Elizabeth Grey
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I’m an essayist. You can find me on Substack@ElizabethGrey. No paywall.
#ElizabethGreyWrites
I’ve been observing this kind of behavior for decades.
#PamBondi
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An Open Letter to Pam Bondi
From an older survivor.
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Link in comments. No paywall.
29 days ago
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A Wedding in Minneapolis
The weekend I stopped pretending.
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Rob Reiner and Little Women
Notes on heartbreak.
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2 months ago
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The Power of the Laugh
On twenty-five years of marriage.
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5 months ago
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A Mirror aka Charlie Sheen
On seeing yourself.
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5 months ago
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If Trump Can Pretend He Didn't Draw a Card, & RFK Jr. Can Pretend We Don't Need Vaccines, I Can Pretend, Too.
Happy 59th birthday to me.
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6 months ago
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Reading a paragraph today from
#ezraklein’s
superb analysis in
#nytimes
, “Stop Acting Like This Is Normal.”
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I’ve got
#covid19
right now and am in no mood for this Bobby Effing Kennedy.
#RFK
has got to go.
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#vaccineswork
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6 months ago
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For Teachers
And a sonnet.
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6 months ago
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Where to Find Courage in America: On Venus de Mars
Politicians have none. Look to our artists.
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6 months ago
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#ElizabethGreyWrites
#covid19
#vaccinessavelives
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Fact Opinion Famine
On Gaza.
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6 months ago
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Please become a free or paid subscriber to
#ElizabethGreyWrites
on
#Substack
. Paid subscribers get a breakdown of headlines twice a week on
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. A clip from today.
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#Substack
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“Yesterday, something shifted. As my friend Charlotte pointed out, I got some “sharp pencil energy.” It’s back to school time. Yesterday I felt alive again.”
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Push Rope, Sharpen Pencil
The first day of school.
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6 months ago
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The number for the Capitol Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Call your Reps and Senators, you can ask by name or zip code.
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#LizReadsTheNews
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Available to paid subscribers twice a week in addition to essays. Here’s a clip from today’s.
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7 months ago
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“It’s a Greek tragedy.” Read full essay with no paywall at
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7 months ago
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7 months ago
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#LizReadsTheNews
Paid subscribers to
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get deconstruction of headlines from four news sources—two on left, two on right—every Monday and Friday. Here’s a clip from today’s.
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“You are old enough to be the grandfather of both Sydney Sweeney and Taylor Swift. It does not put you in a flattering light to comment on their hotness.” Read essay without paywall at
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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter!
An open letter to President Trump.
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7 months ago
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#LizReadsTheNews
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on Substack. Here’s a clip from today’s show.
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7 months ago
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“In answering this question, I’d just like to point out that the GOP has pulled off the biggest heist in American history. They’ve stolen the truth from American citizens.” Paid subscribers to
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Goldilocks in Maine
When "just right" is far from enough.
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7 months ago
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Opinion | José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza
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7 months ago
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Thank you
#JeromePowell
for schooling the Fourth Estate—and all of us—on how to handle the constant stream of lies flying from his mouth.
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“I sat on the floor, my back against his bed. I didn’t know how I got there or what I was doing. This was such a foreign experience. I was at a boy’s house. With no adults. This was the kind of thing girls with lip gloss did.”
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War Pigs
On Ozzy, and about a boy.
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7 months ago
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What Being a Landlord Teaches Me About America
We change or die.
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7 months ago
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“A woman filed suit in 2016 claiming that Donald Trump raped her in 1992, when she was thirteen years old… It was nine years ago, so people might have forgotten this part of the story: she alleged the rape occurred at the Manhattan residence of Jeffrey Epstein.”
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Jeffrey Epstein and Bozo the Clown
On nightmares.
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7 months ago
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8 months ago
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Fox News is the #1 rated cable news show in America. On
#LizReadsTheNews
, we compare headlines from four news organizations twice a week for paid subscribers of
#ElizabethGreyWrites
; two lean left, two lean right. Fox’s headlines can be different than the others. Imagine this is your news source.
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8 months ago
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Cookies for Breakfast
And Delphine Blue wore it first.
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8 months ago
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The Love of Our Lives: On Fred Franklin
It's the end of the world.
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8 months ago
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#elizabethgreywrites
#substack
July 4th, 2025
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“I’ve lived within a system for the entirety of my life, and it was called America. I’m still here, but the system is gone.” Read full essay with no paywall at
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This Sure Isn't Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Systems down, and I don't know what to do.
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8 months ago
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Finally, Hope
Zohran Mamdani ushers in the light, and my depression lifts.
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8 months ago
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The Romance That Threatens Us All
The seduction of Donald Trump.
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8 months ago
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“I once told a friend of mine who’d also lost a parent as a teen that there was no one funnier than a kid with a dead parent. He spit out his coffee laughing. Humor can live anywhere. It’s a hardy organism, and I’m glad.”
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If Only Me: On E. Jean Carroll
Dialectics and the freedom of funny.
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8 months ago
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9 months ago
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The Babe of Crazytown
Adjusting to a very bad environment.
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9 months ago
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#LizReadsTheNews
from Montreal this morning. Here’s a clip. Subscribe at
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