I loved social media so much when it was smaller and people were normal. With the Discord, I try to bring back the vibe of being on LiveJournal or early Twitter and it helps.

Making a living at it gets harder but each week I receive such kind messages about my newsletter, even after all these years.

Three summer essay workshops: personal, reported, and cultural criticism. We'll read three pieces; I'll talk about these styles; and we'll have a discussion. Newsletter members get a discount, and there's an extra 10% off in the Discord if you look for it. alicia-kennedy.com/workshops

A scattering of thoughts on being a regular and how the city of San Juan operates (poorly—we haven’t had water since Thursday night and we’re lucky compared to others who’ve gone weeks). www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-being-a...

Day 3 no water in San Juan and no municipal trucks for residents to refill bottles & buckets.

I love when the newsletter discord pops off without me having to instigate anything and everyone complains about FIFA and is so aligned

if you're gonna talk to me about work or money or accolades, email is best; if we're shooting the shit, DM me on whichever platform — my brain cannot compute cross-contamination of these info streams

FOOD. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/bread-broc...

I think this is the only app where I might be able to safely say that everything from Sezane is ugly?

I keep being asked whether we're moving to New York (plan is for September) and to explain this once and for all, I'm trying to write a humor essay titled "SO OUR LANDLORD DIED..."

I'm glad Amazon editors do not like my book so that I do not have to post about Amazon as though they're trusted arbiters of taste lol

It's good to read the acknowledgements on a novel by a favorite writer to remember that even absolute greats of literature are hustling around just trying to maintain access to university libraries.

On the Cherry Bombe Power List 2026 💥 cherrybombe.com/pages/power-...

The thing about me is I have literally nothing to say about anyone’s dog but it must be noted to me when my dog makes… a small poop? Do you know his poop schedule? Are you as intimately familiar as I am with this dog’s POOP?

submitted my second fellowship application of the season please clap

💦 🚨 israelayala.substack.com/p/water-is-p...

Sometimes I think about the "enhanced CD" content from Jeff Buckley's 'My Sweetheart the Drunk.'

Today in New Scientist, I am taking off my objective reporter hat and arguing for sometimes taking quantum physics extremely personally. This is one of the throughlines of my book, the physics memoir Entangled States, and I recommend everyone try it www.newscientist.com/article/2529...

Doing this on Thursday!!! KENNEDY50 gets you 50% off. write-up.circle.so/c/upcoming-e...

Everyone really let J.Lo get to them huh lol — my dad grew up in manhattan so being from Long Island I’ve always known where I stand

I think it's funny that I love many shows on Apple TV but the only press releases I get are for their shows that I will never watch.

This week, I wrote about values and discerning reactions from reality. The picture is of my dog and a martini. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-values

A mutual was going to Paris and found this for me 😭

I've been feeling like I'm flopping but my new book is the only memoir in Kitchen Arts & Letters' top 20 sellers of the year so far (#9) and the only one in the top 10 without recipes. www.kitchenartsandletters.com/products/on-...

Order @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social book here!!! www.kitchenartsandletters.com/products/on-...

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I was just told that someone I’ve never heard of considers me her nemesis.

My monthly CULTURE ROUNDUP featuring writing, various Italian political drama recs, and many podcasts—plus my multilingual playlist updates. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/i-m-in-a-v...

I’m always like I’m so many ethnicities I am 32 flavors and then some but when I don’t feel good I want Irish whiskey so last name wins I guess

Oatly symposium… absolute late capitalist derangement…

Using a gua sha with my morning serum over my cheeks and neck has made it so I don't need daily nasal spray for my allergies anymore. Thrilling!

You've probably heard of the extreme, unprecedented heatwave in Europe last week. I thought it'd be a good moment to reshare my essay on climate change in @thedialmagazine (link in bio) – because for us living on islands, especially, these 'unprecedented' events have been year-long for a while now.

can someone help me please obtain this book! i am actually serious

am i in my flop era lol

"There is something about this consumption of meat, obsession with masculinity, obsession with domination, and dominion over land and animals...that people are just so unwilling to grapple with." @rebelgrrlraechel.bsky.social interviews @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social about On Eating 🍽️ buff.ly/AVe0K6x

"For it is only by knowing how to write that you can make use in literature of yourself; that self which, while it is essential to literature, is also its most dangerous antagonist. Never to be yourself and yet always—that is the problem." commonreader.wustl.edu/the-modern-e...

Relevant: "Almost all climate scientists say the planet is warming, and that this is caused mostly by human activity. But a far smaller share of the American public has shared this view over the last decade." www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...

Need a new book rec? See what The Conversationalist staff has been reading. From "Against White Feminism" to "The Odyssey," there's something for everyone. 📚: bookshop.org/shop/Convo_ist

have already been mad that my eyebrows were waxed thin in the late ’90s because they were so thick and unsightly but now i also think a manicured unibrow is chic... i could've had it all

Talked about ON EATING at @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2026/06/01/g...

"There is no perfect material nor perfect diet; there’s only trying to tread more lightly." Very much appreciated @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social's latest post grappling with vegan vs. animal leather, given the harms of both. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-leather

My phone fell into a pot of water in the sink last night that I didn't know was still hot, so I reached in, (lightly) burned all my fingers, started to cry hysterically, and decided I need the summer off lol

This week, I wrote about leather, product of animal agriculture: my vice, its complications, the possibilities. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-leather

how much will i soften the following before it's published? "I’ll be tending bar again before I strain myself to make the masses happy with me so that I can—what? Partner with Capital One?"

ISSUE 2 of TOMATOTOMATO.xyz

Publishing 4,000 words on the labor and gastronomic politics of Singapore’s school canteens in Tomato Tomato tomorrow. This is me living my dream.

Noticing a new trend where people directly email me to see if I’ll share an event or a piece or something. I really dislike this lol

I deleted prior notes on how the way people write about my work sucks because it was misinterpreted lol I am fine I just need a break from hearing what other people think of me!

If you'd like to spend your Tuesdays in June talking about the history of the essay, four approaches to the food essay, and discussing various examples in each genre—sign up, baby! alicia-kennedy.com/workshops/p/...

Yesterday's conversation with Ariel Saramandi, a Mauritian writer on politics, feminism, climate change, and more. We do talk about food, too, and how shifting seasons and environmental disaster change relationships to growing seasons. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-desk-s...