Zoë Ruiz
@zoeruiz.bsky.social
-Writer, book editor, and creative coach.
-Published in The Los Angeles Times, Joyland, The Millions, The Rumpus, and more.
-Edited multiple books for Viet Thanh Nguyen and Norton Books.
-Interested in archetypes, depth psychology, and feminisms.
-Published in The Los Angeles Times, Joyland, The Millions, The Rumpus, and more.
-Edited multiple books for Viet Thanh Nguyen and Norton Books.
-Interested in archetypes, depth psychology, and feminisms.
If you're looking for a spark to reignite your creative practice, I've designed a workshop for you. It's intended to support people struggling with creative stagnation or resistance. adirondackcenterforwriting.org/event/start-...
How to Start Writing Again -
Register A Workshop for All Creative Practices with Zoë Ruiz This process-oriented workshop focuses on two common creative blocks and offers practical solutions to overcome them, inspired by mindfulne...
adirondackcenterforwriting.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you're looking for a spark to reignite your creative practice, I've designed a workshop for you. It's intended to support people struggling with creative stagnation or resistance. adirondackcenterforwriting.org/event/start-...
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I almost wrapped everything on my end for work. Away messages are up.
I am at the coffee shop now, piecing together a memoir that I'm ghost writing. And, I'm arriving early at the airport so I can continue to do so. I'll probably be finished by the time I land in Helsinki.
I am at the coffee shop now, piecing together a memoir that I'm ghost writing. And, I'm arriving early at the airport so I can continue to do so. I'll probably be finished by the time I land in Helsinki.
July 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I almost wrapped everything on my end for work. Away messages are up.
I am at the coffee shop now, piecing together a memoir that I'm ghost writing. And, I'm arriving early at the airport so I can continue to do so. I'll probably be finished by the time I land in Helsinki.
I am at the coffee shop now, piecing together a memoir that I'm ghost writing. And, I'm arriving early at the airport so I can continue to do so. I'll probably be finished by the time I land in Helsinki.
I've been doing personal fundraising for the artist residency abroad via my newsletter and IG. And, my local coffee shop just sent me a $50 contribution, which will cover groceries for a week! That is just so sweet! Also, demonstrate that small businesses do care about community.
July 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I've been doing personal fundraising for the artist residency abroad via my newsletter and IG. And, my local coffee shop just sent me a $50 contribution, which will cover groceries for a week! That is just so sweet! Also, demonstrate that small businesses do care about community.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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It’s ok to rest.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to take a break.
Rest is resistance.
Ableism has conditioned us to believe that taking care of ourselves is somehow lazy or wrong.
It’s not. It’s necessary.
If you don’t take breaks, your body will force you.
Give yourself permission to rest.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to take a break.
Rest is resistance.
Ableism has conditioned us to believe that taking care of ourselves is somehow lazy or wrong.
It’s not. It’s necessary.
If you don’t take breaks, your body will force you.
Give yourself permission to rest.
June 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It’s ok to rest.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to take a break.
Rest is resistance.
Ableism has conditioned us to believe that taking care of ourselves is somehow lazy or wrong.
It’s not. It’s necessary.
If you don’t take breaks, your body will force you.
Give yourself permission to rest.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to take a break.
Rest is resistance.
Ableism has conditioned us to believe that taking care of ourselves is somehow lazy or wrong.
It’s not. It’s necessary.
If you don’t take breaks, your body will force you.
Give yourself permission to rest.
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If you have a Republican Senator or Rep and you are opposed to this bill, you should call them.
June 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If you have a Republican Senator or Rep and you are opposed to this bill, you should call them.
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I’m still on the Senate floor tonight as Republicans struggle to advance their dangerous reconciliation bill. Keep up the pressure. Senators are feeling the heat from their constituents. This bill will do generational damage.
June 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I’m still on the Senate floor tonight as Republicans struggle to advance their dangerous reconciliation bill. Keep up the pressure. Senators are feeling the heat from their constituents. This bill will do generational damage.
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Learning to rest is crucial when you’re chronically ill.
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
June 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Learning to rest is crucial when you’re chronically ill.
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
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A corpse flower is about to bloom in the next 10-14 days at the SF Conservatory of Flowers. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLbHwC8S9qw/?img_index=3&igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==
June 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A corpse flower is about to bloom in the next 10-14 days at the SF Conservatory of Flowers. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLbHwC8S9qw/?img_index=3&igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==
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I really need to figure out the right way to get this poem tattooed on me because it has gotten me out of the hole that is not my grave entirely too many times and I think everyone needs to read it this week billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
Poetry Month: WHAT RESEMBLES THE GRAVE BUT ISN’T - BillMoyers
Always falling into a hole, then saying “ok, this is not your grave, get out of this hole,” getting out of the hole which is not the grave...
billmoyers.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I really need to figure out the right way to get this poem tattooed on me because it has gotten me out of the hole that is not my grave entirely too many times and I think everyone needs to read it this week billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
“You come for me, you come for yourself.” -Sapphira Cristál
June 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“You come for me, you come for yourself.” -Sapphira Cristál
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FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
June 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
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Hundreds of protesters took the streets in Dublin, Ireland to denounce the Israeli genocide on Gaza and demand a boycott of Israel.
#Dublin #Ireland #FreePalestine
#Dublin #Ireland #FreePalestine
June 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hundreds of protesters took the streets in Dublin, Ireland to denounce the Israeli genocide on Gaza and demand a boycott of Israel.
#Dublin #Ireland #FreePalestine
#Dublin #Ireland #FreePalestine
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Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Blockade will increase diplomatic pressure on Israel as Spain PM Pedro Sánchez describes situation as ‘genocide’
Israel has closed crossings into northern Gaza, cutting the most direct route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of people at risk of famine, as airstrikes and shelling killed dozens more people in the devastated Palestinian territory.
The move to close the crossings on Thursday will increase diplomatic pressure on Israel as attention shifts from its brief conflict with Iran, back to the violence and grave humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
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It’s cruel to send Palestinians desperate for food into a death trap.
And now, Trump wants to give the Netanyahu backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" $30 million. We should not send a single cent.
We must stop the suffering in Gaza and fund real aid organizations.
And now, Trump wants to give the Netanyahu backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" $30 million. We should not send a single cent.
We must stop the suffering in Gaza and fund real aid organizations.
June 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It’s cruel to send Palestinians desperate for food into a death trap.
And now, Trump wants to give the Netanyahu backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" $30 million. We should not send a single cent.
We must stop the suffering in Gaza and fund real aid organizations.
And now, Trump wants to give the Netanyahu backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" $30 million. We should not send a single cent.
We must stop the suffering in Gaza and fund real aid organizations.
In my childhood home, my father would say, in a sing song way, Say what you mean and mean what you say.
He would also do this with the phrase, Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.
I grew up speaking directly, without asking questions.
He would also do this with the phrase, Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.
I grew up speaking directly, without asking questions.
June 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
In my childhood home, my father would say, in a sing song way, Say what you mean and mean what you say.
He would also do this with the phrase, Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.
I grew up speaking directly, without asking questions.
He would also do this with the phrase, Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.
I grew up speaking directly, without asking questions.
I speak directly.
Sometimes when retelling an anecdote, someone will ask with surprise, “Wait. You said that?”
Yes, I said it.
I practiced speaking this way until it became a habit: To name the feeling, to make the request, to comment on the interaction as it is happening.
Sometimes when retelling an anecdote, someone will ask with surprise, “Wait. You said that?”
Yes, I said it.
I practiced speaking this way until it became a habit: To name the feeling, to make the request, to comment on the interaction as it is happening.
June 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I speak directly.
Sometimes when retelling an anecdote, someone will ask with surprise, “Wait. You said that?”
Yes, I said it.
I practiced speaking this way until it became a habit: To name the feeling, to make the request, to comment on the interaction as it is happening.
Sometimes when retelling an anecdote, someone will ask with surprise, “Wait. You said that?”
Yes, I said it.
I practiced speaking this way until it became a habit: To name the feeling, to make the request, to comment on the interaction as it is happening.
A June resident is a Roe Deer. A deer in Finland just hanging around the artist residency. I hope our paths cross in July, in about 11 days.
June 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A June resident is a Roe Deer. A deer in Finland just hanging around the artist residency. I hope our paths cross in July, in about 11 days.
Tomorrow I’m opening up a waitlist for a fall workshop that I’m teaching online, for newsletter subscribers only. You can subscribe here: eepurl.com/hKKPcv
June 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Tomorrow I’m opening up a waitlist for a fall workshop that I’m teaching online, for newsletter subscribers only. You can subscribe here: eepurl.com/hKKPcv
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I finally canceled my subscription to the NYT this month and I should have done it sooner.
June 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I finally canceled my subscription to the NYT this month and I should have done it sooner.
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I see America’s being America again
June 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I see America’s being America again
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BREAKING: Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released from federal immigration detention after 104 days in custody.
Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention
A federal judge says he’ll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
BREAKING: Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released from federal immigration detention after 104 days in custody.
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic.”
— Judith Butler on trans rights
— Judith Butler on trans rights
June 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic.”
— Judith Butler on trans rights
— Judith Butler on trans rights
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Hilterfingen by Paul Klee, 1895 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137258
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137258
June 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hilterfingen by Paul Klee, 1895 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137258
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137258