Ashley C. Ford

Ashley C. Ford

@smashfizzle.bsky.social

Author of bestselling memoir, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER. Women & Girls Reporter for Free Press Indiana. I deserve it all. https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle

68,021 Followers 749 Following 3,120 Posts Joined May 2023
17 hours ago

This will never ever get old 🥰

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17 hours ago

Well yeah

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21 hours ago

I’ve been avoiding getting new headshots for like eight years, but it’s time.

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UPDATE: A tense, day-long standoff outside a South Burlington house ended Wednesday night with federal immigration agents removing three people inside and a series of violent clashes between police and hundreds of activists who tried to impede the apprehension.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

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What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022 “Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …

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After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ...

We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ...

lithub.com/what-was-los...

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1 day ago

Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”

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Reynolds signs Iowa law barring local trans civil rights protections City and county civil rights commissions may no longer protect Iowans from gender identity-based discrimination under a law signed by Gov. Reynolds.

Within just a few hours of this morning's genocide warning from the Lemkin Institute, the 4th Circuit ruled that trans adults can have our care banned and be forced by any means to "appreciate our sex", and Iowa made it ILLEGAL to protect trans people.
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

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1 day ago

Anybody else feel like we’re due for a Sweeney Todd revival? I know I do.

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That is such a massive compliment on multiple counts. I can not wait to read your book ♥️

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Thank you for taking the time 🫶🏾 I’d hold your hand through the hard parts if I could!

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Trump just rolled out a cruel anti-trans prison policy doctors are calling ‘dangerous’ A new Bureau of Prisons move requiring that transgender inmates be tapered off their hormones could bring serious health consequences, physicians and advocates warn.

NEWS: The Trump administration is forcing transgender inmates to detransition by implementing a new policy that would withhold their medical treatment in a way that puts clinicians in conflict with ethics and patients in danger.

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

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States Are Using Policies From The 1600s To Punish Women For Miscarriages Even the strongest anti-abortion advocates don't want to punish people for pregnancy loss. Police and prosecutors are finding ways to do it anyway.

NEW: Even the strongest anti-abortion advocates don't want to punish people for pregnancy loss. Police and prosecutors are finding ways to do it anyway.

Here's what happens when miscarriage is recast as murder:

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Culture at Columbia Shielded Sexual Assault by Physician, Report Finds

why is everything so shitty?

why are people so weak and disappointing?

why are so many men so gross?

why haven't we abolished patriarchal societies?

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2 days ago

Hard agree

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This is my first time living in my own HOUSE not apartment, so the next time we move will be the real test 😂

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Right?! I got it because how fun and LEARNING!!!

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Lord, don’t let somebody need a book. One time I posted a photo from my living room, and an acquaintance commented “What bookstore is this? Is it local?”

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“Ashley, the kids saw hotpot on tik tok, any chance you have—“ “A tabletop hotpot? Yes, yes I do.”

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💪🏾

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Only then did it dawn on me that people are always like “Ashley, I know this sounds weird, but do you have [random item]?” And I do, yeah. I got that.

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I don’t really think of myself as a collector of odd things, but a while ago my cousin in nursing school said, “I wish I had an easier way to learn anatomy. Like, a coloring book.” And I was like welllllll…I have that.

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Moms Are Risking Arrest to Protect Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth The government wants to ban care nationwide, and hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.

www.them.us/story/trans-...

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3 days ago

I’d watch that so hard

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The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics

NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics.

We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races.

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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

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3 days ago

Nah, we’re not doing that. Birthday party rules only.

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No fair because I would dominate everybody.

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3 days ago

It still hurts!

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Hear me out: what if instead of war…paintball?

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You know the economy is bad when scammers are trying to get emerging writers and authors. Baby, you got off at the wrong exit.

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3 days ago

For real

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