Teri V
She/her. Poet, mother, queer, witch, cactus. Latina. Assistant poetry editor for Split Lip Magazine. Warren Wilson MFA alum. 🍉🍉🍉
- Reposted by Teri VNo joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Teri VIt is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
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- Reposted by Teri VYet another reason to hate Amazon💥
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- Reposted by Teri VJoan Kwon Glass reads from her poem MASCOT. ❤️ Find the whole piece right here: buff.ly/DiV85H1
- Reposted by Teri VNot sure what you mean by theories, but there is very little knowledge production on Latine racial identity. Latines are taught to assimilate as part of an ongoing colonial project to empty the land of indigenous people, artificially inflate white majorities, and fight communism in Latin America
- Reposted by Teri VBREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
- Reposted by Teri VBring all our stolen neighbors home
- 5 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Teri VYesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
- Reposted by Teri VMuch of the public believes violent crime is a major problem, even though it's at historic lows in the United States. This disconnect is "the product of carefully cultivated propaganda," says author @equalityalec.bsky.social. democracynow.org/2026/1/27/alec_kara…
- Reposted by Teri VWe stand with everyone who is striking today. In solidarity, we're off for the day and we'll see you next time. Love to all 💕
- Reposted by Teri VThe case filed in Massachusetts is the first lawsuit over the strikes to land in a U.S. federal court since the Trump administration launched a campaign to target vessels off the coast of Venezuela. n.pr/4r9YUlc
- Reposted by Teri VBovino is a sacrifice for appeasement. Revel in his humiliation and suffering, but people are still being disappeared and attacked this morning. Democrats have no desire to fix this. It’s on us to defend ourselves, our neighbors, and to bring this fascist system to the ground.
- Reposted by Teri VWe gotta start ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with finding your voice ❤️ Fiction reader Garima Chhikara has a new flash in @acrossthemargin.bsky.social exploring what that's like: buff.ly/edaf4zD
- Reposted by Teri V"I’m going feral, / which is to say I’m devouring three servings of buttered pasta / straight from the pot" 🎉 Poetry Reader @bringonthelucie.bsky.social was published in @sillygoosepress.bsky.social! buff.ly/7dBpkAa
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- Oscar now please
- Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’ See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
- Reposted by Teri VAMAZING NEWS 🤩Contributor Lia Hagen's WHAT WE BROKE, from our January Issue, is featured in the Memoir Monday Roundup!! Thank you to @memoirland.bsky.social & check out the list: buff.ly/BiEmTuZ Find WHAT WE BROKE here: buff.ly/s9v6HdU
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- Reposted by Teri V🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
- Reposted by Teri Vseen at 38th & Hiawatha this morning
- Reposted by Teri V“My sister, Agatha Krishna, said it started when they came, and so that’s where you could put the blame.” Read from @ninamcconigley.bsky.social’s new novel, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder.
- Reposted by Teri V"before the parade at the forgotten war park / children pretend to kill one another with sticks" Don't miss Joan Kwon Glass' MASCOT from our JANUARY ISSUE. ✨ buff.ly/FCVcwxt
- Reposted by Teri Vthis is because Dolly Parton is the equal or better of most strung- instrument players you can name, a fact often obscured by the vocabulary of iconography sometimes used to discuss her work. thanks for coming to my presentation this’ll take about half a hour
- Reposted by Teri V"Grandfather is ninety-four, and none of his organs are his own." @esmepromise.bsky.social's flash piece JELLYFISH tackles oceanic creatures, hearts, and immortality. Read it right here! buff.ly/ePT4ZNT
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- Reposted by Teri VNew Issue of Split Lip Magazine! Thanks so much for reading and sharing! Maybe start with the powerful poem by Joan Kwon Glass. But please don't miss a single piece here. They are all really unique and immersive. Congratulations to our contributors on this stunning work!
- A new year brings us new work to admire 💫 Help us welcome our JANUARY ISSUE: buff.ly/xnuvf6J Major thanks to our contributors! WORDS @esmepromise.bsky.social, Stephanie Meade Gresham, Lia Hagen, Joan Kwon Glass ART Audrey Holmes PLUS @rachellayown.bsky.social reviews @chriscampanioni.bsky.social
- Reposted by Teri VBumping this up again because donations are always welcome
- Reposted by Teri VIndependent journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social recounts how she was hired as an ICE agent despite never completing a background check, likely failing a drug test and publicly sharing her opposition to Trump.
