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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them)

@brodyparrish.bsky.social
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📚The Patient is an Unreliable Historian 📚Boyish (Omnidawn Publishing) Louisiana -> AR -> Oregon for a good time call (918) 516-5195 to hear a poem let's get weird. let's get cozy. 💋

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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
O, & good shit comin soon. My next book of poems is done. And now i'm ass deep in a memoir suddenly? Be gay wise magic my beloveds ❤️‍🔥
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THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO WALK EACH OTHER HOME AT MIDNIGHT
A year in Oregon, A summer of Magic, and a reflection on what’s next
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
hi. i exist. if you'd like to follow my ramblings, i finally made good on my promise of a newsletter five years later. substack is the new xanga. follow me? queership.substack.com
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In honor of TDOV, but available always, dropping a link to TWANG Anthology's ebook! We broke out here so our site is down for the first time since 2018. Save, read, & share always/with many! That's the whole point: getting TGNC creators work out in our community :) drive.google.com/file/d/1IFD9...
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2020: TWANG Anthology (TGNC+ writers & artists tied to southern/midwestern us)
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
grateful. community read-a-loud in eugene, oregon of matt henriksen's the absence of knowing. ❤️
bpc lights a candle in front of project screen that reads title page the absence of knowing with a handful of friends gathered on floor of yoga studioa handful of friends looking toward projector screen sitting on the floor with husband visible in back on couches
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Literary Arts @literary-arts.org · 14/01/2026
✍️NEW TEACHER SPOTLIGHT✍️: Literary Arts is pleased to introduce award-winning poet Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) to our writing class roster! They are the author of ‘The Patient is an Unreliable Historian’ & ‘Boyish’. Learn more about Brody: lit-arts.org/brody_parrish_craig #pdx #pdxwriters
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AUTOCORRECT @autocorrectmag.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The second issue of AUTOCORRECT is live. Thank you to these fabulous poets and thank for reading. Send us your poems! www.autocorrectmag.com
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
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Mel Curth (She/They)
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive.
While you are entitled to your own personal beliefs, there is an appropriate time or place to implement them in your reflections. I encourage all students to question or challenge the course material with other empirical findings or testable hypotheses, but using your own personal beliefs to argue against the findings of not only this article, but the findings of countless articles across psychology, biology, sociology, etc. is not best practice.
You argue that abiding by normative gender roles is beneficial (it is perfectly fine to believe this. but to then say that evervone should act
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the same, while also saying that people aren't pressured into gendered expectations is contradictory, especially since your arguments reflect a religious pressure to act in gender-stereotypical ways. You can say that strict gender norms don't create gender stereotypes, but that isn't true by definition of what a stereotype is. Please note that acknowledging gender stereotypes does not immediately denote a negative connotation, a nuance this article discusses.
Additionally, to call an entire group of people
"demonic" is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population. You are entitled to your own beliefs, but this isn't a vague narrative of
"society pushes lies," but instead the result of countless years developing psychological and scientific evidence for these claims and directly interacting with the communities involved. You may personally disagree with this, but that
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doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed.
I implore you apply some more perspective and empathy in your work. If you personally disagree with the findings, then by all means share your criticisms, but make sure to do so in a way that is appropriate and using the methodology of empirical psychology, as aligned with the learning goals in this class. If you have any additional questions or concerns about this or would like some additional educational resources, I would be happy to discuss this further and provide you with them.
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Megan Waldron (She/Her/Hers)
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Samantha, I am the other instructor for this course, and I have also taken the time to read your paper. I concur with Mel on the grade you received. This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment.
Everyone has different ways in which they see the world, but in an academic course such as this you are being asked to support your ideas with empirical evidence and higher-level reasoning.
I find it concerning that you state at the beginning of your paper that you do not think bullying ("teasing") is a bad thing. In addition, your paper directly and harshly criticizes your peers and their opinions, which are just as valuable as yours. Disagreeing with others is fine, but there is a respectful way to go about it. That goes for discussion posts as well as reaction
papers.
Please employ more thoughtfulness in your future assignments
TPUSA OU
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
ah yes the three genders: bayou, butts & booze
bpc in mardi gras mask & femme friend in pink glasses pose on street corner in front of large red storefront sign reading BAYOU BUTTS & BOOZE
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing.
Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin.
We need more stories about us and our culture.
You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
alice wong was one of the most generous spirited writers i've ever had the pleasure to meet. her convo with me at sacf was truly life changing. just finished teaching year of the tiger last wk to a group of teens here in OR & her words live on in the ether
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
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FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
This wk, my book The Patient is an Unreliable Historian officially turned a year old! Gratitude for everyone who has read & engaged w my words this past year in the ether. This book's affirmation if summed up quickly: "You are worth so much more than yr productivity." All my love, BPC
chalkboard reads the paitient is an unreliable historian. taken in a community college classroom this wk out in cali. blue school desks in bottom of photo.
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
the day charlie kirk died my classroom teens first heard james baldwin & other poems in the try-light
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I PUT MY GIRLHOOD IN MY EYEBROWS SO I COULD SAVE WHAT I CALL BEAUTIFUL
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
HI! I recently moved to Oregon & would like to rekindle art/writing community ASAP. Who can say hi or make recs or connect me to opps from this area of the world? I gave up a LOT to trade some political & personal security outside the South & starting over is HARD! Queer Trans love to the front!
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"These cards are old. That's how they know you."--Alice Notley
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
HI! I recently moved to Oregon & would like to rekindle art/writing community ASAP. Who can say hi or make recs or connect me to opps from this area of the world? I gave up a LOT to trade some political & personal security outside the South & starting over is HARD! Queer Trans love to the front!
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
pacific
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
first swim & first hike in OR
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
1) i am v sleepy 2) i moved to oregon ❤️‍🔥
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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I made this list of Nonviolent Political Actions for Writers for a course I taught during TFG 1.0 on Writers & Resistance. Please share. You do not need to be a writer to participate. "You are here on this earth at this time. Don't act like you're not a part of what's going on."
Nonviolent Political Actions for Writers

