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Ella Dawson

@brosandprose.bsky.social

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author of BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY. survivor. she/her.

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new favorite goodreads review 🥰 first time I've ever been called mother

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3 is a goofy ass number. she thicc, she squat, she big

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CONGRATULATIONS DR. TINGLE

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it feels good to be writing about pleasure again. for a while there I felt weird calling myself a sex & culture critic when my work was hyper focused on sexual and domestic violence — which is still part of sex & culture — but it's nice to write something about pleasure AND recovery

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I wrote about why tattoos are so incredibly hot: www.patreon.com/posts/107549...

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Why would anyone want to read this

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I have some fun stuff planned for OnlyFans this month! Come on over and subscribe for free if you'd like to see what I'm cooking up to pay my air conditioning bill: onlyfans.com/brosandprose

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Daniel I am trying!! I can’t find any idea that flows organically, I think I need to move to the woods

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publishing a book has melted my brain. I no longer know what I do online other than refresh my sales numbers portal, check my goodreads star average, and scroll through instagram hoping someone has posted about it

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💜

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Fine, I did it. I wrote about getting laid at my 10 year college reunion: www.patreon.com/posts/107549...

Content warning, references to past sexual violence.

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ahh I need to catch up with the Discord, I haven't been on in a hot minute! been too busy traveling to keep up. thank you.

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That is wonderfully specific

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anyone else getting targeted ads on Instagram recruiting for studies about depression and anxiety?? just me??

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I started and finished the book since the 4th (in between my time in New York and then I got caught up reading it and just finished it now) and really enjoyed it. I'd highly recommend checking out But How Are You, Really?

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾's avatar 🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social
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Alice Munro is a prime example of women enabling abusers and expecting to be centered because it’s “hard for them” It’s white feminism as a shield from accountability with the least powerful sacrificed

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Ella’s essays are always powerful and beautifully written. I hope they find you at a time in your life when you need them.

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happy anniversary to me! it's been a good three years of freedom, a painful three years of healing.

if you'd like to celebrate with me, I've written a whole collection of essays about getting out, trauma recovery, and healing over on patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/1...

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happy anniversary to me! it's been a good three years of freedom, a painful three years of healing.

if you'd like to celebrate with me, I've written a whole collection of essays about getting out, trauma recovery, and healing over on patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/1...

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ok the zac efron nicole kidman movie is genuinely good though, they have actual chemistry and efron is so charming

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I keep forgetting this is tomorrow and wondering why my body feels all fucked up and then remembering 😖

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As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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Neil Gaiman is someone whose work has meant a lot to me but I also think it'd be wildly narcissistic to treat allegations as more or less credible according to how much the accused's work meant to me.

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my three year anniversary of leaving my abuser is on Sunday and I feel so weird

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If I see one more person writing an essay on social media about how personally betrayed they feel by Neil Gaiman because they love his books instead of centering victims, I swear

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FYI on Monday I'm publishing a new essay about getting laid at my college reunion and why tattoos are hot as shit. subscribe to my patreon for $3/month to read it:
www.patreon.com/brosandprose

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"Frankly at this point, millennials themselves should know that the trope of "burnt out millennial" is overplayed and underdeveloped, but still, Ella Dawson persists" is extremely fucking funny

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I don't read reviews much because it's none of my business what people think but "in the kindest light, But How Are You, Really could be regaled as half-decent, and at its worst, in no better terms, unremarkable and pitiful" needs to be put on the back cover of the book asap

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someone on goodreads wrote the most scathing review of my college reunion novel so far, so I looked at her profile and she is literally not old enough to attend a five year college reunion

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happy Flinching Day to everyone living with PTSD!!

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thank you! I was so happy to have an occasion to wear them, they're thrifted

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ELLE Magazine said my new novel is a "quintessentially millennial take on the return-to-campus novel, told with equal parts sensitivity and self-deprecation"!

Read it here: bit.ly/buthowareyoureallynovel

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Tortoise Media seems suspicious and I’m not going to listen to the podcast, but Gaiman’s statement alone is enough for me to believe the women who have spoken out. How we treat them will determine if others feel comfortable coming forward.

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Neil Gaiman claims he had a consensual sexual relationship with his child’s 21-year-old nanny that started on her FIRST DAY. That’s enough for me.

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I heard rumors about Neil Gaiman having weird relationships with younger women for years. Being a darling progressive author is a great shield for ugly power differentials in your sexual relationships. Tale as old as time.

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can someone come over and do my dishes, unpack my luggage, vacuum, and redo my nails

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Ella Dawson's avatar Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social
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plus so many of his stories take place in and around Maine lake towns! perfect fit!

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I got to meet @brosandprose.bsky.social last night at Powells when she did an event with local author Jen Comfort.
They both have the most amazing energy, and had a great connection with each other too. I'll be keeping an eye out for local events with Jen, and Ella is an absolute delight.

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it's been helpful! didn't cost much either, I designed it myself on VistaPrint

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Ella Dawson's avatar Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social
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to be corporate and cringe for a second, people connect to my writing because of its unglamorous vulnerability. there's no pretty inspirational message, it's just "sometimes life sucks ass and here's what I've learned to stay alive." it would be weird if I started posting gauzy cottagecore videos!

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