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Valerie Kemp
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Recovering academic, former filmmaker, current genetic genealogist. I write speculative fiction for all ages. Stories in Haven Spec, Apex, Cast of Wonders, Voyage YA and more! Viable Paradise 2022 alum
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One of my former cohort mates is looking to interview people who miss Vine for their dissertation. If you’re one of those people and have time, let them know! It even pays a little! tinyurl.com/vinestudy
An image of a hand holding a cellphone with the former 6 minute video platform Vine asking for people over age 18 who have thoughts about the death of Vine to respond via a form at https://tinyurl.com/vinestudy or email jacobya@umich.edu. Participants earn $20 for a 45-60 minute interview.
May 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Post your queen 👑
Photo of Martha Jones a companion of Doctor Who. A young pretty Black woman smiling with her straightened, shoulder-length, dark hair down wearing a burgundy jacket and standing next to a round yellow light on the TARDIS.
December 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Love doing these. I didn’t count states I’ve only driven through (or only been inside their airport) except Wyoming because I drove through it for an entire day and it felt like I was hallucinating so much emptiness.

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Map of the United States showing the 31 of 50 states I’ve visited in green and the rest in light blue. Unvisited states are the Deep South, OK, NE, KY, VA, WA, OR, ID, MT, ND, VT, NH, ME, DE, RI
December 8, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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I’ve seen so many of these, but this feels like the most accurate 😂
Meme that says “Women voting for Clinton in 2016” and shows a clean cut cheerful Donald Glover in a scene from the tv show Community smiling with a coffee mug on the right, and on the left says “Women voting for Harris in 2024” with a photo of Donald Glover (probably from his music video “This Is America”) shirtless, with long disheveled hair, a beard, holding an assault rifle with an exhausted, distressed, “don’t play with me” expression.
November 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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My copy is packed away somewhere but this is the cover.
Worn copy of a small paperback book, Choose Your Own Adventure book Journey to Stonehenge featuring a warm pastel colored illustration of Stonehenge with a rainbow and plane in the background, people in white robes in the mid ground and a gold girl holding theee floating colored stones in the foreground.
October 30, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Proud to be a Michigander and owner of the iconic “I Voted” werewolf sticker!
Go vote! Even if you can’t get a sticker as cool as this!
Photo of a hand holding a small blue and gold Michigan license plate shaped magnet that says “MI.GOV/VOTE” and a round handrawn sticker that says I voted in blue and red and features a werewolf standing in front of the American flag ripping its shirt apart and howling presumably with pride for having fulfilled their civic duty.
October 26, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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So excited that my short story “What the Crows Know” is out today in Worlds of Possibility and the cover art is inspired by it! 🥺 A dream come true! Read it here: https://www.juliarios.com/introducing-the-october-2024-issue-of-worlds-of-possibility/
The cover of the October 2024 issue of Worlds of Possibility featuring an Illustration of a black girl with locs in a muted hazy orange forest holding up a finger to a hovering crow while other crows fly in the distant sky.
October 19, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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I’m so sorry about your wait, that’s awful
September 2, 2023 at 12:03 PM
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Happy Caturday!
A big orange and white tabby cat snuggles a little all orange tabby cat in a wicker chair. The big cat has his arms around the neck of the little kitten who nestles against his neck and they both have their eyes closed.
July 2, 2023 at 1:07 AM