Maggie Russell
@magpierussell.bsky.social
Financial Editor + Poet (when my immune system behaves).
Former attorney. Past VoPro organizer. 💙
Latest Substack: https://maggierussell.substack.com/p/on-doves-and-snakes-and-belonging
Editing & content: www.maggierussellwriter.com
Former attorney. Past VoPro organizer. 💙
Latest Substack: https://maggierussell.substack.com/p/on-doves-and-snakes-and-belonging
Editing & content: www.maggierussellwriter.com
An amici brief in support of Idaho's unfair law dictating how schools may field sports teams filed by 20+ states cites a law review article I wrote more than a decade ago (under previous surname). I'm hugely sad about that🏳️⚧️I'm glad @democracyforward.org & others are fighting on the side of fairness.
We filed a “friend of the court” brief in upcoming SCOTUS cases challenging state laws that restrict trans women and girls from playing on women's and girls' sports teams.
We will keep fighting in court to protect all individuals from gender-based discrimination.
We will keep fighting in court to protect all individuals from gender-based discrimination.
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
An amici brief in support of Idaho's unfair law dictating how schools may field sports teams filed by 20+ states cites a law review article I wrote more than a decade ago (under previous surname). I'm hugely sad about that🏳️⚧️I'm glad @democracyforward.org & others are fighting on the side of fairness.
Thinking about this post again as my husband & I yelled "Go Birds" when we spotted another couple in green shirts with the telltale lettering. "Go Birds!" They yelled back excitedly.
We were at a dog costume parade. At a public garden. In Nashville. #eagles fans are everywhere and love everyone-ish
We were at a dog costume parade. At a public garden. In Nashville. #eagles fans are everywhere and love everyone-ish
When is an Eagles Game a Church?
When "Go Birds" is a Hallelujah.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thinking about this post again as my husband & I yelled "Go Birds" when we spotted another couple in green shirts with the telltale lettering. "Go Birds!" They yelled back excitedly.
We were at a dog costume parade. At a public garden. In Nashville. #eagles fans are everywhere and love everyone-ish
We were at a dog costume parade. At a public garden. In Nashville. #eagles fans are everywhere and love everyone-ish
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✨There is one more week left to submit to River Teeth’s 2025 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize! The deadline is October 31, 2025.
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #BeautifulThings #BookPrize #OnlineLitMag #WritingCommunity #GetPublished #Submit
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #BeautifulThings #BookPrize #OnlineLitMag #WritingCommunity #GetPublished #Submit
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
✨There is one more week left to submit to River Teeth’s 2025 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize! The deadline is October 31, 2025.
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #BeautifulThings #BookPrize #OnlineLitMag #WritingCommunity #GetPublished #Submit
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #BeautifulThings #BookPrize #OnlineLitMag #WritingCommunity #GetPublished #Submit
Some writers buy themselves a pizza, others savor a special drink, I used to buy myself a new pen with each rejection. This year, I turned the haunting of rejection into literal ghosties. #writingcommunity #writesky #crafty
October 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some writers buy themselves a pizza, others savor a special drink, I used to buy myself a new pen with each rejection. This year, I turned the haunting of rejection into literal ghosties. #writingcommunity #writesky #crafty
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TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!!
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October 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!!
Join us for live lit and help support a great cause.
FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere.
Register now and find out more information here:
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Join us for live lit and help support a great cause.
FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere.
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Literature survives because writers risk sending their words into the world. We honor that risk. Submissions are open. Submit for free:
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September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Literature survives because writers risk sending their words into the world. We honor that risk. Submissions are open. Submit for free:
With health and family issues flaring up over the last month, I've frequently said "I just need to stare at a wall for a week." But maybe I need to stare at some #art instead. I think I'll start here.
Concrete and Cranes, 2019, painting by Manchester artist Geoffrey Key (b.1941). #NorthernArt
September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
With health and family issues flaring up over the last month, I've frequently said "I just need to stare at a wall for a week." But maybe I need to stare at some #art instead. I think I'll start here.
Former Utahn here: UVU is an incredible campus full of students & faculty that give more to their community than they take. I’m so sorry for the panic & terror their students & staff are experiencing.
Hearing from a friend near campus about the big police presence there, & how terrifying it is. 🩷🩷
Hearing from a friend near campus about the big police presence there, & how terrifying it is. 🩷🩷
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Former Utahn here: UVU is an incredible campus full of students & faculty that give more to their community than they take. I’m so sorry for the panic & terror their students & staff are experiencing.
Hearing from a friend near campus about the big police presence there, & how terrifying it is. 🩷🩷
Hearing from a friend near campus about the big police presence there, & how terrifying it is. 🩷🩷
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“24 megapixel default photos on the new iPhone, so you get vibrant views of the detergent selection your partner is confused about choosing from”
September 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“24 megapixel default photos on the new iPhone, so you get vibrant views of the detergent selection your partner is confused about choosing from”
Amazing workshop by my writing coach still has a few spots left for tomorrow night - and it’s FREE.
It’s labeled for poetry, but I use her guidance in all my writing - #essay, short story, #flash.
Kelly Grace’s workshops are quick paced w/ clear takeaways.
