Lauren Elkin
@laurenelkin.bsky.social
Author of Flâneuse, No 91/92, Art Monsters, Scaffolding. Next up: VOCAL BREAK (May 2026).
Translator of Simone de Beauvoir, Michelle Perrot, Colombe Schneck, Constance Debré, Lola Lafon, et al
London <> Paris
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Translator of Simone de Beauvoir, Michelle Perrot, Colombe Schneck, Constance Debré, Lola Lafon, et al
London <> Paris
she/her
Remember when the women’s magazines tried to convince us the shape of our lipstick after long use says something profound and intractable about who we are?
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Remember when the women’s magazines tried to convince us the shape of our lipstick after long use says something profound and intractable about who we are?
We got a water butt and the double entrendres are flying fast and loose
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We got a water butt and the double entrendres are flying fast and loose
I’m on a Swiss train and every time the announcer says “meine damen und heren” it takes all of my self-restraint not to launch into my alan cumming in cabaret impression
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I’m on a Swiss train and every time the announcer says “meine damen und heren” it takes all of my self-restraint not to launch into my alan cumming in cabaret impression
In case you're out and about in Paris tomorrow night, I'm doing an event at AUP and I'll be reading from VOCAL BREAK for the first time. It's free but registration is essential: www.aup.edu/news-events/...
AN EVENING WITH LAUREN ELKIN
www.aup.edu
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In case you're out and about in Paris tomorrow night, I'm doing an event at AUP and I'll be reading from VOCAL BREAK for the first time. It's free but registration is essential: www.aup.edu/news-events/...
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Eyewitnesses report that "RSF forces selected women and girls at gunpoint when entering shelters for internally displaced persons (IDPs) near El Fasher University; gang-raped at least 25 of them and then forced at least 100 displaced families to flee amid gunfire"
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Sudan: UN experts appalled by reports of mass atrocities, unlawful killings and sexual violence in El Fasher
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm over reports of widespread atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, North Darfur, including killings of civilians and the use of ...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Eyewitnesses report that "RSF forces selected women and girls at gunpoint when entering shelters for internally displaced persons (IDPs) near El Fasher University; gang-raped at least 25 of them and then forced at least 100 displaced families to flee amid gunfire"
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Conservative feminism is a contradiction in terms, there will be no further discussion
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Conservative feminism is a contradiction in terms, there will be no further discussion
I passed! Look out Nigel Farage this elder daughter can’t WAIT to vote against you
I studied SO hard for the life in the UK test and then it was so suspiciously easy that I won’t be able to relax till I get my results, elder daughter syndrome is the worst
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I passed! Look out Nigel Farage this elder daughter can’t WAIT to vote against you
I studied SO hard for the life in the UK test and then it was so suspiciously easy that I won’t be able to relax till I get my results, elder daughter syndrome is the worst
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I studied SO hard for the life in the UK test and then it was so suspiciously easy that I won’t be able to relax till I get my results, elder daughter syndrome is the worst
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Lauren Elkin, whose book “Flâneuse: Women Walk the City” is profiled on the Resources page of the “Project Pedestrian” website, contributed a radio essay to the BBC on the types of pedestrians one encounters on urban sidewalks. @laurenelkin.bsky.social
Phone zombies, drifters, speed bumps
Lauren Elkin, whose book Flâneuse: Women Walk the City is profiled on the Resources page, contributed a radio essay to the BBC on the types of pedestrians one encounters on urban sidewalks: “…
projectpedestrian.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lauren Elkin, whose book “Flâneuse: Women Walk the City” is profiled on the Resources page of the “Project Pedestrian” website, contributed a radio essay to the BBC on the types of pedestrians one encounters on urban sidewalks. @laurenelkin.bsky.social
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb
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Insane. Tearing down the White House without legal authorization in order to build a palace ballroom for himself. It will of course need to be demolished.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Insane. Tearing down the White House without legal authorization in order to build a palace ballroom for himself. It will of course need to be demolished.
