Arts writer in Kansas. Co-founder of the SHOUT, Wichita's dedicated arts & culture news source: shoutwichita.com CV: National Critics Institute fellow & Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing grantee, typo queenhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mx6gf6hi722somg so sorry if my rage makes you feel bad 🙄06 Oct 2026 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx6gf6hi722shttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3muvpl6kcus2kI wrote about the creators of the viral Seneca Street Liquor jingle 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvpl6kcus2khttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mtf7pyxsns2jOh god, I just realized it's "remunerate," NOT "renumerate."18 Aug 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf7pyxsns2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3msodpfvfmk2wA fascinating story that gets to the heart of our prickly relationship with public art. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3msodpfvfmk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mr3fknnxyk25I choose to believe that the Vances had planned to name a daughter after the painter Alice Neel & got as close as they could with a boy name.20 Jul 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3fknnxyk25https://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mnac6dgkes24Something about Demi Moore’s performance in “I Love Boosters” has been nagging at me, and I finally figured it out: It’s like she’s playing Tina Fey playing Cinda Canning in “Only Murders in the Building.”01 Jun 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnac6dgkes24https://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mm3njup3t22bNothing in this universe is more beautiful and annoying than James Harden conjuring a foul from glancing contact18 May 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3njup3t22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mlyr3hslic2vTurns out an episode-by-episode “Insecure” podcast is what my soul needed right now. https://youtu.be/959rBv0anWw?si=ErYqk6mk30tXaE4-16 May 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyr3hslic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mkovbkpgqk2jI don’t often work until midnight, but when I do I have no idea how to decompress, wind down, and fall asleep 😩30 Apr 2026 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkovbkpgqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3midm4py3fk2cHaving one of those nights where I legitimately felt I could go to sleep at 5:30 p.m. AND YET it is almost 2 a.m. and I decided to reach for my phone one last time to check the NBA standings after Monday’s games 🙄31 Mar 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3midm4py3fk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mdev4bk2dk2mShe was flattened by cognitive dissonance _______27 Jan 2026 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdev4bk2dk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3mcitb5a5zk2qI’ve begun observing a new tradition: rewatching “Heated Rivalry” every time I’m sick16 Jan 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcitb5a5zk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3m77mw3ws522tHave introduced two 20-somethings to The Magnetic Fields’ “69 Love Songs” over the past week bc it’s important to educate the youth05 Dec 2025 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m77mw3ws522thttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3m4mjbcpbxc22Obligatory note that Joe Carter is a Wichita State alum.02 Nov 2025 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4mjbcpbxc22https://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3m4eaysf2z22eFinally looked into who Dax Shepard is. Crosby Braverman?! Huh.29 Oct 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4eaysf2z22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3m42yfwccwk2aReading this & thinking about Bill Clinton's Lincoln Bedroom scandal, which now seems almost painfully quaint wapo.st/3WjyJv8 https://wapo.st/3WjyJv826 Oct 2025 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m42yfwccwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3m34uiszjhc2lOften I feel like I’m doing pretty well & then I consider how much tension I’m holding in my jaw14 Oct 2025 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m34uiszjhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3m2sk2wt5ys24Recently a family member sarcastically referred to me as a "Zen master," which is hilarious if you have any sense of how anxious I am ... BUT I did let the driver of a car in front of me space out at a green light today for five seconds without honking Thus concludes my dharma talk 💁‍♀️10 Oct 2025 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2sk2wt5ys24https://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lxsohonfhc2wThe U.S. Open has broken my heart a couple times already but OMG VENUS WILLIAMS 🥰🥹🥰🥺🥰🥹01 Sep 2025 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxsohonfhc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lwzrwrdxa22kWhat's the German word for the mixture of relief and joy you feel when closing all the browser tabs related to the research you were doing for the overdue freelance assignment you finally filed23 Aug 2025 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwzrwrdxa22khttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lwv2eptybc2cTruly where would I be without the people who remind me I don't have to do everything21 Aug 2025 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwv2eptybc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lwtjnvud2223Editors: How do you explain the editor-writer relationship to folks new to the process? I'm exploring how to circumvent at least some of the defensiveness of writers who have never been edited before20 Aug 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwtjnvud2223https://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lviwznixck2wFrom my First Friday wanderings in Wichita last week: at Envision Arts Gallery, works by artists who are blind or visually impaired from the Los Angeles and Anaheim Braille Institutes. Angelica Fuentes, "Crazy Love;" Savannah Gayle, "Abstract is Hard;" Lynette Basford, "Circling Around."03 Aug 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lviwznixck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lvhcrgqzh22wSometimes when I need s little boost I scroll back through the posts on our site and marvel at the work of our editors & contributors.02 Aug 2025 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvhcrgqzh22whttps://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lur4yidric23@jeromiahtaylor.bsky.social came in clutch on this review of an exhibition on view for less than two weeks. A closing reception will take place 6-8 p.m. tomorrow at Harvester Arts. https://www.shoutwichita.com/giana-martinez-chicana-diaries/25 Jul 2025 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lur4yidric23https://bsky.app/profile/schmemily.bsky.social/post/3lui25fmadk26I’ve slept five nights in a row with my phone in another room 🏆21 Jul 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:2iwdfdionhdstwbrwrn2va7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lui25fmadk26