Margie Orford
@margieorford.bsky.social
random messages on an irregular basis
writer | feminist | she/her | PhD | agent:Cath Summerhayes @ Curtis Brown
writer | feminist | she/her | PhD | agent:Cath Summerhayes @ Curtis Brown
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I'll be teaching my first course for the @faberacademy.bsky.social during the last week of August. Focus is on the personal essay. If there's something you've been longing to write, but dallying, put it off no longer.
faberacademy.com/tutors/marin...
faberacademy.com/tutors/marin...
Marina Benjamin | Faber Academy
faberacademy.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'll be teaching my first course for the @faberacademy.bsky.social during the last week of August. Focus is on the personal essay. If there's something you've been longing to write, but dallying, put it off no longer.
faberacademy.com/tutors/marin...
faberacademy.com/tutors/marin...
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my father looking at his own River Styx days before he died at home. A long long life lived on his own terms. This mid-winter a blessing from his fierce atheist spirit, saying live on, love on, in all the complexity of the relationship between father and daughter. hamba kahle
July 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
my father looking at his own River Styx days before he died at home. A long long life lived on his own terms. This mid-winter a blessing from his fierce atheist spirit, saying live on, love on, in all the complexity of the relationship between father and daughter. hamba kahle
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Heading into NYC for a live shot, and this is the sign on one of the overpasses
July 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Heading into NYC for a live shot, and this is the sign on one of the overpasses
We are all, at times, horribly tired of being ourselves.
Djuna Barnes (and also me!)
Djuna Barnes (and also me!)
July 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
We are all, at times, horribly tired of being ourselves.
Djuna Barnes (and also me!)
Djuna Barnes (and also me!)
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People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
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At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
July 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
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Give the public what they want!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Give the public what they want!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Love this. Larry the cat.. and Macron
Macron: "He's a very clever cat"
Merci monsieur le président x
Merci monsieur le président x
July 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Love this. Larry the cat.. and Macron
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Lucy Culliton, contemporary Australian artist, known for her paintings of landscapes and still lifes #WomensArt
July 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Lucy Culliton, contemporary Australian artist, known for her paintings of landscapes and still lifes #WomensArt
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Someone prove this wrong.
July 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Someone prove this wrong.
jirre vok!
if you were South African you would ABSOLUTELY know what kind of day its been
if you were South African you would ABSOLUTELY know what kind of day its been
July 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
jirre vok!
if you were South African you would ABSOLUTELY know what kind of day its been
if you were South African you would ABSOLUTELY know what kind of day its been
EVERYBODY on the internet planet who had never heard of them before HAS now heard of the Irish rappers KNEECAP and of some random punk people called (brilliantly I have to say) BOB VILLIAN and is now listening to them thanks to BBC censorship anxieties and flip-flops at Glastonbury
June 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
EVERYBODY on the internet planet who had never heard of them before HAS now heard of the Irish rappers KNEECAP and of some random punk people called (brilliantly I have to say) BOB VILLIAN and is now listening to them thanks to BBC censorship anxieties and flip-flops at Glastonbury
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I'm excited to be running a 5-day course for the @faberacademy.bsky.social on Crafting the Personal Essay. Last week of August. Online. A chance to act and write that essay that won't leave you alone.
faberacademy.com/product/craf...
faberacademy.com/product/craf...
faberacademy.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I'm excited to be running a 5-day course for the @faberacademy.bsky.social on Crafting the Personal Essay. Last week of August. Online. A chance to act and write that essay that won't leave you alone.
faberacademy.com/product/craf...
faberacademy.com/product/craf...
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People think I'm biased against Jeff Bezos, but here's Sartoria F. Caraceni, widely considered one of the best bespoke tailoring houses in the world, commenting on Bezos's wedding suit.
"The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"
"The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"
![A comment from Sartoria F. Caraceni on Instagram. It reads: "The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. Omg .. [face palm emoji]. Elegance is not an empty word. I can't stand it. Really suffering ..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihem37yhyk32qv6m7r7oodhuibzqvdqx7ccuckof3uh7c3kjsyuta@jpeg)
June 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
People think I'm biased against Jeff Bezos, but here's Sartoria F. Caraceni, widely considered one of the best bespoke tailoring houses in the world, commenting on Bezos's wedding suit.
"The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"
"The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"
Lauren Sanchez et al totally offend all my eyes and fashion senses. The weird big boob Barbie -in-formaldahyde look is frightening: a gondola zombie apocalypse
June 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lauren Sanchez et al totally offend all my eyes and fashion senses. The weird big boob Barbie -in-formaldahyde look is frightening: a gondola zombie apocalypse
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Two paths diverged in a wood and America took the psychopath.
June 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Two paths diverged in a wood and America took the psychopath.
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Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
overwhelmed with gratitude that I am NOT at Glastonbury - given my pathological phobia of crowds, port-a-loos and competing sound systems
also these rude radishes from the garden
also these rude radishes from the garden
June 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
overwhelmed with gratitude that I am NOT at Glastonbury - given my pathological phobia of crowds, port-a-loos and competing sound systems
also these rude radishes from the garden
also these rude radishes from the garden
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New York City’s probable next mayor will be the first in history to have attended St George’s Grammar School in Cape Town, an Anglican school in Mowbray.
US POLITICS: Meet New York City’s likely next mayor — a former SA schoolboy
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New York City’s probable next mayor will be the first in history to have attended St George’s Grammar School in Cape Town, an Anglican school in Mowbray.
how many sleeps till Donald Trump is GONE
June 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
how many sleeps till Donald Trump is GONE
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Women writers in Afghanistan are subject to the harshest living conditions and censorship. This essay on Forced marriage was a joy to work on, in collaboration with @untold-narratives.bsky.social.
aeon.co/essays/the-s...
aeon.co/essays/the-s...
The story of a girl sold into marriage with a Taliban leader | Aeon Essays
Women in Afghanistan are prisoners in their own homes. This is the story of Marjan, married at 12 to a Taliban fighter
aeon.co
June 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Women writers in Afghanistan are subject to the harshest living conditions and censorship. This essay on Forced marriage was a joy to work on, in collaboration with @untold-narratives.bsky.social.
aeon.co/essays/the-s...
aeon.co/essays/the-s...
MEN & BIRDS
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
MEN & BIRDS
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share