Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam!
Nan Tepper, Jill Swenson, Eileen Dougharty, Slamone de BeauvoirHumans crave stories — and the feminist writers of Substack know exactly how to make them sting, sparkle, and stay in your head. No apologies. No tidy arcs. Just the parts we usually whisper.
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The stories didn’t have to be about ‘Murica at all and they weren’t.
Fear can be a healthy emotion when used sparingly and for things we need to be mindful of. But when fear is taken to an extreme, I’ve found it terribly unhelpful.
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This month at le slam we will muse about Freedom et Fear. Some mighty powerful “F” words, right? This muse knows how to muse about liberté! Forget about États-Unis and the fete thrown on the 4th by the resi...
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I’m thrilled to kick off the Wham! Bam! Book! Slam! series with author Jill Swenson to celebrate the publication of her memoir, The Land of Everlasting Sky, published by She Writes Press*.
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It's July. Our theme is Freedom or Fear? I Choose Freedom. You?
Yes, the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago. But you know what else happened in July a long time ago?
Bastille Day. July 14, 1789. Ah, oui, the French Revolution.
I love the French. Marie Antoinette got cake in the fac...
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I'm a happily aging kid raised in the 1960s. I write memoir, work as a graphic designer, perform in story slams. Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam! and The Next Write Thing. And I'll make YOUR stack look great!
Author of forthcoming THE LAND OF EVERLASTING SKY: A MEMOIR OF LOSS AND LEGACY ON LAKE OF THE WOODS (June 2026 from She Writes Press)
Intermittent revolutionary. Parkinson’s debutant. Cynical idealist. Subscribe if you’re interested in smoky eye rolling, disability candor, tactics for introverts and the quest to bring rebellion into your routine.
Too poor to marry, I chainsmoked philosophy and took lovers instead. No time for kids while birthing feminism with a pen and a glare. Could out-drink and out-think her existential fuck buddies, including Sartre and Nelson Algren. Nickname: Beaver
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