Rachel F. Stapleton
@rachfreedleton.bsky.social
she/her
editor/recovering academic (PhD complit)
settler & guest in Tkaronto
acquisitions editor at University of Regina Press (https://uofrpress.ca/)
Opinions (and I have plenty) my own.
editor/recovering academic (PhD complit)
settler & guest in Tkaronto
acquisitions editor at University of Regina Press (https://uofrpress.ca/)
Opinions (and I have plenty) my own.
Abortion Wins and Losses: A Graphic Novel's Deep Dive via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Another great review of "The A Word" 🩷
Another great review of "The A Word" 🩷
Abortion Wins and Losses: A Graphic Novel’s Deep Dive | The Tyee
‘The A Word’ tells the story of a worldwide fight for rights that’s been raging for thousands of years. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Abortion Wins and Losses: A Graphic Novel's Deep Dive via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Another great review of "The A Word" 🩷
Another great review of "The A Word" 🩷
A great pub day review of The A Word: A Global History of the Abortion Struggle in @canadiandimension.bsky.social. Such a joy to have had the chance worked on this amazing book.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
A global reminder that the fight for abortion rights is far from over
The A Word is aptly named. I’m always struck by how, even in Canada, people still feel compelled to whisper when they talk about abortion. It’s a legal medical procedure—we don’t whisper about appende...
canadiandimension.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A great pub day review of The A Word: A Global History of the Abortion Struggle in @canadiandimension.bsky.social. Such a joy to have had the chance worked on this amazing book.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Check out this review in @harpers.bsky.social for “Walking the Bypass” (uofrpress.ca/Books/W/Walk...), publishing next Tuesday!
(This editor is thrilled to have gotten a chance to work on this book. Congrats, @therealkenwilson.bsky.social!)
(This editor is thrilled to have gotten a chance to work on this book. Congrats, @therealkenwilson.bsky.social!)
My book, Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place From the Side of the Road, has been reviewed in the October issue of Harper's.
I was told this was going to happen, but I'm still surprised to see it. Well, shocked. And, of course, grateful that my book has received this thoughtful response.
I was told this was going to happen, but I'm still surprised to see it. Well, shocked. And, of course, grateful that my book has received this thoughtful response.
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Check out this review in @harpers.bsky.social for “Walking the Bypass” (uofrpress.ca/Books/W/Walk...), publishing next Tuesday!
(This editor is thrilled to have gotten a chance to work on this book. Congrats, @therealkenwilson.bsky.social!)
(This editor is thrilled to have gotten a chance to work on this book. Congrats, @therealkenwilson.bsky.social!)
In "Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes" (out today from uofrpress.ca/!), Laura Hall argues that horror is THE genre of settler colonialism. Read more in @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Churning up the ground: Laura Hall on horror as the ‘primary film genre of settler colonialism’
Countless books have explored the sociopolitical foundations of horror—its entanglements with gender, Blackness, madness, war and capitalism. Yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to the gen...
canadiandimension.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In "Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes" (out today from uofrpress.ca/!), Laura Hall argues that horror is THE genre of settler colonialism. Read more in @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Today is Pub Day for Laura Hall's "Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes" – check out her conversation with @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Available now! uofrpress.ca/Books/B/Bloo...
Available now! uofrpress.ca/Books/B/Bloo...
Let’s Talk about Indigenous Representation in Horror Movies | The Tyee
Meet the brilliant scholar connecting the dots between Indigenous erasure and spooky fare.
thetyee.ca
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Today is Pub Day for Laura Hall's "Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes" – check out her conversation with @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Available now! uofrpress.ca/Books/B/Bloo...
Available now! uofrpress.ca/Books/B/Bloo...
Reposted by Rachel F. Stapleton
"There is no me without you. Would I remember your phone number if my contacts were suddenly deleted, with no backups? If I’m being completely honest, not even the area code."
I Love You More Than Anything, but I Would Rather Die Than Talk to You on the Phone
There is no me without you. Would I remember your phone number if my contacts were suddenly deleted, with no backups? If I’m being completely hones...
buff.ly
August 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"There is no me without you. Would I remember your phone number if my contacts were suddenly deleted, with no backups? If I’m being completely honest, not even the area code."
Reposted by Rachel F. Stapleton
The bumper crop of forthcoming nonfiction books we are most excited about – see our 2025 spring preview bit.ly/3Wucxil - includes this title from University of Regina Press
uofrpress.ca/Books/H/Home...
uofrpress.ca/Books/H/Home...
January 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The bumper crop of forthcoming nonfiction books we are most excited about – see our 2025 spring preview bit.ly/3Wucxil - includes this title from University of Regina Press
uofrpress.ca/Books/H/Home...
uofrpress.ca/Books/H/Home...
