Enjoy this fun but of Florida man lore…dangerclams.substack.com/p/kid-rock-walks-into-a-...

After I Cut Off Contact With My Mother, She Texted My Child 7 Words — And It Forced Me To Confront Some Hard Truths "She relentlessly tried to contact my kids regardless of my wishes or theirs.”

New essay up at @huffpost.com today about what estrangement from my mom has taught me about parenting.
www.huffpost.com/entry/family...

I’ve Done Everything Right, and I Still Have Six-Figure Debt. So I’ve Made a Radical Choice. I’ve done everything right, and I still have six-figure debt. So I’ve made a radical choice.

So pleased to work with the incredible @slate editors on this vulnerable essay

slate.com/life/2026/01...

About - DANGER CLAMS creative survival in a fxcked up world. Click to read DANGER CLAMS, by Asha Dore, a Substack publication.

The world is ending all the time. Let's party in a semi productive way over on my new substack.

Comics, rants, actual survival tips. Hit me up if you want to participate.

I'm not paying or asking to be paid. I'm just happy to be here.
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Thank you!!

"The audience for women’s stories like this one is strong, huge, and hungry. We aren’t going to stop telling them. We aren’t waiting for someone to unlock the cage."

Excellent essay @ashadore.bsky.social

Every word of @lidiamiles.bsky.social is an offering that I greedily devour.

On Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Anti-Memoir” The Chronology of Water Like many others, I first encountered Lidia Yuknavitch’s work when a friend thrust her pages into my hands. I didn’t consider myself a writer at the time, or even a reader. As a kid, I had devoured…

“I believe there are even more out there, a sea of us, lying in wait for a new friend to shove works like The Chronology of Water into our hands.” @ashadore.bsky.social considers Lidia Yuknavitch’s “anti-memoir.”

On the Grief—and the Joy—of Parental Estrangement

Doing my part to normalize healthy estrangement today in #Vogue www.vogue.com/article/on-t...

The Danger in Filling Out “Organ Inventory” Forms - Dame Magazine If you’re living in a state where abortion is restricted, you may find signs posted around the doctor’s waiting room reminding you that it is illegal for your medical provider to facilitate an abortio...

@lastweektonight.com I hope you’ll consider covering organ inventories and medical monopolies in the US.

www.damemagazine.com/2025/07/24/t...

The Danger in Filling Out “Organ Inventory” Forms - Dame Magazine If you’re living in a state where abortion is restricted, you may find signs posted around the doctor’s waiting room reminding you that it is illegal for your medical provider to facilitate an abortio...

In states where abortion and gender-affirming care are restricted or banned, medical data collection on cis women and trans people can make going to the doctor a crime.

The Danger in Filling Out “Organ Inventory” Forms - Dame Magazine If you’re living in a state where abortion is restricted, you may find signs posted around the doctor’s waiting room reminding you that it is illegal for your medical provider to facilitate an abortio...

Thank you @damemagazine.bsky.social for working on this piece of investigative journalism with me. www.damemagazine.com/2025/07/24/t...

Thank you so much for spending time with me and for the beautiful and crucial work you do <3

While Lawmakers Debate My Child’s Rights, I’m Teaching Him To Live Joyfully “I’m afraid on my kid’s behalf. I want to protect him from a world that so often struggles to accept him.”

I feel really lucky to have had the chance to meet and learn from @bebedeluxe.bsky.social & @amethysta.io & Ashley T Brundage and Rebecca Minor for my latest at @huffpost.com

www.huffpost.com/entry/protec...

When I was 12, I read Vogue at Books-a-million dreaming that a mall model search would land me on the pages. My dad used to dance around, joking that he’d be a great cover girl, too. I could not be more pleased to prove him right, today.

www.vogue.com/article/what...

In the aftermath of a storm, @ashadore.bsky.social wanders the familiar, now decimated, streets of her childhood with her dog Nollie. Her late father's words come back to her as she considers what it means to return home. buff.ly/HwLMu4s

Nest — PINCH By Asha Dore I woke when I hit the hardwood floor. I sat straight up and looked around: Giant bed. Rainbow dresser. Open window behind the bed. Hot salt wind. Morning. Where’s Dad? I stood and ...

Really pleased to share this essay at The Pinch www.pinchjournal.com/blog-posts/n...

Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Emily Parzybok. Text is “It’s not unlike the relief of throwing up food you wish you hadn’t eaten."

Today's excerpt comes to us from #JackStrawWriter Emily Parzybok.

An Easier Story (Excerpt)

#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2022 #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth2025

Totally Biased Review with Ronit Plank in conversation with Asha Dore YouTube video by parley lit

Thank you so much for having me on, Totally Biased Reviews, @ashadore.bsky.social

I loved talking about memoir writing with you — structure, story, navigating family, and so much more.

youtu.be/gIl0dS-R0E0

What the Assault on Public Education Means for Kids with Disabilities The future of the Department of Education may hinge on the world views of two billionaires who abhor what they perceive as weakness and waste.

The future of the Department of Education—and of the students with disabilities who depend on it—will likely hinge on the world views of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two billionaires who abhor what they perceive as weakness and waste.

I need to get better about posting here 🦋 If you’re in or around #Seattle next Monday, join us for the performance of my half animated fake zombie bonanza, with lollipops

Trump and Musk Are Pushing for Regime Change The president and his allies are trying to replace the American political system with something else.

“Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation,” writes @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.

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‘Why do you use that thing?’ My daughter who uses a wheelchair had the perfect response Kids’ curiosity can be embarrassing — but I think it can also teach us something.

First clip in @todayshow.com ❤️⚡️

www.today.com/parents/essa...

No Longer My Mother’s Keeper After a lifetime of taking care of her — often when she didn’t deserve it — I realized my own kids needed me more.

"No Longer My Mother's Keeper" by @ashadore.bsky.social | @thecut.com
www.thecut.com/article/not-...

Book Review in Conversation with the editor of Split Lip Press — storytelling is a performance Totally Biased Review with Split Lip Press and Asha Dore

Thanks to @ashadore.bsky.social and Parley Lit for this interview about our press! Kristine goes long and specific on lots of press process, press past, and press plaudits lol www.parleylit.com/review-split...

Kathleen Alcalá sitting in a room with a large bookshelf full of books in the background.

Kathleen Alcalá has selected the 2025 Jack Straw Writers: Mateo Acuña, Hillary Behrman, @ashadore.bsky.social, Makayla Danielle Gay, Jenny Harrington, Bill Hollands, Sigrun Susan Lane, Nhatt Nichols, Monique Ouk, @jasonprokowiew.bsky.social, Mia Tong, and @connorwatkinsxu.bsky.social

No Longer My Mother’s Keeper After a lifetime of taking care of her — often when she didn’t deserve it — I realized my own kids needed me more.

I’ll kick off my little corner of this new land with this essay, out in @thecut.com today www.thecut.com/article/not-...

Im also not a fan of Black Friday but super glad you posted this! I’ve been looking for a decent one piece for like a decade.