Morgan Leigh Davies
@mldavies.bsky.social
Victorian lady invalid, lying in bed surrounded by books. Long covid, ME, other ailments. Bylines in The Sick Times, Electric Lit, Jezebel, etc; cohost of Overinvested pod in absentia; picking away at a novel. she/her https://linktr.ee/morganleighdavies
Pinned
Belatedly sharing some of my favorite pieces from last year. I wrote essays, reviews, and conducted interviews, about fiction and all kinds of nonfiction.
This year I plan to do more of the same but hopefully at some new outlets in addition to the places I write regularly. Commission me!
This year I plan to do more of the same but hopefully at some new outlets in addition to the places I write regularly. Commission me!
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
He says "Seguimos aquí" after listing Puerto Rico last in the roll call of countries
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 AM
He says "Seguimos aquí" after listing Puerto Rico last in the roll call of countries
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Peep the LIGHT BLUE Puerto Rican flag in the window
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Peep the LIGHT BLUE Puerto Rican flag in the window
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
incredible incredible thread
I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 AM
incredible incredible thread
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Not for nothing, these are the things that white supremely., capitalism, and the venture-capitalist industrial complex want to take from us.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Not for nothing, these are the things that white supremely., capitalism, and the venture-capitalist industrial complex want to take from us.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
These are the conversations we have in the fun areas of the humanities. These are the skills that the humanities, at their best, cultivate into us. They allow us to deepen our appreciation for our culture and our experience of the world.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
These are the conversations we have in the fun areas of the humanities. These are the skills that the humanities, at their best, cultivate into us. They allow us to deepen our appreciation for our culture and our experience of the world.
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
One of those things that with a minute of actual thought is incredibly obvious (like duh they wouldn’t bring that traumatized child to the Super Bowl???) but probably speaks to how fully messed up we all are now by this and uh everything that so many people myself included had this reaction
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 3:38 AM
One of those things that with a minute of actual thought is incredibly obvious (like duh they wouldn’t bring that traumatized child to the Super Bowl???) but probably speaks to how fully messed up we all are now by this and uh everything that so many people myself included had this reaction
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
“If I’m here at Super Bowl LX, it’s because I never stopped believing in myself. You should never stop believing in yourself either. It’s worth more than you think.” —Bad Bunny
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
“If I’m here at Super Bowl LX, it’s because I never stopped believing in myself. You should never stop believing in yourself either. It’s worth more than you think.” —Bad Bunny
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Benito said "God Bless America," and then proceeded to name every country in South and North America.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Benito said "God Bless America," and then proceeded to name every country in South and North America.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.
beginning like that… I am truly agog
They really put a sugar cane field on the 50 yard line. Impressive
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
beginning like that… I am truly agog
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
I don’t think he code switched once, for real. Respect. 🫡
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I don’t think he code switched once, for real. Respect. 🫡
Recency bias but that is maybe the best halftime show I’ve ever seen purely on the level of artistry but also… at this moment in time in particular jaw dropping
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Recency bias but that is maybe the best halftime show I’ve ever seen purely on the level of artistry but also… at this moment in time in particular jaw dropping
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
i just want to say one more thing, KU for a long time, at least in the romance space, was really well known for being the place where BIPOC authors were really thriving. So to have this be apartheid-Coral, a fucking white woman be the face of all this grift is even more disgusting than you realize.
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
i just want to say one more thing, KU for a long time, at least in the romance space, was really well known for being the place where BIPOC authors were really thriving. So to have this be apartheid-Coral, a fucking white woman be the face of all this grift is even more disgusting than you realize.
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Giving somebody anonymity in a FEATURE WRITTEN ABOUT THEM is absolutely ridiculous unless they are like fleeing persecution. She doesn’t want to tell readers the truth, she doesn’t want to take responsibility for the ethical problems with what she’s doing, WHY are you promoting her?
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Giving somebody anonymity in a FEATURE WRITTEN ABOUT THEM is absolutely ridiculous unless they are like fleeing persecution. She doesn’t want to tell readers the truth, she doesn’t want to take responsibility for the ethical problems with what she’s doing, WHY are you promoting her?
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Generally speaking, the minute you see the word “Fabio” attached to an article about romance other than as history, you can throw the entire thing into the garbage. It’s a sneer, designed as communication from one person who thinks romance is stupid to another.
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Generally speaking, the minute you see the word “Fabio” attached to an article about romance other than as history, you can throw the entire thing into the garbage. It’s a sneer, designed as communication from one person who thinks romance is stupid to another.
Every time I've seen something about this new kid's backflip steam has started coming out of my ears because of the below. Didn't watch today because I was out but will be watching tomorrow and muttering furiously to myself
I know you’re joking but literally this is the illegal backflip they’re referring to
February 8, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Every time I've seen something about this new kid's backflip steam has started coming out of my ears because of the below. Didn't watch today because I was out but will be watching tomorrow and muttering furiously to myself
Reposted by Morgan Leigh Davies
Whew, this new ending to the updated story
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Whew, this new ending to the updated story