Thrilled that “Tricky Grounds” by Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige has been recognized with a Canada Prize by @federationhss.ca at #congressh. “Tricky Grounds” works to break the deafening silence of Indigenous women’s voices in academic leadership positions.
uofrpress.ca/Books/T/Tric...
uofrpress.ca/Books/T/Tric...
June 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled that “Tricky Grounds” by Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige has been recognized with a Canada Prize by @federationhss.ca at #congressh. “Tricky Grounds” works to break the deafening silence of Indigenous women’s voices in academic leadership positions.
uofrpress.ca/Books/T/Tric...
uofrpress.ca/Books/T/Tric...
Reposted by Rachel F. Stapleton
This May, @indigeditors.bsky.social will welcome delegates to the #IndigenousEditorsCircle. In the latest #EditorsWeekly post, Rhonda Kronyk takes us on a journey through the foundations of the Circle, explains its features and offers a glimpse into future plans: blog.editors.ca/indigenous-e...
April 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This May, @indigeditors.bsky.social will welcome delegates to the #IndigenousEditorsCircle. In the latest #EditorsWeekly post, Rhonda Kronyk takes us on a journey through the foundations of the Circle, explains its features and offers a glimpse into future plans: blog.editors.ca/indigenous-e...
Black oak savannah after the burn, Biinaakzigewok Anishnaabeg.
April 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Black oak savannah after the burn, Biinaakzigewok Anishnaabeg.
The whole family – cat included – watched a movie tonight.
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The whole family – cat included – watched a movie tonight.
New sweater, who dis?
This has been my bête noire for 4 years. But it’s finished, and blocked, and keeping me cozy while it’s still sweater weather. (Yes, I swatched this project, for all the good it did me!)
Roots & Rain Storm DK in Logwood & Lac; Timber Falls by This.Bird.Knits
#finishedobject
This has been my bête noire for 4 years. But it’s finished, and blocked, and keeping me cozy while it’s still sweater weather. (Yes, I swatched this project, for all the good it did me!)
Roots & Rain Storm DK in Logwood & Lac; Timber Falls by This.Bird.Knits
#finishedobject
March 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New sweater, who dis?
This has been my bête noire for 4 years. But it’s finished, and blocked, and keeping me cozy while it’s still sweater weather. (Yes, I swatched this project, for all the good it did me!)
Roots & Rain Storm DK in Logwood & Lac; Timber Falls by This.Bird.Knits
#finishedobject
This has been my bête noire for 4 years. But it’s finished, and blocked, and keeping me cozy while it’s still sweater weather. (Yes, I swatched this project, for all the good it did me!)
Roots & Rain Storm DK in Logwood & Lac; Timber Falls by This.Bird.Knits
#finishedobject
Check out the first title in U of R Press’s “Henry and Mary Bibb Series in Black Canadian Studies”!
uofrpress.ca/Books/I/In-t...
uofrpress.ca/Books/I/In-t...
What can the town of Dresden, Ont. teach us about forgotten Black history? @namshine.bsky.social spoke with Marie Carter, author of "In the Light of Dawn: The History and Legacy of a Black Canadian Community," and Afua Cooper (@utsc.bsky.social) #blackhistorymonth
What Dresden Can Teach Ontario About Black History | The Agenda
YouTube video by TVO Today
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February 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Check out the first title in U of R Press’s “Henry and Mary Bibb Series in Black Canadian Studies”!
uofrpress.ca/Books/I/In-t...
uofrpress.ca/Books/I/In-t...
Reposted by Rachel F. Stapleton
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Two art fraud rings in a Thunder Bay produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...
A Hardened Detective and an Angry Rock Star: How a Vast Art Fraud Was Cracked (Gift Article)
Two art fraud rings in a remote Canadian city produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau, Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous artist.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Two art fraud rings in a Thunder Bay produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...
One of the biggest secrets I learned as an acquisitions editor is that I get to decide which review is “Reviewer 2”…
#editsky #academicediting #amediting
#editsky #academicediting #amediting
Advice | In Defense of ‘Reader 2’
Peer reviewers for book manuscripts are often more helpful than they’re given credit for (even the mean ones).
www.chronicle.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
One of the biggest secrets I learned as an acquisitions editor is that I get to decide which review is “Reviewer 2”…
#editsky #academicediting #amediting
#editsky #academicediting #amediting
It’s never not capitalism.
The countdown of our most-read articles of 2024 continues! Here's #8:
"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"
"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"
Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
Our 8th most-read article of 2024. - - -Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil ...
buff.ly
December 31, 2024 at 1:29 PM
It’s never not capitalism.
