Ethlie Ann Vare
@ethlie.bsky.social
Author Journalist Screenwriter My Substack lives at #AffectionDeficitDisorder
Do not understand the unwillingness of the administration to release the Epstein Files. They’ve had more than enough time to expunge any reference to DJT. Which of course they would.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Do not understand the unwillingness of the administration to release the Epstein Files. They’ve had more than enough time to expunge any reference to DJT. Which of course they would.
Let’s guess how many of Trump’s children and pals sold Kenvue short last week. (Yeah, that’s who makes Tylenol.)
September 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Let’s guess how many of Trump’s children and pals sold Kenvue short last week. (Yeah, that’s who makes Tylenol.)
Rodney King would have made a better national leader at this time than Donald Trump. How hard is “can’t we all just get along?”
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Rodney King would have made a better national leader at this time than Donald Trump. How hard is “can’t we all just get along?”
How long before beating your wife is no longer illegal? Counting down....
September 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
How long before beating your wife is no longer illegal? Counting down....
www.affectiondeficitdisorder.com/p/its-all-fu.... New column up on #AffectionDeficitDisorder at Substack. Awaiting your horror stories with bated breath.
It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an I
Sometimes I miss the drama. Not often enough.
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July 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
www.affectiondeficitdisorder.com/p/its-all-fu.... New column up on #AffectionDeficitDisorder at Substack. Awaiting your horror stories with bated breath.
The country with the concentration camp isn't the good guy. Period.
July 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The country with the concentration camp isn't the good guy. Period.
So here’s my thought. Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem can be Prom King and Prom Queen, and the nerds on the Student Council run the actual country.
June 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
So here’s my thought. Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem can be Prom King and Prom Queen, and the nerds on the Student Council run the actual country.
Very excited that we'll be able to identify poor people by their rotten teeth again....
May 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Very excited that we'll be able to identify poor people by their rotten teeth again....
I'm also not a lawyer. I've still heard of the emoluments clause. WTF?
May 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm also not a lawyer. I've still heard of the emoluments clause. WTF?
The good guys need a hat too. I'm workshopping ideas. AMERICA HAS NO KING makes the point, but will it fit? Maybe KISS THE RING in a circle with a slash across it? Thoughts?
April 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The good guys need a hat too. I'm workshopping ideas. AMERICA HAS NO KING makes the point, but will it fit? Maybe KISS THE RING in a circle with a slash across it? Thoughts?
First term we got a 1918-style pandemic. Second term we got a 1929-style stock market crash. Third term (and make no mistake, he’ll try)… 1940-style world war.
April 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
First term we got a 1918-style pandemic. Second term we got a 1929-style stock market crash. Third term (and make no mistake, he’ll try)… 1940-style world war.
If you need break from saving democracy (I'm in, for what it's worth) you can check out the Kindle edition of my 1984 @stevienicksfeed.bsky.social biography, which has apparently just gone live after being stuck in some digital hopper for 10
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April 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If you need break from saving democracy (I'm in, for what it's worth) you can check out the Kindle edition of my 1984 @stevienicksfeed.bsky.social biography, which has apparently just gone live after being stuck in some digital hopper for 10
months. a.co/d/653rslK
months. a.co/d/653rslK
Bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US and simultaneously crippling unions = creating a lot of minimum wage gig work.
April 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US and simultaneously crippling unions = creating a lot of minimum wage gig work.
The bros are so self-righteously butt-hurt that 80% of women are attracted to 20% of men. Dude, 80% of men are also attracted to 20% of women. Duh.
March 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The bros are so self-righteously butt-hurt that 80% of women are attracted to 20% of men. Dude, 80% of men are also attracted to 20% of women. Duh.
www.affectiondeficitdisorder.com/p/the-optimi... Long overdue Substack post on Affection Deficit Disorder. Just not as entertainingly crazy as I used to be, I guess.
The Optimist's Dilemma
How I Learned to Stop Dreaming and Block Unknown Numbers
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March 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
www.affectiondeficitdisorder.com/p/the-optimi... Long overdue Substack post on Affection Deficit Disorder. Just not as entertainingly crazy as I used to be, I guess.
Donald Trump is a D-list reality TV celebrity who wouldn't have gotten invited to a decent Oscar party.
March 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Donald Trump is a D-list reality TV celebrity who wouldn't have gotten invited to a decent Oscar party.
I kind of miss collecting the bacon grease in a coffee pot under the sink and cooking with it. Maybe if measles is coming back, that will too.
March 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I kind of miss collecting the bacon grease in a coffee pot under the sink and cooking with it. Maybe if measles is coming back, that will too.
Serious question: Has our self-appointed new director of the national opera and national symphony ever been to an opera or symphony?
February 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Serious question: Has our self-appointed new director of the national opera and national symphony ever been to an opera or symphony?
Watch "Kneecap" on Netflix. Thank me later.
February 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Watch "Kneecap" on Netflix. Thank me later.
If they really wanted to cut government spending, they'd eliminate the fucking TSA. What a useless waste of money, manpower, and goodwill.
February 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If they really wanted to cut government spending, they'd eliminate the fucking TSA. What a useless waste of money, manpower, and goodwill.
Sorry, Ralph’s self-check. You’re not allowed to tell me to hurry up. You’re getting my labor for free. I will dawdle as I damn well please.
February 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sorry, Ralph’s self-check. You’re not allowed to tell me to hurry up. You’re getting my labor for free. I will dawdle as I damn well please.
I’m excited to see what doubling the price of lumber and deporting most construction workers does to the cost of housing. Should be a windfall for homeowners.
January 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m excited to see what doubling the price of lumber and deporting most construction workers does to the cost of housing. Should be a windfall for homeowners.
Never mind the brazen grift. Explain to me how Trump Shitcoin does not violate the emoluments clause.
January 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Never mind the brazen grift. Explain to me how Trump Shitcoin does not violate the emoluments clause.
No one seriously thinks that Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth didn’t beat his wife. There are just people who don’t find that disqualifying.
January 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
No one seriously thinks that Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth didn’t beat his wife. There are just people who don’t find that disqualifying.
It amazes me that a generation of young men who modeled themselves after #BartSimpson end up on #TeamMrBurns
December 19, 2024 at 2:56 AM
It amazes me that a generation of young men who modeled themselves after #BartSimpson end up on #TeamMrBurns