Bina Shah
@binashah.bsky.social
Writer from Pakistan. Oscar the Grouch is my role model.
I finished Howard Jacobson's What Will Survive of Us and I cannot believe that he made Lily stop having sex with Sam because of VAGINAL ATROPHY. Dude, estrogen cream, laser therapy, and FREQUENT SEX helps the condition. Did you even consult a gynecologist when you wrote that?!?!?!
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I finished Howard Jacobson's What Will Survive of Us and I cannot believe that he made Lily stop having sex with Sam because of VAGINAL ATROPHY. Dude, estrogen cream, laser therapy, and FREQUENT SEX helps the condition. Did you even consult a gynecologist when you wrote that?!?!?!
I'm reading What Will Survive of Us by Howard Jacobson. What an odd novel. Yet it's made me laugh out loud in places. #HowardJacobson #WhatWillSurviveOfUs #reading #contemporarylit #novel
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I'm reading What Will Survive of Us by Howard Jacobson. What an odd novel. Yet it's made me laugh out loud in places. #HowardJacobson #WhatWillSurviveOfUs #reading #contemporarylit #novel
Why is it that the only way to show someone how cool you are is by ignoring them?
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Why is it that the only way to show someone how cool you are is by ignoring them?
I still don't know how to use this site. But Twitter has become a cesspool of racism, misogyny, and overall stupidity. I'm not sure how to access the zeitgeisty convos here though.
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I still don't know how to use this site. But Twitter has become a cesspool of racism, misogyny, and overall stupidity. I'm not sure how to access the zeitgeisty convos here though.
I'm three episodes in to Anatomy of a Cancellation.
Kate Clanchy's intentions are so good but she does come across as unaware of how her words might affect non-white people, immigrants, etc. She did not deserve to be bullied for that, just educated. #anatomyofacancellation #podcast #kateclanchy
Kate Clanchy's intentions are so good but she does come across as unaware of how her words might affect non-white people, immigrants, etc. She did not deserve to be bullied for that, just educated. #anatomyofacancellation #podcast #kateclanchy
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I'm three episodes in to Anatomy of a Cancellation.
Kate Clanchy's intentions are so good but she does come across as unaware of how her words might affect non-white people, immigrants, etc. She did not deserve to be bullied for that, just educated. #anatomyofacancellation #podcast #kateclanchy
Kate Clanchy's intentions are so good but she does come across as unaware of how her words might affect non-white people, immigrants, etc. She did not deserve to be bullied for that, just educated. #anatomyofacancellation #podcast #kateclanchy
Beautiful Kaak Asawer (Palestinian date ring cookies)
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Beautiful Kaak Asawer (Palestinian date ring cookies)
I think I better start getting active here again. Anyone been listening to Anatomy of a Cancellation?
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I think I better start getting active here again. Anyone been listening to Anatomy of a Cancellation?
Meta stole my novel to train its AI.
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Meta stole my novel to train its AI.
@johncusack.bsky.social do you still have hope? Asking for a friend...
March 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
@johncusack.bsky.social do you still have hope? Asking for a friend...
Unpopular opinion: no, I don't think your writing is any good.
March 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Unpopular opinion: no, I don't think your writing is any good.
Move over, Meghan
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Bina Shah on Instagram: "Move over, Meghan #lifestyle #salad #lettuceromaine #hostess #thebest #makingsaladgreatagain"
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March 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Move over, Meghan
www.instagram.com/reel/DHLAp_2...
www.instagram.com/reel/DHLAp_2...
I want to open a coffee shop for older women called "It's Not Too Latte"
March 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I want to open a coffee shop for older women called "It's Not Too Latte"
There's a piece of AI "creative" metafiction floating around on social media. Let me tell you that piece of writing is not good writing. There is not one ounce of human emotion in it -- it's like writing behind a glass wall, in a museum of the future, where aliens are laughing at us.
March 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
There's a piece of AI "creative" metafiction floating around on social media. Let me tell you that piece of writing is not good writing. There is not one ounce of human emotion in it -- it's like writing behind a glass wall, in a museum of the future, where aliens are laughing at us.
Happy to tell you that The Monsoon War, my novel about militant feminist resistance and sequel to Before She Sleeps, won the Getz Pharma English Fiction prize at the Karachi Literature Festival this past weekend. Looking forward to hearing what you think of it!
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happy to tell you that The Monsoon War, my novel about militant feminist resistance and sequel to Before She Sleeps, won the Getz Pharma English Fiction prize at the Karachi Literature Festival this past weekend. Looking forward to hearing what you think of it!
I bragged about not being married in the national newspaper. I really hope my mom doesn't read my essay.
January 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I bragged about not being married in the national newspaper. I really hope my mom doesn't read my essay.
My Diane Keaton era is starting in 2025, I feel.
December 29, 2024 at 4:27 PM
My Diane Keaton era is starting in 2025, I feel.
At the bookstore. Sales person sees me come in, hastily brings a few of my books down from a dusty top shelf and puts one half-heartedly on a display. The glamor of being a successful novelist.
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 AM
At the bookstore. Sales person sees me come in, hastily brings a few of my books down from a dusty top shelf and puts one half-heartedly on a display. The glamor of being a successful novelist.
Need to get this guy a license plate that says A55H0L3
December 17, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Need to get this guy a license plate that says A55H0L3
Wrote what I think is the first page of a new novel on Sunday. I'm too scared to look at it now, it's the point of no return. Anyone else know how that feels? #writing #novel #firstpage
December 17, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Wrote what I think is the first page of a new novel on Sunday. I'm too scared to look at it now, it's the point of no return. Anyone else know how that feels? #writing #novel #firstpage
Showed my students a music video and asked them to explain the story to me (we are studying narrative writing). "Can I do it in Gen Z?" asks one of my students, then proceeds to talk about Twitch Streamers, Baby Grok, and god knows what else.
December 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Showed my students a music video and asked them to explain the story to me (we are studying narrative writing). "Can I do it in Gen Z?" asks one of my students, then proceeds to talk about Twitch Streamers, Baby Grok, and god knows what else.
Papa, if only you knew that teaching one of your stories to a bunch of 10th graders at 8 am is as hard if not harder than reeling in a 400 pound marlin, driving an ambulance in a battlefield, and running with the bulls all at the same time... #hemingway #teaching #English #highschool
December 9, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Papa, if only you knew that teaching one of your stories to a bunch of 10th graders at 8 am is as hard if not harder than reeling in a 400 pound marlin, driving an ambulance in a battlefield, and running with the bulls all at the same time... #hemingway #teaching #English #highschool
The hardest part about teaching English at my old school is the three flights of stairs I have to climb to reach my classroom #yesimold
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 AM
The hardest part about teaching English at my old school is the three flights of stairs I have to climb to reach my classroom #yesimold
Teaching Hemingway to a class of 10th grade boys who think only Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson know how to be a man. And yet they spoke of admiration for their fathers and an absolute ignorance of how to go from being boys to men like their dads, who they respect and love.
December 4, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Teaching Hemingway to a class of 10th grade boys who think only Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson know how to be a man. And yet they spoke of admiration for their fathers and an absolute ignorance of how to go from being boys to men like their dads, who they respect and love.
A book that influenced me greatly in my teens was Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. I'd like to re-read it to see, thirty years later, whether it moves me the same way. #writing #novels #comingofage #somersetmaugham
December 1, 2024 at 10:21 AM
A book that influenced me greatly in my teens was Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. I'd like to re-read it to see, thirty years later, whether it moves me the same way. #writing #novels #comingofage #somersetmaugham