Rachael Levay
Senior editor of sociology and anthropology at Princeton University Press. Cofounder Paths in Publishing. Running, books, kids, somewhere out west.
- A genuine question for those with experience: what’s of more significant value in the upcoming election, working polls or observing polls?
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- Dems just profoundly unequipped for this moment. It’s maddening beyond measure to see the most ordinary people exhibit incomprehensible bravery and Dems be like “okay but body cams plz, then we’ll be all good.”
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- Reposted by Rachael LevayYou’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
- Reposted by Rachael LevayI think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
- Tell me your pet’s name with a gif
- Reposted by Rachael Levayright now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
- I’ve largely stayed offline today after ending up in tears a few times yesterday and opening this to see that baby, I can‘t even describe my rage.
- Just cried on a Zoom call with someone in Minneapolis. My mental health is so good.
- It’s the strangest feeling, reading about breakthroughs that could have cured a loved one who has died of a disease. It’s hard to describe the painful joy I feel thinking about those who won’t know the heartache we almost could have missed. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
- 2026, home with a six-year-old freshly positive with Covid, spiraling with anxiety and sadness but also cackling at videos of fascists soaked from water balloons in bitter cold
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- I spend some serious energy worrying people will think I use Chat GPT for my emails but truly, I’m just a long time, deeply committed em-dasher.
- Reposted by Rachael LevayLess than a month before my debut book "What We Inherit" gets released! You can place pre-orders now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Lucky to have gotten to collaborate (and argue) with Sam Trejo for the last 5+ years on this.
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- Reposted by Rachael Levay“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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- Richie doesn't accept that the bookstore is closed on Sundays.
- Seems accurate
- It’s a long day of merriment here but I woke up early and read @lilyking.bsky.social’s Heart the Lover in nearly one sitting and am hungover with grief and also struck by how good this novel is. Read it when your heart is strong — or when you need fortifying.
- There are too many things to hate about the internet but I have a big one. Online shopping now means family (primarily grandparents) send gifts directly to us and suddenly it’s my job to wrap EVERY PRESENT UNDER THE TREE WHEN I HAVE NO TIME OR ENERGY. More bows more tags more paper more time gah
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- Richie’s transition to Winter Pup is aided by good low winter light making awesome afternoon sun patches.
- My daughter’s sixth grade math teacher sent home her family’s holiday card, complete with 11 cocktail recipes telling the story of their 2025 and I LOVE IT.
- Reposted by Rachael LevayNew from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.
- I'm back with an update. We've got ourselves a Democratic mayor in Pocatello, Idaho -- and by a landslide!
- It's literally painful at this point to see winter weather happening everywhere but here. As my daughter said the other day: "What do we want? Snow! When do we want it? Now!"
