Melissa Gira Grant
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staff writer at The New Republic // A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) forthcoming // PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) // member, NewsGuild of New York
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last little guys of the season
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
last little guys of the season
and I finished my ICE watch story (thanks to some of you, too)
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
and I finished my ICE watch story (thanks to some of you, too)
I think people understand that the problem here is not the power of pardons, but the failure to confront the power behind January 6 politically, which now has the power of the law directly in its hands
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I think people understand that the problem here is not the power of pardons, but the failure to confront the power behind January 6 politically, which now has the power of the law directly in its hands
a plane catbus! how
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
a plane catbus! how
honestly I have been more profane in an hour on a podcast <3 (and fortunately these are more wishlists than bans)
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
honestly I have been more profane in an hour on a podcast <3 (and fortunately these are more wishlists than bans)
exercising as much effort as it takes to get a speak and spell to say “boobies”
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
exercising as much effort as it takes to get a speak and spell to say “boobies”
same I was shocked
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
same I was shocked
and you know, in the past these groups making these have not bothered to check whether a title is even in any library collection, so maybe now the book will find a new audience amongst the list makers
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
and you know, in the past these groups making these have not bothered to check whether a title is even in any library collection, so maybe now the book will find a new audience amongst the list makers
They helpfully drew up this bad words table— including how often a book on sex work includes the word “sex”
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
They helpfully drew up this bad words table— including how often a book on sex work includes the word “sex”