Virginia Sole-Smith @virginiasolesmith.bsky.social Burnt Toast newsletter + Burnt Toast podcast + FAT TALK. Plant lady. Pasta enthusiast.
Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
Bethany @bookrarian.bsky.social Here for the vibes.
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Christine @christineinlou.bsky.social Auntie, dog mom, auctioneer, real estate agent, Girl Scout leader, and so much more. Louisville KY born and bred.
Tara Anderson @taraeanderson.bsky.social Writer, musician, parent, instigator. Podcast producer. I’ve got four college degrees, two kids, a dog, and endless wanderlust. Jeopardy champ.
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Speed Art Museum @speedartmuseum.bsky.social Kentucky’s oldest & largest art museum, and the perfect spot for the art-savvy and the art-curious. speedmuseum.org
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Rebecca @theplussideofme @theplussideofme.bsky.social Plus size content creator: fashion, fat community, TV.
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Rachel @redhead-rachel.bsky.social Tired millennial
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Louisville Independent Observer @louisvillelio.bsky.social Community Arts, Entertainment, and Opinions by and from the Louisville Community. We're not associated with any other corporate "independent" paper. We talk about Louisville stuff and other stuff we like.
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Jenny Talbert, DC @drjennytalbert.bsky.social The Fat Chiropractor. 💙
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vic @sonofthesummersun.bsky.social your favorite fat lesbian leftist 🫶🏻 (she/they)
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Heather Chapman @mothertongue.bsky.social Ex-journo, Jeopardy! loser, Kentucky Colonel, writer of many things. Comms consultant. Rural policy nerd. Neurodivergent af, queer af, tired af. Chaotic good.
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Kate Turner @kturner.bsky.social Academic editor & writing coach. EFA Member. Former historian of gender.
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@thishammer.bsky.social @thishammer.bsky.social 
Rebecca Jennings @rebeccajjennings.bsky.social features @ nymag
Mary Warren ~ Fat Girls in Fiction @fatgirlsinfiction.bsky.social An romance author writing books with plus size characters and uplifts authors and books with the same representation
Jamie B. Golden @jamiebgolden.bsky.social 🎙Podcaster🧴Skincare Enthusiast 🐿 ADHD Survivor 🫶 Aging, Deeply Unlikeable Woman
kristin @hippieinpearls.bsky.social progressive | attorney | jewess | cold brew obsessed | 🫶🏻🩷✌🏻👩🏼⚖️🧿
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Ellis Carter @charitylawyer.bsky.social Lawyer for Nonprofits practicing in Washington state and Arizona
K.M. Smith @kristynotkirsty.bsky.social Perimenopausal. Pro-Democracy. Pro-Choice. Anti-Racist. Mother. Wife. Writer. Tennis Player. Not all that great at social media.
Tennis is Life Series on Substack. Podcast coming soon.
Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social Freelance writer, reporter, author. Kentuckian.
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Julie Murphy @andimjulie.bsky.social •#1 NYT Bestselling Author
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@silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social 
Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com Writer, photographer, Kentucky history nerd. Retired newspaper editor, columnist, reporter. (AP, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lexington Herald-Leader.) Opinions are my own.
Linda Blackford @lblackford.bsky.social Editor, Kentucky Lantern
Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social 📚 Author, NYT bestseller FIRED UP
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Nannette Eaton @eatonalive.bsky.social creator of the defunct booze blog Wine Harlots
Laura Lacy @lauralacy.bsky.social Lecturer at Elon University. Writer, editor, producer. MA, focusing on historical media narratives about women. Generally obsessed with stories of all kinds. Emmy and Bennett’s mom. #binders
Anna Przy @akprzy.bsky.social Spaghetti Enthusiast
Amanda James @shessolouky.com Louisville, KY. #L1C4. Kentucky Colonel. Loud. Probably busy doing something; hopefully it's something fun.
Tina Steele @tinasteele.bsky.social Anti-racist feminist. Gamer. Big heart; bigger balls. Voracious consumer of horror movies and 90s hip-hop. Constant reader. Cat mom to Walter and Archie. Happily partnered. Too fucking busy and vice versa.
Ashley G Davidson @ashleydavidson.bsky.social Artist, designer, writer
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Newmo99 @newmo99.bsky.social attorney, trivia & karaoke lover, dive bar snob, she/her, 606 native, Jeopardy bronze medalist
molly @mollyjp13.bsky.social one of those cishet white ladies
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Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social Author of bawdy romcoms with a big ♥. She/her. Out now: ZOMROMCOM and SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE!