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This is very good. Really enjoyed it. @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social are on a roll at the moment. Blackout, Harriet Armstrong, Gloss, Zombie Proust, Celina - many houses would give their eye teeth for a stable like that.
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is very good. Really enjoyed it. @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social are on a roll at the moment. Blackout, Harriet Armstrong, Gloss, Zombie Proust, Celina - many houses would give their eye teeth for a stable like that.
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Read one book on the way down, gonna see if i can get thru this on the way home. Such a reliable press. @dantjenks.bsky.social is this one of the ones (outside Zombie Proust) you were raving about?
www.lesfugitives.com/2025/kyra-wi...
www.lesfugitives.com/2025/kyra-wi...
Gloss — Les Fugitives
by Kyra Wilder Ari, Eleni and Hesper meet one summer at Golden Apples Farm in rural California, where the charismatic Lee, an apple farmer and cook, runs an alternative therapy programme for you...
www.lesfugitives.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Read one book on the way down, gonna see if i can get thru this on the way home. Such a reliable press. @dantjenks.bsky.social is this one of the ones (outside Zombie Proust) you were raving about?
www.lesfugitives.com/2025/kyra-wi...
www.lesfugitives.com/2025/kyra-wi...
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feel like a bunch of you could write an amazing novel with this as the first sentence
BABE WAKE UP! New brain worm copy pasta just dropped!
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
feel like a bunch of you could write an amazing novel with this as the first sentence
Here's a question for a rainy day: I'm as confused about wellies as I ever have been. Am I meant to bring another pair of shoes to change into when I get where I'm going? Because we don't all live in the Cotswolds and muck around in the fields all day?
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Here's a question for a rainy day: I'm as confused about wellies as I ever have been. Am I meant to bring another pair of shoes to change into when I get where I'm going? Because we don't all live in the Cotswolds and muck around in the fields all day?
Just overheard an American explaining why he loves London architecture, "bc there are all these old buildings, & then you'll turn a corner & there's this Brutalist masterpiece, I mean how does that even happen?" his British interlocutor took a beat to gather his patience before saying "...the war?"
October 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Just overheard an American explaining why he loves London architecture, "bc there are all these old buildings, & then you'll turn a corner & there's this Brutalist masterpiece, I mean how does that even happen?" his British interlocutor took a beat to gather his patience before saying "...the war?"
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If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
When you get to the hotel two hours before check-in and the room is READY 💯
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When you get to the hotel two hours before check-in and the room is READY 💯
looking at a lesson plan from ~15 years ago I cannot believe how autistic it was and I had no idea - teaching university is not actually an excuse to info dump, 2010 Lauren
October 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
looking at a lesson plan from ~15 years ago I cannot believe how autistic it was and I had no idea - teaching university is not actually an excuse to info dump, 2010 Lauren
doing freelance teaching is hardly ever worth the admin, I need to remember this in future, everyone has the best of intentions and then I'm the one spending half of my half of a workday trying to sort it all out
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
doing freelance teaching is hardly ever worth the admin, I need to remember this in future, everyone has the best of intentions and then I'm the one spending half of my half of a workday trying to sort it all out
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Spot on.
Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
October 15, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Spot on.
Apparently there’s a rumour going around that I’ve just had a baby, to explain why I never go anywhere or answer anyone’s emails
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Apparently there’s a rumour going around that I’ve just had a baby, to explain why I never go anywhere or answer anyone’s emails
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ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
All these young writers imitating Joyce and Proust - don’t you find it terribly distracting? It just makes me want to go and read Joyce and Proust instead
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
All these young writers imitating Joyce and Proust - don’t you find it terribly distracting? It just makes me want to go and read Joyce and Proust instead
Apart from Diane Keaton dying I had a very lovely 47th birthday
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Apart from Diane Keaton dying I had a very lovely 47th birthday