Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I reviewed Emily Eakin’s “The Frenchmen” — a memoir / intellectual history / group biography of Althusser, Lacan, Foucault, Barthes, Deleuze, Guattari, Derrida, and De Man—for @newyorker.com 031
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricisarah thankam mathews @smathewss.bsky.social · 20/07/2026newwwwwww ting out <3 1289
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciMychal Denzel Smith @mychaldenzelsmith.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I wrote about America's 250th by way of America's 200th, exploring the ways Richard Pryor and Gil Scott-heron gave voice to some bicentennial dissent Excited to publish this essay with @nplusonemag.com and to have worked on it with the brilliant @dtortorici.bsky.social 0115
Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The “general response to Midway Blitz [was] an aggrieved, futile attempt to correct someone who has violently misinterpreted reality.” Over and over, Chicagoans pointed “to the normality of life as a defense against the menacing accusations” of ICE and CPB www.nplusonemag.com/issue-53/pol...nplusonemag.comICE in Autumn | Morley MusickOscar Martinez’s remarks were emblematic of a more general response to Midway Blitz: an aggrieved, futile attempt to correct someone who has violently misinterpreted reality. Over and over, I heard Ch... 031
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 11/05/2026n+1 is looking for an Audience Manager to help us grow our subscriber base! All who love to scheme about ways to keep little magazines alive are encouraged to apply by May 18: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comn+1 Seeks Audience Managern+1 is seeking a full-time Audience Manager to work in our Brooklyn office. Compensation will range from $60,000 to $64,000 and includes health and dental insurance. n+1 is a print magazine of literat... 054
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciOnni Ahvonen @ahvonenonni.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This essay by Emily Callaci on the complex history of the Wages for Housework Campaign in @nplusonemag.com is one of the most engaging texts I've read in a long while. Billions must-read. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/ess...nplusonemag.comIn the Wages for Housework Archives | Emily CallaciThe feminists got headaches and worked so relentlessly that they forgot to eat. They smoked too much and made half-hearted attempts to quit. They sent each other presents — articles of clothing, a cop... 02114
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciMichaële Cutaya @michaelecutaya.bsky.social · 07/03/2026After a couple of weeks during which the Femonationalist French collective Nemesis has been making headlines, this review by @dtortorici.bsky.social of @reproutopia.bsky.social's new book 'Enemy Femnisms' in the lastest issue of @nplusonemag.com has been very enlightening. now on to the real thing. 022
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciLaleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 19/01/2026A brilliant analysis of how sanctions have transformed the Iranian government into a Chicago School regime of austerity that benefits those attached to the regime, creates precarious labour, and rolls back all the redistributive and social measures of the past: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/... 48843
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciSam Sacks @ssacks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026At n+1, Justin Taylor is typically excellent on the oeuvre of Katherine Dunn--which, with the inclusion of some posthumously published work, is much more than that one famous book www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comYou Are Who Eats You | Justin TaylorDunn was quite possibly the last writer anyone would have expected to resurface, after nearly two decades of silence, with the 1989 bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award. 1102
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 19/01/2026In 2019, the late Asad Haider wrote about Martin Luther King, Jr. “In the declaration of solidarity across every border, he offered a vision of freedom that extends to all.” www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comMartin Luther King Jr. and the Meaning of EmancipationAs a theorist of inequality, King is our contemporary. But he was also a philosopher of equality, and thus of emancipation. At the core of his thought one finds the political subjectivity that the civ... 1103
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciSophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · 17/01/2026"What are the red flags of enemy feminism? For starters, fear: an emphasis on danger over pleasure; a preoccupation with purity; technophobia; congealed opinion; resistance to surprise or novelty; and the desire for strong borders.... But by far the most common feature of enemy feminism is racism." 29928
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciSophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Literally the dream review - not only does Dayna *get it*, she illuminates the stakes of what I was trying to do in ways I needed to have explained back to me / didn't totally grasp or know how to articulate. I'm so thrilled I could die 26814
Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I wrote about @reproutopia.bsky.social's excellent book "Enemy Feminisms: Terfs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation" for the new @nplusonemag.com 17927
