emily zhou
@emializh.bsky.social
writer (girlfriends), editor (littlepuss press, joyland mag), general-purpose tinkerer
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the annual snowfall required for me to take your city seriously is like 11” minimum. nobody is using 300 days of sun to serve the lord
December 3, 2023 at 4:18 PM
the annual snowfall required for me to take your city seriously is like 11” minimum. nobody is using 300 days of sun to serve the lord
you straight up don’t need delta 3200 you just need hp5 and a lab that knows how to push 3 stops cleanly
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
you straight up don’t need delta 3200 you just need hp5 and a lab that knows how to push 3 stops cleanly
some medium format from november
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
some medium format from november
a group chat has to have a sort of goldilocks amount of mental illness and crashing out. too little and it’s boring, too much and it circles back around to being boring again
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
a group chat has to have a sort of goldilocks amount of mental illness and crashing out. too little and it’s boring, too much and it circles back around to being boring again
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INSANE LIFE CHEATCODE: choose to be miserable and then play the victim about it
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
INSANE LIFE CHEATCODE: choose to be miserable and then play the victim about it
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need some art to seduce me into living fr
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
need some art to seduce me into living fr
you should be shame’s only daughter
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
you should be shame’s only daughter
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prints of some of my best film photos from the last year are available (probably not for super long) on emilyalisonzhou.darkroom.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
prints of some of my best film photos from the last year are available (probably not for super long) on emilyalisonzhou.darkroom.com
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doing paid work for a university is like signing up to get a random check at some point in the next 1-6 months. it arrives with no explanation but with an impersonal finality, as if by an act of God. you can’t spend God money on something sensible without serious effort
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
doing paid work for a university is like signing up to get a random check at some point in the next 1-6 months. it arrives with no explanation but with an impersonal finality, as if by an act of God. you can’t spend God money on something sensible without serious effort
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"They would say 'Gordon, I don’t personally like it, but Alex says you do it your way.' I would say 'Thank you darling, but let’s try it your way, too.' And I would try it their way, & Alex would pick mine. I tried to learn what good taste was."
- GP
Simone Bodin by Gordon Parks, 1956
- GP
Simone Bodin by Gordon Parks, 1956
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"They would say 'Gordon, I don’t personally like it, but Alex says you do it your way.' I would say 'Thank you darling, but let’s try it your way, too.' And I would try it their way, & Alex would pick mine. I tried to learn what good taste was."
- GP
Simone Bodin by Gordon Parks, 1956
- GP
Simone Bodin by Gordon Parks, 1956
i’m in my redemption arc
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
i’m in my redemption arc
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the only job they’ll let anyone get anymore is cunty cultural critic
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
the only job they’ll let anyone get anymore is cunty cultural critic
how am i running into clueless white people who act like they’ve never walked down a city street before near the halsey j. if you end up here as a transplant something has gone horribly wrong
November 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
how am i running into clueless white people who act like they’ve never walked down a city street before near the halsey j. if you end up here as a transplant something has gone horribly wrong
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My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
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Close-read critical analyses of how The New York Times frames
its coverage doesn't seem to be great for all of your mental health. Whether it's productive in any sense is another question but I feel really confident about the your-mental-health thing.
its coverage doesn't seem to be great for all of your mental health. Whether it's productive in any sense is another question but I feel really confident about the your-mental-health thing.
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Close-read critical analyses of how The New York Times frames
its coverage doesn't seem to be great for all of your mental health. Whether it's productive in any sense is another question but I feel really confident about the your-mental-health thing.
its coverage doesn't seem to be great for all of your mental health. Whether it's productive in any sense is another question but I feel really confident about the your-mental-health thing.
i’ve decided i’m not being neurotic anymore
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
i’ve decided i’m not being neurotic anymore
the M to J transfer past midnight is a real test of my professed love for winter
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
the M to J transfer past midnight is a real test of my professed love for winter
somebody show me the forbidden tree
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
somebody show me the forbidden tree
digital film sims look sooooo bad
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
digital film sims look sooooo bad
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among many other things (and despite Stoppard’s own politics), there are at least a few handfuls of teen theater nerds who went from loving Rosencrantz+ Guildenstern/Arcadia to reading or watching Coast of Utopia to actually reading Bakunin and having their whole understanding of the world changed
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
among many other things (and despite Stoppard’s own politics), there are at least a few handfuls of teen theater nerds who went from loving Rosencrantz+ Guildenstern/Arcadia to reading or watching Coast of Utopia to actually reading Bakunin and having their whole understanding of the world changed
i tire of the shtick
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i tire of the shtick
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DEAR FRIENDS due to marketing-related circumstances we have been informed the PRE-SALE for Aoife Josie Clement's chilling debut horror novel PERSONA will end on the darkest day of the year, December 21st!
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"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin
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November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
DEAR FRIENDS due to marketing-related circumstances we have been informed the PRE-SALE for Aoife Josie Clement's chilling debut horror novel PERSONA will end on the darkest day of the year, December 21st!
Please pre-order "the year's great work of literary horror" now to avoid disappointment!
Please pre-order "the year's great work of literary horror" now to avoid disappointment!