Zelda Knapp
@parlorspider.bsky.social
she/her. Writer, lapsed actor, theater junkie. Author: This Is What They Made It Out Of. Founder: The Knapp Nap Institute of Napping.
I’m barely on this but I wanted to brag that my humorous rant about Eugene O’Neill just got published! open.substack.com/pub/therepub...
Decanonize O'Neill!
A Rant in Parentheticals
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’m barely on this but I wanted to brag that my humorous rant about Eugene O’Neill just got published! open.substack.com/pub/therepub...
So proud to have my story published on Flash Frog!
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“Imogen, Hector, & the Squirrel” by @parlorspider.bsky.social is now up!
Art by crawwlspace
flash-frog.com/2025/04/21/i...
“Imogen, Hector, & the Squirrel” by @parlorspider.bsky.social is now up!
Art by crawwlspace
flash-frog.com/2025/04/21/i...
Imogen, Hector, & the Squirrel by Zelda Knapp
Oh. The leaves were teeth. Imogen stopped walking, the squeak of her sneakers against asphalt suddenly quiet. It must have rained the night before because the squirrel’s face, a rictus of death and…
flash-frog.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So proud to have my story published on Flash Frog!
June 30, 2023 at 3:31 PM
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there will be complaints that colleges are still "secretly" doing affirmative action when racists see a single black or latino kid get accepted after their kid doesn't
June 29, 2023 at 6:23 PM
there will be complaints that colleges are still "secretly" doing affirmative action when racists see a single black or latino kid get accepted after their kid doesn't
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A - this sucks
B - This is why Natives beat people over the head with "Tribal membership is a political identity. Not a racial one."
B - This is why Natives beat people over the head with "Tribal membership is a political identity. Not a racial one."
June 29, 2023 at 3:19 PM
A - this sucks
B - This is why Natives beat people over the head with "Tribal membership is a political identity. Not a racial one."
B - This is why Natives beat people over the head with "Tribal membership is a political identity. Not a racial one."
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Absolutely agreed.
By default, this will be the Bad Place for marginalized people because structures of oppression operate through folks without their consent. This is one of the reasons why, despite the overwhelming queer and trans population here, BlueSky remains a very white space.
By default, this will be the Bad Place for marginalized people because structures of oppression operate through folks without their consent. This is one of the reasons why, despite the overwhelming queer and trans population here, BlueSky remains a very white space.
Don’t treat this place like a new hotel room you get to trash because you’re done with the old one. This is still the Bad Place unless there’s a conscious and concerted effort to make Bluesky an app that stops punching down on already-marginalized people.
June 28, 2023 at 5:28 AM
Absolutely agreed.
By default, this will be the Bad Place for marginalized people because structures of oppression operate through folks without their consent. This is one of the reasons why, despite the overwhelming queer and trans population here, BlueSky remains a very white space.
By default, this will be the Bad Place for marginalized people because structures of oppression operate through folks without their consent. This is one of the reasons why, despite the overwhelming queer and trans population here, BlueSky remains a very white space.
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The arts in NYC have been taking some hits lately from all sides. Please remember to support the arts, in person. It’s really all we have to make this life bearable
Sad news from Brooklyn Academy of Music.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/theater/brooklyn-academy-of-music-layoffs.html?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/theater/brooklyn-academy-of-music-layoffs.html?
Brooklyn Academy of Music Lays Off 13 Percent of Its Staff
The organization, which made Brooklyn a destination for pathbreaking performances, is reducing programming next season as it seeks to rebound from the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2023 at 1:17 PM
The arts in NYC have been taking some hits lately from all sides. Please remember to support the arts, in person. It’s really all we have to make this life bearable
Last week I saw Encores!'s The Light in the Piazza. Here's what I thought: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/weekly-margin-2023-w26-light-in-piazza.html
![A Korean woman in smart blue dress suit (tea-length skirt, 1950s era) stands in the foreground; in the background are a group of people standing in silhouette among pillars; one of the silhouettes wears a bridal veil. [Photo: Ruthie Ann Miles as Margaret with the cast of The Light in the Piazza. Photo by Joan Marcus]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cxquxflgmkd6t3qyaeu6dgb2/bafkreidre3ixz76tuxjixsadwcdjcqwsa3ppskse3imnvukhqvgbik77fu@jpeg)
June 26, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Last week I saw Encores!'s The Light in the Piazza. Here's what I thought: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/weekly-margin-2023-w26-light-in-piazza.html
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Just once I’d like the be the Jew in charge of a vast conspiracy instead of finding out after the fact.
Just in case you were wondering every single bad thing that has ever happened in the entire history of planet earth is our fault. (https://forward.com/fast-forward/551868/stew-peters-conspiracy-theory-titan-titanic-jews/
White nationalist broadcaster knows what’s behind the Titan’s sinking: the Jews
A far-right conspiracy theorist has pinned the sinking of both the Titanic and submersible Titan on an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
forward.com
June 23, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Just once I’d like the be the Jew in charge of a vast conspiracy instead of finding out after the fact.
