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February 2024

Take My Life, Please: The Media's Will They/Won't They Love Affair with American Fascism Prepares For Its Terrible Wedding Night
Our media, mainstream and otherwise, is about to sell us all out because fascism makes them feel alive.
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Catherynne M. Valente
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January 2024

Twenty Years Ago Today, My Life Began
Thoughts on my 20th anniversary in publishing
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Catherynne M. Valente
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On Recent Developments at Substack
Guys, I know.
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Catherynne M. Valente
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December 2023

Hitting That Work/Life Balance Beam Nose-First: Books, Children, and Time
Where Cat goes when she disappears...
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Catherynne M. Valente
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October 2023

The Hardening of the Online Heart
How the response to the Hamas attack illuminated the damage living online has done to us all
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Catherynne M. Valente
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September 2023

August 2023

July 2023

Discord Invite for Paid Tier Subscribers...
When I started this Substack, I polled my Patreon patrons and we agreed to extend one of the benefits of Patreon to paid tier folk here—access to the…
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Catherynne M. Valente
Huddle Up, Geeks: Some of These Hot Garbage Developments Are Our Fault
We here in the geek community are very used to considering ourselves smarter, kinder, and more accepting than the madding crowd, but Elon Musk is our…
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Practical, If Infrequent, Magic
On Substack and me and you and how often I am or am not writing things here
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend
You know, I had other things I wanted to yell about. I have about five essays in my drafts folder about like, deep systemic issues and big bad shadows…
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Catherynne M. Valente
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