[looking into the camera after hospitalizing a grieving mother] the political violence has to stop

husband: new GBBO friday so-- me: 'GBBO??' since when do you use acronyms??? what's next, 'LOL?' husband: ......G...F...Y

the indescribable high of finding a formative text, with the most 1989 cover imaginable, for 25¢ at the rummage sale 🙏

our local police department--which was previously planning to ask for an extra $800k to police our kids--has magically discovered that actually they have enough money internally. wow! really makes you feel like these numbers are very real and not made up at all!

i know we have to "push back" or whatever but this administration has us saying the goofiest, most obvious shit. late night hosts are allowed to make jokes. actually, WE pay tariffs. no, that's not how tylenol works. could be solving climate change but instead we're debunking middle school rumors

The first Listening Table is this Sat, Sept. 27 & has ALL CANDIDATES for Cville City School Board + the sheriff (unopposed)! Come ask school board candidates about police in our schools. And anything else on your mind! And let's make sure the sheriff hears how we feel about ANY cooperation w/ ICE.

every book release you are allowed one (1) senseless, time-consuming project to manage your anxieties, and this time it's: embroidering this goodwill blazer to sort of match my cover 😂

weirdest thing about this "why don't leftists go to churches?" take is the assumption that all leftists are born and raised on the campuses of blue cities, like fragile zoo animals?? i grew up in rural kentucky i promise i have enjoyed many conversations with those hostile to me! dipshit!!

annnd the full list of tour stops!!! come hang out this fall! us.macmillan.com/tours/alix-e...

This is partially why efforts to "protect children" online with insecure ID systems and bans must be stopped. They put governments in charge of deciding what is and isn't porn so they can bury any content they don't like, allowing for state surveillance and suppression of people and information.

just absolutely furious with @alixeharrow.bsky.social for being such a goddamn genius "the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it." y E s

charlottesville: early voting opens tomorrow, and I'll be voting for Zyahna Bryant for school board. donate or request a yard sign here: zyahnabryantforccs.com

wrote a little essay about prose, 90s historical romances, and why fascists love AI so much 💕 subscribe to my newsletter to enter a giveaway for a physical arc of the everlasting! buttondown.com/alixeharrow#...

in a twist that absolutely no one saw coming, the party that loves free speech and small businesses is killing both as fast as it can. order a gift card from loyalty books here: loyaltybookstores.com/loyalty-gift...

You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.

re-reading six of crows and man these books have the JUICE. they gave unto the children the same thing kpop demon hunters did, which is very simple and weirdly rare: characters that are hot and cool

told my 9yo he's lucky to have friends who are better than him at soccer and he nodded and said, gravely, "iron sharpens iron." didn't realize i was raising an anime protagonist but okay

In case you’re wondering where the 4 city school board candidates (for 3 spots) stand on SRO’s:

"why do you never let me hold your hand 🥺" --my husband, to our cat

Just in case any of y'all thought they'd actually filibuster the appropriations bills coming with all the anti-trans provisions and shut the government down. Call your senators, demand no anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ provisions in appropriations bills.

i just keep thinking--in a sane world we'd be arguing about whether it's morally acceptable to celebrate that man's LIFE.

confirming that you CAN get your covid vax without a prescription in VA! at walgreens you just check the box that says you're high risk 🫡

cool & normal that there's a state-mandated degree of mourning you have to express for one particular eugenicist

love it when sports announcers say something that feels like it makes sense but is actually, upon inspection, completely inscrutable. "it's like groundhog day in reverse tonight" girl WHAT

what an efficient reminder that "free speech" only ever applies to a really specific type of guy

spent the longest time trying to figure out why it would be my "thing" and it's bc i joked about the sandwich guy last week. idk i guess I'm saying we shouldn't let these people define "political violence" for us they seem bad at it

i know as a nation we've given up on health & disease control, but it IS kind of wild they don't pass out N95s on airplanes. like if you can afford complimentary earbuds--

oh no this is also me, to myself, as i write 😂

just remembering that phase of early AI fanaticism where anytime you made fun of it people would say "yeah, but it's getting smarter every day!!" as if they were defending their own human child. you don't hear from those guys so much anymore

man amazon will never post about physically devouring your new novel but you know who will??? indie booksellers 💕

hey if you're in Virginia it looks like Walgreens is letting us schedule covid vaccinations without a prescription!