#writingcommunity #poetsky #poetry
It’s labeled for poetry, but I use her guidance in all my writing - #essay, short story, #flash.
Kelly Grace’s workshops are quick paced w/ clear takeaways.
#writingcommunity #poetsky #poetry
From Flat to Fierce: How to Fix a "Failed" Poem · Luma
A Free Poetry Workshop with Award-Winning Poet Kelly Grace Thomas
Got a poem that just isn’t working? Don’t toss it—transform it.
In this high-energy, hands-on…
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September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Amazing workshop by my writing coach still has a few spots left for tomorrow night - and it’s FREE.
It’s labeled for poetry, but I use her guidance in all my writing - #essay, short story, #flash.
Kelly Grace’s workshops are quick paced w/ clear takeaways.
#writingcommunity #poetsky #poetry
It’s labeled for poetry, but I use her guidance in all my writing - #essay, short story, #flash.
Kelly Grace’s workshops are quick paced w/ clear takeaways.
#writingcommunity #poetsky #poetry
Thinking about this piece about Eagles fans again as the season opens. #gobirds
When is a Church an Eagles Game?
When "Go Birds" is a Hallelujah.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Thinking about this piece about Eagles fans again as the season opens. #gobirds
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In the vending machine’s glare, I weighed my options. —"Lunch Money" by Maggie Russell
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September 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In the vending machine’s glare, I weighed my options. —"Lunch Money" by Maggie Russell
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And it's go time! Submissions to our Lost/Found imprint are now open. Is your out-of-print prose book in need of a new home? If so, we'd love to consider your book for republication.
Our Lost/Found Editor @abigailoswald.bsky.social is waiting at
splitlippress.submittable.com (also linked in bio)!
Our Lost/Found Editor @abigailoswald.bsky.social is waiting at
splitlippress.submittable.com (also linked in bio)!
September 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And it's go time! Submissions to our Lost/Found imprint are now open. Is your out-of-print prose book in need of a new home? If so, we'd love to consider your book for republication.
Our Lost/Found Editor @abigailoswald.bsky.social is waiting at
splitlippress.submittable.com (also linked in bio)!
Our Lost/Found Editor @abigailoswald.bsky.social is waiting at
splitlippress.submittable.com (also linked in bio)!
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The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
You know it’s gotten to “a lot” when a situation calls for the governor of a state to post know your rights info.
September 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You know it’s gotten to “a lot” when a situation calls for the governor of a state to post know your rights info.
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I'm not a big believer in diving into the industry breakdowns because I believe that all jobs matter.
But the Administration has made dramatic policy shift to boost manufacturing, and it just ain't working. Manufacturing employment fell -12k, and is down -78k over the year.
But the Administration has made dramatic policy shift to boost manufacturing, and it just ain't working. Manufacturing employment fell -12k, and is down -78k over the year.
September 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I'm not a big believer in diving into the industry breakdowns because I believe that all jobs matter.
But the Administration has made dramatic policy shift to boost manufacturing, and it just ain't working. Manufacturing employment fell -12k, and is down -78k over the year.
But the Administration has made dramatic policy shift to boost manufacturing, and it just ain't working. Manufacturing employment fell -12k, and is down -78k over the year.
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Heavy is the brain that feeds the worm
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Heavy is the brain that feeds the worm
Probably true for families too.
Remember: friendships are not one person expressing their thoughts & feelings and not acknowledging yours. That’s one sided nonsense
September 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Probably true for families too.
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NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
The Sooknanan Monologue
The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend until Judge Sooknanan entered an order to stop it.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
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I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
August 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
Thanks to @theglobeandmail.com for the amazing obituary on my uncle, Mark Thompson.
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
August 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanks to @theglobeandmail.com for the amazing obituary on my uncle, Mark Thompson.
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
Approaching the 12th hour of 13 hours of travel. Current me would like to smite me of 4 weeks ago who thought “feh, 2 layovers isn’t that much.”
Take a note future me: It’s that much.
Take a note future me: It’s that much.
August 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Approaching the 12th hour of 13 hours of travel. Current me would like to smite me of 4 weeks ago who thought “feh, 2 layovers isn’t that much.”
Take a note future me: It’s that much.
Take a note future me: It’s that much.
🩷I have a loved one with what we think is the beginning of dementia. I’ve gotten incredible suggestions from friends on this. 🩷 I thought I’d cast a net here for more suggestions on how to make my person feel safe while we get some long term help. Any tips are welcomed. 🩷
August 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🩷I have a loved one with what we think is the beginning of dementia. I’ve gotten incredible suggestions from friends on this. 🩷 I thought I’d cast a net here for more suggestions on how to make my person feel safe while we get some long term help. Any tips are welcomed. 🩷
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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In case you missed this story from late yesterday, Dems scored a definitive upset victory in Iowa - in a district Trump had won by more than 11 points - as Catelin Drey defeated the Republican in a state special election. This was significant in that it broke a GOP supermajority.
August 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In case you missed this story from late yesterday, Dems scored a definitive upset victory in Iowa - in a district Trump had won by more than 11 points - as Catelin Drey defeated the Republican in a state special election. This was significant in that it broke a GOP supermajority.