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amyalexca.bsky.social
“Her security fees also total in the millions, and she says she’s been harassed and stalked by [DJT] supporters ever since 2017. ‘These people are crazy and violent. They’ve come to my house.’” apple.news/AR9qUSGkNRr2...
She’s Been Booted Out of Hollywood and Investigated by the Secret Service. When She Let Me Into Her House, I Could See Why. — Slate
After she held up a dummy of Donald Trump’s severed head, the comedian became a Hollywood pariah. The way she sees it, she was right all along—and not just about the president.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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soupytoasterson.bsky.social
Good lord, @scaachi.bsky.social reading Canada’s banks for filth.

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Text that reads I don’t really know why Will Arnett is doing ads for RBC but it feels like RBC is the Will Arnett of Canadian banks (Scotiabank is Jason Bateman and you all /immediately/ know I’m right)
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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maris.bsky.social
Can’t wait to talk with @theferocity & @scaachi and Christopher Shay about burning it down and building back better at the Brooklyn Book Fest brooklynbookfestival.org/event/breaki...
Breaking and Rebuilding - Brooklyn Book Festival
As our social and political systems continue to falter—or fall apart completely before our eyes—many of us have started to interrogate what progress looks like, both now and in the more distant future...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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salon.com
Divorce him already, Usha! On the latest episode of #StandingRoomOnly, @amandamarcotte.bsky.social dives into VP J.D. Vance’s public treatment of his wife and the politics of divorce — with guest Slate senior writer @scaachi.bsky.social. Premiering now: bit.ly/45vXh8b
Divorce him already, Usha
Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha seem very unhappy together in their public appearances. Usha looks miserable and talks about wanting to return to her career and home, while J.D. runs her down, uses her as a prop, and discusses marriage and parenthood like they’re requirements that must be endured. But what disturbs me the most is that his policy positions suggest that he wants Usha to subsume her South Asian identity to his family’s whiteness. Joining me this week to discuss the politics of divorce, the Vice President’s interracial marriage, and what Usha should do next is Scaachi Koul, a Senior Writer for Slate and the author of “Sucker Punch,” available now. Subscribe here on YouTube for more Standing Room Only, airing weekly Thursdays at 5 PM ET on YouTube. 🥳 Standing Room Only started as a newsletter. Join the party and get it in your inbox 2x a week by clicking here: https://www.salon.com/newsletter?utm_... 🤓 Read Amanda Marcotte's writing on Salon.com here: https://www.salon.com/writer/amanda_m... 👍 Follow Amanda on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/amandamarcot... ✌️ Support Salon’s mission—become a member: https://www.salon.com/premium?utm_sou... #standingroomonly #salon #salondotcom #amandamarcotte #jdvance #ushavance #maga #scaachikoul #divorce
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August 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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mollyquell.bsky.social
"Being a hater means appropriately adjudicating the garbage in front of you," @scaachi.bsky.social
When They Go Low, We Go … Low. Here’s How to Be an Ethical Hater.
Haterade is a superpower. Will you use it for good or evil?
slate.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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jlussenhop.bsky.social
When @scaachi.bsky.social tells you the internet isn't fun even for HER anymore, it's time to get off the internet. slate.com/technology/2...
The Internet As We Knew It Is Over. The Only Thing Left Is to Go Outside
We used to have fun online. Not anymore.
slate.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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sgbuggs.bsky.social
lol Scaachi with this fairly polite dragging lololol

also this segment really says it all for me. folks don’t care if Perry’s politics are flimsy or if she’s unethical, they just wanna be entertained. that says a lot about everything we’re dealing with these days.
a screenshot from the article in the quoted post, stating: In Oklahoma City, plenty of her fans weren’t plugged in enough to know about Dr. Luke, or about the song’s production credits, or about Perry’s political and personal associations. The ones who were aware seemed downright pragmatic about it. “If every single dollar you had to spend had to be accountable to some social issue, you would not be able to spend one dollar in America,” 35-year-old Stephen Fitzsimmons said while walking into the concert. “I just want to see her sing ‘Firework.’ ” And Perry gave Fitzsimmons exactly what he wanted. When she emerged from the undercarriage of the stage, connected to futuristic-looking wires like an intergalactic science experiment, singing weakly into a microphone with a butterfly on the end of it, her audience was with her, screaming. Perry transmuted into exactly what she’s known for: not a singer, not a dancer, but a performer.
June 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
scaachi.bsky.social
i hate AI because i care that you, and not anyone else, made something slate.com/culture/2025...
I Found an Entire Book About Me for Sale on Amazon. It Only Got Weirder From There.
I shelled out $7.99 to read what a mindless bot had cribbed about my life.
slate.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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arieltroster.com
I had so much fun hosting a discussion with @scaachi.bsky.social at Ottawa Writers Fest on Wednesday. I love WritersFest and all of the bold ideas it brings to our city.
Ariel and Scaachi on stage at Writers Fest
April 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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tomorrow!
arieltroster.com Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · Mar 25
Exciting news! I will be interviewing @scaachi.bsky.social at Ottawa Writers Fest next Wednesday at 7pm. I just dove into her new book and it’s equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.

