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madeline lane-mckinley
@lalouverouge.bsky.social
author, “cool mom,” cultural critic, adjunctified phd
books: Comedy Against Work (Common Notions, 2022), Fag/Hag (Rosa Press, 2024)
next book: Solidarity with Children (Haymarket, 2025)
This Friday I’ll be in Eugene at the student ROAR center talking about Solidarity with Children.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Seattle! I’ll be doing a book event at Left Bank Books on Saturday 11/29 at 7:30. Would love to see you there.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Excited to be in conversation with Abby Anderson, part of the Budding Roses collective, organizers of an excellent youth liberationist project here in Portland.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My books arrived today 💜
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My book comes out next month and I have some tour dates in the Pacific Northwest lined up:

Portland - 11/13 at Powell’s on Hawthorne at 7pm
Eugene - 11/14 at ROAR Student Center at 4:30pm
Olympia - 11/28 at Le Voyeur at 4:30pm
Seattle - 11/29 at Left Bank Books at 7:30pm
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
14 years with this occu-baby ❤️
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Was a pleasure to talk to Nell Whittaker for @tankmagazine.bsky.social, and a lovely surprise that I got to tell my kid that their first photo credit was published today, on their 14th birthday ❤️
September 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Was honored to be part of this tribute to Joshua for @rosa-collective.bsky.social with @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social, Oki Sogumi, Mark Steven, @charmainechua.bsky.social & Andrew Brooks:

rosapress.net/joshua-clove...
August 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Two of the best films about the long ‘60s. RIP Terrence Stamp.
August 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just turned in my final round of proofs. Guess this is happening for real now. Out November 4th:
August 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Solidarity with this call to boycott SCMS next year
August 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
June 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My book now has a cover! Out from @haymarketbooks.org in November
June 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
But… but…
May 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Submitted my copyedits ✔️
May 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Portland! We’re doing a memorial reading for Joshua Clover on Friday 5/23 at 4PM at Laurelhurst Park. Please come & share with those who may be interested.
May 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Nothing is over, that is the only certainty. The other certainty is that everything ends, even this.”
April 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Ten years since we lost Chris Chitty 💔

Here we are dancing outside the graduate student commons occupation of 2009, one of the happiest nights of my life.
April 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
April 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Stack of books from @haymarketbooks.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Portland! This is tonight. Please spread the word:
March 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A lot is going on. Also: like all cats, my cat is beautiful.
February 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hard to capture the vibe of a Portland snow day but this person taking a cat on a walk does it pretty well.
February 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Talking to my kid about @inlandemperor.bsky.social’s “normporn” to better understand our cringe fascinations
February 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Turned my book in for copy-editing
January 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM