Kris McDermott
@krismcd.bsky.social
Shakespeare prof, historical fiction and SF/F reviewer, budding editor. Pro: knitting, books, cats, comedy, fat liberation, people standing up for each other. Miss my native South but glad to live in Blu(ish) Michigan. She/her/hers.
I missed Updike as an undergrad English major -- but when I read The Witches of Eastwick (because witches!) I was mind-bogged by how bad I thought it was. I couldn't really figure out WHY it seemed so bad until I went back to grad school in the mid-80s and studied feminism.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I missed Updike as an undergrad English major -- but when I read The Witches of Eastwick (because witches!) I was mind-bogged by how bad I thought it was. I couldn't really figure out WHY it seemed so bad until I went back to grad school in the mid-80s and studied feminism.
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Why read past headlines: I use Mace's idiocy to unpack the lies most Republican women tell themselves to justify backing Trump.
They want to believe the threats are immigrants and trans women.
But the real predators tend to look like Trump.
www.salon.com/2025/11/14/s...
They want to believe the threats are immigrants and trans women.
But the real predators tend to look like Trump.
www.salon.com/2025/11/14/s...
Sorry, Nancy Mace. Donald Trump hasn’t “protected women”
The congresswoman’s Epstein dilemma is a problem for all Republican women
www.salon.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why read past headlines: I use Mace's idiocy to unpack the lies most Republican women tell themselves to justify backing Trump.
They want to believe the threats are immigrants and trans women.
But the real predators tend to look like Trump.
www.salon.com/2025/11/14/s...
They want to believe the threats are immigrants and trans women.
But the real predators tend to look like Trump.
www.salon.com/2025/11/14/s...
I was just in a Sur le Table store and oh wow, talk about bougie — the colors Staub comes in now, adorable peach and aqua! Coveted but didn’t buy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I was just in a Sur le Table store and oh wow, talk about bougie — the colors Staub comes in now, adorable peach and aqua! Coveted but didn’t buy.