1) Writing-speeches, letters, statements, flyers, leaflets, group letters, petitions...plus your poems, stories, plays, and commitment to making art as a person who desires a better world.

2) Banners bumperstickers, t-shirts, protest signs, sky-writing, sidewalk chalk, broadcasts, social media posts, articles, editorials, displays of language in public places.

3) Symbolic Acts-pickets, marches, prayer circles, vigils, mock awards, delivering symbolic objects (pies, dildos, dead flowers, glasses of water delivered by citizens of Flint, MI, to their local politicians, etc), displays of flags or other symbolic objects (in the Polish Solidarity movement, members wore electronic "resistors" from radios), public performances, satire, costumes (pussy hats at the Women's March; nuns' habits worn by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, etc.), disrobings, die-ins, mock funerals, effigies, puppets.

4) Public disapproval-whistles, bullhorns, assemblies, sit-ins, stand-ins, ride-ins, solidarity with those being attacked (Angel Action against the Westboro Baptist Church, US Veterans acting as "Human Shields" to protect the Standing Rock protesters), walk-outs, silence, withholding approval, turning one's back, boycott, sanctuary, total personal non-cooperation, conscientious objector status.

5) Witness-At any level of action, remember that action speaks louder with words. You not only have to be willing to participate, you must be willing to testify. You are here on this earth at this time. Don't act like you're not a part of what's going on.
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
my friend esz is working at womens supportive housing on skid row in LA & brought my book in for a poetry workshop w folks alongside a few others & someone loved it so much they stole it & i feel like i have peaked writing this 😇
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AUTOCORRECT @autocorrectmag.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Issue One is live:
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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Issue 21 is here! ✨️ variantlit.com/issue-twenty...
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ISSUE TWENTY-ONE
Visit the post for more.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/06/2025
Another world is possible if we fight for it.
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FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...
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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Mug shot

Convicted for being a weedhead tramp in 1944
SAN DIEGO
Weedhead, tramp
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
reading Boyish in Nola for its 4yr pub anniversary at the pulpit was an absolute fever dream. not to mention all the people & poems & other moments & friends. much love to my lousiaina peeps! 🌈🐊🏳️‍⚧️
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
what up shreveport
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Reading in Nola TONGHT! Bar Redux. 730pm. 🐊🌈
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
water
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
plz share & donate if you can!! ❤️🌈
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
(918) 516-5195 ☎️
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
happy holi 🌈
bpc holding 2 cups of powder bedecked at holi celebration in nwabpc kissing husband on cheek in powder covered shirts/faces/beardsbpc & sassy friend simone at table covered in powder at holi event
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Horizonless as it is dark, you hydroplane into another's house. You do not enter as you. Do not enter. Simile for gate-- call (918)516-5195 to hear the rest ❤️💪💄
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periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
newly posted: Process Note #55 : Brody Parrish Craig / @brodyparrish.bsky.social @omnidawn.bsky.social @mawsheinwin.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/04/proc...
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Process Note #55 : Brody Parrish Craig
The 'process notes' pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections fo...
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
👀👀👀
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
the queerest of the ozarks: daytrip kisses at rattlesnake creek falls
tattooed shirtless bpc in yellow mossy oak hat kisses tattooed shirtless black bearded husband in green hat in front of waterfall
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Scorpion and frog "the scorpion won't sting me if i grovel and beg enough"
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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
this week's vm poem went up yesterday to honor black balloon day & lives lost to overdose/substances. call 918-516-5195 to hear me read "I'll Go In the Morning" for a loved one whose shirt i kept forever before i got the news, just in case he made it back. Feel free to share yr own stories with me 🫂
remnants of text on building near vigil that reads "we are here unless we are not"
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This weekend, we recommend you do: 💫 One thing to take care of someone else 💫 One thing to take care of yourself 💫 One act of resistance Also: 💫 Take a walk if you can 💫 And READ!!!! Have a great weekend, friends! 💖
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
me & my husband
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"I have no mind. It hurt me too much." --Alice Notley, In the Pines
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Brody Parrish Craig (they/them) @brodyparrish.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
TOMORROW!!
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