Virginia Williams
@virginialwilliams.bsky.social
Freelance writer and proofreader. Unapologetic Swiftie. Dual US/UK citizen living in SE England. Bylines in The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Independent, Metro, Fresh Cup, Atlas Obscura and more. https://virginialwilliams.com/
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
How I am feeling today, via Langston Hughes.
Tired
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
Tired
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
How I am feeling today, via Langston Hughes.
Tired
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
Tired
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
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Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
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This whole thread is excellent and should be used to tell people like Tom Nichols and every other white man on here pissing their pants about words that are too “woke” to shut up.
August 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This whole thread is excellent and should be used to tell people like Tom Nichols and every other white man on here pissing their pants about words that are too “woke” to shut up.
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This can't just die down and go away.
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This can't just die down and go away.
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So yes, one day the History books will record the inevitable course correction of this season, and it will appear from the distance of time that we recovered, but we who are alive right now will know the truth from this painful proximity.
We're Never Going to Be the Same, America. But We Can Still Be Beautiful.
One day, this will all be over.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
So yes, one day the History books will record the inevitable course correction of this season, and it will appear from the distance of time that we recovered, but we who are alive right now will know the truth from this painful proximity.
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Kristi Noem didn’t approve FEMA rescue teams for over 72 hours after the Texas floods, following a rule she imposed that required her personal sign-off on any operation over $100K.
This is inexcusable. She should resign.
This is inexcusable. She should resign.
July 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Kristi Noem didn’t approve FEMA rescue teams for over 72 hours after the Texas floods, following a rule she imposed that required her personal sign-off on any operation over $100K.
This is inexcusable. She should resign.
This is inexcusable. She should resign.
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
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Fine. More semicolons for the rest of us.
Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.
May 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fine. More semicolons for the rest of us.
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I’ll never understand how one can be pro-life while also complaining about giving free meals at school to the children who are struggling with food security in this nation.
May 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’ll never understand how one can be pro-life while also complaining about giving free meals at school to the children who are struggling with food security in this nation.
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
Looking for people who had the measles in the 1950s and suffered lifelong repercussions, ie, hearing loss, pregnancy complications, or other effects, for an article pitch. #JournoRequest #measles
March 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Looking for people who had the measles in the 1950s and suffered lifelong repercussions, ie, hearing loss, pregnancy complications, or other effects, for an article pitch. #JournoRequest #measles
#JournoRequest Looking for people who had the measles in the 1950s and suffered lifelong repercussions, ie, hearing loss, pregnancy complications, or other effects, for an article pitch to the Guardian US.
March 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#JournoRequest Looking for people who had the measles in the 1950s and suffered lifelong repercussions, ie, hearing loss, pregnancy complications, or other effects, for an article pitch to the Guardian US.
So, they're closing the Dept of Ed this evening? And why would that be?
March 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So, they're closing the Dept of Ed this evening? And why would that be?
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
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How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.
January 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.
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Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
January 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.