Our fifth installment in the Chicago Renaissance series is an essay about Megan Stielstra (@meganstielstra.bsky.social)—and her book The Wrong Way to Save Your Life (2017, @harpercollins.bsky.social)—by Julia Fine (@finejuli.bsky.social).
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So you're saying I *shouldn't* open with my Tupperware mlm
FREE! TONIGHT! FOR WRITERS! An online intro to publishing class with the brilliant @finejuli.bsky.social to kick off @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's monthlong Pub Crawl (where you can learn a LOT more about publishing), but tonight is commitment-free and you can just get the lay of the land! 1/
No Kings is projected on to a mountainside above the town’s lights
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.
Thank you @finejuli.bsky.social! I could not put this book down, riveting and fascinating!
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
Yes indeeeeeed
Now serving ep. 375D: Margaux Eliot stopped by to talk about HONEYMOON STAGE, which explores early 2000s culture via a former production assistant’s descent into the confusion, chaos, and karmic consequences of reality TV. @finejuli.bsky.social
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Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
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thank you, Matt!
If this picture of my empire of Jell-O shots speaks to your soul, that's your sign to read HONEYMOON STAGE
For him? Gosh I hope so -H
God I hope so, or I have been putting in all this effort for nothing.
can't believe we have to do another full year of this robocop cosplay starving children golden ballroom bs before the midterms
I have a book out today, so obviously my agent and I have been discussing each character's vote in the NYC election.
Anyway: it's about early 2000s reality TV and identity performance and trust, I'm proud of it, it's on sale today, and its main gal would go for Zohran
"Do we feel better about ourselves and the fact that we are not billionaires, because we can sit here making fun of them?"
@finejuli.bsky.social (Margaux Eliot)'s interview with @awolfson.bsky.social on her new book "Honeymoon Stage” (Little A) is out now.
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In my first article for Newcity magazine, I spoke with @finejuli.bsky.social (writing as Margaux Eliot) about Honeymoon Stage, her "MTV reality show book" 🎬🌴💄
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
Where did everyone from the golden age of lit twitter ultimately end up settling down? Feeling especially bummed right now about the loss of that community.
So proud of Chicago right now. We show up for each other.
my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
Dwarves would be so offended (dwarfs? Very upsetting)
The answer is The Hobbit part one
Guess what age-inappropriate movie my 5yo was watching when she said "they're not his friends, they're just some elves who came randomly to his house!"
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Fun & clever & kept me up late—go preorder!
Get in, we're reading oldschool Ishiguro
Very funny to me that when my 8yo asks about MLB trades, he says "what did he evolve from?"