- Reposted by Teri VReporter @kenklippenstein.bsky.social investigated the inner workings of the Department of Homeland Security, finding that “there's splits within the agency about the shooting [of Renee Good] and the general mission.”
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- Reposted by Teri VTen months after the body of murdered Palestinian poet and professor Refaat Alareer was recovered and laid to rest, his loved ones were finally able to place a headstone on his grave.
- Reposted by Teri VAre we for fucking real right now? - Paid family leave is a solution. - Universal healthcare is a solution. - Universal & free childcare is a solution. - Guaranteed housing is a solution. The US cheerfully lets parents suffer, go broke and/or d*e, then wonders why ppl choose to be #childfree
- The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in. n.pr/3NH3yso
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- So happy to have one of my favorite stories up at @broadripplereview.bsky.social today - absolutely gorgeous issue all around!! www.broadripplereview.com/post/deer-run
- Reposted by Teri V"We are an empire in decline, and we are writhing in this kind of irrationality, particularly in the international realm. And it will continue for another decade or two until … American power finally slips away."
- Reposted by Teri VAs an adult with ADHD, Eric Calloway's thoughts fire at a mile a second. His paintings are a visual representation of that, capturing each emotion and treating each stroke as if it were visual poetry💙 Enjoy HEAVY ARE THE CLOUDS from our DECEMBER ISSUE☁️: buff.ly/DbXrcgC
- Reposted by Teri Vsemi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
- Reposted by Teri VMinneapolis-based activist Nekima Levy Armstrong says local authorities should arrest Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week. democracynow.org/2026/1/12/minneapol…
- Reposted by Teri V"The artist, and particularly the poet, is always an anarchist in the best sense of the word. He must heed only the call that arises within him from three strong voices: the voice of death, with all its foreboding, the voice of love, and the voice of art." – Federico García Lorca
- Reposted by Teri V🫶🫶🫶 Thank you sonmuch. I’m so thrilled that “Mother-mother, Wasp-mother“ found life at Split Lip, and will in Family Night, and super grateful for the time I got to spend reading flash with y’all! splitlipthemag.com/flash/0224/a...
- Reposted by Teri VA favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
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- It's ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY, fam ❤️ SLM Assistant Poetry Editor @terivela.bsky.social has a poem published in Shenandoah on what it means to engage with history. We know you'll love this one: buff.ly/zIlIJQW
- Reposted by Teri VA group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
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- Let's kick off the weekend with some good news. 🎉 Contributor @megiddings.bsky.social's book MEET ME AT THE CROSSROADS was included in The Washington Post's list of 10 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2025! buff.ly/71FTjdU
- Reposted by Teri Va world without ICE is possible
- Reposted by Teri VAbolish ICE, Minneapolis, everywhere. (Pen and ink and marker on paper)
- Reposted by Teri VThe murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
- Reposted by Teri VThe ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges. Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
- Reposted by Teri V"I'm calling to demand the immediate dismantling of ICE for the murder of a woman in Minneapolis today and the impeachment of the President for his support of that murder" is the easiest call to my senators and representative I've ever made
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- breaking my internet hiatus to share that my debut poetry collection BURNS is available to preorder from @sundresspub.bsky.social ❤️ sundress-publications.square.site/product/burn...
- Reposted by Teri VMore fun news! Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social’s book HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE was included in a list of best books of 2025. 🙌 👏 buff.ly/42BQIIX
- Reposted by Teri VDerek Maiolo’s essay RESCUE features tense family pressure, a biting Colorado winter, and inexplicably stray cattle. Here, he shares just one thing about the piece. buff.ly/Q2VdwmV
- Reposted by Teri V'Hands off Venezuela' -betrays the speakers own helplessness, a sad little demand dressed up like tough talk, unpleasant implication of sexual violence, innocence and victimhood 'Death to America'! -actionable, solves problems for many countries at once, actually makes people upset
- Reposted by Teri VI was a teenager taking introduction to international politics during the invasion of Iraq and I am so deeply sad about the series of events that have led to me getting ready to teach introduction to international politics to a bunch of teenagers during the invasion of Venezuela
- Reposted by Teri VAs we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu. If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
- Reposted by Teri VBREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
- Reposted by Teri Vone of two poems in Mizna 26.1: Kindred ❤️🔥 this poem began as an elegy for mahmoud darwish but once broached, the grief kept pouring. gratitude to moheb soliman, nour hussein and lana barkawi @miznaarabart.bsky.social for their belief in my poems and insights along the process ❤️🔥