Why yes, I *DID* buy a baby wrap so that the cat will let me work in peace.
Am I just reinforcing bad behaviour?
#amediting #editsky #academicediting
Am I just reinforcing bad behaviour?
#amediting #editsky #academicediting
December 17, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Why yes, I *DID* buy a baby wrap so that the cat will let me work in peace.
Am I just reinforcing bad behaviour?
#amediting #editsky #academicediting
Am I just reinforcing bad behaviour?
#amediting #editsky #academicediting
A couple of months ago, I got to chat with John Loeppky about how scholarly and creative writing practices can complement each other. Check out the full article in University Affairs: universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
#creativewriting #academicwriting #writingpractice #adventuresinediting
#creativewriting #academicwriting #writingpractice #adventuresinediting
November 20, 2024 at 7:34 PM
A couple of months ago, I got to chat with John Loeppky about how scholarly and creative writing practices can complement each other. Check out the full article in University Affairs: universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
#creativewriting #academicwriting #writingpractice #adventuresinediting
#creativewriting #academicwriting #writingpractice #adventuresinediting
Reposted by Rachel F. Stapleton
Those attending #Congress2024: entire @mcgillu.bsky.social
campus to be picketed. Attending any event without a pass from us will be considered strike breaking by us & unionized faculty across Canada. You can support us in many ways. See FAQ: ampl-ampd.ca/news-en/faq-... #NoContractNoCongress
campus to be picketed. Attending any event without a pass from us will be considered strike breaking by us & unionized faculty across Canada. You can support us in many ways. See FAQ: ampl-ampd.ca/news-en/faq-... #NoContractNoCongress
FAQ for Congress Participants – AMPL
ampl-ampd.ca
June 7, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Those attending #Congress2024: entire @mcgillu.bsky.social
campus to be picketed. Attending any event without a pass from us will be considered strike breaking by us & unionized faculty across Canada. You can support us in many ways. See FAQ: ampl-ampd.ca/news-en/faq-... #NoContractNoCongress
campus to be picketed. Attending any event without a pass from us will be considered strike breaking by us & unionized faculty across Canada. You can support us in many ways. See FAQ: ampl-ampd.ca/news-en/faq-... #NoContractNoCongress
"Readers are needy creatures, Morrison’s letters suggest, demanding both drama and organization, the space and information to make discoveries themselves yet a clear enough path so as not to feel lost."
As true of academic and nonfiction as of novels, IMO.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther...
As true of academic and nonfiction as of novels, IMO.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther...
There Is No Point in My Being Other Than Honest with You: On Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters | Los Angeles Review of Books
Melina Moe writes about the rejection letters Toni Morrison sent as an editor at Random House....
lareviewofbooks.org
March 31, 2024 at 5:25 PM
"Readers are needy creatures, Morrison’s letters suggest, demanding both drama and organization, the space and information to make discoveries themselves yet a clear enough path so as not to feel lost."
As true of academic and nonfiction as of novels, IMO.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther...
As true of academic and nonfiction as of novels, IMO.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther...
Fridays are for feeling tired and ready for the weekend and watching favourite movies that are reliably soothing even the millionth time through. #editors #editorsofbsky #amediting #10thingsihateaboutyou
February 17, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Fridays are for feeling tired and ready for the weekend and watching favourite movies that are reliably soothing even the millionth time through. #editors #editorsofbsky #amediting #10thingsihateaboutyou
I can’t wait for our next long drive to listen to this episode!
#CreativeEcology: Theoretical Ecologist Dr. Madhur Anand is a climate scientist and published poet who chats about art + research, futurism, forest beetles, carbon stability, identity & accepting ourselves.
Also: birds chirping and she reads us poems.
www.alieward.com/ologies/crea...
Also: birds chirping and she reads us poems.
www.alieward.com/ologies/crea...
February 16, 2024 at 3:36 AM
I can’t wait for our next long drive to listen to this episode!
Thursdays are for responding to emails about Mondays' contracts, and writing emails, and wanting a nap, and thanking the stars that this coming weekend is a long weekend here. #editors #editorsofbsky #aweekinthelife
February 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Thursdays are for responding to emails about Mondays' contracts, and writing emails, and wanting a nap, and thanking the stars that this coming weekend is a long weekend here. #editors #editorsofbsky #aweekinthelife
Wednesdays are for waking up at 4am with a migraine, and wondering why it isn’t Thursday yet. #editors #editorsofbsky #paidsickdayssavelives
February 15, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Wednesdays are for waking up at 4am with a migraine, and wondering why it isn’t Thursday yet. #editors #editorsofbsky #paidsickdayssavelives