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madeline lane-mckinley
@lalouverouge.bsky.social
author, “cool mom,” cultural critic, adjunctified phd
books: Comedy Against Work (Common Notions, 2022), Fag/Hag (Rosa Press, 2024)
next book: Solidarity with Children (Haymarket, 2025)
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i hope you'll read this compelling survey from Sarah Brouillette of the newest work from the always-astute and incisive Madeline Lane-McKinley—it's a tautly reasoned case for affording children greater rights and autonomy, reimagining social institutions that produce suffering and dehumanization.
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What an honor to read @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social and her brilliant son Ben unpack some of the ideas of my book together for @proteanmag.com. This was precisely what I hoped to do: spark dialogue between kids and so-called grownups about what solidarity looks like.

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Horizons of Youth Liberation • Protean Magazine
Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Children, out this month from Haymarket Books.Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Ch...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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So glad to have been able to write about Solidarity with Children by @lalouverouge.bsky.social for @proteanmag.com. Special thanks to Tyler Walicek, an extraordinary editor.
Horizons of Youth Liberation • Protean Magazine
Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Children, out this month from Haymarket Books.Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Ch...
proteanmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Sarah Brouillette (@sarahbrouillette.bsky.social) reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's (@lalouverouge.bsky.social) Solidarity With Children, from @haymarketbooks.org—a deft Marxist-feminist, abolitionist call to liberate children from the status of parental property.

proteanmag.com/2025/11/19/h...
Horizons of Youth Liberation • Protean Magazine
Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's newest book Solidarity With Children, out this month from Haymarket Books.
proteanmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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@lalouverouge.bsky.social explores children’s liberation through children’s literature.
The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books
In troubling the idea of childhood, there is perhaps no better place to go than children’s literature. Children’s literature is where stories of childhood are produced, ostensibly, for children; it…
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November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Sharing a practice of reading with children is also a practice of listening to children: “What are you thinking about? What are your questions?“ @lalouverouge.bsky.social
The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books
In troubling the idea of childhood, there is perhaps no better place to go than children’s literature. Children’s literature is where stories of childhood are produced, ostensibly, for children; it…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
An excerpt of my book is up on @lithub.com.web.brid.gy today.

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November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Sharing from the other site:

For those who would like to make a contribution to continue the legacy of her work, Alice's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us. As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work
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November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Tomorrow night!
Excited to be in conversation with Abby Anderson, part of the Budding Roses collective, organizers of an excellent youth liberationist project here in Portland.
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This Friday I’ll be in Eugene at the student ROAR center talking about Solidarity with Children.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Seattle! I’ll be doing a book event at Left Bank Books on Saturday 11/29 at 7:30. Would love to see you there.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Excited to be in conversation with Abby Anderson, part of the Budding Roses collective, organizers of an excellent youth liberationist project here in Portland.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍

Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!

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2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Solidarity With Children: An Essay Against Adult Supremacy is available now!

Happy Publication Day, @lalouverouge.bsky.social! 💐

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November 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Happy Publication Day, @lalouverouge.bsky.social! 💐
My book is officially out today. Thanks to my friends who’ve supported me in writing it. Couldn’t have done it without you & not sure what I’d be without you.

Please consider ordering it directly from @haymarketbooks or at your favorite local bookstore:

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Solidarity with Children
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November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My book is officially out today. Thanks to my friends who’ve supported me in writing it. Couldn’t have done it without you & not sure what I’d be without you.

Please consider ordering it directly from @haymarketbooks or at your favorite local bookstore:

www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2610-s...
Solidarity with Children
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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shout out to all the adjuncts and freelancers
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
My books arrived today 💜
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”
300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias.
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hell no.

“The document calls for UCLA to publicly announce that it does not recognize transgender people’s gender identities, to prevent the admission of “anti-Western” international students and to pay the costs for an outside monitor to oversee the agreement.”

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Under court order, UC publicly releases Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement, leading UCLA to publish the document o...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM