The most important thing to know about Elon Musk not buying Twitter is that there have been eleven mass shootings since Highland Park and it’s long past time to reauthorize the assault weapons ban.

If you live in Illinois, please take a moment to urge Lawmakers to pass gun safely legislation during a special session. Help keep weapons of war off our streets. act.everytown.org/sign/IL_GunLeg…

A beautiful moment we all needed! ❤️

Our children don’t have to live like this. They shouldn’t die at Six Flags. Text READY to 644-33. We deserve elected officials who will stop this.

READ: Highland Park Fourth of July parade victims who are suing: ‘This time it was our family, next time it could be yours’ chicago.suntimes.com/2022/9/28/2337…

Shannon Watts No rational country chooses to live this way

First mother-daughter Bruce concert! Here we go Kansas City! (Looking for some Spring-Nuts)

Please consider supporting this amazing Highland Park family as they work to rebuild their lives after the senseless violence of July 4th. ❤️ gofund.me/3d73d005

Oh no, it happened again: a famous woman didn’t follow the rules of ageing | Arwa Mahdawi theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Happy Friday, Chicago. Whatever you’re drinking tonight you earned it 💙

turns out that Having Rights is still inexplicably popular

Still makes me smile.

Writing is pretty easy for me. After coke, wine, pistachios... gummy bears, hours of deep self-hatred on other people's author/faculty sites, tidying the house, reading much better writers, and overcoming desire to vomit and weep, the writing just flows! ~ @irinibus

"The first draft is digging the clay out of the riverbank and taking it home. You still have to prep and mold it, fire and sand and glaze and fire. Don't look at a lump of clay and despair that it's not a pot." ~ Leslie J. Anderson / Leslie J. Anderson

Thanks Off Campus Writers' Workshop for hosting Rebecca Makkai is No Longer on This Platform yesterday! As a writer, it was inspiring to hear her say: "Revision is when you meet your project and shake hands for the first time." 🤝

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from The Seneca Project is amazing!!! Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.