nobody told me that when you start trying to sit up straight after 35 years of slouching your back will actually hurt in new and different ways?? what a SCAM. good posture is a MYTH promoted by Big Ice Pack pass it on

the demand for yassification of authors, a class traditionally allowed to look like freakazoids, is an assault on me personally

You are invited to attend the upcoming School Board Candidates Forum being hosted by the Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP Branch taking place TOMORROW, September 8, 2025 at 7 PM. The event will be held in the Outreach Room of the Sentara Urgent Care Building located at 920 E. High Street, Suite 103

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

kind of incredible how successfully right-wing propaganda has permeated the white liberal imagination. our school board is now 100% convinced that the teenagers of a mid-size college town are so dangerously criminal they require constant armed policing.

IMPORTANT ACTION ITEM: Show up to the Charlottesville School Board Meeting TOMORROW (9/4) evening to share your thoughts about the draft MOU that would bring SROs back into our schools. It is clear that not all board members are interested in deep community engagement. So, BE THERE. 5 PM.

so so glad that this (excellent) article is on the front page the morning before the school board meeting 💕

wow you're sooo brave mr. gladwell. speaking up AGAINST trans people when all three branches of government are working to criminalize their existence?? people with pronouns in their bio frightened you before but you've finally broken your silence🙏 www.them.us/story/malcol...

dad called to tell me he's really enjoying the politics of my new book and i was like "ha ha, well, they're not subtle!" and he said "oh you've NEVER been subtle" lmao FAIR

people on reddit acting like homelessness has turned downtown charlottesville into some kind of mad max gauntlet, meanwhile i take my kids past that park once a week and the only interaction we've had is a guy yelling "THAT'S A LOT OF BOOKS. I SEE PEOPLE WITH BOOKS BUT THATS A LOTTA BOOKS MAN."

The (proposed) ordinance is VERY bad. It goes beyond criminalizing "camping" or "sleeping"; it also makes it a crime for a homeless person to have any personal property that's not in their immediate possession and authorizes CPD to destroy it. Cruel, unhelpful, probably unconstitutional.

Charlottesville—here’s a chance to meet with one of our School Board candidates, Dashad Cooper, and ask him about his policies around policing in schools. Join us Wednesday, September 3 from 5:30-6:30 at Tonsler Park!

livable cville has a great summary of what's happening-- we only have until tomorrow (!) to contact city council!

some teenagers at the park set up their stereo next to me and when the music came on i had this desperate, irrational terror that my bluetooth had somehow connected--but no. they had, in fact, gathered to practice couples' choreography to the 2013 great gatsby soundtrack 😭

so pumped that i get to visit boston and talk with my bud @melissacaruso.bsky.social about lady knighthood, national myth making, & gendered heroism!! also i googled the venue and it's really big oh my god yall better show up 😂

today--at the farmer's market! in a liberal college town!--a woman stopped at our table to make some unrepeatably racist claims about why we need police in schools, including that "they" were all going to prison anyway. if you're pro-cop...look at who's standing beside you, and think about why.

awwww the police chief wants a new ordinance 🥺 as a treat 🥺 while unhoused people are under unprecedented, violent attack merely two hours north of us 🥺 c-ville.com/cpd-chief-wa...

Being shitty about/to unhoused people is such a hardline dealbreaker. It means you’re nakedly motivated by your disgust for a group of people in your community and not at all curious about the material conditions that got them there.

you know you've become a Problem when an elected official answers your call with a weary, genial, "do you ever sleep??" NO NEXT QUESTION