Get tickets: writersfestival.org/events/sprin...
Ariel’s hand holding up the book Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul Screen shot of the website event for the reading, 7pm, Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave
April 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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melodyschreiber.com
I love this, and not just for divorced people. How do you move on from fractured relationships?
March 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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almoonir.bsky.social
Great evening tonight with funny and articulate @scaachi.bsky.social at @wordfest.com. Masterfully moderated by @youngblut.bsky.social.
Scaachi Wordfest
April 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
scaachi.bsky.social
Now That You've Left: when should you delete your ex and their family from your social media? slate.com/life/2025/03...
I Got Divorced. At What Point Do I Delete His Family From Social Media?
I love them, but I can’t bear to see them on my feed.
slate.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
Tour de force from @scaachi.bsky.social and @maryharris.bsky.social on what Trump is doing to marriages. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Til Trump Do Us Part
Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · 03/10/2025 · 24m
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March 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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slateunion.bsky.social
On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:
The Slate Union logo—the Slate S featuring upward fist and surrounded by pink and white stripes—is seen above a statement: We, the Slate Union, are united in our belief that management’s decision yesterday to lay off three editorial employees—along with three of our coworkers in other departments—was misguided, foolish, and cruel. The cuts are not these employees’ failures; they are the result of the failure of this company to follow its obligations to its workers. When you can’t find a way to make the most out of smart, talented journalists, that’s a failure of management—and Slate staffers are right to believe it’s incumbent upon management to find ways to solve that problem that don’t involve job losses. Otherwise, what are we investing in journalism for? What are we asking Slate Plus members to invest in us for? There are particular aspects of these layoffs that we in the union find particularly outrageous. Eliminating three editors with their hands on politics and business will put an unbearable strain on others in the department, at the precise moment when coverage of these two subjects is crucial to the magazine’s success. One of the laid-off editors had union-negotiated parental leave approaching—as did another union member who was laid off just months ago. Another one of the laid-off employees was about to go on a honeymoon, and yet another was about to meet the qualifications for their pension benefit. The affected worker will be paid out for their parental leave, but the timing of these departures appears to be designed to make other union members think twice before utilizing the leave they have the contractual right to take. Not to mention, that one of the laid-off editors was hired not even a year ago—after a protracted search—calls management’s strategy into question, to put it lightly. Slate has had two consecutive years of profitability. The fact that management views employees as chits to be discarded at any hint of trouble, instead of valuable people whose work makes our shop successful and profitable, is an enormous mistake. We insist that, in the upcoming contract negotiations, Slate commits to policies that treat layoffs not as a hair-trigger response to adversity but as an absolute last resort, one that will not be undertaken without consulting with the union and the employees in question. Simply paying out extra severance to a laid-off employee should no longer be a substitute for warnings about the state of our business and, more importantly, real attempts to save our staffers’ jobs. Anything short of this will demonstrate that Slate values the jobs of its executives more than its rank-and-file workers, and that good journalism by good journalists is no longer the north star of the magazine.
March 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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maryharris.bsky.social
Listen to todays show with your husband (🙏 @scaachi.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Til Trump Do Us Part
When politics comes home.
slate.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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annetdonahue.bsky.social
i interviewed my incredible friend @scaachi.bsky.social about her new book, SUCKER PUNCH, which you should have already bought and read a copy of thekit.ca/culture/cult...
Scaachi Koul Excavates Her Divorce In Her Newest Book
The Toronto writer who made her name as a hilarious must-follow on Twitter goes deep
thekit.ca
March 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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wendyortiz.com
(Rarely tuning in to NPR on the kitchen radio these days but this morning) I found Scaachi Koul on the dial talking about her new book that I’m looking forward to reading. www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n...
Slate writer Scaachi Koul discusses her book of essays, 'Sucker Punch'
In her new book of essays, "Sucker Punch," Slate writer Scaachi Koul examines what happens when life radically changes course and you need to chart a new path forward.
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March 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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writtenbyhanna.bsky.social
I interviewed Scaachi Koul about her latest book Sucker Punch www.hannaphifer.com/thought-daug...
Scaachi Koul Brings Indian Women Into the Divorce Lit Genre — ‎
Interview with Scaachi Koul for her latest book Sucker Punch
www.hannaphifer.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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jessicau.bsky.social
Perfect advice from @scaachi.bsky.social in letter #2 and I strongly recommend many of you (you know who you are) follow it step by step. slate.com/advice/2025/...
March 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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rmac.bsky.social
It's Sucker Punch release day for my friend, @scaachi.bsky.social!

(Or at least I think she's my friend. I'm only saying this so I don't end up as a subject in her next piece of writing.)
the green book cover of Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul, featuring brass knuckles with a wedding ring built in
March 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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narda.bsky.social
these women spent three election cycles trying to persuade their husbands not to vote for trump—someone who threatened their bodily autonomy, their children’s futures, and the tattered fabric of american democracy. did they stay or go?

from @scaachi.bsky.social: slate.com/life/2025/03...
I Followed Three Women Who Wanted to Divorce Their Trump-Supporting Husbands. I Can’t Believe Where They Ended Up.
This was supposed to be the election where women showed America.
slate.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
scaachi.bsky.social
new excerpt from SUCKER PUNCH 🍏🍏🍏
March 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM