Kelly J. Baker (she/her)
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social
writer. mother. little gremlin. PhD. MFA student. author of Gospel According to the Klan, The Zombies Are Coming, Grace Period, Final Girl, etc. co-host of @podonlyknows.bsky.social newsletter: https://www.kellyjbaker.com/newsletter/
Participating in a reading today for my MFA program and my teen was like, "So, you just decided to make people cry today?"
Friends, I'll have you know I'm actually reading a somewhat funny excerpt from an essay.
But damn, I was attacked in my own home.
Friends, I'll have you know I'm actually reading a somewhat funny excerpt from an essay.
But damn, I was attacked in my own home.
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Participating in a reading today for my MFA program and my teen was like, "So, you just decided to make people cry today?"
Friends, I'll have you know I'm actually reading a somewhat funny excerpt from an essay.
But damn, I was attacked in my own home.
Friends, I'll have you know I'm actually reading a somewhat funny excerpt from an essay.
But damn, I was attacked in my own home.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
I sent off my self-evaluation to my mentor.
I am now finished with the hell semester.
I am now finished with the hell semester.
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I sent off my self-evaluation to my mentor.
I am now finished with the hell semester.
I am now finished with the hell semester.
The amount of times I almost crashed out today while wearing my Crash Out Kitten t-shirt was more than one and less than 10.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The amount of times I almost crashed out today while wearing my Crash Out Kitten t-shirt was more than one and less than 10.
Cried twice already today.
Now, I'm having milkshakes with the tween (mine's pumpkin spice) in the Florida sunshine.
A day can improve.
Now, I'm having milkshakes with the tween (mine's pumpkin spice) in the Florida sunshine.
A day can improve.
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Cried twice already today.
Now, I'm having milkshakes with the tween (mine's pumpkin spice) in the Florida sunshine.
A day can improve.
Now, I'm having milkshakes with the tween (mine's pumpkin spice) in the Florida sunshine.
A day can improve.
Can you fail a self-evaluation?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Can you fail a self-evaluation?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
I turned in my last packet of work for my third semester of the MFA.
One semester left to go...
One semester left to go...
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I turned in my last packet of work for my third semester of the MFA.
One semester left to go...
One semester left to go...
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I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
Living with a tween at this moment in time means hearing "6 7" over 1000 times a day...
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Living with a tween at this moment in time means hearing "6 7" over 1000 times a day...
I held a tiny kitten today.
World's still shit though.
World's still shit though.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I held a tiny kitten today.
World's still shit though.
World's still shit though.
The mute button and the block buttons are quickly becoming my best friends because I cannot live with the amount of anger that currently resides in my body for much longer.
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The mute button and the block buttons are quickly becoming my best friends because I cannot live with the amount of anger that currently resides in my body for much longer.
I almost rage responded to something on social media. I did not. Growth.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I almost rage responded to something on social media. I did not. Growth.
I've been sitting on the couch, reading a school book, for a couple of hours.
I've had three cats rotate their time on my lap and a fourth one consider it.
Can you tell the temperature dropped in Florida?
I've had three cats rotate their time on my lap and a fourth one consider it.
Can you tell the temperature dropped in Florida?
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've been sitting on the couch, reading a school book, for a couple of hours.
I've had three cats rotate their time on my lap and a fourth one consider it.
Can you tell the temperature dropped in Florida?
I've had three cats rotate their time on my lap and a fourth one consider it.
Can you tell the temperature dropped in Florida?
I got caught up in the book I was reading and my coffee got ice cold: a memoir
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I got caught up in the book I was reading and my coffee got ice cold: a memoir
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Spooky season isn't over yet!
The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
#058 – THE EXORCIST EFFECT with Joseph Laycock by Pod Only Knows
Scholar and author Joseph Laycock joins us to talk about his book "The Exorcist Effect" and how movies influence what and how we believe.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Spooky season isn't over yet!
The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
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It’s okay because the Republicans promised to hold this exact same vote in a month
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s okay because the Republicans promised to hold this exact same vote in a month
I swear to all that is good and holy if I get a fundraising text from the Democrats anytime soon I'll crash out.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I swear to all that is good and holy if I get a fundraising text from the Democrats anytime soon I'll crash out.
It Was Her House First is so damn good!
Who wants some CHEAP BOOK LOOT? Right on, I've got your back - behold: Here's what's newer, older, and super-cheap on promo from around the internet today...starting with IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST but including GRAVE RESERVATIONS and MORE: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/novembe...
November Deals from around the Internet — The Haunt*
Hello and welcome to Monday (such as it is). Spooky season may have passed, but book deals know no such limitations - so here’s what I found around the web, for your bargain-purchasing and leisure-rea...
www.cheriepriest.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It Was Her House First is so damn good!
The only reason I haven't burned to a crisp is that I am hanging out with my oldest kid who got braces off today and has not one but two retainer fittings (which required 9:00 and 4:00 appointments in a city 45 minutes away from home).
Well, I am remarkably angry for a Monday morning.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The only reason I haven't burned to a crisp is that I am hanging out with my oldest kid who got braces off today and has not one but two retainer fittings (which required 9:00 and 4:00 appointments in a city 45 minutes away from home).
I just heard a mom in the waiting room of the orthodontist tell her little kid, "Don't do the same things over and over. Just try to do the right thing."
And if that isn't applicable for today...
And if that isn't applicable for today...
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I just heard a mom in the waiting room of the orthodontist tell her little kid, "Don't do the same things over and over. Just try to do the right thing."
And if that isn't applicable for today...
And if that isn't applicable for today...
Thank all that is good and holy.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
US Supreme Court Rejects Kim Davis' Call to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thank all that is good and holy.
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"The soldiers who agreed to talk confirmed the IDF’s routine use of human shields, contradicting official denials, and gave details of Israeli troops opening fire unprovoked on civilians racing to reach food handouts..." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"The soldiers who agreed to talk confirmed the IDF’s routine use of human shields, contradicting official denials, and gave details of Israeli troops opening fire unprovoked on civilians racing to reach food handouts..." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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How do you make this your central demand for 40 days and then just let it go
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
How do you make this your central demand for 40 days and then just let it go
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage