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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Due to a distribution glitch, my memoir is now out-of-print. Paperbacks are gone. Not many hardbacks available. If you want a copy, best way is to order directly from PRH. Photos from recent Hungry Brain event/ #chicagoliteraryhalloffame by #Ronitbezalel www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605368...

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Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer: 9781984820303 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies “Golem Girl is luminous; a...

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"On the sofa sits a cushion with Danny De Vito’s face on it. “I love him,” Reynolds explains. “I don’t know if he’s got a form of dwarfism, but I call him a closet dwarf. I have a list of them.”

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

he cannot demean himself because he has no affirmative qualities left to degrade See Webster’s:

$Dictionary definition: verb (1) de·mean | \ di-ˈmēn \ demeaned; demeaning Definition (Entry 1 of 2) transitive verb : to lower in character, status, or reputation$

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

i loved him more than Dylan when I was a kid.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

For the last few years I’ve been working on a new book. This in the middle of a studio career & an amount of commissioned writing. I’ve never written fiction. No idea what I’m doing. Tonight I sent a partial draft to a dear advisor. The most I’ve ever sent. I want him to push me to the wall.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I am ridiculously late posting this, but I can't wait to hang out with these folks. Please, do come, these are wonderful, smart, funny writers. SUNDAY 12/7!!!

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism

three screenshots from Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
The director, sitting at a desk, says:
"I've just come into possession of a cure for fascism."
We see Hitchcock's hand lining up bullets.
"They come in capsule form. For best results, they must be taken internally."
Hitchcock holds up a revolver
"Here is the handy applicator."

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Alice Wong has passed away. No more words than that.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

DETAIL from "Portrait of a Marriage," 44 x 30, acrylic on watercolor paper. A long project. Click for full detail. More soon.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Dr. Stephanie Kielb and I are hosting a public conversation for the Medical & Disability communities 11/12 at Access Living's Arts & Culture Project on how to foster more effective communication between ourselves and our providers. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-risk-p...

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The Risk Pictures: A conversation on Medical Care relationships

Join us for a chat about Riva Leher's project The Risk Pictures with Dr. Stephanie Keilb- you won't want to miss this eye-opening event!

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I just donated 10 days' worth of grocery bills to CARE FOR REAL. They are a wonderful, tightly-run organization. PLEASE consider helping out. I cannot believe that Justice Jackson betrayed our most vulnerable. careforreal.org/how-to-help-...

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How to Help as SNAP Faces Cuts - CareForReal

Care for Real community, Our food insecure neighbors need your help. As we’ve shared, the Federal bill that was passed by Congress this summer makes the most sweeping changes to SNAP (Supplement Nutri...

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Anyone out there know a lot about disability protocol and the TSA? Really need advice. DM me if you can.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Once again, Golem Girl is not out of print. We are having a problem with Ingram distributing it. If you or your bookstore wants to order it, you can get it directly from Random House. Please pass on this information if you are able. This is a frustrating situation that I cannot seem to fix.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant humanoid embracing a smaller one. It is captioned "Man and the Earth."

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female satyr embracing a small human male. She appears to be nuzzling him.

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female humanoid nuzzling a tiny male humanoid. It is titled "Besieging the lips of the Earth."

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Does anyone know what this says and in what language?

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I am a member of both NPR & PBS. Yesterday saw the decimation of their funding by our government. What legitimate government wants its people to be stupid & uninformed. That is not governing. That is abuse in the service of creating thralls. Become a member of public media as quickly as you can.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Charles Schultz

two panels from Peanuts - from a paperback collection, so there are no panel borders and the panels are elongated.

Snoopy dances ecstatically while Lucy & Charlie Brown stand nearby. Incensed by Snoopy's joy, Lucy shouts:
"FLOODS, FIRE, AND FAMINE!"
"DOOM, DEFEAT, AND DESPAIR!"

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I am writing a book about Batman and Robin, sort of, and once again Brian has sent the perfect gift.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Alison Bechdel at the Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute, 6.7.25 Image description: a light pencil drawing of a somewhat androgynous woman speaking at a podium. She has very short hair, is wearing round glasses, and a well-tailored suit.

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Chris ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴 @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I don’t know why anybody finds this particular T-shirt objectionable, but here we are: y’all means all.

Me, sitting in my local public library after voting, wearing a T-shirt that says “y’all means all”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/06/2025

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605368... There has been a many-month glitch on ordering my book at bookstores. The memoir CAN be ordered directly through PRH, or at my favorite shops! If they say it's out of print, that is INCORRECT. Tell them to go to PRH to order stock:

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Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer: 9781984820327 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies “Golem Girl is luminous; a...

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The Gaily Show @thegailyshow.org · 15/05/2025

We might be seeing a wave of LGBTQ candidates for Congress in 2026. Stay tuned to reporting like this by @jakewittich.bsky.social and @windycitytimes.com!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK: “.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration." @variety.com variety.com/2025/music/n...

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Looking for someone who did a PhD in animal science. Masters also possible; working on details for a novel. A particular focus on animal vision or at least animal sensorium. But I’m open. It could include veterinary students or veterinarians.  Please share.

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Looking for someone who did a PhD in animal science. Preferably physical biology. Masters also possible; working on details for a novel. Help?

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My iPad has a horrible bug in which it fails to save work on an image, but I do like using a pen function much better than a mouse.I need a drawing tablet for my desktop iMac 2023. I've never used one. Is this what I need? Wacom One Bluetooth Drawing Tablet, Medium 9.9" x 7.1"

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Trump is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per order). I just ordered four—can’t be easier. Last call. ------------------ covidtests.gov Please share I just ordered mine.

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ASPR COVID-19 Testing NAVIGATION

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rivalehrer.bsky.social @rivalehrer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

the economic boycott on February 28 Posted by Jon Stewart but initiated by John Clemens: “The 24 hour Economic Blackout" As our first initial act, we turn it off. For one day we show them who really holds the power. WHEN: Friday February 28th from 12:00 A.M. to 11:59 P.M.

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