Megan McDermott (she/her)

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"Not only is there an ultimate reality in the world, that reality is for us." Reading Verna Dozier's The Dream of God for our Sunday morning faith formation at the new parish, and this sentence sums up so much ✨

I mentioned earlier this week about having new (non-poetic) writing out! It's here! I'm so excited to be venturing into the world of art writing. Please check out this review & get to vicariously know the work of Julien Creuzet! I also talk Virginia Woolf + Bosch.

blackbird.vcu.edu/julien-creuz...

New issue of @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social means new artist interview! Was so excited to feature the work of Anne von Freyburg. It opens w/ a reflection on cuteness and feminine aesthetics, connecting to both the artwork and to my experience as a woman and priest.

blackbird.vcu.edu/interview-fo...

Has anybody put fries on the charcuterie board ???

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Sorry to my man Anthony Bridgerton, but I think season 4 is now my favorite season

I've been watching part 2 of Bridgerton but now I've gotta do school 😢

"'The persecution is the point,' said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature..."

Read more at: www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

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I've been taking a break from poetry submissions to just focus on being as creative as possible in generating new work, so I really don't have any new poem publications lined up,

but this week I have two things coming out that I'm very excited about writing-wise that are not poetry ✨

Love when you're writing a poem & discover a word you think you're making up is, in fact, a real word

The fact that anyone ever has wanted me or anyone else to think that Donald Trump DOESN'T hate women fills me with rage ✌️

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Me every few hours: remember Benedict + Sophie??? (I love them, and I will hear no season 4 slander)

the demographic realities of most of our churches.

In Western Mass. while I was there, we were trying to build some diocesan community building opportunities for people in their 20s and 30s. It's not quite the same as a parish, but I think there's potential in trying to get that age group together across multiple worshipping communities, given...

Please check out a review of These Saints are Stones by @millietullis.bsky.social from Signature Books. www.trampolinepoetry.com/reviews

Good news: after 390 years of manels, single-gender events are officially forbidden at Harvard.

Oh. Never mind. Single-gender events are fine as long as all participants are men and occur "accidentally".

(& now I'm hanging out in the church office grading undergrad papers for the class I'm a TA for)

Hi this is me still being a priest despite poet school 👋

I decided to be an adult and go to bed early rather than stay up late to do work because I wasn't feeling well and instead get schoolwork done in the morning and maybe it's actually working??? What a scam

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Me leaving my office after having read feminist theory (sorry that this gif is possibly from the problematic Debby Ryan show lol)

One of my favorite Bible verses Romans 12:15 includes "weep with those who weep" which feels so related to me in terms of the church's role (or the role we could step into)

I am loving this essay, shout out to my Literary Criticism class

"We might explore how imagination is what allows women to be liberated from happiness, and the narrowness of its horizons. We might want the girls to read the books that enable them to be overwhelmed with grief.”

-Creating disturbance: Feminism, happiness, and affective differences by Sara Ahmed

"The feminist is an affect alien: she might even kill joy because she refuses to share an orientation towards certain things as being good, b/c she does not find the objects that promise happiness to be quite so promising...her failure to be made happy is read as sabotaging the happiness of others."

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To be at a lesbian bar post-Heated Rivalry & "All the Things She Said" gets played

Saying the Epstein files are proof of a secret Jewish cabal controlling the world, instead of simply proof Epstein and his cohort were horrible, is antisemetic and shitty. Also don't engage with the larger truths those files are revealing about society and power. Leave Jewish people out of this.

Started my day with this (yes I slept in 🫣), and it's great work from my MFA peers and many others in our university + Richmond community. Check it out! Especially if you are an appreciator of thoughtful pairings of literature and music.