Emily Shwake

Freelance writer, editor. Drop me a line at [email protected]. She/her.

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

We stomached so many lies this man told right after seeing evidence of his cruelty and disdain for his wife in the form of texts, messages written in blood, and bruises all over her body. We shouldn’t need this level of evidence to believe women—believe victims—but clearly we do.

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@The_Mrs_Griff @miss_teabaggins both were torturing prisoners, not treating them. what you're suggesting is we should never accept medical advice because medical professionals have behaved horribly in the past. this woman is feeding her child in order to bond with them.

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@MariaDeCotis this is literally just natasha lyonne

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@ZachStafford I recognize that what he said was tone deaf. And I recognize and respect your anger. But I think we’ve got to consider whether we’re gatekeeping rather than welcoming people into the LGBTQIA+ community because we think they’re not gay enough, queer enough, or trans enough.

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@ZachStafford I also think Harry winning album of the year over quite a few iconic albums by POC is problematic (award committees racist? Shocking.), but idk that it’s fair to blame the artist. Expressing queerness isn’t queerbaiting even if the person is straight.

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@itatiVCS @joedwhitetalks @ZachStafford Wouldn’t it be somewhat queerphobic to suggest a *potentially* straight man wears queer clothing as an aesthetic choice rather than as identity expression? Queerness can happen on a spectrum. Saying straight men wearing feminine clothes is queerbaiting doesn’t acknowledge that.

[Jenny Stojkovic @jennystojkovic]

💧 For the first time in history, the US has entered a WATER war and the media refuses to cover the true cause: cows. A must-read on the water crisis. 🧵👇🏼

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

i *guess* i appreciate the effort, but those all-gender restroom signs don't call trans/nonbinary people to mind as much as—

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

What’s particularly QuiRkY about this pattern is that worker productivity has grown spectacularly in the past 40 years, and wage growth has barely moved in the same time period. https://t.co/it87wGXLV8

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

Resurfacing this now that there are about to be a whole bunch more babies born into undesirable circumstances

[Rue. ⚖️ ❥ @PleaseImpressMe]

The government once babies born into undesirable circumstances are in need of assistance and care

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

Jesse is a true artist in the kitchen and on the page ✨

[Jesse Szewczyk @JesseSzewczyk]

Wrote about the current state and eternal importance of queer bars. Thank you @emilyshwake for the assignment and loving edits ❤️ https://t.co/YvGImE5Irf

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@Flash14721106 @klarkenobi @ghostinmysoup @tucsonchrisRE @PoliticsAndEd The cool thing about NYC public transportation is that everyone from all economic levels use it. I’ve spent years relying on it and maybe noticed an odor problem once. People read, draw, work, or scroll instead of staring aimlessly at traffic. It’s pretty great.

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@miss_teabaggins Babe, the medication is estrogen. She obviously got this information from a medical professional. There are plenty of studies that show that it’s totally fine for a trans woman to breastfeed her daughter.

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[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

Playing a round of is it anxiety or is it caffeine

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@BaruchTheWusky @FriendlyCTFiend @Scolopendridae @passtheflail @ClimateBen All these changes involve having disposable income and/or owning a home.

[BuzzFeed News Union ✊ @bfnewsunion]

We've been bargaining our contract for almost 2 years, but BuzzFeed won't budge on critical issues like wages — all while preparing to go public and make executives even richer.

So TODAY, we're walking out to send a reminder that there's no BuzzFeed News without us. #BFNWalksOut

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@xmindallas @menage_kim @LadyofReylo @danielleiat @landwarsinasia Guys I don’t think this guy knows what the patriarchy is

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@CSwag_SBSB @HoneyBronzeRiot @weeblewop @thedigitaIdash_ You wrote this wrong: it’s super hard to *not* be racist because racism is ingrained in every institution and our entire history.

[Emily Shwake @emilyshwake]

@katierowboat Gross!