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Melissa Petro

@melissapetro.bsky.social
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Author of SHAME ON YOU: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification (Putnam Books 2024)

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Melissa Petro @melissapetro.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
bahaha!
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Sophie Murguia @sophiemurguia.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I'm looking for pitches for @MotherJones' print culture section, Mixed Media! These are ~2,000-word essays that combine reporting, cultural criticism, historical research, and/or personal narrative. More details in our pitch guidelines here: www.motherjones.com/contribute/w...
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Mieke Marple @miekemarple.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Shame: one of my favorite things to read about... one of my least favorite things to feel.... Here's a review I wrote for @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social about @melissapetro.bsky.social 's Shame On You www.zyzzyva.org/2024/11/04/b...
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'Bad' Women: 'Shame on You' by Melissa Petro – ZYZZYVA
“Brown,” as in Brené Brown, is mentioned forty-two times in Melissa Petro’s investigative memoir, Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of
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Ethan Lou @ethanlou.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is my regular callout for pitches for the Globe and Mail's business opinion section. Pitch me at elou@globeandmail.com. For reference, these are the pieces that have run in my section: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com....
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Business Opinion
The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative business news in Canada, featuring columnists who give their take on the world of business
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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I'm always proud of the @phillymag.com staff, but especially on days like today.
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Philadelphia Magazine Included in This Year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing
Food editor Kae Lani Palmisano's work has been selected for the anthology alongside stories from the New York Times, Food and Wine, Saveur, and more.
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Would you like to write for New Scientist? We always work with freelancers, but occasionally I put out a call like this for new writers. I'm looking for 300-700 word news stories about new discoveries. Don't pitch us press releases or the big journals, we have those covered. Pay starts at 51p/word
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