Elly Fishman

Author of Refugee High: Coming of Age in America. Dankso clog enthusiast.

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

Thrilled to share the first review for Refugee High, which comes from @PublishersWkly. I can't wait to share the Sullivan story with readers. Out August 10! @thenewpress

https://t.co/VYoEFgODrF

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Nora Daley is an undeniable asset to the state of Illinois. Her philanthropy, leadership, and overhaul of the Illinois Arts Council have helped expand access to the arts while establishing our state as a cultural leader. https://t.co/eBy8dTjclI

[𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 📰 @ukpapers]

🇺🇸 A Monument's Meaning

▫Finalists’ designs for Rekia Boyd monument in Douglass Park unveiled
▫@Elly33
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#frontpagestoday #USA @Suntimes

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

Last spring, @KatAbughazaleh launched a campaign with a simple message: Dems need to grow a spine. Now she faces up to 15 years in prison for protesting against ICE and Trump. She's not backing down, either. Takes more than spine. My latest for @GQMagazine https://t.co/sh1k5L2brH

[nick catucci @catucci]

A follow-up I did not expect to make after our profile of @KatAbughazaleh this spring

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[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

@michaelkruse @KatAbughazaleh @GQMagazine That Trad quote is my favorite part of the story

[nick catucci @catucci]

She’s 26. Her primary opponent is 80.

@KatAbughazaleh talks to @Elly33 for @GQMagazine about her bid for Congress: “People are begging their representatives to do something”

[GQ Magazine @GQMagazine]

“The establishment Democratic opinions are calcified. And too little too late on the policy side. We need actionable changes & people who will fight for those changes. This is what makes Kat a great fighter for the moment.” —@hasanthehun on @KatAbughazaleh https://t.co/8oUElbp5jz

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

More people should run on Trad Wife Gone Wrong in 2025. Let's go.

[GQ Magazine @GQMagazine]

Can @KatAbughazaleh help Democrats grow a spine? The 26-year-old lefty Internet star is translating her online influence into a campaign that could help revive the doddering party's chances with voters https://t.co/dd6vJtvBzY

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

*Gone wrong. Ugh, the internet is hard.

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

I vote more rants, esp ones like this: “I have all the makings of a trad wife, except what comes out of my mouth and what’s going on in my brain. It drives [toxic men] insane. They get so confused and triggered by women they’re attracted to." Trad wife gone is my 2025 fighter.

[Kat Abughazaleh @KatAbughazaleh]

Thank you to GQ and @Elly33 for listening to me rant about democracy, antifascism, and Elon Musk: https://t.co/OjrKg2PDxl

[Sam Weinberg @SamJWeinberg]

Great ⁦@hasanthehun⁩ quote in this wonderful piece by @elly33: “We need bold actionable changes and people who will fight for those changes. This is what makes Kat a great fighter for the moment.” https://t.co/nSzo7G6dRf

[The Sunday Long Read @sundaylongread]

At a crossroads when Chicago profiled him nine years ago, Jerryon Stevens is now in jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. At home, his mother reckons with her son’s path — and tries to hold her fractured family together. @chicagomag https://t.co/yNzp74LNn7

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

wow, what company, thank you!

[How I Make Money Writing @longformprofile]

Edition #56 features amazing reads from:

@JordanSalama19 @lilapearl @Tyrangiel @Wendell23 @Elly33 @brendankoerner @thobbsjourno @garymbaum @dodaistewart @dylanleviking @a_greenberg @dmehro @pakhead @IanFrisch @danielvriley @page88 @HernandezJavier

https://t.co/nvS8LBpvUF

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

The highest praise — thank you @DVNJr and @megreenwell for including the Chrishona piece this week! After several years sitting with this story, it really means a lot to have you all read and witness it.

[The Sunday Long Read @sundaylongread]

Check out this week's issue, guest edited by @megreenwell and featuring @dodaistewart, @mccrummens, @hamiltonnolan, @xwaldie, @myafrazier, @amandahess, @Elly33 + many more https://t.co/Og6mtSrO0d

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

thank you @longreads! super grateful

[Longreads @Longreads]

"Chrishona’s reality reflects a staggeringly common one: In the United States, one in four women have a loved one behind bars. And for Black women, that number jumps to one in two." @Elly33 @ChicagoMag
https://t.co/YOygEl3NRt

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

It took me a long time to write this piece. By some counts, almost a decade. Sometimes stories have to reveal themselves to you. That's what happened here. In the end, I think Chrishona's story was always where this project was meant to land. https://t.co/NoX8PZBQsX @ChicagoMag

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

Man, a little stunned by the words, @tnoland1! This piece was a doozy, and, in some ways, 9 years in the making. I'm glad I gave it the time it needed. Super grateful to Chrishona. And to Terry who, despite my hesitation, kept encouraging me to dig back in.

[Terry Noland @tnoland1]

In my 11 years at @chicagomag, this @elly33 story is one of the best we've run. It's about the ripple effects of incarceration on families but also about the resilience of the women left behind, holding things down, keeping joy alive. Please read it.

https://t.co/fQqMywDPDc

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

Casey and Jamie's story resonated with the refugee experiences I've documented. There is a growing diaspora of people fleeing their homes to protect their personal freedoms. They are indeed America's refugees. Thx to @RollingStone & @KateLStorey for helping me tell this story!

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

"Calling this a new class of refugees is not overly dramatic."

Laws restricting interventions for transgender youth and limiting access to health care has driven people across the country to seek shelter in states with LGBTQ-friendly policies.

🔗 https://t.co/NTUqbKw7PR

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

#longreads

[Elly Fishman @Elly33]

Jamie and Casey miss the ocean. They can still hear the sound of wind blowing through palm trees and ache for the sticky sweltering heat of long summer. Florida was their home but now they are part of a new class of American refugee. My latest for @RollingStone

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Florida Was Their Home. Anti-Trans Laws Led Them to Flee.

As red states pass laws limiting gender-affirming care and abortions, families are moving. One expert calls it “an uncountable diaspora."

Read: https://t.co/NTUqbKvA0j