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ryanashleyanderson

@femmeintheory.bsky.social
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writer • endurance artist • creative dir. • curator /// managing editor @poolpartymag /// fallgirls.com • ryanashleyanderson.com

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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Wow! I don’t even know what to say. It’s been so wonderful working with an getting to know Sarp. Thank you for this humbling nomination!
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Thad DeVassie @thaddevassie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
When the Red-Headed Pilgrim & the band of lifeguards @poolpartymag.com welcome you to their inflatable, of course you say, HELL YASSS! Grateful that @kevinmaloney.net @femmeintheory.bsky.social & @brianstephenellis.bsky.social let this micro skinny-dip its way in. poolpartymag.com/why-song-of-...
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Why Song of Songs Is No Longer Required Reading for Youth Group by Thad DeVassie
It is reminiscent of late-night Cinemax. It is a telenovela, juicy parts only. The book is rightfully missing from children’s early reader versions. It is making the youth pastor blush.
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"that you became a stranger hardened like a fossil in my gut, heavy and haunting when I lie in bed darkly, sleepless, wondering if you worried today, what you ate, if you laughed" @femmeintheory.bsky.social is back in The Bulb Region today with a deeply personal, elegiac poem. 🔗 below!
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
@aaronburch.bsky.social hitting that @therumpus.net marketing email preview text! 🔥 great piece by @barrettbowlin.bsky.social
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Kevin Maloney @kevinmaloney.net · 08/02/2026
Just finished TACOMA yesterday and holy shit!!! Immediately one of my favorite indie books of all time. Wild and fun and free. Haven’t felt this way about a book since Nagel’s DUPLEX. Soooooooooooo good 📚🔥🧨
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Cannot WAIT to read all the reviews of Bad Bunny’s halftime show 🤤 👊 🔥
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Can’t protest publicly, March, or close your business? You CAN cancel your Spotify and Amazon Prime accounts and you can also resist shopping today :)
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Oof! Just read this one: so much packed into a small space. Motherhood, precarity, grief, imagination, brief, innocent childhood. Loved it.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Anybody notice the frequent use of “breakthrough” in The Pit? “Breakthrough pain” was invented by the Sackler family to justify dosage increases. It became the mantra of patients & doctors and is now inextricably linked to the opioid crisis. That it’s being used in this medical drama is SUSS!
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I really loved this one and think you will, too. Plus, it features “Aaron” ( @aaronburch.bsky.social ) 🔥
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, do yourselves a favor and make sure to read this amazing memoir piece in @xraylitmag.bsky.social by The Bulb Region writer Ryan-Ashley Anderson (@femmeintheory.bsky.social). xraylitmag.com/nobodys-daug...
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NOBODY'S DAUGHTER by Ryan-Ashley Anderson
I was almost five years old, it was Christmas day, and I knew something was wrong because I’d gotten everything I’d asked for: a blue and white-checked gingham romper with buttons up the front; black,...
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Really enjoyed 5 90s Bands by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social www.havehashad.com/hadposts/mol...
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MOLLY AND I SEE FIVE 90S BANDS by Emily Costa
At the Creed concert, which is also the Tonic concert, a woman rubs a bald man’s head. A man dressed like Ernest P. Worrell finds his seat. We see many gray ponytails. Do you remember American Pie, To...
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
So many bangers, but a few that came to mind first… 1776 by @kevinmaloney.net is an all timer for me www.havehashad.com/hadposts/1776
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1776 by Kevin Maloney
I have a high fever and can’t stop coughing, but Martha’s drunk and America is 242 years old. She calls me from her tiny house compound and says, “Get over here, dummy. There’s a party. Everybody’s he...
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Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · 17/01/2026
“We spend the evening watching VH1 Pop-Up Videos and reading bible verses before turning on Ghost…” Our managing editor @femmeintheory.bsky.social has an amazing piece up at @bulbregion.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 bulbregion.com/Booby-Traps-...
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Booby Traps, by Ryan-Ashley Anderson — The Bulb Region
Booby Traps — Ryan-Ashley Anderson THE FIRST TIME I KISS A GIRL, I’m nine years...
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I’ve been reading and rereading and revisiting this piece on so many occasions since I read it the first time. Don’t miss it if you can.
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
finally having a quiet moment to dig into @bulbregion.bsky.social... and there's two new stories! started with this @femmeintheory.bsky.social stunner. so good! "If we don’t have a name for it, we can’t be punished, right? Can you be punished for breaking a rule you didn’t know?"
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Booby Traps, by Ryan-Ashley Anderson — The Bulb Region
Booby Traps — Ryan-Ashley Anderson THE FIRST TIME I KISS A GIRL, I’m nine years...
