Katie Stompanato

She/Her | Writer

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

I wrote about my depression, reading tragedy, and figuring out how to live with a feeling of inescapable despair in the current political/climate crisis!

Check it out, and other pieces in the #EndoftheWorld special, over at the fantastic @eidolon_journal

[Eidolon @eidolon_journal]

"Tragedy is not just cathartic, it’s validating. Seneca’s tragedies in particular say: yes, you were right to worry, because the end is even worse than you imagined, and no amount of philosophy will help." @cantgoodwell for our #EndoftheWorld special. https://t.co/pHZUke8DFs

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@matthewkocanda @TStomps You're doing great sweetie.

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@VeneficusIpse I could tell you I freeze it for making stock, but I would be lying. I watch it go bad and then it goes to the compost heap.

[Team Sean Casten @VoteCasten]

Meet me at m̶i̶d̶n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ your local polling place on Nov. 8th

[Matt Lindner @mattlindner]

Ah yes now the rest of America gets to experience that uniquely Illinois experience of having the feds raid a politician’s place.

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@scottistvan When I told him I rode a Pinarello, a friend of my ex said, "what are you? A dentist?" And 8 years later I'm still so mad at how good a line that was.

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

I’ve been thinking about civil liberties a lot lately.

More and more, Europe seems to be embracing the idea that legislating morality is folly — while in the US, moralists are digging in, working to impose their beliefs on their neighbors.

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@Litotes_Magotes Many - dm for Tim recs.

[Mikki Kendall @Karnythia]

Highland Park is not in Chicago. It doesn't even touch the city so please spare us your Chicago hot takes. Also if you don't understand Chicago suburbs? Spare us those takes too.

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@matthewkocanda You're doing great, sweetie.

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@scottistvan Was this when we'd turn someone's backpack inside out when they weren't looking?

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@AshleyKirstenW 1) congratulations on this and 2) 100% agree the turnaround time between never-being-able-to-afford-a-house, and actually buying my house is still WILD to me.

[Chuck Tingle @ChuckTingle]

THE VOID hates creation. if you ever hear call of the lonesome train with sad days ahead do not forget this direct response at your fingertips: CREATE SOMETHING. anything. even if no buds ever know. this is powerful rebuke against the vast nothing and pushes back to say I AM HERE

[The Mountain Goats @mountain_goats]

let it never be said I don't drop a few decent pull-quotes in my interviews

[Vulture @vulture]

Moonstruck is about love & death: the fear of it, the inexplicable drive towards it, how it makes life poignant. It’s about fear: of dying, of aging, of living, & the catharsis of pushing past that fear. It’s about eggs, opera, passionately boning under a full moon.

[The Mountain Goats @mountain_goats]

so I was washing potatoes last night when I got excited

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@duxfeminafacti9 If you like Pride & Prejudice AND dragons, I just finished Miss Bennet's Dragon by M. Verant and it was very fun.

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@scottistvan A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. This thing has everything: space travel, intrigue, cybernetic brain enhancements, a race to solve the murder of a diplomat, non-het romance, an author who has a PhD in Byzantine history and is also a city planner.

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

@AshleyKirstenW So, so incredibly proud of you. Congratulations on this new phase of life, and all my empathy for what you've been through! I'm always available as well if you want to chat about life after academia!

[Katie Stompanato @cantgoodwell]

It's always "ily" and never "hystwiwhltjo."