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk. (I do not book guests for NPR. Beware of scams.)
Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
Alison Gary @alisongary.bsky.social I’m the person behind Wardrobe Oxygen. GenX feminist in the DMV with a passion for fashion.
Marcie Timmerman @marcietimmerman.bsky.social Mom, Kentuckian, mental health advocate. Personal account does not reflect my employer.
Vanessa Chan @vanjchan.bsky.social Author of The Storm We Made.
Sofie Hagen @sofiehagen.bsky.social Comedian. Author. Podcaster.
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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social Writer | Dr. | Project Manager for Roxane Gay | Co-editor The Audacity | 🌈😷| Rep’d by Alyssa Jennette | Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social GRAPHIC RAGE on Substack. Writer & illustrator of stories, essays and feminist comics. '22 NEA fellow. Work in TIME, Vox, New York Times, Washington Post, etc. Very charming IRL. she/her
Ashleé Clark @ashleeeats.bsky.social I should be writing.
https://ashleeclark.substack.com/
Sarah Chiwaya @curvily.bsky.social Plus size fashion expert, blogger, writer, and consultant. Founder of New York City Plus. Looking forward to live reacting to bad reality TV again 🥰
Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com Reader. Novelist. Fiction nerd. Pro-worker. Anti-billionaire. I teach at Columbia. Online for two decades.
DL White @booksbydlwhite.blacksky.app Same soup, just reheated. Find me in the A.
Author. Powered by Skittles & spite. Big fan of beaches, brunch, *NSYNC, Kids in the Hall. Aggressively Black. #92percent
Have you tried dying mad about it?
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social Senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek, covering consumer culture. Georgia native, Georgia Bulldog. Opinions mine.
Marie Denee @mariedenee.bsky.social Virgo. Splenic Projector. Creator of The Curvy Fashionista. 
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social I work in Higher Ed. History PhD; MSLS. Ex-librarylander/resrch admin; you get the idea. Baseball, birding, cats, occasional EV evangelism.
l still have hope despite everything & am endeavoring to be kind. Opinions strictly my own; she/her/hers. KY
Enya Wintour-Koch @verticalq.bsky.social Redefining standards on the fly.
Lover of cooking, theater, board games, and drum corps. Gay Kentuckian, and Video Production Technician (non-creative editing, CC, and quality control)
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Kate Stayman-London @ksl.bsky.social Tired bisexual who used to write for presidents and now makes pretend people kiss. New vampire rom-com FANG FICTION out now!
Jupiter2012 @jupiter2012.bsky.social You may know me from the same name on the bird app. Gay. Kentuckian. Cocktail nerd.
Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social NYT bestselling author * editor of LEXtoday* dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social Writer, editor, poet, critic | Chief Content Officer at @Salon.com | Author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me | Faculty at Naslund-Mann MFA | KY Colonel | Blair Water Literary Society chair | March Xness Die-hard https://linktr.ee/eekshecried
Dawn @502eire.bsky.social a sad tomato. three miles of bad road.
Nick Laracuente @archaeologist.bsky.social Bourbon Archaeologist - Sazerac Archivist
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@bourbonarchaeology on Instagram
Archaeology, archives, bourbon, Irish whiskey, history related to alcohol, video games, martial arts, enneagram 6/4
Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social Author of four books and the CULTURE STUDY newsletter. PhD in celebrity gossip. My dogs are named Steve and Beverly.
Jasmine Guillory @thebestjasmine.bsky.social Writer, Oakland.
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social A LIVING REMEDY, a New York Times Notable Book • ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW, National Book Critics Circle finalist • words in NYT Mag, Time, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
Brittany Gibbons @brittanygibbons.bsky.social The only living girl in Ohio.
Wrote some books, host a big podcast, best friends with my dog. 
Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social Author of 10 books.The latest: A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE AMNESIAC out 2027. Newsletter here: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com #1000wordsofsummer
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
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Lisa Eirene @lisaeirene.bsky.social Reader, writer, hiker, swimmer. I have 2 kids, a cat & a pitbull. Figuring out eating disorder recovery. Talk to me about OCD, anxiety & depression. Pro-science. BLM. 🌈
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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