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
THE BULB REGION is now online! 🚀🚀🚀 Make sure to read our four inaugural pieces at: www.bulbregion.com —
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
These nostalgic homages are 🔥
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 12/01/2026
The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Two to pre-order: @kerrischlottman.bsky.social’s DAYTIME MOON & Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK. I recently finished the former & am now reading the latter. Wildly different books, they share a thread: the complication of searching for one’s own identity while navigating chaos, precarity, and loss.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
A favorite from the title essay: “On two occasions around that time [2000], I objected to the behavior of a man, only to be told that the incidents hadn’t happened at all as I had said, that I was subjective, delusional, overwrought, dishonest—in a nutshell, female.” — @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Hand comes into frame from the right, lightly holding a book in their lap. The book, called MEN WHO EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME,” has an indigo cover and white text, and sits in contrast atop dark grey denim. A dark yellow mechanical pencil also lay in the lap, overlapping a bit with the hem of a heather gray t-shirt. The book WOMEN ON ICE sits out of focus and partially obscured in the background.
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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
They settled on 2,500 words b/c we read @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social's story "Ghost" and they decided that was a length they liked--"kinda long, but without feeling long," so someone copy/pasted the text into Word to get an exact count, then rounded up. Editing!
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Ghost by Kevin Maloney
originally published by Hobart, October 2014 re-animated by HAD, October 2021 Two days before Halloween I caught my wife having sex with my best friend Dave in a position we’d never trie...
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Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This one pretty much sums up the relationship I have with poetry and - who am I kidding? - with myself 😬😬. Thanks so much to @poolpartymag.com for publishing it recently; they’re doing really cool stuff 📱
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
(1) The last time I was this scared of somebody, I was 13. I had been drugged, then raped on videotape, & that night it was projected at a punk show. Many of my classmates were there. W/in weeks, I had been doxxed online b/f there was a word for it …
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
You’re gonna want to read this one!
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Don’t understand how ppl and org’s can identify as “radically feminist” while also identifying as trans-exclusionary. Trans women are NOT men who have just cavalierly decided they “feel like women” in order to infiltrate women’s spaces. To claim that is utterly ridiculous & not based in evidence.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Am I broken? Really thought more was going to happen in the White Lotus finale after being strung along all season. The only thing that surprised me was Chelsea dying. Everything else was either jump scares or predictable mayhem (obvi Walton Goggins was going to kill his own father, for ex.) 😒
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The is poem rife with hauntingly evocative imagery.
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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 01/04/2025
Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I wanna know how much the copywriter who wrote the new “You can’t win. So win.” headline for Nike. It’s surprisingly bad.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
You win some, you lose some.
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Rejection Letters @rejectionlit.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
babe, wake up! @kevinmkearney.bsky.social's novel, FREELANCE, is available for pre-order!!! asterismbooks.com/product/free...
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Freelance: A Novel | Asterism Books
Simon McNamara might only be 19, but he knows he’s destined for greatness. Sure, he barely finished high school. And, okay, he’s hopelessly in love with Angelica, an OnlyFans girl who constantly remin...
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🥹 so excited to share this new essay.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Always astounded when I get chats like this from customers. And I love using the opportunity to put my feminism into action.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I keep LinkedIn notifications turned on so that when I see alerts for promotion updates and posts like, “Top 5 Hiring Trends for 2025,” the feeling of disgust which rises up inside me confirms I’m on the right path.
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Are people just afraid to be actual critics these days? I fear the make-nice-ness of the PNW has infected the rest of the country. I know for a fact that there are other critics of this season’s Severance (one is a TV writer) but no one’s writing about it. The heck?
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
OK…unnecessary plot tangents, plot holes, and the overuse of capsule eps notwithstanding, the last 5 mins of the Severance finale could have carried the season had there been actual tension. Unfortunately, we were set up from the start at the birthing cabins to expect Mark S. to choose Helly 🫥
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We killin’ baby animals now? 🥺
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Marching band? I’m sorry but wtf is happening?
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Kierbot show host?
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Milchik knows how to run?
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Pop-up card was legit 🧇
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Have no fear. Kier is near!
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The hallways lighting is scawwy
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Can we get Severance a better portrait artist?
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I’m sorry but is anybody else getting weed gummy writing room naval-gazing masturbation vibes from this season finale? You know which show I’m talking about 👀
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
@charleneelsby.bsky.social's VIOLENT FACULTIES was my entrée into horror lit & for those of you who know her work, you know that choice was a straight-up cannonball. Had no idea what I was in for 🤪 Can’t express how honored I am to have been able to review her newest, and hope you give it a read <3
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Have you ever pooped your pants as an adult? Asking for a friend 👀
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ryanashleyanderson @femmeintheory.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Yesss!!! So thrilled to publish this gloriously bloody revenge story by @janstinchcomb.bsky.social !! Give it a read 🩸🐷🎳
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