Jennifer Saunders
@magpiedays.bsky.social
Poet, author of Tumor Moon 🌖 Co-editor of Stained: an anthology of writing about menstruation🩸(Querencia Press). Immigrant. Hockey fan. She / her. 🇺🇸/🇨🇭in 🇨🇭
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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This seems bad.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This seems bad.
Reposted by Jennifer Saunders
Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
Wake up, babe. New list of people to withdraw all financial and moral support from just dropped. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Wake up, babe. New list of people to withdraw all financial and moral support from just dropped. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard, she quotes Nietzsche: "When my creative energy flowed most freely, my muscular activity was always greatest ... I might often have been seen dancing" @saloneurope.bsky.social #SalonQuiz #IYKYN
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard, she quotes Nietzsche: "When my creative energy flowed most freely, my muscular activity was always greatest ... I might often have been seen dancing" @saloneurope.bsky.social #SalonQuiz #IYKYN
We're launching a really exciting new MSt in Creative Translation - details here. Oxford has a wealth of brilliant translator energy and I am excited to see what will come out of this. Please forward to likely sorts! www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
MSt in Creative Translation
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages is delighted to announce the launch of a new course, the MSt in Creative Translation.
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Delighted to have a poem up this week in Psaltery & Lyre! Alt text for the photo appearing with the link: a close-up photo of a small wicker basket filled with a variety of wild mushrooms.
"He told me I needed wild mushrooms / dried myself in the oven overnight."
"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/10/t...
"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/10/t...
The Chef Told Me
by Jennifer Saunders
psalteryandlyre.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Delighted to have a poem up this week in Psaltery & Lyre! Alt text for the photo appearing with the link: a close-up photo of a small wicker basket filled with a variety of wild mushrooms.
I got my first book club spam - purportedly from an Australian organization - last week. Because it wasn't the standard "book promoter" spam I read it through and did spend a minute wondering if it was a real thing but then I just deleted it.
🚨 ATTN Writers, Book Club Scams
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
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For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I got my first book club spam - purportedly from an Australian organization - last week. Because it wasn't the standard "book promoter" spam I read it through and did spend a minute wondering if it was a real thing but then I just deleted it.
Also, like, these people are just sitting there? Reading? That's like calling sports fans performative for attending matches.
Other than it is weird that people are just taking photos of strangers, is there something inherently wrong with being a "performative" reader?
Oh fuck off
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Also, like, these people are just sitting there? Reading? That's like calling sports fans performative for attending matches.
Switzerland ended daylight savings time 2 weeks ago and the cats are still impatiently expecting 6pm dinner at 5pm.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Switzerland ended daylight savings time 2 weeks ago and the cats are still impatiently expecting 6pm dinner at 5pm.
This is completely bonkers. Also, I understand Switzerland has a much smaller population than the US & is logistically easier to manage. But. In the coming days my child will turn 18. A short time past said birthday there is an election. Said child has already received their voting materials.
🚨BREAKING: A civil rights organization sued the Trump administration Saturday over a new policy barring nonprofits from helping new U.S. citizens register to vote. The lawsuit calls the policy part of a “broader effort to ensure that new Americans cannot exert their democratic will on the nation.”
Lawsuit Blasts Trump’s Bid to Keep New Citizens From Registering to Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is completely bonkers. Also, I understand Switzerland has a much smaller population than the US & is logistically easier to manage. But. In the coming days my child will turn 18. A short time past said birthday there is an election. Said child has already received their voting materials.
Reposted by Jennifer Saunders
There are lit mags out there forbidding entire POVs? What are we doing?
Always astonished when I see a magazine that forbids submissions of second-person POV.
I'd much rather see third-person omniscient banned 🫠
I'd much rather see third-person omniscient banned 🫠
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There are lit mags out there forbidding entire POVs? What are we doing?
I'm sending off a stack of work on paper, and since it's going to the US I pulled out a ream of 8 1/2 x 11 paper and wow, the size of 8 1/2 x 11 paper is oddly satisfying. It must be reaching some deep cultural touchstone lol
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm sending off a stack of work on paper, and since it's going to the US I pulled out a ream of 8 1/2 x 11 paper and wow, the size of 8 1/2 x 11 paper is oddly satisfying. It must be reaching some deep cultural touchstone lol
Reposted by Jennifer Saunders
PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ????
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ????
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Reposted by Jennifer Saunders
Teen Vogue rising after the 2016 election and dying after the 2024 election doesn't even feel like a metaphor as much as a microcosm of what is happening all over places that were once strong areas of resistance.
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Teen Vogue rising after the 2016 election and dying after the 2024 election doesn't even feel like a metaphor as much as a microcosm of what is happening all over places that were once strong areas of resistance.
This is bad
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.
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 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This is bad
Reposted by Jennifer Saunders
I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Volunteer — Orion's Belt
www.orions-belt.net
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Fuck, I knew they were coming for Teen Vogue.
I'm not in the least joking when I say Teen Vogue has been crushing it journalistically for years now. Bezos getting control over Teen Vogue would endanger a great source of information about bodies, sex, consent, reproductive rights & health, trans issues, and politics for a whole demographic.
Have just realized that the silly “Bezos wants to buy Vogue as a lavish wedding gift for his bride” story that’s been circulating is inaccurate - Bezos wants to buy Condé Nast which owns The New Yorker,Teen Vogue, Wired & Arts Technica because he is an oligarch who wants to crush all dissent.
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Fuck, I knew they were coming for Teen Vogue.
My alma mater Pacific University where I attended @pacificmfa.bsky.social sent a fundraising request for food pantry programs serving the Pacific community in light of federal food aid ending Sat & I have never reached for my wallet faster. There's so much I can't do from overseas but I can do that.
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My alma mater Pacific University where I attended @pacificmfa.bsky.social sent a fundraising request for food pantry programs serving the Pacific community in light of federal food aid ending Sat & I have never reached for my wallet faster. There's so much I can't do from overseas but I can do that.
I've told this story for about 16 years. When my youngest was 1-3, he was overly adventurous. It never occurred to him that he couldn't do the things his older brother could do - climb ladders & trees & run fast down the street - and there were a lot of bumps and bang ups & some pediatric ER visits
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've told this story for about 16 years. When my youngest was 1-3, he was overly adventurous. It never occurred to him that he couldn't do the things his older brother could do - climb ladders & trees & run fast down the street - and there were a lot of bumps and bang ups & some pediatric ER visits
Reposted by Jennifer Saunders
Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
How to turn off Gemini in your Gmail, Docs, Photos, and more - it's easy to opt out
It's a little hidden, but there is a way to remove Gemini from your favorite Google services.
www.zdnet.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
New Chelsea Dingman poem! www.amsterdamreview.org/we-have-know...
We Have Known Each Other at Every Hour by Chelsea Dingman | Amsterdam Review
Read "We Have Known Each Other at Every Hour" by Chelsea Dingman
www.amsterdamreview.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New Chelsea Dingman poem! www.amsterdamreview.org/we-have-know...
another fee-free submission opportunity
Every accepted piece is paid. Every submission is reviewed with intention.
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
October 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
another fee-free submission opportunity
The rare still fee-free submission opportunity, opening 1 November (@derekjgwilliams.bsky.social)
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The rare still fee-free submission opportunity, opening 1 November (@derekjgwilliams.bsky.social)