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Maria Scott Writes
@mariascottwrites.bsky.social
Doll artist and writer of short fiction, serialized stories, and memoir. Drawn to interior lives, memory, and the small moments that quietly change us. Here to read as much as I write. https://substack.com/@mariascottwrites
In 1970, 10-year-old Joel Lipton wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz as part of a fifth-grade assignment at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills, asking, “What makes a good citizen?”
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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January 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Why can’t we all get along?
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Lift your voice. Now.
Music by Jesse Welles
January 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Lu Chekowsky
POV: A WOMAN WHO IS ALIVE ON EARTH IN 2026
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Brenton Zola
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 AM
At the center of all of this is not the doll. It is the human need to belong, to soothe, to be needed, and to feel safe.
thekindredkind.substack.com/p/goldie?r=7...
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
January 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
It is literally Hunger Games out here grocery shopping. Scared, suspicious people pushing pushing crippled carts. Every shopper for themselves!
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Things are scary enough for us. We have a “before” context that sharply contrasts with it all. I feel for the young ones coming up in all this. This is their normal. They don’t have a felt sense of, although not perfect, of structural norms. How will they turn out?
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It's been a extraordinary horrific week among a steady diet of horrific weeks. Hang on people. Take relief in your local life; your sanctuary, your creativity, your people, your pets. Hang on to them tight.
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
To hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereal boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new about the writing craft, and the third time was to improve that piece.

Amanda Gorman
January 8, 2026 at 3:05 AM