The Bitter Southerner
Over 11 years independent publishing — print mag, James Beard🏅s, books, podcast, t-shirts, working on a #BetterSouth #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld for ALL.
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- Reposted by The Bitter Southerner"He was keenly aware that certain men wanted him dead, simply because his job was protecting local birds whose plumage had become more valuable than gold in the Gilded Age lust for exotic millinery." —Mike Kane for @bittersouth.bsky.social bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/p...
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- Reposted by The Bitter Southerner"Inside, a man lay dead." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer Mike Kane & @bittersouth.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/p...
- Reposted by The Bitter SouthernerIn our Weekly Top 5: * Gambling's grip @harpers.bsky.social * Of plumes and poachers @bittersouth.bsky.social * Bemoaning Americans in Rome @thedialmag.bsky.social * Magical history tour @texasmonthly.bsky.social * Fake poultry flinger @slate.com longreads.com/2026/01/23/t...
- Reposted by The Bitter SouthernerDon’t waste your time with AI slop. These albums have what you’ve been searching for, and more, this whole year. This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
- Our end of year BEST SOUTHERN ALBUMS list dropped today! Ooh, it’s a good one. Are our 20 most favorite records of the year – your favorites? Let us know what you think. 🎧✨🩵 bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
- Now through Tuesday, we’re giving $5 to @feedingamerica every time you place an order‼️🍽️💚 So let’s do this. Let’s fill those food banks so folks don’t go hungry. *Also 20% off sitewide continues. ( Just use the code SAVE20 at checkout. ) bsgeneralstore.com
- EVERY SINGLE ORDER —> We give $5 to @feedingamerica. 🍽️💚 Let’s do this. Let’s fill those food banks so folks don’t go hungry. Also 20% off sitewide continues! Just use the code SAVE20. bsgeneralstore.com
- Let it begin.✨✨✨ Our first holiday deal, and it’s all across our site. Just enter code — SAVE20 — at checkout. bsgeneralstore.com Note: no discount on our #feedthepeople fundraising collection.
- Our Holiday Minit Market ends at midnight tonight … 39 products … gone, gone, gone. Order quick, y’all! bsgeneralstore.com
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- Reposted by The Bitter SouthernerThis week's Top 5: * Metal medicine, @highcountrynews.org * Hyped humanoids, @harpers.bsky.social * Carnival crossroads, @bittersouth.bsky.social * Divine defiance, @placesjournal.bsky.social * Optimization obsession, @aeon.co longreads.com/2025/11/21/t...
- For our Holiday Minit Market, we’ve created a Super-Duper-Deluxe Sticker pack that includes all the stickers we currently sell. (We’ve sold 58 of these sticker packs so far today! These big packs are available until next Sunday the 23rd or until we sell out.😊) bsgeneralstore.com/products/sup...
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- Today we launched our Holiday Minit Market. Sweatshirts, hoodies, tees, towels, stickers and a tote, 10 days only!
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- Today, we publish (online) LIFE & DEATH AT THE COUNTY FAIR by Mike Adno. It’s a gorgeous story and it has already been picked up by Longreads. You can also read it in Issue No 12 of our magazine. bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
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- Reposted by The Bitter Southerner"The cast of eccentric people here renews my hope one night and reaffirms all my doubts the next." —Michael Adno for @bittersouth.bsky.social
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- Reposted by The Bitter Southerner"In reflecting on her now, I wanted to check in with modern-day heroes of the school lunch line."—Jennifer Justus for @bittersouth.bsky.social
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- Reposted by The Bitter Southerner"When you’re Black, every place here might be where you’re from, a forgotten ancestor beneath the soil, all of them pulling on you: Come to us. So, I listened." Nylah Iqbal Muhammad for @bittersouth.bsky.social: bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/... 📸: Jaida Grey Eagle & Camille Farrah Lenain
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- We’ve launched five (5) shirts. For each of these shirts we sell, we’ll give $10 to Feeding America. So please buy these shirt and let’s fill America’s food banks. bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...
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- Reposted by The Bitter Southerner"These figures were aggressive, but not malevolent. Their purpose seemed twofold: to make us know they were there, and that we could do nothing about it." @tommaxwell.bsky.social for @bittersouth.bsky.social: bittersoutherner.com/we-salted-na...
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- New collection of outdoor gear launches today. Wear it / Fly it & please start conversations about what’s happening to our public lands and waters! (Lots of folks who voted for this president are not seeing this news.) bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...
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- Reposted by The Bitter SouthernerThings that made me cry this morning: this beautiful offering from Houston’s Poet Laureate, Reyes Ramirez, in @bittersouth.bsky.social “We’re nothing short of miracles, despite what our government says.” bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/l...
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- Reposted by The Bitter Southerner"I was lorn, damn it, and depressed. But then arroz imperial sauntered, slick with mayonnaise, into my consciousness, and she demanded answers." —Caroline Hatchett for @bittersouth.bsky.social bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/a...
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- Our Fall Minit Mkt (pop-up) closes at midnight. Grab your gear before it disappears! 🛒⏰✔️ bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...
- 15 sweatshirts. bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...
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View full threadTHE BITTER SOUTHERNER FALL MINIT MARKET closes at midnight tonight. After midnight this gear disappears forever. So please order now. Thanks, everyone! bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...
- CRUSHING UPDATE YESTERDAY : Journalist Mario Guevara deported. Mario will continue to pursue immigration appeals from El Salvador, hoping to return to the US and his family, both of which he dearly loves. Our hearts are w/ Mario, his family & the legal team that has worked around the clock.
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- “Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.” ~ Jane Goodall Thank you, Ms. Goodall. Rest in peace.🤍🌎
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- Our “The Way Forward” Fall Minit Market is LIVE. 15 sweatshirts — 6 t-shirts — 3 towels — and one hat available for one week only. (It’s a pop-up!) So shop now, grab some cool gear, and support our independent journalism! bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...
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- Fall issue available for preorder now. Subscribe!
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- This week,The BS rec’d a letter from MARIO GUEVARA, the only known journalist detained on US soil by ICE. For wks, we’ve worked w/ his family to obtain Mario’s handwritten letter + the 2 drawings of his cell. The letter is also available in Spanish. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...
