Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them)
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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them)
@emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social
Louisiana Creole Writer, Poet, Educator, and Researcher • MFA, PhD • Poems in the Penn Review, Witch Craft Mag, LaCreole Journal, Eucalyptus Lit, and elsewhere • here & queer 🌈 • Views are my own!

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I’m new here and glad to join you in this space. My name is Emily (they/them) & I’m a Louisiana Creole person who was raised in S. Louisiana. I’m queer and nonbinary.

I’m a poet! I received an MFA in poetry from UKY and I’m currently an English PhD candidate at USM in Hattiesburg, MS.
Taking off my glasses—I’ve seen ENOUGH
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Anyway, kids—don’t join a cult
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Get rid of Spotify bc they support ICE & genocide ✅

Before choosing more responsible service, temporarily use your old downloaded to iPod songs ✅

Oh, but you were in a cult ✅

All your music is outdated teen angst or CULT CHRISTIAN or Zumba from when you taught it ✅

Have a crisis of self ✅
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Today I said “you remember what it was like after 9/11” in class because we were talking about TSA. Then I realized: “Oh, haha no. None of y’all were born yet!”
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Not enough of you (Microsoft engineers) are haunted by Clippy.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Chat GPT essays are gonna be the death of me
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
You talk about parents revealing their lore when you’re older…but I just found I have more aunts and uncles over breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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We're loving this beautiful poem on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💗 Contributor @inacarino.bsky.social has a poem in @theoffingmag.bsky.social we know you'll enjoy: buff.ly/bKHLWnl
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m quoted here, “Exploring wants and fears, turning a light on dark places, and exposing inner thoughts will emotionally resonate…Work that emotionally resonates is complex, sincere, and self-assured. The work that stands out in the queue … is wholly itself: brave, authentic, and unshrinking.”
What connects people to anything, anyway? Check out our latest blog to dive into all things emotional resonance. 💕 buff.ly/5yydIBZ
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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What connects people to anything, anyway? Check out our latest blog to dive into all things emotional resonance. 💕 buff.ly/5yydIBZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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This is terrible news and more evidence (as if we needed it) that the media is anti-meritocratic. Teen Vogue did amazing political work.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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SEEKING SURVEY PARTICIPANTS: if you attended an Antioch Community Church (AMI) in the U.S. or abroad (including those with different names like mosaic, all peoples or epicentre) and you want to tell your story, please do so:
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
La Toussaint 2025
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes

“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
'Monumental betrayal of public trust' Mississippi officers arrested
YouTube video by 16 WAPT News Jackson
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November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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We're seeing in real time that many people are already in hell in that they carry hell with them wherever they go. Those making fun of people on SNAP are already in hell.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I don’t think people realise how bad it’s getting.
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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There is enough money and resources in the world to feed and house everyone. Nothing will convince me otherwise.
October 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Communities across the northern Caribbean are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. The storm has left many without homes, power or communication. n.pr/43BQf1A
Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction
Communities across the northern Caribbean are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. The storm has left many without homes, power or communication.
n.pr
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM