Susan Rukeyser
@susanrukeyser.bsky.social
Writer/person. 🌈💥 Bad Words: coming soon. The Worst Kind of Girl: out now.
www.susanrukeyser.com
www.susanrukeyser.com
BAD WORDS: Feminist, Queer, and (finally) Here
Plus: Sweet Animals & an Open Mic, Sun Dec 14
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November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You knew I had to weigh in on this nastiness. This brief post includes an excerpt from my novel The Worst Kind of Girl, a passage all too relevant to this conversation.
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"Barely Legal": A Gen X Reckoning
Megyn Kelly & The Worst Kind of Girl
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November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
You knew I had to weigh in on this nastiness. This brief post includes an excerpt from my novel The Worst Kind of Girl, a passage all too relevant to this conversation.
open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
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Epic rain in southern California this weekend. I’ll see you in Menifee, CA, on Sunday December 14.
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Epic rain in southern California this weekend. I’ll see you in Menifee, CA, on Sunday December 14.
“I want us to get really comfortable with the sound of our voices, amplified, insistent, saying what we mean, how we feel, and what our experiences have been — consciously exercising our right to free speech, as if it could be taken away, because it could.” open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
What's the connection? Animals, open mics, & The Worst Kind of Girl
See you at Viva Rescue, Sat Nov 15
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November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“I want us to get really comfortable with the sound of our voices, amplified, insistent, saying what we mean, how we feel, and what our experiences have been — consciously exercising our right to free speech, as if it could be taken away, because it could.” open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
Will I see you this weekend? 📚🎤
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Will I see you this weekend? 📚🎤
Saturday! 🌈✨Bookish LGBTQ+ folks and their friends will be here - will you? I’ll be signing and selling books from 10-11 AM (when it’s still nice & cool) with local authors under the big tent. 🎪 Now, more than ever, let’s show up loud and proud. 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛🌴💙💜
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Saturday! 🌈✨Bookish LGBTQ+ folks and their friends will be here - will you? I’ll be signing and selling books from 10-11 AM (when it’s still nice & cool) with local authors under the big tent. 🎪 Now, more than ever, let’s show up loud and proud. 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛🌴💙💜
Time isn’t real/doesn’t matter, unless you want to make it to one of these upcoming book events. Hope to see you! 🌈💥
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What time is it there?
or here, for that matter
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October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Time isn’t real/doesn’t matter, unless you want to make it to one of these upcoming book events. Hope to see you! 🌈💥
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The Worst Kind of Girl and I will be out and about in Southern California in the next few weeks. Will we see you?
October 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Worst Kind of Girl and I will be out and about in Southern California in the next few weeks. Will we see you?
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The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
🌈✊📚 Hope to see you at the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! Saturday, 3 PM, at the Flamingo Heights Community Center (55977 Perris St, Yucca Valley, CA, behind La Copine). open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
Saturday: Banned Books Week Reading, Open Mic
& Book Swap
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October 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🌈✊📚 Hope to see you at the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! Saturday, 3 PM, at the Flamingo Heights Community Center (55977 Perris St, Yucca Valley, CA, behind La Copine). open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
“We must not obey in advance, shrink ourselves, or keep quiet about the truths that hurt us. The personal is political and the political is coming for us.” Will you join us on Saturday 10/11 to celebrate our right to write and read freely?
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Unlearning silence
Also: where to find me Oct/Nov
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October 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“We must not obey in advance, shrink ourselves, or keep quiet about the truths that hurt us. The personal is political and the political is coming for us.” Will you join us on Saturday 10/11 to celebrate our right to write and read freely?
open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
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Could not be more excited about this! 🌈SAVE THE DATE: Sat 11/15, 3 PM. I’ll introduce new readers to The Worst Kind of Girl, host an open mic & meet the animals! 🐐🐴 If you’re anywhere nearby, don’t miss this. “Viva is a grassroots, LGBTQ+ women run nonprofit trying to change the world for animals.”
September 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Could not be more excited about this! 🌈SAVE THE DATE: Sat 11/15, 3 PM. I’ll introduce new readers to The Worst Kind of Girl, host an open mic & meet the animals! 🐐🐴 If you’re anywhere nearby, don’t miss this. “Viva is a grassroots, LGBTQ+ women run nonprofit trying to change the world for animals.”
