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Fuck the Fash Away — Fourth of July BBQ
Who says National Holidays aren’t Guerilla Theater?
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Honolulu, Kittens, Tarot Sleuths, & Going Broke
Uncommon Writing from our Stacky Floating World
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Unforced Emperor Error - Love is in the Air!
My reveals of the week: politics, movies, and pop-hopping
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Los Angeles Fighting in the Streets: 2025 and 1975
I see my LA in these photos. This is our home. Not Trump’s. Not Hollywood’s.
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Susie on “The Children’s Hour” in Celluloid Closet
Remembering Vito Russo, with Love
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Podcasts
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Back to Bed with Susie Bright
Unforced Emperor Error - Love is in the Air!
Top posts
“Terminated”
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Los Angeles Fighting in the Streets: 2025 and 1975
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Dorothy Allison - Cut Off The Lights
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The Radiance of Bettie Page, 1923 - 2008
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Alison Bechdel Knows What Happened To Your Money — and your Sex Life
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Recent posts

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The Rigors of the Wised-Up Writing Prof
Why good writing teachers are really private investigators
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Never Give a Bookworm an Even Break
Here’s how authors can turn the fake Chicago Sun-Times List into a “win-win-win”!
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When Feminist Sex Talk Cratered: a Conversation w/ Andi Zeisler
The Long and Short of the Sex-Positive Sellout
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Susie Teaches Writing: Plus, 100 Million Year Old Monsters!
Giant Wolf Eels and Wolf Spiders are a great writing prompt
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Susie Goes to Her First Noise Concert
From Noir to Noise, my social life is taking off
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Sexual Creativity please, not “Wellness”
From Dante to Cobain: The Hidden Engine of Creation
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Tarot for Scholars
Tarot for Scholars
Helen Sword
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Ariel Gore
Ariel Gore
The Chatner
The Chatner
Daniel Lavery
The Querent
The Querent
Alexander Chee
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Brenda Marston
Brenda Marston
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Susie Bright CV
The Susie Bright Archive at Cornell Library
Movies/TV
Bound (movie)
Uncensored BluRay Directors Cut has commentary from myself, Gina Gershon, the Wachowskis, Jennifer Tilly, and Joey Pants
The Celluloid Closet
Susie Bright, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks, Harvey Fierstein, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Shirley MacLaine
Belle de Jour (The Criterion Collection)
Commentary by Susie Bright and Linda Williams
Agency/Classes
Agent Services - Consult
Partial Client List
Books & Audio
Books I’ve Authored and Edited
Ebooks, Paperback, Hardback, and Audiobooks
The Bright List on Audible.com
Susie Audiobook Imprint, Editor and Executive Producer
Social Media
BlueSky
@susiebright
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