Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 11hmy hobby is getting pissed off at strangers on the internet 2327
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m stoked to have a poem in the latest issue of Waltz Journal. It involves nuclear war, the internet, and crows.waltzjournal.comDrive-Thru Lunch Under the Threat of Nuclear WarMy father’s in the backseat, eating chicken nuggets. We’re talking about snow like we know it, like we understand anything these days, waiting for the sky to go violet with siren and smoke. 0173
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I love Nigella on Bake Off but also I feel the absence of Prue on all levels, especially spiritually 091
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026just realized today is not friday and frankly i think that’s unfair 0162
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 19/09/2026nothing has gone right since taco bell took the meximelt off the menu 4338
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My review of Fifty Mothers, Preeti Vagani’s gorgeous debut collection from @riverriverbooks.bsky.social, is in the latest issue of @literarymama.bsky.social.literarymama.com"Sometimes We Love by Closing a Door": Grief, Mothering, and the Body in Preeti Vangani’s Fifty MothersFifty Mothers, Preeti Vangani’s debut collection, opens with a photograph of the first page of the diary her mother kept while in college in Mumbai. Her mother’s maiden name is scratched out, replaced... 1103
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026i do not understand onions, like wdym you want to make me cry while i take your clothes off 14112
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i think today should be a holiday and i think that holiday should be Go Back To Sleep Day 1293
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i ask for your thoughts during this difficult time. my mother has discovered romantasy 4221
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026my favorite thing about cat people is they can look at a tiny adorable kitten and think “oh that’s Trashbutt McMonsterpants right there” 0256
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026where does dracula go when he's sick? gothspital (please this is the one and only joke i have ever thought up in my life) 1716124
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026just rescued a lizard that got in the house and now i’m having a talk with my cat about how we don’t try to eat guests 1464
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 01/09/2026after 700,000 years i have finally posted a new substackemmabolden.substack.comThe Smoky EyeOr Why It’s Good to Be a Quitter 3100
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 29/08/2026i hope the plate disappears from all of my enemies’ microwaves 1196
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 26/08/2026some people simply should not have to get sick and die 0321
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Subway is a great place to see people make the worst possible decisions about sandwiches 36317
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 21/08/2026i’m not constantly spilling on myself, i’m just decorating my shirts 5112
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026sending my doctor a portal message to ask if he’s mad at me 0347
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 19/08/2026ever think about how your cat can’t change their clothes 4132
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026hello afternoon bluesky, i’m proud to have a poem in the latest issue of Four Way Review about pain, language, God, St. Teresa of Ávila, arrows, failure, and things I heard in creative writing workshops. you can visit it (and hear me read it!) here:fourwayreview.comI CONSIDER WHAT TO SAY WHEN MY DOCTOR ASKS ME TO DESCRIBE MY PAIN by Emma BoldenNothing. I can’t construct a sentence able to withholdthe weight of it; I can’t explain or calculate the kind of weightI mean, what it is that I am with or holding. In high school a teacher explain… 45711
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026good morning! i hate everything and want to go back to sleep 25410
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 14/08/2026what perfume am i wearing? oh, downy wrinkle releaser 2163
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 14/08/2026anyone who’s surprised a nun did a good job throwing the first pitch must not have gone to catholic school, their marker throwing arm is DEADLY 1223
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 12/08/2026i’ve been learning german for a few years now and let me tell you every single word i learn brings me so much joy, like butterfly is schmetterling. SCHMETTERLING! it’s so good!!! 1330
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 11/08/2026i’m on top of things but not like, knowing how long it takes to get to places where i regularly go on top of things 050
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 10/08/2026i’ve heard temu pronounce 26 wildly different ways and i’m pretty sure none of them were correct 181
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 07/08/2026my doctor sent my bloodwork results with no comment or context but no worries, google has diagnosed me with 2,673 diseases and conditions 2271
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 06/08/2026i wish there was a google for memories, like "who was the kid in first grade who ate crayons?" "where was that one weird mcdonalds with stairs?" "why was i so into musicals again?" 2275
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 05/08/2026i’m a vegetarian in the summer of 2026 so yeah you could call me a risk taker 1191
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 03/08/2026extremely pleased to see the clock app labels bts concert livestreams as “intense multi-lingual speed dating” 072
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 02/08/2026sometimes i think i’m a person who hates drama and then realize i’ve been following an online fight about a local coinstar machine for two weeks 1160
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 31/07/2026the nextdoor app in the summer in the south is great bc it's all just "what kind of snake is this" and "how poisonous is this" 1111
Reposted by Emma BoldenAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’ 731719904
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 28/07/2026and another thing about dawson’s creek: i’m sorry but it’s insane to say that joey and pacey were meant for each other from episode one, clearly and absolutely insane and this is pretty much the only hill i’m willing to die on 140
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 28/07/2026few things feel as wrong as dawson’s creek without the paula cole song 5174
Reposted by Emma BoldenDaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 26/07/2026personally, i think you look great in your goth gown, your honor 011433
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 26/07/2026after decades of struggle tonight i finally did it, i spelled vacuum correctly on the first try 1414825
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 24/07/2026if you're looking for some weekend reading, i've got a new essay thing up on substack about palmistry, doubt, dark nights of the soul, planarian worms, the world book encyclopedia, and writing (or not). you can visit it here:open.substack.comSplit LifeThis post is a writing workshop's nightmare, honestly. 091
Reposted by Emma BoldenFootball is here Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026They keep telling me media literacy is dead but then I see videos like this and I know it jot to be true 9057841464
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 24/07/2026pretty sure the neighborhood kids think i’m a witch and honestly it’s my greatest accomplishment 0212
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 21/07/2026if everyone could just stop being so much cooler than me that would be great 5181
Reposted by Emma BoldenThe Sierra Nevada Review @sierranevadareview.com · 18/07/2026Read Emma Bolden’s @emmabolden.bsky.social poem, “Sliding into Scale,” at sierranevadareview.com/emma-bolden-... 131
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 16/07/2026every once in a while i remember i’m a morning person and then i’m very disappointed in me 14111
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026nevermind, now it’s all white claw ads, my algorithm has righted itself 0111
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026i’m watching a show on tubi for the first time and it’s great except i keep getting commercials for funerals, is this normal or is this a special treat for me? 5172
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 11/07/2026so many problems in my life would be solved by taco bell bringing back the meximelt 138110
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026highly recommend getting your cat his own lil korean bbq 49210