Devi Bhaduri

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

YouTube video by Kelly Krause My First Period Story... Part 1!!!

We're getting personal w/ my #FirstPeriod story... Part 1! 🩸🩸🩸

Please watch/listen to this short video & share your own first period story in the comments or via repost - be sure to tag me & to link our crowdfunding campaign for #BleedFilm (shared in the comments). 😉

Thanks for listening, gang! ♥️

We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the 2025 winner of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award is @samiraahmed.bsky.social!!! As a national leader of Authors Against Book Bans, Samira uses activism to combat censorship, and we are so grateful for the work she does.

Congrats!

This is tomorrow!

Why I Love Horror with Becky Spratford, S.A. Barnes, Nick Medina, James Kennedy, Ananda Lima and me!

Here are the details. Please join us.

Register at: visit.northbrook.info/event/13742346

What??? Psychomanteum has advanced to Semifinals at Slamdance (top 1%)! 🙊 #Slamdance

Congratulations! 👏

Chicago just went all in on renewable energy » Yale Climate Connections From City Hall to O’Hare Airport, every city-owned building now runs on renewables.

Chicago just went all in on renewable energy and is demonstrating that it works. Chicago now powers EVERY city-owned building – from airports to police stations – with renewable energy. That includes O’Hare airport.

I had the pleasure of joining Kat and Luna on the Delight in Fright Podcast to talk screenwriting, horror, and "Please Don't Feed the Children"! @zombikat11.bsky.social

Join us tonight at 10pm EST as we chat with Devi Bhaduri screenwriter of Psychomanteum Winner for Best Horror Screenplay Chicago Horror Film festival. www.youtube.com/live/R6_yJKR... @devibhaduri.bsky.social

New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens’ Passports Over Political Speech The legislation would allow the Secretary of State to strip anyone’s US passport with no legal due process.

"Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech."

Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.

Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...

Melinda French Gates Backs $100 Million Bet On Women’s Health Breakthroughs Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Wellcome Leap commit $100M to accelerate women’s health research and close long-overlooked gaps worldwide.

Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Wellcome Leap commit $100M to accelerate women’s health research and close long-overlooked gaps worldwide.

"universal health care means studios wouldn’t have to subsidize workers’ medical expenses" -- hmmm interesting

My script Psychomanteum is an Official Selection! Thanks, @horrorigins.com! #horrorigins #horror #horrorfilms #horrorscreenwriter #womeninhorror #horrorfilmfestival #tucsanarizona

Who is going to the last two spots? 👀👀👀
#writers
#booksky

Wow! Congratulations, Adam! 👏🏾❤️

More than 300k Black women being pushed out of the labor market while white men gained 365k more jobs is what we mean when we refer to racism as systemic.

Go @raforall.bsky.social! ❤️

Video credit: itsjuliencohen

Description: "11 and 8-year-old prodigy sisters played Vivaldi Winter with me"

This is serious musical talent 🎻🎻🎹🎶🎵

#VivaldiWinter #Song #music #Piano #Violin #Instruments #Instrumental

As Trump Targets Chicago, Mayor Fights His 'Tyranny' With Executive Order | Common Dreams Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order responding to US President Donald Trump's threats to deploy federal immigration agents and potentially National Guard and active-duty...

As Trump Targets Chicago, Mayor Fights His 'Tyranny' With Executive Order www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...

Seriously poignant post from Stacy Abrams. 🫡💪🏾💪🏿💪💪🏼🇺🇲📜⚖️

A flier for Meet Me There: a Charis Hybrid event. Tuesday Sept 2 and 7:30 PM ET. Featuring photos of Samuel Ace (host), Charlie Jane Anders (featured author), Jess Lewis (opening writer).

This Tuesday! Atlanta! I'm going to be at Charis Books in Decatur, GA for their regular Meet Me There spoken word event, along with the wonderful @quarefutures.bsky.social!

RSVP and info: www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/meet-m...

ATL queers, I'd love to see you there!

What We Can Learn From Superman Defeating the KKK My book Lessons in Magic and Disaster has been out for a week now, and I’ve been so thrilled with the response so far. Bookseller Rowan Julian with The Novel...

Back in 1946, the KKK was trying to make a major comeback after World War II.

Enter Superman — the Man of Steel exposed their secrets and took them down in his radio show.

I asked Rick Bowers, author of Superman vs the Ku Klux Klan, what we can learn from this today

buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Federal Judge Upholds Chicago, Cook County and Illinois Protections for Undocumented Immigrants, Tosses Trump Lawsuit Forcing Chicago and Illinois law enforcement officials to help federal agents conduct deportation operations is unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins ruled.

This ruling is now final, and the case is closed.

President Donald Trump does not have the authority yo invalidate Chicago & Illinois laws that ban local law enforcement officials from helping federal immigration agents, U.S. District Court Judge Lindsay Jenkins ruled. @wttw.bsky.social

76% of Texas’s $2.4 trillion GDP comes from the blue parts.
- DFW: $709.0 B (29.5%)
- Houston: $642.1 B (26.7%)
- Austin: $229.2 B (9.5%)
- San Antonio: $201.2 B (8.4%)
- El Paso: $49.3 B (1.9%)

Blue: $1.83 T (76%)
Red: $0.57 T (24%)
#EconSky #Gerrymandering

comptroller.texas.gov/economy/econ...

The ICETrump Korean Hunters continue their courageous crackdown on immigrant classical musicians, engineers and researchers who are threatening the American way of life by existing and breathing

DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money The Trump administration has tied new requirements to election security grants. Some states told NPR they're passing on the grants as a result.

The Trump administration has tied new requirements to election security grants. Some states told NPR they're passing on the grants as a result. n.pr/4mlDK1w