Emily Maloney
@emilyfmaloney.bsky.social
Author of COST OF LIVING (Holt), now in paperback. New book forthcoming. I also make pots and ride horses. Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. she/her www.emilymaloney.net
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Emily Maloney
@emilyfmaloney.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Art under fascism
making community wherever we can
open.substack.com
i talked about why it's important to have a community and make art, especially now: open.substack.com/pub/emilymal...
so, I recently graduated to a cane (since breaking my leg in september and having surgery), though I'm not supposed to quite yet. I limp and don't want people to mow me down. For the most part it's ok. But I would appreciate any cool cane suggestions. I want to feel slightly less unfashionable?
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
so, I recently graduated to a cane (since breaking my leg in september and having surgery), though I'm not supposed to quite yet. I limp and don't want people to mow me down. For the most part it's ok. But I would appreciate any cool cane suggestions. I want to feel slightly less unfashionable?
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Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
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Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
I schlubsacked. It's been a minute. Also, hi.
Teaching as a radical act
big goals are great. small goals are even better.
emilymaloney.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I schlubsacked. It's been a minute. Also, hi.
it's me. I'm giving a talk tonight, about horses and also writing. would love to see you there :)
October 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
it's me. I'm giving a talk tonight, about horses and also writing. would love to see you there :)
every section is the hardest section
but today i wrote the hardest section of the book
tomorrow i will also write the hardest section of the book
but today i wrote the hardest section of the book
tomorrow i will also write the hardest section of the book
October 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
every section is the hardest section
but today i wrote the hardest section of the book
tomorrow i will also write the hardest section of the book
but today i wrote the hardest section of the book
tomorrow i will also write the hardest section of the book
so, i fell off a horse (reared 3x in a row, saddle slipped)
got surgery
now recovering
teaching again in person tomorrow
breaking in the leg scooter
how is everyone
got surgery
now recovering
teaching again in person tomorrow
breaking in the leg scooter
how is everyone
September 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
so, i fell off a horse (reared 3x in a row, saddle slipped)
got surgery
now recovering
teaching again in person tomorrow
breaking in the leg scooter
how is everyone
got surgery
now recovering
teaching again in person tomorrow
breaking in the leg scooter
how is everyone
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this is why everyone I know isn’t having kids btw
The median cost of putting one child through daycare for 5 years in the U.S. is $43,000. That masks much higher costs in many large cities. It’s nearly $150,000 (almost $30,000 for one year) in Arlington, VA. This is for one kid www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America
For working parents, the first five years of a child’s life are often the most financially draining. Explore this interactive map to see how costs vary across the U.S.
www.wsj.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
this is why everyone I know isn’t having kids btw
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My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
Do not accept the premise that education is to blame for abysmal jobs outcomes.
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
August 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
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Write a bit about @greenwell.bsky.social's very good book, which among other things has some excellent anecdotes about how private equity guys understand their role in the world
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed
Financiers have bamboozled the public for years about their expertise in “fixing” companies. Yet they often—and sometimes deliberately—run them into the ground.
newrepublic.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Write a bit about @greenwell.bsky.social's very good book, which among other things has some excellent anecdotes about how private equity guys understand their role in the world
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
me, w/therapist: well, I want to make sure i can support xyz student b/c they are undoubtedly carrying a lot of trauma
therapist: you--
me: just want to make sure I have resources in place for them!
therapist's diagnosis billing code: F43.10 (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Unspecified)
me: ok fine
therapist: you--
me: just want to make sure I have resources in place for them!
therapist's diagnosis billing code: F43.10 (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Unspecified)
me: ok fine
July 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
me, w/therapist: well, I want to make sure i can support xyz student b/c they are undoubtedly carrying a lot of trauma
therapist: you--
me: just want to make sure I have resources in place for them!
therapist's diagnosis billing code: F43.10 (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Unspecified)
me: ok fine
therapist: you--
me: just want to make sure I have resources in place for them!
therapist's diagnosis billing code: F43.10 (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Unspecified)
me: ok fine
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Venus Williams just won her first match in two years and at the end when they were interviewing her about what a miracle it was, she said she had to come back and play a match; they told her she was on cobra and she’s always at the doctor so **she needs the health insurance**
Venus Williams literally a millionaire working for healthcare coverage
July 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Venus Williams just won her first match in two years and at the end when they were interviewing her about what a miracle it was, she said she had to come back and play a match; they told her she was on cobra and she’s always at the doctor so **she needs the health insurance**
a few people have asked about me making pots
i am not currently making pots. i fell and injured my left (dominant) hand last month and am still recovering. i hope to make pots again this fall, after my thumb is better.
i am not currently making pots. i fell and injured my left (dominant) hand last month and am still recovering. i hope to make pots again this fall, after my thumb is better.
July 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
a few people have asked about me making pots
i am not currently making pots. i fell and injured my left (dominant) hand last month and am still recovering. i hope to make pots again this fall, after my thumb is better.
i am not currently making pots. i fell and injured my left (dominant) hand last month and am still recovering. i hope to make pots again this fall, after my thumb is better.
My tidy, 3,500 word essay is now some kind of deranged 7,000 word thing that no longer speaks English and has to be fed raw meat beneath the basement stairs. Not sure what I've done here.
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My tidy, 3,500 word essay is now some kind of deranged 7,000 word thing that no longer speaks English and has to be fed raw meat beneath the basement stairs. Not sure what I've done here.
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A question I think about multiple times a day -- multiple times an hour -- is where are freelance writers supposed to go. nymag.com/intelligence...
Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse
The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble.
nymag.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A question I think about multiple times a day -- multiple times an hour -- is where are freelance writers supposed to go. nymag.com/intelligence...
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They finally made the milk from that hotel
July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They finally made the milk from that hotel
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Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
July 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
Fine, I’ll re-pin the creative writing jobs wiki on my browser shortcuts 😤
July 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Fine, I’ll re-pin the creative writing jobs wiki on my browser shortcuts 😤
get in, we're in the "Let's rewatch the americans again" part of our writing process
Americans Claudia GIF
ALT: Americans Claudia GIF
media.tenor.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
get in, we're in the "Let's rewatch the americans again" part of our writing process
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It's my birthday which means everyone who likes me should pre-order my novel, BEINGS, and everyone who doesn't like me should please just not tell me that they don't like me so I can have one day where I don't have to be anxious about that
www.bloomsbury.com/us/beings-97...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/beings-97...
Beings
From the celebrated author of All My Mother's Lovers, a new novel based on true events asks whether extraterrestrial life might be what ties us to one another,…
www.bloomsbury.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's my birthday which means everyone who likes me should pre-order my novel, BEINGS, and everyone who doesn't like me should please just not tell me that they don't like me so I can have one day where I don't have to be anxious about that
www.bloomsbury.com/us/beings-97...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/beings-97...
i forgot about this platform. sorry, guys
June 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
i forgot about this platform. sorry, guys
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I’m wrapping up Pride Month in my newsletter with this comic on bisexuality, myths and stereotypes, bi erasure, and what my bisexuality means to me. Happy Pride, everyone! Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
Read the full comic: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/my-letter
Read the full comic: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/my-letter
June 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’m wrapping up Pride Month in my newsletter with this comic on bisexuality, myths and stereotypes, bi erasure, and what my bisexuality means to me. Happy Pride, everyone! Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
Read the full comic: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/my-letter
Read the full comic: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/my-letter
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well fucking fuck everything this is infuriating
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
well fucking fuck everything this is infuriating