DorothyBendel
@dorothybendel.bsky.social
Writer. Essays in The Believer, Threepenny Review, Lithub, Catapult, NYTimes, Bright Wall / Dark Room, and more. dorothybendel.com
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My cat decided to go as a comma this Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My cat decided to go as a comma this Halloween
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Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
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listen, I didn't stop listening to Nirvana when they started selling the smiley face shirts at Urban Outfitters; I'm not gonna stop using em-dashes just because chatGPT uses them
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
listen, I didn't stop listening to Nirvana when they started selling the smiley face shirts at Urban Outfitters; I'm not gonna stop using em-dashes just because chatGPT uses them
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October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Want to ask me your pressing questions about writing, finding the right agent, and how to survive the emotional ups and downs of being a first-time author? Join me next Tuesday for a free lunchtime chat! buymeacoffee.com/brownbaglit/... @brownbaglit.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Want to ask me your pressing questions about writing, finding the right agent, and how to survive the emotional ups and downs of being a first-time author? Join me next Tuesday for a free lunchtime chat! buymeacoffee.com/brownbaglit/... @brownbaglit.bsky.social
Welp, seeing @thecure.com next summer is a bright spot in the midst of all this madness
a man with a mohawk is singing into a microphone in a dark room .
Alt: Robert Smith singing into a microphone and dancing in a dark room .
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October 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Welp, seeing @thecure.com next summer is a bright spot in the midst of all this madness
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Re-upping this because we still need some help 🙏
Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Re-upping this because we still need some help 🙏
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Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
Subscribe - Bright Wall/Dark Room
Subscribe for $29 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 135+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl...
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August 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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We need your help more than ever right now to keep going—more on that later—but for now this is the best possible way to help support us 🙏
FLASH SALE: Through the weekend, get $6 off your first year with coupon code DEMME25.
Full access to our entire site for just $19 for the first year! And since we're about to raise prices for new subscribers to $29/year, this is a great deal!
Full access to our entire site for just $19 for the first year! And since we're about to raise prices for new subscribers to $29/year, this is a great deal!
Subscribe - Bright Wall/Dark Room
Subscribe for $25 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 135+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl...
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July 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
We need your help more than ever right now to keep going—more on that later—but for now this is the best possible way to help support us 🙏
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Theme park peeps: I wrote my Masters thesis on the use of intelligence methods to protect theme parks and I live very close to Bedford, UK. Know anyone in Universal management who may be interested to know that?
July 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Theme park peeps: I wrote my Masters thesis on the use of intelligence methods to protect theme parks and I live very close to Bedford, UK. Know anyone in Universal management who may be interested to know that?
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
If you don't have reliable childhood vaccination records (like me), I urge you to seek out an MMR blood test to check for immunity.
Glad I did because - SURPRISE - I needed to be vaccinated (first already done).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Glad I did because - SURPRISE - I needed to be vaccinated (first already done).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Measles cases in Texas rise to 663 amid outbreaks in other US states
Texas officials say 87 patients hospitalized as researchers say country at tipping point for return of endemic measles
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you don't have reliable childhood vaccination records (like me), I urge you to seek out an MMR blood test to check for immunity.
Glad I did because - SURPRISE - I needed to be vaccinated (first already done).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Glad I did because - SURPRISE - I needed to be vaccinated (first already done).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Never forget:
Iceman was right.
Iceman was right.
April 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Never forget:
Iceman was right.
Iceman was right.
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As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
March 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
100% agree. Ignore acceptance stats!
The weird thing about publishing is that if you don't send your work to places that feel way over your head, they just always will be. Swimming out into the deep is the only way to find out if you can swim.
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
100% agree. Ignore acceptance stats!
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Remember that a character saying something is not exactly the author saying it.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
March 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Remember that a character saying something is not exactly the author saying it.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
My favourite film genres are
5. Messy friendships in an aesthetically pleasing environment
4. Space sh*t
3. "Boy, we sure are good at doing crimes!"