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciAlyson K. Spurgas @alysonkspurgas.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Congratulations to Laurie Bertram Roberts, our 2025 Ann Snitow Prize winner! If you are interested in learning more about Roberts' work and the award, join us at the online awards ceremony on Tues Dec 9 at 6pm! annsnitowprize.comannsnitowprize.comAnnouncing the winner of the 2025 Ann Snitow Prize: Laurie Bertram Roberts - The Ann Snitow PrizeNew York – November 27, 2025 The Organizing Committee of the Ann Snitow Prize is thrilled to name Laurie Bertram Roberts its sixth annual honoree. The $12,000 award recognizes a feminist of outstandin... 111
Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Join us at 6 PM EST on Zoom tonight for a conversation with Ann Snitow Prize winner Laurie Bertram Roberts and Debbie Nathan about organizing for reproductive justice in the deep south. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 020
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciCarolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I did this and it's wildly entertaining and yes I bought a book. 1154
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 16/11/2025We’re already halfway through Bookmatch! Take the quiz before it’s gone. secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo... 093
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 12/11/2025Parochial when he needed to be, in victory Mamdani was borderless, gesturing to so many of the countries whose emigrants populated New York City. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comDebs, Nehru, Mamdani | J. K. Mehta, José Sanchez, Nikil Saval, Colin Vanderburg“I am a democratic socialist.” These words were really spoken by an American politician on live TV, just hours after being elected to govern a city with a population greater than that of all but twelv... 0163
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 03/11/2025🚨 Bookmatch is back! 🚨 From now until December 2, make a donation of any amount to n+1 and we’ll send you the Bookmatch quiz—a personality test that will generate a reading list tailored to your tastes and whims. Try the quiz here: secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo... 05017
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The @nplusonemag.com book match quiz is funny--I even cackled--and then the book recommendations included 3 favorites. A good time for a good cause: secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...secure.givelively.org 2266
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 30/09/2025This essay bangs. It gets at a specific problem with how AI is being sold to us--or how the industry is getting us to sell it to ourselves-- that I haven't seen described this clearly anywhere. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...nplusonemag.comLarge Language Muddle | The EditorsThe AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ... 28126
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025All the reasons not to give in to generative AI. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...nplusonemag.comLarge Language Muddle | The EditorsThe AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ... 013434
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 24/09/2025“Within the experimental enclosure, you say things you didn’t think you could possibly say. Then you see others see you saying them, and then you do it again.” Now out from behind the paywall: @lilyscherlis.bsky.social on group relations. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/ess...nplusonemag.comExperiences in Groups | Lily ScherlisThe more experienced attendees explain that here, one’s individual experience is seen as a symptom of the group’s dynamics. If someone is physically ill, it is because the system needs to eject someon... 082
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciCaleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 25/09/2025“We will go on like this for two weeks, some of us losing our minds through sheer proximity to other people. The conversation eventually devolves into a kind of libidinal dodgeball.” @lilyscherlis.bsky.social tries to find out what Bion's group relations has to say about contemporary political lifenplusonemag.comExperiences in Groups | Lily ScherlisThe more experienced attendees explain that here, one’s individual experience is seen as a symptom of the group’s dynamics. If someone is physically ill, it is because the system needs to eject someon... 021
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciJillian Steinhauer @jilnotjill.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Bless the @nplusonemag.com editors for coining the term "a single-use plastic of the mind" to describe AI www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...nplusonemag.comLarge Language Muddle | The EditorsThe AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ... 14612
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 16/09/2025This is long, but worth it. Some choice quotes: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the... >> 45521
