how much reach this post will have but I'm looking to have a lowkey chat with someone who has visited the book burning memorial in Munich? It's for a column I write about book materiality for Zona Motel. Just looking for your impressions, nothing formal
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I don't know how much reach this post will have but I'm looking to have a lowkey chat with someone who has visited the book burning memorial in Munich? It's for a column I write about book materiality for Zona Motel. Just looking for your impressions, nothing formal
Reposted by Elinor
Sign up for their email list as well. They send out offers and new drops regularly. Got my 3 ebooks yesterday.
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
www.haymarketbooks.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Sign up for their email list as well. They send out offers and new drops regularly. Got my 3 ebooks yesterday.
Reposted by Elinor
The resistance will be beautiful
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The resistance will be beautiful
Reposted by Elinor
If you're feeling powerless because you don't know how to meaningfully contribute to resistance in Minneapolis or other places, remember that money is quite often the best way. Local orgs know exactly what is needed where. Even sharing posts from locals who are recommending community orgs helps.
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
If you're feeling powerless because you don't know how to meaningfully contribute to resistance in Minneapolis or other places, remember that money is quite often the best way. Local orgs know exactly what is needed where. Even sharing posts from locals who are recommending community orgs helps.
I found this video very comprehensive and made things easy to see if anyone wants or needs a reputable analysis video to share with people
Unpicking the second Minneapolis shooting frame by frame
BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing together a detailed picture of what happened.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I found this video very comprehensive and made things easy to see if anyone wants or needs a reputable analysis video to share with people
Reposted by Elinor
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
Reposted by Elinor
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
Reposted by Elinor
Minnesota is the front line and we will hold it. We are heartbroken, we are afraid, we are exhausted but we will not fall. Please support us.
linktr.ee/mplsmutualai...
linktr.ee/mplsmutualai...
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
linktr.ee
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Minnesota is the front line and we will hold it. We are heartbroken, we are afraid, we are exhausted but we will not fall. Please support us.
linktr.ee/mplsmutualai...
linktr.ee/mplsmutualai...
Reposted by Elinor
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
Reposted by Elinor
A reintroduction: I'm a disabled and autistic artist/writer in America. I sell stickers, stationery, and other supportive darkness for the best—and, more importantly right now—the worst parts of life.
The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A reintroduction: I'm a disabled and autistic artist/writer in America. I sell stickers, stationery, and other supportive darkness for the best—and, more importantly right now—the worst parts of life.
The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
Reposted by Elinor
The weakest, most inept administration in history, unable to work out how best to deal with a dementia ridden President, and deciding to just let him destroy everything and hope he just dies of old age soon.
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 AM
The weakest, most inept administration in history, unable to work out how best to deal with a dementia ridden President, and deciding to just let him destroy everything and hope he just dies of old age soon.
Reposted by Elinor
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
Reposted by Elinor
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
Reposted by Elinor
Hard to find the words. Something must be done.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Hard to find the words. Something must be done.
Reposted by Elinor
Think about all the other ways we are letting tech companies track us and all the equipment we own. You think they offer convenience, but a lot of that only exists to get you to agree to the terms for something bigger...
We're seeing the consequences pan out in real time.
We're seeing the consequences pan out in real time.
January 19, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Think about all the other ways we are letting tech companies track us and all the equipment we own. You think they offer convenience, but a lot of that only exists to get you to agree to the terms for something bigger...
We're seeing the consequences pan out in real time.
We're seeing the consequences pan out in real time.
Reposted by Elinor
Show me.
House Democrats are in Minnesota today confronting ICE’s brutalization of American citizens.
We will hold every single one of these extremists accountable for their lawless behavior.
We will hold every single one of these extremists accountable for their lawless behavior.
January 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Show me.
Reposted by Elinor
🙃
This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
🙃
This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
Reposted by Elinor
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
I have also donated to CAIR Minnesota (cairmn.org/donate), an org protecting civil rights for Muslim immigrants in Minnesota. Please give where you can
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I have also donated to CAIR Minnesota (cairmn.org/donate), an org protecting civil rights for Muslim immigrants in Minnesota. Please give where you can