Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]
@kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social
I wrote a novel about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO. (out 10/14/25)
Preorder: bit.ly/3ZzgcNj
Substack: https://prefernot2.substack.com
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🔥 I’ve Written the Novel I Needed to Read 🔥
About a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.
It’s fiery and funny.
CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO comes out October 14, 2025 (preorder now at bit.ly/4j1U1Xj)
#5amwritersclub #authorsky #booksky #amwriting #writersky
About a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.
It’s fiery and funny.
CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO comes out October 14, 2025 (preorder now at bit.ly/4j1U1Xj)
#5amwritersclub #authorsky #booksky #amwriting #writersky
’Tis the season when people get personally offended that I don’t cook—as if my lack of culinary devotion is a moral failure or a betrayal of womanhood.
Patriarchy, sweetheart: I am immune. Steeled and thriving.
Patriarchy, sweetheart: I am immune. Steeled and thriving.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
’Tis the season when people get personally offended that I don’t cook—as if my lack of culinary devotion is a moral failure or a betrayal of womanhood.
Patriarchy, sweetheart: I am immune. Steeled and thriving.
Patriarchy, sweetheart: I am immune. Steeled and thriving.
Memoir addicts, ⬇️⬇️⬇️! A do-not-miss!
What are you doing on Dec. 3 at 1pm ET? Join me and the Empowered Women Book Club! I’ll be chatting about my memoir CAMOUFLAGE and answering any questions you might have. Contact @joelletamraz.bsky.social to join. Hope to see you there!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Memoir addicts, ⬇️⬇️⬇️! A do-not-miss!
Wrote a found poem just now in my journal, using this morning's digital NYT. Here's what emerged:
Tried peace.
Appointed fight.
Close love (with an "s" sound).
Close love (with a "z" sound).
Who needs another hiccup?
The key?
Butter.
#poetry #5amwritersclub #writersky
Tried peace.
Appointed fight.
Close love (with an "s" sound).
Close love (with a "z" sound).
Who needs another hiccup?
The key?
Butter.
#poetry #5amwritersclub #writersky
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Wrote a found poem just now in my journal, using this morning's digital NYT. Here's what emerged:
Tried peace.
Appointed fight.
Close love (with an "s" sound).
Close love (with a "z" sound).
Who needs another hiccup?
The key?
Butter.
#poetry #5amwritersclub #writersky
Tried peace.
Appointed fight.
Close love (with an "s" sound).
Close love (with a "z" sound).
Who needs another hiccup?
The key?
Butter.
#poetry #5amwritersclub #writersky
Good morning to everyone (except the wellness bros selling $89 hormone dust on TikTok and swearing it’s what your perimenopause is missing).
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the wellness bros selling $89 hormone dust on TikTok and swearing it’s what your perimenopause is missing).
Attention humans in (peri)menopause:
If you’re waking up at 3am sweating, spiraling, or suddenly rethinking your entire life…come write about it.
A free, 1-hour generative space to make meaning from the heat.
Mon | Dec 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
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#perimenopause #menopause
If you’re waking up at 3am sweating, spiraling, or suddenly rethinking your entire life…come write about it.
A free, 1-hour generative space to make meaning from the heat.
Mon | Dec 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#perimenopause #menopause
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Free Writing Session for (Peri)Menopausal Humans. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Between the headlines, the hot flashes, and a president who told a woman reporter “Quiet, Piggy,” I’m feeling the fire rise again. Instead of sleepwalking through it, I’m inviting you into a space whe...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Attention humans in (peri)menopause:
If you’re waking up at 3am sweating, spiraling, or suddenly rethinking your entire life…come write about it.
A free, 1-hour generative space to make meaning from the heat.
Mon | Dec 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#perimenopause #menopause
If you’re waking up at 3am sweating, spiraling, or suddenly rethinking your entire life…come write about it.
A free, 1-hour generative space to make meaning from the heat.
Mon | Dec 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#perimenopause #menopause
Hot flashes. Headlines. “Quiet, Piggy.”
Women-identifying writers, I'm offering a free generative writing hour for (peri)menopausal women ready to turn the heat into words.
Monday | December 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
Registration is required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Women-identifying writers, I'm offering a free generative writing hour for (peri)menopausal women ready to turn the heat into words.
Monday | December 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
Registration is required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Free Writing Session for (Peri)Menopausal Humans. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Between the headlines, the hot flashes, and a president who told a woman reporter “Quiet, Piggy,” I’m feeling the fire rise again. Instead of sleepwalking through it, I’m inviting you into a space whe...
us06web.zoom.us
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hot flashes. Headlines. “Quiet, Piggy.”
Women-identifying writers, I'm offering a free generative writing hour for (peri)menopausal women ready to turn the heat into words.
Monday | December 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
Registration is required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Women-identifying writers, I'm offering a free generative writing hour for (peri)menopausal women ready to turn the heat into words.
Monday | December 1 | 6:30–7:30pm ET
Registration is required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Good morning to everyone (except the men who went silent after the president said “Quiet, Piggy" to a female reporter. Fellas, your complicity is showing).
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the men who went silent after the president said “Quiet, Piggy" to a female reporter. Fellas, your complicity is showing).
Good morning to everyone (except the patriarchy, still mistaking perimenopause for a warning shot instead of a revolution).
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the patriarchy, still mistaking perimenopause for a warning shot instead of a revolution).
