Kelli Dianne Rule
@kdiannerule.bsky.social
I'm a writer in my mid-40s and I was born in Florida. I write about Florida. It is a weird and cursed land. www.kellirule.com
Thankful to announce Ink In Thirds literary magazine has nominated my prose piece "In Another Life" for Best Microfiction 2026. Judges are Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke, and Diane Seuss.
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Ink In Thirds: In Another Life
In Another Life: A study of mania and its inevitable crash. And also, orange juice. Originally published in the Spring/Summer issue of Ink in Thirds. In Another Life James lies on the motel b…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thankful to announce Ink In Thirds literary magazine has nominated my prose piece "In Another Life" for Best Microfiction 2026. Judges are Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke, and Diane Seuss.
kellirule.com/2025/05/11/i...
kellirule.com/2025/05/11/i...
Honestly feel the capitalist fetishization of competition over cooperation could use some examining as well.
This piece does a good job breaking down how the actual process of boys’ gender anxiety actually gets triggered in academic settings. There’s a tendency to treat “provide & protect” masculinity as positive, but to be maintained it requires a femininity that needs protecting.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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December 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Honestly feel the capitalist fetishization of competition over cooperation could use some examining as well.
Five jet black grackles in the trees outside my window. Tweeting/cooing up a storm. These fuckers are plotting something.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Five jet black grackles in the trees outside my window. Tweeting/cooing up a storm. These fuckers are plotting something.
"Florida air is a fossil. An entire universe once swam through the air I breathe. It is wet and you can taste the ancient salt. Smells of sea slugs beached on sand. It is heavy, and hopeless.
A dead weight."
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A dead weight."
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Once, We Were Under the Sea
You don’t have to dig. The teeth have eaten their way up. They lie there on the surface like strewn coins, tumbled and polished, gray gums attached. Petrified. Florida air is a fossil. An entire un…
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December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Florida air is a fossil. An entire universe once swam through the air I breathe. It is wet and you can taste the ancient salt. Smells of sea slugs beached on sand. It is heavy, and hopeless.
A dead weight."
www.whaleroadreview.com/rule/
A dead weight."
www.whaleroadreview.com/rule/
I am happy to share that a piece of prose of mine, "Once, We Were Under the Sea," a musing on hunting for shark teeth in rural central Florida, has been nominated by @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social
We're delighted to share our nominations for the Pushcart Prize and The Nina Riggs Poetry Award! Congrats to our nominees!
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I am happy to share that a piece of prose of mine, "Once, We Were Under the Sea," a musing on hunting for shark teeth in rural central Florida, has been nominated by @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social
I love gardening in the morning.
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love gardening in the morning.
I once Googled "what songs do I like." To be fair I was extremely stressed out.
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I once Googled "what songs do I like." To be fair I was extremely stressed out.
Watching Tim and Eric in order, from the beginning. I don't think I've ever done this. Just caught it on Adult Swim when it was on and rewatched my fave sketches on YouTube whenever I thought about it. Didn't realize Brule was in the first episode. What a treasure, joyous insanity.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Watching Tim and Eric in order, from the beginning. I don't think I've ever done this. Just caught it on Adult Swim when it was on and rewatched my fave sketches on YouTube whenever I thought about it. Didn't realize Brule was in the first episode. What a treasure, joyous insanity.
Any other GenXers who got a university education feel like they caught the last chopper out of Nam
OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
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OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
In the essay, she wrote traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes. What do you think? Read the full essay and professor responses here.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Any other GenXers who got a university education feel like they caught the last chopper out of Nam
"Come on. You don't have to do this." Actual words I said to my cat just now.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Come on. You don't have to do this." Actual words I said to my cat just now.
Is it really Black Friday if you're not a little buzzed, screwing in furrier strips & muttering "goddammit" every five minutes
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Is it really Black Friday if you're not a little buzzed, screwing in furrier strips & muttering "goddammit" every five minutes
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I just would not title a book this.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I just would not title a book this.
Full of horchata rice pudding, watching @oncinema.bsky.social , snuggling kitty cats, perfect Thanksgiving evening in Mexico!
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Full of horchata rice pudding, watching @oncinema.bsky.social , snuggling kitty cats, perfect Thanksgiving evening in Mexico!
Me watching Gen Z thrift store flip influencer videos: "Old man sweaters? You mean Cosby sweaters?"
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Me watching Gen Z thrift store flip influencer videos: "Old man sweaters? You mean Cosby sweaters?"
The Beast In Me...isn't very good, right?
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The Beast In Me...isn't very good, right?
I remember once a person who imagined themselves to be a feminist asked me "why do you care" when I bitched that a man was taking credit for work I did so the lesson is, don't listen to anyone.
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I remember once a person who imagined themselves to be a feminist asked me "why do you care" when I bitched that a man was taking credit for work I did so the lesson is, don't listen to anyone.
I worked at the Video Library across the street from Arthur Andersen's Sarasota, FL campus before it imploded along with Enron, AMA
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I worked at the Video Library across the street from Arthur Andersen's Sarasota, FL campus before it imploded along with Enron, AMA
Let me know if Shakes the Clown is on here.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
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The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
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November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Let me know if Shakes the Clown is on here.
There should be a restaurant called Tooters that's all about butts.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There should be a restaurant called Tooters that's all about butts.
Dreamed I bought what I thought was a baby names book but was actually a pamphlet listing all the names of every kind of soup so here I am wide awake at 2:30 thinking what's the best name for a baby that is also a soup
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Dreamed I bought what I thought was a baby names book but was actually a pamphlet listing all the names of every kind of soup so here I am wide awake at 2:30 thinking what's the best name for a baby that is also a soup
Did you know that there's a specific name for paintings that depict monkeys acting as humans? Singerie - translated from French, "monkey trick." Mad I spent so much going to art school and never learned this. I'll be writing a sternly worded letter.
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Did you know that there's a specific name for paintings that depict monkeys acting as humans? Singerie - translated from French, "monkey trick." Mad I spent so much going to art school and never learned this. I'll be writing a sternly worded letter.
Seriously think I did something to piss off the family of grackles in my tree, every fruit that's ripened and fallen for harvest for the last two weeks has been mercilessly bird beak poked. Real fuck you energy on these fruits.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Seriously think I did something to piss off the family of grackles in my tree, every fruit that's ripened and fallen for harvest for the last two weeks has been mercilessly bird beak poked. Real fuck you energy on these fruits.
There's a Mr. Show for everything.
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There's a Mr. Show for everything.
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All of the agents at Slough House should fart, not just Jackson Lamb. It should be “their thing.”
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All of the agents at Slough House should fart, not just Jackson Lamb. It should be “their thing.”