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My review of The Trouble With Dead Boyfriends: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/margin-notes-trouble-with-dead.html
![Foreground: a man in a letterman jacket, facedown on the ground. Background: a white teen girl in a cheerleading uniform sits in an amusement park car and stares at him in horror. [Zoe Dean and Patrick Voss Davis as Madison and Zachary. Photo by Sean Salamon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cxquxflgmkd6t3qyaeu6dgb2/bafkreihr2bu2pcx7n7cvqb5ack66wqwugjppcjsfljupslp3nnz4pxsjqe@jpeg)
June 18, 2023 at 2:32 PM
My review of The Trouble With Dead Boyfriends: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/margin-notes-trouble-with-dead.html
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@karenvjuliette.bsky.social yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
June 12, 2023 at 9:28 PM
@karenvjuliette.bsky.social yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Last week I saw Walking With Bubbles and Days of Wine and Roses. Here's what I thought: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/weekly-margin-2023-w24-walking-with.html
![Against a black background, in harsh side-lighting, a white man and woman are almost embracing, but for the tumbler of gin in her hand, and his face turning away from a kiss. [Photo: Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James as Kirsten and Joe in Days of Wine and Roses. Photo by Ahron R. Foster]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cxquxflgmkd6t3qyaeu6dgb2/bafkreie2mairvdq5wv35ql6yt4fqtdciuxkodshttdfstll5qcgrib6nwu@jpeg)
June 12, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Last week I saw Walking With Bubbles and Days of Wine and Roses. Here's what I thought: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/weekly-margin-2023-w24-walking-with.html
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Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America. Maybe in all of American history.
Wielding a massive audience & the exponential power of Twitter, he has spread antisemitism in unprecedented ways.
This is an emergency. I hope you'll join me in calling it out.
My latest for the Forward.
Wielding a massive audience & the exponential power of Twitter, he has spread antisemitism in unprecedented ways.
This is an emergency. I hope you'll join me in calling it out.
My latest for the Forward.
Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America
Not only does Musk validate antisemitic conspiracy theories, but his power as Twitter CEO gives him terrifying influence over millions.
forward.com
June 8, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America. Maybe in all of American history.
Wielding a massive audience & the exponential power of Twitter, he has spread antisemitism in unprecedented ways.
This is an emergency. I hope you'll join me in calling it out.
My latest for the Forward.
Wielding a massive audience & the exponential power of Twitter, he has spread antisemitism in unprecedented ways.
This is an emergency. I hope you'll join me in calling it out.
My latest for the Forward.
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BREAKING: Federal judge rules Florida bans on gender-affirming care for minors are likely unconstitutional, issues injunction halting enforcement of the bans against the plaintiffs who challenged the regulatory and statutory bans. More to come at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/
June 6, 2023 at 2:24 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rules Florida bans on gender-affirming care for minors are likely unconstitutional, issues injunction halting enforcement of the bans against the plaintiffs who challenged the regulatory and statutory bans. More to come at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/
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The Human Rights Campaign declared, for the 1st time in its 43 years, that
“LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency.“
NB: almost all of the what’s cited is re: gender.
Trans ppl are in a state of emergency.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/us/hrc-lgbtq-emergency-declared/index.html#
“LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency.“
NB: almost all of the what’s cited is re: gender.
Trans ppl are in a state of emergency.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/us/hrc-lgbtq-emergency-declared/index.html#
Human Rights Campaign declares a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people | CNN
For the first time in its four-decade history, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization has declared a national state of emergency for members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Human Rights Campaign said Tuesday.
www.cnn.com
June 6, 2023 at 1:25 PM
The Human Rights Campaign declared, for the 1st time in its 43 years, that
“LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency.“
NB: almost all of the what’s cited is re: gender.
Trans ppl are in a state of emergency.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/us/hrc-lgbtq-emergency-declared/index.html#
“LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency.“
NB: almost all of the what’s cited is re: gender.
Trans ppl are in a state of emergency.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/us/hrc-lgbtq-emergency-declared/index.html#
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twitter sucks 99% of the time but i saw this and started laughing so hard i cried for at least 3 minutes straight
June 6, 2023 at 3:30 AM
twitter sucks 99% of the time but i saw this and started laughing so hard i cried for at least 3 minutes straight
You asked for it! My annually incorrect Tony prediction post: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/my-dedicatedly-inaccurate-tony.html
![A crowd of people wearing ice skates and cone-shaped party hats pose for a group selfie. [The cast of Kimberly Akimbo. Photo by Joan Marcus]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cxquxflgmkd6t3qyaeu6dgb2/bafkreidten5ydjtb7qfeqxbr2q5fcvkcfl7vskvelswrqyxwqbyrpjza2e@jpeg)
June 6, 2023 at 1:24 PM
You asked for it! My annually incorrect Tony prediction post: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/my-dedicatedly-inaccurate-tony.html
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hacker: I have all your passwords
me: omg thank you, what are they
me: omg thank you, what are they
June 5, 2023 at 3:53 PM
hacker: I have all your passwords
me: omg thank you, what are they
me: omg thank you, what are they
Last week I saw Being Mr. Wickham. Here's what I thought: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/weekly-margin-2023-w23-being-mr-wickham.html
June 5, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Last week I saw Being Mr. Wickham. Here's what I thought: https://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2023/06/weekly-margin-2023-w23-being-mr-wickham.html
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a list of local nonprofits and mutual aid funds fighting anti-trans legislation and trying to support trans people in all 50 states (Them says it will be continually updated):
https://www.them.us/story/orgs-fighting-back-anti-trans-legislation
https://www.them.us/story/orgs-fighting-back-anti-trans-legislation
How to Support Trans People in All 50 States
A curated list of 100 organizations supporting trans rights and livelihood to which you can donate.
www.them.us
June 2, 2023 at 3:47 PM
a list of local nonprofits and mutual aid funds fighting anti-trans legislation and trying to support trans people in all 50 states (Them says it will be continually updated):
https://www.them.us/story/orgs-fighting-back-anti-trans-legislation
https://www.them.us/story/orgs-fighting-back-anti-trans-legislation