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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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Susie, Lana, and Lily talking about Bound
Video commentary
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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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The Rigors of the Wised-Up Writing Prof
Why good writing teachers are really private investigators
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May 2025

Alison Bechdel Knows What Happened To Your Money — and your Sex Life
A little comic book for disintegrating democracy — you’ve got it!
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Maps Don't Lie (People Do)
When California was an Island, & 'Girl Talk' Oceanography— A Day at the Osher Map Library
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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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