Kelly Magee
@kmagee29.bsky.social
Writer, mom, lefty, queer. Author of The Neighborhood, With Animal. Professor at Western Washington University.
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Here's Episode 9: "Short Stories We Love". www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 09: Short Stories We Love — Third Person Limited
The first in an occasional series focusing on short stories we found in various journals, and interviews with those authors. Short stories don't get much love outside of The New Yorker or MFA workshop...
www.thirdpersonlimited.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here's Episode 9: "Short Stories We Love". www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/epi...
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
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I miss her so much, but the work is on the rest of us now.
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
Ursula Le Guin
YouTube video by National Book
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I miss her so much, but the work is on the rest of us now.
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
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March 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
An influencer live tweets the apocalypse:
"The Next Ark" by Kelly Magee — River Styx Magazine
A social media influencer live-tweets the apocalypse.
www.riverstyx.org
March 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An influencer live tweets the apocalypse:
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In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.
—Adrienne Rich
—Adrienne Rich
March 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.
—Adrienne Rich
—Adrienne Rich
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Robots! Hauntings! Doxing! Live-tweeting the Apocalypse! River Styx 109 is our biggest and most unexpected issue ever. Explore internal and external Posthuman landscapes. Preorder today. www.riverstyx.org/river-styx-109
February 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Robots! Hauntings! Doxing! Live-tweeting the Apocalypse! River Styx 109 is our biggest and most unexpected issue ever. Explore internal and external Posthuman landscapes. Preorder today. www.riverstyx.org/river-styx-109
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Today, around ten thousand people gathered at Tesla showrooms across 50 states and internationally to protest Elon Musk (DOGE). We encourage everyone to join again next Saturday, March 8th, with more events planned.
March 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Today, around ten thousand people gathered at Tesla showrooms across 50 states and internationally to protest Elon Musk (DOGE). We encourage everyone to join again next Saturday, March 8th, with more events planned.
Me, popping in to see what news I missed today
*remembers what timeline I live in*
Fifteen hours later…
*remembers what timeline I live in*
Fifteen hours later…
March 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Me, popping in to see what news I missed today
*remembers what timeline I live in*
Fifteen hours later…
*remembers what timeline I live in*
Fifteen hours later…
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Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊
February 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊
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Plus Joy and Lester Holt? Looks like the slide deck of a Power Point presentation at an employment discrimination webinar. Not a good look @msnbc.com
Not a good look at all.
A betrayal of your loyal audience & a disaster for your network.
www.thedailybeast.com/new-msnbc-bl...
Not a good look at all.
A betrayal of your loyal audience & a disaster for your network.
www.thedailybeast.com/new-msnbc-bl...
New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Plus Joy and Lester Holt? Looks like the slide deck of a Power Point presentation at an employment discrimination webinar. Not a good look @msnbc.com
Not a good look at all.
A betrayal of your loyal audience & a disaster for your network.
www.thedailybeast.com/new-msnbc-bl...
Not a good look at all.
A betrayal of your loyal audience & a disaster for your network.
www.thedailybeast.com/new-msnbc-bl...
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The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
February 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
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Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
www.sfchronicle.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
February 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
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Erasing our history won't erase us.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Erasing our history won't erase us.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
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The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?
February 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?
The overwhelm has reached max capacity.
February 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The overwhelm has reached max capacity.
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We think they should be powerful enough to afford principles. They think they have a lot to lose (and they lost their "don't be evil" motto a long time ago). Google, you coward, you quisling.
February 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We think they should be powerful enough to afford principles. They think they have a lot to lose (and they lost their "don't be evil" motto a long time ago). Google, you coward, you quisling.
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Gender affirming care is essential!
Oregon, Washington sue over Trump order targeting gender-affirming care
The lawsuit accuses the president, and other members of the executive branch, of “attempts to dictate medical care by executive fiat.”
www.opb.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Gender affirming care is essential!