Veronica Zora Kirin

Bring back the term “Comstockery.”

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Get your submissions in! ZME Science is looking for pitches. We're specifically looking for underreported science stories with a "wow" factor, whether they're about forgotten discoveries, bizarre natural phenomena, or the strange, unexpected applications of new technology.

Your Impact Never Ends: How The Legacy of Three Women Still Shapes the Midwest - Sixty Inches From Center A look into the lives of Harriet Berg, Penny Gardner, and Grace Stinton—three Midwest women who impacted their local communities and beyond.

Most of us got groomed into thinking that we don’t have impact in the world. The purpose of this essay is to show that your impact will last far beyond your life. I hope it inspires you. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/your-impact-...

Does anyone know what happened to Greed being a deadly sin? It doesn’t seem to be around anymore.

FemTech & Feminine Rage: Why Women's Health Data Is So Broken (& What Veronica Kirin Is Doing About It) | The Health Class She Deserves

How I'm using 'feminine rage' to improve #womenshealth. shows.acast.com/the-health-c...

I seriously can't tell you too much or I'll spoil it. In sum, my new short story "In The Afterlife" is dystopian, sci-fi, and not what you expect. Twist guaranteed. #writingcommunity books2read.com/b/m2AlNO

After dinner conversation pushcart nominations 2025

Ahhhhooooooohhhhh maahhhh gawwwddddd my short dystopian feminist story gets published AND nominated by @afterdinnerconversation.com in the same week!‽‽!!?‽ 💀 #writingcommunity #pushcart

Q&A with After Dinner Conversation author, Veronica Zora Kirin A bite-sized interview for your Sunday morning.

A bit about the philosophy behind my writing. I love helping others write — comment with a question and I’ll help! #writingcommunity

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The AI Em Dash Panic Misses the Point How AI and human culture are already changing each other.

I just got a style guide banning the em dash — because “AI uses it.”

Friends, the em dash is not the enemy. Culture is shifting, yes, but banning punctuation isn’t how we resist AI.

My new essay explains how to actually shape the future of #AI

🔗 Read the essay: open.substack.com/pub/scalingl...

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to The Trevor Project, 39% of LGBTQ+ youth considered suicide last year; half couldn’t access care.

If you’re struggling: dial 988 (U.S.) or find global hotlines at iasp.info.
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Why Anthropologists Belong in the Remote + AI Revolution Unlock your cultural superpower.

Remote work + #AI aren’t temporary shifts. They’re new cultural realities. And if leaders don’t adapt? Culture unravels.

#Anthropologists can help weave the new fabric of work. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/scalingl...

Windmills in camera

Dusting off my former life as a photographer to gift a maternity shoot to one of my chosen family tomorrow. Today, train photos. #photography #itap

The NonBinary Review by @zoeticpress.bsky.social is open for submissions. Current theme is metamorphosis. More here: www.zoeticpress.com/submit #writingcommunity

Women’s health tech ‘less likely’ to get funding if woman is on founding team Research also shows pitches from female founders less likely to succeed if using phrases such as ‘women’s rights’

My startup is closing the women's health 'gender gap' — apparently that word is toxic to funders. So... That's fun. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

I know IAPWE's services are a scam, but they had the best daily digest of writing ops I've ever seen. Seems to be coming to an end (they were daily — now every few days?) which is a big shame. Where else can I find a daily newsletter with pitch + job + sub ops around the world? #writingcommunity

Paradigm Shifts, Quicksand, and the Tech Future We’re Already Living When you feel overwhelmed, the next steps are just an act away.

“Paradigm shifts are liquid culture. The liquid is rising. The choice is not whether to enter it, but whether to let it sweep you along — or learn how to swim.”
New essay on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/scalingl...

I'll just leave this here in case someone was looking for it. #project2025 www.project2025.observer/en

Watercolor

Finito! The grey is the Kneipe I was sitting at. The tender was quite chuffed that I painted the bar and stole my book to show the other locals! 🥰

Painting

Progress report. The blue came from my head. The red came from across the street. #painting #art #selfcare

Painting

Too much stress. I’m cutting out an hour early to paint and read. #techagnostic #art #books

Heat Death A newsletter about yesterday, tomorrow, and all the crises in between.

Hey, writers! We're commissioning guest essays at HEAT DEATH. We want to showcase your weird deep dives into history, ecology and culture, and intersections between them. We pay a $75 honorarium per piece, edit carefully, and you keep all rights.

Pitch me at aelbein@gmail!

Upper Mezzanine, by Sex Week 5 track album

#Music alert — if you haven't heard of Sex Week yet you're missing out. They've got that early XX feel with an ethereal push. sexweek.bandcamp.com/album/upper-...

Stack of ceramic

Ceramic pieces mending

Yoko Ono’s Statement

All the pieces and all the methods for making them new. Somehow this one stack brought me to tears. #peace #yokoono

Mobile by Alexander Calder

After living in #grandrapids I can spot a Calder from a mile away. Even when it’s not Calder red.

How women over 35 are being ghosted by the medical profession – and why we have no recourse Sara-Louise Ackrill explores the invisible crisis faced by women over 35, whose struggles with ADHD, perimenopause, and PMDD are routinely ignored by a medical system ill-equipped to recognise or addr...

I too suffer from this triad. And the pressure to mask my reality as a founder and freelancer is enormous. What funding will I lose because of discrimination? What job will be taken because some perceived confidence was lost? #womenshealth www.nationalworld.com/health/how-w...

I also link to my poem titled "Quicksand" therein, originally published during the pandemic (another paradigm shift), which ultimately galvanized my theory. @newfeathers.bsky.social

What AI and Quicksand Have in Common Why the AI revolution feels like quicksand and how to find solid ground.

I couldn't help but reference @gregmepstein.bsky.social's esteemable work in my latest article about #AI. You'll get a heavy dose of how #paradigmshifts work and why now is the exact time to act (even though the AI overwhelm makes a pillow fort sound safer). www.phiand.ai/p/what-ai-an...

This statement on @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social submissions page gave me a LOL. "Find us on Moksha. Unless you're an AI or J.K. Rowling. Then you can fuck off." 😂

When you get a rejection from a #litmag, just remember they may expire sooner than your work. I can't tell you how many now-expired mags rejected my work years ago. Keep going. There's a place for your writing. #writingcommunity

A beautiful shout out for my magazine. #writingcommunity