Emily Croy Barker

When I was a kid the Black Panther Party sustained me with kindness and free bag lunches over one dismal, hungry summer.

I'm white. I was almost as nervous as I was hungry the first time I stood in line. I'll never forget that gentle man's smile or his friendly "See you tomorrow". 😭

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

Shocked at how nostalgic I feel for Reagan, watching this video. His arguments are reasonable—informed by history, economics, and an understanding of how business really works. His tone is respectful even towards those he disagrees with. He's acting like a leader, not a bully.

I wonder about this a lot, too.

Plaque commemorating the 1937 Antifascist Women’s March. A cloudy blue sky and palm trees lining a street are in the background.

Ha! Antifa women in Ybor City (Tampa, FL) since 1937!

The NYC march literally passed a block away from the NYT offices.

Well, their local coverage has sucked for a long time.

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.

He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h • Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

Everyone needs an editor, one of my best former bosses used to say.

Working with great editors has been a life-changing experience. It’s actually helped me get over my perfectionism and fear of making mistakes. If only journalism wasn’t being gutted as profession 😭

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

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I've been reading up on this Jesus fellow and by gum he's got some piping hot takes regarding moneychangers and their presence in temples

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Annie Booker from her debut picturebook The Great Bear about a mythical creature who protects the oceans & teaches a destructive human to protect them too. Handmade image of the towering bear & a tiny figure slumped in shame. Two Hoots 9 Oct. @twohootsbooks.bsky.social

Draw something badly with no intention of showing it to anyone. It's very freeing.

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The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Emily Croy Barker’s riveting debut novel is a must-read for fans of Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic follows grad...

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“…. There was an intention to create a constitution that would serve the nation in the future. It wasn’t the intention that we would have a fixed meaning that would go into the future.”

Albie Sachs, who helped write South Africa’s constitution, told Justice Sotomayor during a discussion at NYU Law that he and his co-drafters “don’t even remember exactly what we meant at the time. There were so many people, and you had a draft and it was changed…

Thanks for the recommendation! I was on the fence about reading it for a while—reviews didn’t pique my interest, although I loved JONATHAN STRANGE. PIRANESI turns out to be an absolutely perfect novel.

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No difference before and after for Drusilla, though

BTW, really enjoying Terry Pratchett. Thx for the guidance. Turns out it was all for the best that I never read him earlier—his books are perfect for this time.

Emily Croy Barker Emily Croy Barker is the author of the fantasy novel THE THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE TO REAL MAGIC and its sequel, HOW TO TALK TO A GODDESS.

Well, this is a bit self-promotional, but I found Watkins Glen very inspiring. www.emilycroybarker.com

Who's a "real American"? Real Americans uphold the Constitution, for starters.