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Melissa Lenhardt

@melissawrites.bsky.social

Multi-genre writer and poet. Postgrad. Texan living in Scotland. I love writing, but I procrastinate a little. #author Melissalenhardt.com

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Thank you!

02.01.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Book cover of the feminist western β€œHeresy” by Melissa Lenhardt. The image shows 3 women on horses.

Book cover of the feminist western β€œHeresy” by Melissa Lenhardt. The image shows 3 women on horses.

Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt @melissawrites.bsky.social is a really great book and it’s only $1.99 today.
A well written feminist western about a found family of female outlaws. They are able to evade capture because men don’t believe that women are capable or noteworthy.
www.amazon.com/dp/B079L64NK1

31.12.2024 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All these pearl clutchers are going to feel silly when the new guy gets into office and pardons himself.

04.12.2024 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

28.11.2024 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

27.11.2024 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

26.11.2024 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

26.11.2024 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

25.11.2024 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

24.11.2024 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 6/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

23.11.2024 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

22.11.2024 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

21.11.2024 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Book cover of a woman in a white slip swimming in pale blue water.

Book cover of a woman in a white slip swimming in pale blue water.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

20.11.2024 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a ground squirrel standing on its hind legs with the words melissa written on the bottom ALT: a ground squirrel standing on its hind legs with the words melissa written on the bottom

What gif comes up when I type my name?

19.11.2024 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is 55, baby.

19.11.2024 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

19.11.2024 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Further proof that Scotland is my place and these are my people.

19.11.2024 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m in the creative writing masters program at the University of Glasgow!

18.11.2024 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of red brick kelvingrove art museum in Glasgow with hoar frost on the ground and a clear blue sky above.

Photo of red brick kelvingrove art museum in Glasgow with hoar frost on the ground and a clear blue sky above.

Frosty morning in Glasgow. #glasgow #photography #uofg

18.11.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Thing Is
BY ELLEN BASS

to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you’ve held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you down like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.

The Thing Is BY ELLEN BASS to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs; when grief weights you down like your own flesh only more of it, an obesity of grief, you think, How can a body withstand this? Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you, again.

Because maybe you need this poem as much as I do.

18.11.2024 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1155    πŸ” 306    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 15
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20.
#books #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge #bookrecommendations

18.11.2024 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When people show you who they are, believe them for the one-thousandth time.

17.11.2024 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate that the Chipmunks ruined Waylon and Willie's 'Momma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys' for me.

16.11.2024 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*All under 50 and all women would be the dream. While he's at it, appoint Kamala as Chief Justice.

16.11.2024 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We all know the Senate will let Trump have his recess appointments, right? I say have Biden beat him to the punch and appoint five Supreme Court justices during a recess.* If the GOP fights this in court and wins, they will destroy their argument for Trump's recess appointments.

16.11.2024 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the Djuna Barnes novel, Nightwood, a paperback book with a red, white, and black cover.

Photo of the Djuna Barnes novel, Nightwood, a paperback book with a red, white, and black cover.

Currently reading between coursework, study sessions, and visits to the pub with my classmates. #reading #lgbtq #uofg #modernism

15.11.2024 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white photo of a train station at night.

Black and white photo of a train station at night.

Glasgow Central Station in the mist. #scotland #glasgow #photography

15.11.2024 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!

14.11.2024 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking β€œweird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

This is bloody brilliant. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...

14.11.2024 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! We are happy to be here!

19.08.2023 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0