Primary everyone! Primary every incumbent. Primary your mom, primary your dad. Primary your boss. Get them all outta here

no I will not be hopping on a quick call to circle back

Pluribus is what happens when you have a concept rather than a story

What does it say about me that I don’t feel particularly nostalgic about the MetroCard because I still think of it as the newfangled replacement for the token?

BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins

2026 is already better than 2025

Headed into 2026 like

slipping on my selkie pelt, just to seal something

Juiceless Bitch Update

Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works

"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.

But the “pro lifers” are fine with this, yes?

"prompt theft" is funny as hell like oh no somebody did the same google search as me. grow up

Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better

I remain quite angry at the people, many of them fellow Jews, who spent so much energy worrying about leftwing campus antisemitism when it was so clearly used as a distraction from the growing acceptance of mask-off Nazism within the Republican party. So many people allowed themselves to get played.

John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”

I didn’t see this until just now, but just finished watching The Princess Bride

i'm only half joking when i say posting stuff like this *could* work

If you use GenAI, you’re not welcome here #NoAI

maybe it will happen today

The best argument really

As the saying from that era goes, “never forget”

It needs to be treated as importantly as "no animals were harmed during the making of this film" Because yeah, for a time? Animals got harmed and people accepted it as a part of the process. And it was wrong. So is this, and it needs to stop.

i am sad my fellowship years are ending but happy that means a new CNF writer here in this cold place. know a nonfiction writer who has at least one book and likes snow? hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EM...

I finally watched One Battle After Another and loved a lot of things about it, but especially the way it articulates the creepy grossness of all things Christmas

Looking for one or two big publications open to horror/speculative book review pitches. Hope to work with some cool folks in 2026.

what kind of medal do they give out for going to the gym when it's sleeting out, instead of eating pizza and napping all day?

I wrote about what makes a great thriller great, and a bad thriller boring, cheesy, or annoying—featuring my six favorites out of the 25 thrillers I read this year lillydancyger.substack.com/p/the-jelly-...

*Two* days left to apply, and I have an exciting announcement: two $600 scholarships will be available for writers for whom cost is a barrier. Mention in your application that you're interested in a scholarship!

if you commented "dump him" on every single AITAH post you'd be right at least half the time—and I'm including posts that are not about romantic relationships

Just three days left to apply for my 2026 Essay Collection Incubator! If you want to write a collection (or a memoir in essays) next year, why not do it with the guidance and supportive of an intensive workshop and a cohort of writers who are in the same boat? www.lillydancyger.com/essay-collec...

Forever grateful to my old editor at Rolling Stone who wrote “who is we?” every time I tried to assign an opinion or behavior to a general “we” until I finally stopped doing it

First time I've ever wanted to join the military

délete this

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

I'm still hoping for the latter, and ASAP, so we can get on with recovering from the fallout

If this guy doesn’t like fiction that deviates from documented events and characterisations, just wait until he sees the Historical Plays of… *checks notes* wait this can’t be right

If you're looking for a gift for your best friend, might I suggest a collection of essays about the deep abiding love between female friends & all the shit that love can help us survive? Email me (lillydancyger at gmail) & I'll gladly mail you a signed/personalized bookplate. bit.ly/3XSzWdw

In lieu of thanksgiving I suggest holding a sort of family court convicting your most annoying relatives of various offenses

Ever have an author you really feel like you should like (not "should" bc they're generally beloved but "should" as in it really seems like they'd be your thing) and you keep trying but it just doesn't click? Anyway I'm pleased to report than on my 5th or so try I'm finally loving an Eve Babitz book

I'm happily self-employed and hope to never have a full-time job again, but every once in a while a job posting comes along that makes me go "Unless..." Web Editor at @parisreview.bsky.social is one of those!! www.theparisreview.org/about/opport...

Application deadline is next Thursday!

Alternate universe where the Spice Girls stayed together through the breakup like Fleetwood Mac, and Scary and Ginger just wrote increasingly scathing songs about each other for the group to record

Any one of those 150 unlawful actions is impeachable. To NOT demand impeachment in the same breath as you talk about his unlawful actions normalizes them. If you are a constituent of Rep. Houlahan @houlahan.house.gov, please call her office today and urge her to file Articles of Impeachment today.

How many times do we have to prove that giving money to poor people improves their lives

Getting dressed when it’s gonna be near freezing always makes me think of Felicity’s elaborate American Girl undergarments… remember the pockets that went on separately under her dresses? So many layers, so many steps

?? It’s rats leaving a burning building, looking for the next pile of trash to snuggle under. Y’all love trying to force a redemption arc on the most heinous of people and that’s part of why we’re in this moment in time in the first place

If you're working on an essay collection and feeling stuck or overwhelmed or just wishing for some guidance and camaraderie, consider applying for my six-month Essay Collection Incubator, which starts in January! (Applications due by December 4) www.lillydancyger.com/essay-collec...