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciJack @jacknorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025thank you @nplusonemag.com for publishing this piece about the infrastructure of deportation in rural Kentucky and beyond www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/pol...nplusonemag.comICE in Harlan County | Jack Norton and Judah ScheptMore and bigger detention infrastructure follows a strict logic of “if you build it, they will fill it.” Larger county jails not only enable the incarceration of more people by local police; they also... 0135
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciWm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 16/09/2025"When we use generative AI, we stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts." www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...nplusonemag.comLarge Language Muddle | The EditorsThe AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ... 0162
Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social · 08/04/2025AUTHORITY, by the inimitable Andrea Long Chu, is out today from @fsgbooks.bsky.social! shop.nplusonemag.com/products/aut... Livestream tickets are still available for her launch tomorrow with Arielle Angel—(4/9) at The Center for Fiction, 7PM: centerforfiction.org/event/on-ame...shop.nplusonemag.comAuthority, by Andrea Long ChuA bold, provocative collection of essays on one of the most urgent questions of our time: What is authority when everyone has an opinion on everything?Since her canonical 2017 essay “On Liking Women,”... 001
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 20/02/2025Read Tom’s O. Henry–prize winning short story “Inversion of Marcia” on our website, where we’ve taken all his stories out from behind the paywall: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-27/fic...nplusonemag.comInversion of Marcia | Thomas BoltMy sister grabbed a sheet, tripped on it, ran out of the room naked. I stepped back, mouth open. Marcia’s bare feet pounded down the hall. A door slammed. Alicia was naked, too, but she didn’t move. “... 042
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 20/02/2025In today’s newsletter: a note from n+1 coeditor @dtortorici.bsky.social about our contributor Thomas Bolt, who died last month at age 65. 193
Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Tonight at the 92nd street Y I'll be moderating a conversation about Alba de Céspedes and her debut novel "There's No Looking Back" newly translated into English by Ann Goldstein, with Goldstein, Judith Thurman, and Joanna Biggs! Tickets here: www.92ny.org/event/on-alb...92ny.org 120
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/02/2025honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking! 1489457926668
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/02/2025According to a senior CDC official, some of the pages that were removed on Friday have been reinstated due to backlash from the scientific community and the public. Keep speaking up, it matters! 163289925
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025When I wrote this 11 days ago, I genuinely did not think they would move this quickly or aggressively, but what we are witnessing is very much state capture donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-dange...donmoynihan.substack.comDOGE: Dangerous Oligarchs Grab EverythingWhat Marc Andreessen revealed about the tech-industrial complex 21790253
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Twitter was a social media website employing 7500 people. The federal government employees ~3 million people and touches every part of your day—roads, planes, schools, healthcare, food safety, Social Security and on and on. We’re going to learn the hard way that we’ve been taking it for granted 16524
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025How can anyone in their right mind ignore this letter from Caroline Kennedy about her cousin, RFK Jr.? 1650340937966
Reposted by Dayna Tortoricin+1 @nplusonemag.com · 24/01/2025New online: Saree Makdisi on the ceasefire in Gaza. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comThey Make a Wasteland and Call It Peace | Saree MakdisiThe Roman historian Tacitus once chronicled the last speech of Calgacus, a Caledonian chieftain rousing his troops to resist the foreign invaders of their land. “To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they g... 15819
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciLi Lai • Mediaversity is @VIFFest26 @mediaversityreviews.com · 06/01/2025"Blockbuster punished customers for being forgetful; Netflix rewarded them for being mindless." - Will Tavlin via @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...nplusonemag.comCasual Viewing | Will TavlinA decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer... 084
Reposted by Dayna TortoriciIvan Kreilkamp @ivan812.bsky.social · 05/01/2025The @nplusonemag.com essay on the enshittification of Netflix is excellent, but for a palate-cleanser, also check out this smart essay on Radu Jude, whose brilliant & crazy films are the antithesis of the TNM (Typical Netflix Movie) 172
Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I interviewed Jordan Thomas, a former wildland firefighter and cultural anthropologist who researches Indigenous burning practices, to understand why megafires in California burn the way they do. A helpful and ultimately hopeful conversation: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comFire-evolved | Dayna Tortorici and Jordan ThomasThe job parameters for wildland firefighters haven’t changed significantly since the 1980s. What has changed significantly since the ’80s is the climate. So essentially, they’re working with the job e... 0103