2. Period dramas w/ yearning + commentary on how f*cked society is
1. "This place seems totally normal...WAIT"
5. Messy friendships in an aesthetically pleasing environment
4. Space sh*t
3. "Boy, we sure are good at doing crimes!"
2. Period dramas w/ yearning + commentary on how f*cked society is
1. "This place seems totally normal...WAIT"
My favorite genres are
5. Innocent man, wrongly accused
4. Thoughtful monologues on the inevitable forward march of time
3. Catherine O'Hara day-drinking
2. Michael Keaton thinking and talking fast
1. STOP THE PRESSES
5. Innocent man, wrongly accused
4. Thoughtful monologues on the inevitable forward march of time
3. Catherine O'Hara day-drinking
2. Michael Keaton thinking and talking fast
1. STOP THE PRESSES
My favourite genres are
5. Families, eh? But French!
4. It's great to be gay
3. Say hello to my little friend
2. I am so depressed, let me just wander around in the world's most gorgeous scenery while I regret everything
1. Underappreciated woman gets justice at last (sexually)
5. Families, eh? But French!
4. It's great to be gay
3. Say hello to my little friend
2. I am so depressed, let me just wander around in the world's most gorgeous scenery while I regret everything
1. Underappreciated woman gets justice at last (sexually)
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My favourite film genres are
5. Messy friendships in an aesthetically pleasing environment
4. Space sh*t
3. "Boy, we sure are good at doing crimes!"
2. Period dramas w/ yearning + commentary on how f*cked society is
1. "This place seems totally normal...WAIT"
5. Messy friendships in an aesthetically pleasing environment
4. Space sh*t
3. "Boy, we sure are good at doing crimes!"
2. Period dramas w/ yearning + commentary on how f*cked society is
1. "This place seems totally normal...WAIT"
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OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
The theme for our May issue will be "Community" and we're currently looking for thoughtful, engaging essays on films about finding community, forming community, and the power of communities.
Deadline: 3/31/25
Details: brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit/32218...
The theme for our May issue will be "Community" and we're currently looking for thoughtful, engaging essays on films about finding community, forming community, and the power of communities.
Deadline: 3/31/25
Details: brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit/32218...
Bright Wall/Dark Room - Community
We're looking for creative, thoughtful, engaging essays on films about finding community, forming community, or the power of communities for our upcoming May/June 2025 issue.
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The details:
We are cu...
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March 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
The theme for our May issue will be "Community" and we're currently looking for thoughtful, engaging essays on films about finding community, forming community, and the power of communities.
Deadline: 3/31/25
Details: brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit/32218...
The theme for our May issue will be "Community" and we're currently looking for thoughtful, engaging essays on films about finding community, forming community, and the power of communities.
Deadline: 3/31/25
Details: brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit/32218...
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We are excited to announce our THIRD ANNUAL FAKE AWP SERIES! Details and registration: www.brownbaglit.com/events
with:
@srburnett.bsky.social
Dine Watson and @meganlee.bsky.social
@jennmartelli.bsky.social, Esteban Rodríguez and Laura Van Prooyen
@modaviau.bsky.social and Katherine D. Morgan
with:
@srburnett.bsky.social
Dine Watson and @meganlee.bsky.social
@jennmartelli.bsky.social, Esteban Rodríguez and Laura Van Prooyen
@modaviau.bsky.social and Katherine D. Morgan
February 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We are excited to announce our THIRD ANNUAL FAKE AWP SERIES! Details and registration: www.brownbaglit.com/events
with:
@srburnett.bsky.social
Dine Watson and @meganlee.bsky.social
@jennmartelli.bsky.social, Esteban Rodríguez and Laura Van Prooyen
@modaviau.bsky.social and Katherine D. Morgan
with:
@srburnett.bsky.social
Dine Watson and @meganlee.bsky.social
@jennmartelli.bsky.social, Esteban Rodríguez and Laura Van Prooyen
@modaviau.bsky.social and Katherine D. Morgan
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February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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