Shalene Gupta
shalenegupta.bsky.social
Shalene Gupta
@shalenegupta.bsky.social
Work Life & Leadership staff editor at Fast Company
author: The Power of Trust; The Cycle
rep: Amy Bishop-Wycisk; Peter Bernstein
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MN/MA/MO
PMDD
friend: i am doing OTF hell week
friend: my core is gone, my legs are jelly, my arms hate me
friend: i had a walrus snot potion after class
friend: i am not entertaining any questions at the moment
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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A new London sculpture depicts the complicated beauty of postpartum women. f-st.co/Kv9PDlM
A new London sculpture depicts the complicated beauty of postpartum women
To present a realistic portrayal of the postpartum experience, Frida commissioned a statue that captures scars and stretch marks.
f-st.co
October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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When stuff like this happened in the first Trump term, major tech CEOs at least tweeted their distress.
September 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My husband installed a child gate and made me practice opening and shutting it so I don't get trapped upstairs. He just left.
...Guess who is trapped upstairs? 🥲
September 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Best of luck to all editors today on deciding what their writers can say without incurring The Wrath.
September 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thrilled to announce The Cycle is now out in paperback from @flatironbooks.bsky.social

(I'm in the process of moving and packed up all my paperback copies so have a gift of a *really* excited cat.)
a white and orange cat is dancing in front of a mirror with its arms outstretched .
ALT: a white and orange cat is dancing in front of a mirror with its arms outstretched .
media.tenor.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I went off about immigration for @fastcompany.com. Deeply grateful to @czara.bsky.social for his brilliant & empathic edits.

www.fastcompany.com/91274778/who...
Who counts as an American?
Navigating workplaces as a woman of color taught me early in my career that not everyone gets the presumption of citizenship.
www.fastcompany.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Apply to join the coolest gang in town (or maybe we're just weirdos enjoying ourselves). The GrubStreet Novel Incubator is one of the oldest and most challenging programs in the country focused on revising your novel. Applications due Monday! More info: grubstreet.org/write/novel-...
February 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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😭😭😭
This is still the greatest email ever.
January 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Here are some books from my fellow Flatiron 2024 debuts that you should absolutely give to friends this holiday season!
December 12, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Why does my husband still have floppy disks?
December 11, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Hello again. Who wants to join me in a penguin huddle where we cry and eat donuts?
November 15, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Be wary of authors who extrapolate their own unique personal experiences and turn them into sweeping maxims about how publishing works. There are so many paths, and you just have to find your own.
May 24, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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April is Premenstrual Disorder Awareness Month, and I had a vulnerable but enlightening conversation with author @shalenegupta.bsky.social about her new book, The Cycle, and the massive impact of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Read:
Shalene Gupta’s The Cycle Highlights the World-Shattering Impact of PMDD — Samantha Puc | The Verbal Thing
Shalene Gupta's The Cycle breaks down her own journey with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and researches the history of the diagnosis. Here, I recount my own PMDD experience and interview he...
theverbalthing.com
April 2, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Shalene hasn't told you yet, but she just had a new book come out: THE CYCLE: CONFRONTING THE PAIN OF PERIODS AND PMDD
August 16, 2023 at 7:14 PM
hello. it's me.
July 27, 2023 at 3:23 PM