Good morning to everyone (except the people confused why the heroine of my new novel stuffs the appointments, reminders, holiday plans, school forms, and every other invisible chore into her chest. It’s called the mental load. Keep up.)
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the people confused why the heroine of my new novel stuffs the appointments, reminders, holiday plans, school forms, and every other invisible chore into her chest. It’s called the mental load. Keep up.)
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who want the perimenopausal hero of my new novel to calm the fuck down).
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who want the perimenopausal hero of my new novel to calm the fuck down).
Good morning to everyone (except the man who walked into a glass door because he couldn’t stop ogling girls in Epstein’s pool). The metaphor writes itself.
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the man who walked into a glass door because he couldn’t stop ogling girls in Epstein’s pool). The metaphor writes itself.
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who call female rage “unrelatable").
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who call female rage “unrelatable").
Good morning to everyone (except those who still think perimenopause is a crisis instead of a creative uprising).
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Good morning to everyone (except those who still think perimenopause is a crisis instead of a creative uprising).
Looking forward to this!
Got plans for Wednesday night? If not, join me and @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for @everylibrary.bsky.social's Award Winning Author Conversation series, broadcast live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJQY... starting at 7 PM. The recording will also be archived.
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
"Ordinary Bear" with C.B. Bernard - Best First Mystery Novel - Award Winners Week 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Looking forward to this!
Good morning to everyone (except the 8 Democrats who caved last night). As strong as my coffee today, it is still not strong enough to stomach watching them open the government without a plan for ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the 8 Democrats who caved last night). As strong as my coffee today, it is still not strong enough to stomach watching them open the government without a plan for ACA subsidies.
Reminder: my new novel is about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash. Every woman I know is running out of patience, and this one’s for all of us.
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Clementine Crane Prefers Not To: A Novel
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November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Reminder: my new novel is about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash. Every woman I know is running out of patience, and this one’s for all of us.
bookshop.org/p/books/clem...
bookshop.org/p/books/clem...
Good morning to everyone (except the people who thought a novel about perimenopause as a fucking awakening was too much).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the people who thought a novel about perimenopause as a fucking awakening was too much).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
Good morning to everyone (except the politicians who mistake women’s rage for hysteria).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the politicians who mistake women’s rage for hysteria).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
Good morning to everyone (except the patriarchy, currently Googling “how to handle women in charge” after watching women clean up at the polls).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the patriarchy, currently Googling “how to handle women in charge” after watching women clean up at the polls).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
Reposted by Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]
Celebrate the release of 🙅♀️CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🙅♀️ by @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social on OCTOBER 25, 5PM at Jabberwocky Bookshop! This quirky and heartfelt novel exploring family, community, and womanhood is available now.
https://loom.ly/iyNIC_4
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October 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Celebrate the release of 🙅♀️CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🙅♀️ by @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social on OCTOBER 25, 5PM at Jabberwocky Bookshop! This quirky and heartfelt novel exploring family, community, and womanhood is available now.
https://loom.ly/iyNIC_4
https://loom.ly/iyNIC_4
Reposted by Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]
Congratulations Lit Fest alumni! @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, narrated by @sarasounds.bsky.social. Julie C. Dao—SO BLOOMS THE DAWN. @kyliu99.bsky.social—ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM. @aptshadow.bsky.social—LIVES OF BITTER RAIN.
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations Lit Fest alumni! @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, narrated by @sarasounds.bsky.social. Julie C. Dao—SO BLOOMS THE DAWN. @kyliu99.bsky.social—ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM. @aptshadow.bsky.social—LIVES OF BITTER RAIN.
All you amazing Newburyport-ians! See below for details abt my upcoming event at @jabberwockybooks.bsky.social this Sat, Oct 25! Wld love to see your smiling face!
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
Silent Book Club at The Castle Bvrly Oct 21 6PM cohosted @copperdogbooks.bsky.social; book talk w/ Daniel Seddiqui—GETTIN' NAUTICAL IN NEW ENGLAND—Oct 23 6PM The Bookstore of Gloucester; book event w/ @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—Oct 25 5PM Jabberwocky Newburyport
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
All you amazing Newburyport-ians! See below for details abt my upcoming event at @jabberwockybooks.bsky.social this Sat, Oct 25! Wld love to see your smiling face!
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
I took ystrdy off from posting abt my new novel. Instead I READ AN ENTIRE BOOK! I read on the couch w/ coffee. I read at my son's baseball practice. I read while folding laundry. I read while eating lunch. I read when family members said, "Stop reading. We need to _______."
People, it was glorious.
People, it was glorious.
October 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I took ystrdy off from posting abt my new novel. Instead I READ AN ENTIRE BOOK! I read on the couch w/ coffee. I read at my son's baseball practice. I read while folding laundry. I read while eating lunch. I read when family members said, "Stop reading. We need to _______."
People, it was glorious.
People, it was glorious.
Good morning to everyone (except the dude who thinks hot flashes are “kinda sexy").
#perimenopause #menopause
#perimenopause #menopause
October 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the dude who thinks hot flashes are “kinda sexy").
#perimenopause #menopause
#perimenopause #menopause
Hartford was 🔥 ystrdy! The Connecticut Lit Festival delivered: readers, writers, dumplings & feminist fire.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.
October 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hartford was 🔥 ystrdy! The Connecticut Lit Festival delivered: readers, writers, dumplings & feminist fire.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.