🎤💥 Don’t miss the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! This year at the Flamingo Heights Community Center in Yucca Valley, CA. Brief readings by local authors followed by an open mic. Bring a book for the FHCC book exchange! 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Details: open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🎤💥 Don’t miss the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! This year at the Flamingo Heights Community Center in Yucca Valley, CA. Brief readings by local authors followed by an open mic. Bring a book for the FHCC book exchange! 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Details: open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
At Substack I wrote about BAD WORDS 🌈💥 my new collection of short and very short work, which is infused with the urgency I felt with the rise of Trump and rooted in fierce love. Most were written the Desert Split Open Mic, but some are older than others brand new. 
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Good News: Bad Words
Coming soon! Here's a sneak peek...
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September 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
At Substack I wrote about BAD WORDS 🌈💥 my new collection of short and very short work, which is infused with the urgency I felt with the rise of Trump and rooted in fierce love. Most were written the Desert Split Open Mic, but some are older than others brand new. 
open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
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We always knew exactly who the shooter would be. The only detail we didn't know was his name.
September 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We always knew exactly who the shooter would be. The only detail we didn't know was his name.
The reaction to this man’s death shows us everything we need to know about white supremacy. Acting like “politics” is something to discuss politely, agreeing to disagree, is pretending the GOP’s “politics” are not specifically about removing basic human rights from certain citizens. ✋ #sureJan
September 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The reaction to this man’s death shows us everything we need to know about white supremacy. Acting like “politics” is something to discuss politely, agreeing to disagree, is pretending the GOP’s “politics” are not specifically about removing basic human rights from certain citizens. ✋ #sureJan
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The left isn’t “dancing on Charlie Kirk’s grave,” we’re just pointing out that, thanks to rhetoric like his, a lot of other graves exist.
September 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The left isn’t “dancing on Charlie Kirk’s grave,” we’re just pointing out that, thanks to rhetoric like his, a lot of other graves exist.
🌈🌵🛼 My novel The Worst Kind of Girl is now available to order! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... or www.susanrukeyser.com/store/p/the-... Thanks to Red Light Lit, this book gets a 2nd chance. To me this book is about hope & queer joy. Hope it feels that way to you too.
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Not a dream, a party
The Worst Kind of Girl is relaunched & ready to order
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September 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🌈🌵🛼 My novel The Worst Kind of Girl is now available to order! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... or www.susanrukeyser.com/store/p/the-... Thanks to Red Light Lit, this book gets a 2nd chance. To me this book is about hope & queer joy. Hope it feels that way to you too.
open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
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My son just moved to Australia, where it is already/always tomorrow, meaning he moved to the future. Obviously I’m going to obsess about this like a moody poet/mom with jokes for the entire time he’s there! “Hello? Is this the future calling?”
I miss him.
I miss him.
September 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My son just moved to Australia, where it is already/always tomorrow, meaning he moved to the future. Obviously I’m going to obsess about this like a moody poet/mom with jokes for the entire time he’s there! “Hello? Is this the future calling?”
I miss him.
I miss him.
I liked him better when he was dead.
September 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I liked him better when he was dead.
Plot twist! 🌈🌵
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Turns out I belong here
The desert as karmic lover and/or home
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August 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Plot twist! 🌈🌵
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🌈✨NEWS >>> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit and we’re celebrating on Fri 9/5 at The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles - can you join us? Look at this lineup of readers! So thrilled to be among them, and grateful for a second chance at getting this book into the hands of more readers.
August 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🌈✨NEWS >>> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit and we’re celebrating on Fri 9/5 at The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles - can you join us? Look at this lineup of readers! So thrilled to be among them, and grateful for a second chance at getting this book into the hands of more readers.
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This. It doesn't matter how you're using it (brainstorming, summarizing, editing,etc.) you are supporting a company who does this.
If you're using ChatGPT or giving money to OpenAI, you're supporting this.
Just stop. Cut them off. They're the worst of the worst.
Just stop. Cut them off. They're the worst of the worst.
I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today
This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be
OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business
This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be
OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business
August 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This. It doesn't matter how you're using it (brainstorming, summarizing, editing,etc.) you are supporting a company who does this.
Los Angeles—> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit! I am so thrilled to be with RLL, a woman-run publisher and event series that embraces many of the themes in this book. ❤️🔥 Help us celebrate on Friday, Sept 5, 7 PM, at The Pop-Hop: 5002 York Blvd, LA.
August 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Los Angeles—> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit! I am so thrilled to be with RLL, a woman-run publisher and event series that embraces many of the themes in this book. ❤️🔥 Help us celebrate on Friday, Sept 5, 7 PM, at The Pop-Hop: 5002 York Blvd, LA.
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lol remember libertarians
August 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
lol remember libertarians