The way Viola Davis and everyone in the room reacted to this win!! Gotta think the Oscar is MBJ’s to lose right??

It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse

Some will try to make this disappear by pinning it on a few bad apples, especially given Sherrone Moore’s involvement, but it’s been pretty clear there’s been a deep moral rot in the Michigan football program for a while now—yes, even dating back to Bo.

Civil rights are a kitchen-table issue.

Emerald Fennell’s "Wuthering Heights" adaptation is, at times, very fun and visually gorgeous. But it leaves out the very thing that gives the novel its force. I wrote about what’s missing — and why that omission means the film ultimately doesn't work. open.substack.com/pub/marisawr...

Emerald Fennell’s "Wuthering Heights" adaptation is, at times, very fun and visually gorgeous. But it leaves out the very thing that gives the novel its force. I wrote about what’s missing — and why that omission means the film ultimately doesn't work. open.substack.com/pub/marisawr...

Can’t help but think billionaires seeing how much influence they can have post-Citizens United has only heightened their desire to hoard wealth and exploit the rest of us for every penny we have.

I’m always curious about the books people keep on their nightstands—it’s a small but telling snapshot of what’s on their mind and holding their attention. Here's the stack of books on mine! marisawright.substack.com/p/six-books-...

I’m always curious about the books people keep on their nightstands—it’s a small but telling snapshot of what’s on their mind and holding their attention. Here's the stack of books on mine! marisawright.substack.com/p/six-books-...

happy for JSN, who never beat michigan. he deserves this.

Like so many things, it takes a Michigan man to get the job done. AJ Barner!

Ah of course the MAHA ad was incredibly fatphobic

The think pieces write themselves. My contribution: this is fucking beautiful, and we should keep fighting for more of this! Everywhere.

Really has been an elite sports weekend

There are people in this world who read 200+ books a year and they, too, deserve to be Olympians.

The show Heated Rivalry only exists because of an article by Rachel Kurzius inspired Jacob Tierney to reach out to Rachel Reid. Today @washingtonpost.com laid Rachel off. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/0...

The Post killing its Books section (one of the best around) is so fucking bleak

Props to the Free Press for this subheading that so clearly knows its audience

Today's post is a fun bonus—my January culture diary, filled with all the books I read, movies and TV I watched, plus some audio and snack recs! open.substack.com/pub/marisawr...

I worry that as we narrow the range of what we can talk about, think about, spend our time on, our ability to make expansive art and language shrinks, too, and so does our ability then to solve big problems and think creatively - all of which is the terrible point of fascism

Today's post is a fun bonus—my January culture diary, filled with all the books I read, movies and TV I watched, plus some audio and snack recs! open.substack.com/pub/marisawr...

I think that *cringe* is overused. I particularly think that it is overused by people who have a difficult time feeling and naming their feelings. That's a lot of people.

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Doomscrolling break: Today’s post features a love letter to Eva Victor’s "Sorry, Baby," thoughts on this year’s Oscar nominations, and a few bright spots from the January doldrums—including a way to show solidarity with Minnesotans. marisawright.substack.com/p/justice-fo...

Doomscrolling break: Today’s post features a love letter to Eva Victor’s "Sorry, Baby," thoughts on this year’s Oscar nominations, and a few bright spots from the January doldrums—including a way to show solidarity with Minnesotans. marisawright.substack.com/p/justice-fo...

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

This comment was left on my last newsletter post. Perhaps you’d like tomorrow’s post in your inbox in the morning? substack.com/@marisawright

Profound gratitude to everyone in the Minneapolis streets. You are so brave, so righteous. But you should not have to carry the burden of our government's cowardice. Solidarity forever.

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

Amid increasing federal attacks on voting rights, states must proactively safeguard the freedom to vote. Campaign Legal Center and partners developed a model state Voting Rights Act to help lawmakers and advocates protect voting rights in their own states.

Two of these teams went undefeated in their National Championship season, and then there’s that pretender in the middle…

I really hope this IU win closes the portal to the dark place the Cubs opened in 2016

In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...

Turning on this IU-Miami game ready to be an absolute hater

Okay now that the season is over, I gotta say it is still very funny to me that the Bears threatened to move to Northwest Indiana. My dudes, I-65 simply could not handle the traffic.

These emotional distress damages would be enough to pay off my student loans from law school

when someone asks me how i’m handling 2026:

time for my emotional support dark chocolate covered pretzels

If you explain Bivens to a normal person, they look at you like you've lost your mind. It's very simple: you should have legal recourse if your constitutional rights are violated.

These two just deadlifting American society right now

I have seen the Bad News and will panic about it but not until *after* the Golden Globes is over.

In today's post, I wrote about the unusual number of lawyers who become creative writers (something that's been on my mind for a while)—plus share a few good things from the first half of January, including my thoughts on the "People We Meet on Vacation" adaptation! open.substack.com/pub/marisawr...

In today's post, I wrote about the unusual number of lawyers who become creative writers (something that's been on my mind for a while)—plus share a few good things from the first half of January, including my thoughts on the "People We Meet on Vacation" adaptation! open.substack.com/pub/marisawr...

“The performance of not wanting anything too much [is]…the emotional equivalent of taking tiny bites of your own life so no one can accuse you of being hungry. But detachment is exhausting. It bends you into someone smaller than your desires.” open.substack.com/pub/probably...

it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"

Happy New Year! A thing I'd like to do more of this year is write, so I made a little newsletter for exactly that. In the first post, I wrote about something I'm proud of accomplishing in December, plus a few things I enjoyed in 2025. substack.com/@marisawrigh...

First book of 2026 and entering my fiction era

Happy New Year! A thing I'd like to do more of this year is write, so I made a little newsletter for exactly that. In the first post, I wrote about something I'm proud of accomplishing in December, plus a few things I enjoyed in 2025. substack.com/@marisawrigh...

*taps the sign* yeah, that’s right