Emily Flouton
@eflouton.bsky.social
Writer. Words in Massachusetts Review, The Atlantic, Tin House, The Forge, Subtropics, Passages North, Gay Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, DIAGRAM, Quarterly West, etc.| FLOW-ton | she/her | teach @lighthousewrite | rep: Eleanor Jackson
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You have no obligation to defend or explain the behavior of random street protesters. We have a lawless government that is flagrantly violating its legal, moral, even philosophical obligations to us. Everything else is secondary
June 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You have no obligation to defend or explain the behavior of random street protesters. We have a lawless government that is flagrantly violating its legal, moral, even philosophical obligations to us. Everything else is secondary
Applying to grad school and struggling with your application essays? Reach out 💜
May 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Applying to grad school and struggling with your application essays? Reach out 💜
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Our reporting on the NEA suddenly yanking grants. Affected include: n+1, McSweeney’s, Paris Review, Oxford American, book publishers, nonprofit theaters, more: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
National Endowment for the Arts rescinds grants, dazing publishers and theaters
Arts organizations across the country saw their grants pulled with little explanation, while a proposed federal budget sought to eliminate the arts funding agency altogether.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Our reporting on the NEA suddenly yanking grants. Affected include: n+1, McSweeney’s, Paris Review, Oxford American, book publishers, nonprofit theaters, more: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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AOC: Donald Trump is a criminal. He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, found liable for sexual abuse. If he wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror
April 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
AOC: Donald Trump is a criminal. He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, found liable for sexual abuse. If he wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror
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The Justice Department spent the weekend defying a federal court, and this morning Trump and his top officials revealed that they will defy the Supreme Court, refusing to take ANY steps to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. We have passed the point of crisis: slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Justice Department spent the weekend defying a federal court, and this morning Trump and his top officials revealed that they will defy the Supreme Court, refusing to take ANY steps to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. We have passed the point of crisis: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
April 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
It's always a good time to work on something creative—but I think it's a particularly good time right now. Intro to Short Story with Lighthouse Writers starts Monday eve on Zoom! We have a blast in this workshop, which is a combo of craft lessons, generative ex's, and workshopping. DM with any q's.
March 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's always a good time to work on something creative—but I think it's a particularly good time right now. Intro to Short Story with Lighthouse Writers starts Monday eve on Zoom! We have a blast in this workshop, which is a combo of craft lessons, generative ex's, and workshopping. DM with any q's.
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well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
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Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
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Well, we knew they would blame the plane crash on DEI, and Trump's sycophants will just nod their heads even though it is a nonsensical claim. I don't know how Republicans live with themselves. I really don't. And frankly, most of those Democrats, too, as they put up no resistance.
January 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Well, we knew they would blame the plane crash on DEI, and Trump's sycophants will just nod their heads even though it is a nonsensical claim. I don't know how Republicans live with themselves. I really don't. And frankly, most of those Democrats, too, as they put up no resistance.
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I feel like I am going insane
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel like I am going insane
It's an excellent time to prioritize research and action aimed at protecting the health of the planet. I've set up a recurring donation to The Union of Concerned Scientists and suggest considering a similar action.
On his first day in office, President Trump clearly signaled, with an onslaught of executive orders, his intent to dismantle decades worth of science-based public health and environmental protections for the American people while propping up polluting industries’ interests.
Read UCS statement:
Read UCS statement:
Pres. Trump Brings His Anti-Science, Destructive Agenda to White House on Day One
Trump signals with executive orders onslaught his intent to dismantle science-based public health and environmental protections for the American people while propping up polluting industries’ interest...
www.ucsusa.org
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It's an excellent time to prioritize research and action aimed at protecting the health of the planet. I've set up a recurring donation to The Union of Concerned Scientists and suggest considering a similar action.
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Seems like maybe there should be laws preventing this.
Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win the presidency, federal filings revealed.
Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump
The enormous spending from the world’s richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Seems like maybe there should be laws preventing this.
"Because the rich own things, and the poor do not, it is legal for the rich to destroy Earth and illegal for the poor to stop them." 🤌
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Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis?
Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM
"Because the rich own things, and the poor do not, it is legal for the rich to destroy Earth and illegal for the poor to stop them." 🤌
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Gotta love the Italians for their after-hours pharmacy vending machines. In case of emergency: contact lens solution, tampons, and the Durex Devil Ring
December 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Gotta love the Italians for their after-hours pharmacy vending machines. In case of emergency: contact lens solution, tampons, and the Durex Devil Ring
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it’s just been me and dad since calgon took mom in ‘86
December 4, 2024 at 1:28 AM
it’s just been me and dad since calgon took mom in ‘86
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Cool story, bro. I brought all my camping gear to Italy and even a selection of fine teas. Police confiscated it all, never returned it. Now I travel international with just a carryon.
Sometimes, “overpacking” pays off. Go ahead, pack your essentials and your cute things and your fun things. Here are a few tricks to make it work. nyti.ms/41bA8aJ
December 3, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Cool story, bro. I brought all my camping gear to Italy and even a selection of fine teas. Police confiscated it all, never returned it. Now I travel international with just a carryon.
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one of two new poems in @ex-puritan.bsky.social today among so many, many friends!
"...she says a poem
where nothing impossible happens in it, just the truth,
and I say OK and put her in this poem and she sprouts
forty two robin wings down her neck and back and legs..."
"...she says a poem
where nothing impossible happens in it, just the truth,
and I say OK and put her in this poem and she sprouts
forty two robin wings down her neck and back and legs..."
November 25, 2024 at 12:05 PM
one of two new poems in @ex-puritan.bsky.social today among so many, many friends!
"...she says a poem
where nothing impossible happens in it, just the truth,
and I say OK and put her in this poem and she sprouts
forty two robin wings down her neck and back and legs..."
"...she says a poem
where nothing impossible happens in it, just the truth,
and I say OK and put her in this poem and she sprouts
forty two robin wings down her neck and back and legs..."