Writer, editor, rabble rouser. Literary fiction and creative nonfiction. Anti-bigotry in all its forms. Joy-prone. Guardian of two ragamuffin kitties.https://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lt3gnvqph22dHeartsick for my country.03 Jul 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt3gnvqph22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lsvv2b3ywc24This is not a joke. It’s actually real. I can’t stop thinking about what this perfume must smell like; i think a base note of greed with a lingering top note of adult diaper. What do you imagine it smells like?01 Jul 2025 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvv2b3ywc24https://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lrqnbxe56s2sThe Soweto student uprising began 49 years ago today… thinking of all those brave young people who risked everything to help bring down apartheid.16 Jun 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqnbxe56s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lq6qrcaxqc2e27 May 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6qrcaxqc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3loj5bifcz22vHeartsick about the NEA. The cutbacks and shift in priorities, but worse are the canceled grants already promised. Nonprofit arts organizations were counting on this money, and this surprise broken pledge endangers them; some will not survive. I think that’s the administration’s goal.06 May 2025 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3loj5bifcz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lmqbajhmrk2rPassover’s fifth question: Why on this night must Jews eat coconut macaroons, which just never taste that good, when French macarons can also be kosher for Passover and taste so much better?14 Apr 2025 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmqbajhmrk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lmncmcyosc2yWishing a meaningful, joyfilled Passover to everyone who celebrates. May we all cast off the shackles of inner and outer bondage and find our way to freedom.12 Apr 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmncmcyosc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lmcxvgcgh22gI think the malignant narcissist is reveling in his ability to destroy the global economy, taking great pleasure in having that kind of power no matter the consequences. What else will he destroy just because he can?08 Apr 2025 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcxvgcgh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lkllnbqrv22hEventually, truth and justice will prevail. Have no doubt about that. The question is how long it will take and how much of our national resources will be stolen, how irreversibly the natural world will be damaged, and how many precious lives will be destroyed in the meantime.17 Mar 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkllnbqrv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lklhwyards2pDear World, Please boycott America. Do not come here as tourists. Do not send us your eggs. Do not allow him to invade or annex your country. Do not make it any easier for Trump to become a dictator for life. Signed, Over half of the people of the United States of America17 Mar 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklhwyards2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lkl5ysvibc2gThis might be his most dangerous and frightening act yet. He’s clearing the way to arrest, torture, prosecute, imprison, and murder people he perceives as political enemies.17 Mar 2025 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkl5ysvibc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lkdyshgkec25https://win.newmode.net/votersoftomorrow/votenostopgap https://win.newmode.net/votersoftomorrow/votenostopgap URGENT ACTION: This is a very easy way to contact key Democratic Senators all at once and urge them to vote NO on cloture and the disastrous GOP stopgap funding bill. It takes under 5 minutes.14 Mar 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdyshgkec25https://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lk22cf4wtk24Mourning the loss of the great Athol Fugard, a brilliant playwright and a vitally important critic of an apartheid. I was so fortunate to see his work on numerous occasions, to meet this humble giant, and to help premiere one of his plays in Los Angeles.10 Mar 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk22cf4wtk24https://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljztxouuxk2z10 Mar 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljztxouuxk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljsfzhfnwk2aI called Hakeem Jeffries’ office yesterday and told him that as a devout lifelong Democrat, I stand with Al Green, the members who boycott, walked out and disrupted, and I implored him to be a bold leader to meet the threats of our time. I hope you will consider doing the same: 202-225-593607 Mar 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsfzhfnwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljpur5xn3k2zAll the misdirected anger at Democrats is exhausting and pointless. We’re up against actual fascists. And too many people are ranting against decent folks trying to find ways to save our democracy in an unprecedented battle. If you want to argue about this, find someone else to argue with.06 Mar 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpur5xn3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljpu7hllec2zThis tells us everything we need to know about him .06 Mar 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpu7hllec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljnckgyrmk2hCongressman Al Green (D-Texas) called out Trump’s lies and was forcibly removed from the chamber. If you have time today, especially if you’re from Texas, but really all American citizens, please call his office to praise his action and recognize his bravery. 202-225-750805 Mar 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnckgyrmk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lji2ommxwk2603 Mar 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lji2ommxwk26https://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljdo3sr2vk2kWho else wakes up these days and one of your first thoughts is: Is he dead yet?!01 Mar 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdo3sr2vk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljdc5dk4vc2eSorry if I’m the one to break it to you, but if you support Trump and Putin over Zelensky, you would’ve supported Hitler in World War II. Just like Elon’s grandfather did.01 Mar 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdc5dk4vc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljcyhukti22nAnyone who still supports the current regime is either a bigot, an idiot, a greedy sociopath, or utterly deluded.01 Mar 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcyhukti22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3ljb6y3hroc2k28 Feb 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljb6y3hroc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lj6oexy6j22lMy Facebook account has been hacked. I am not selling a car - that is a scam. I am in the process of getting back control, but it will take several days. In the meantime please do not respond to any messages on FB from the fake me27 Feb 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6oexy6j22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3lizwo5fjqc23Finally getting around to posting my brief December reading from my novel at the virtual MOCO Underground Showcase, hosted by the Sandy Spring Museum. https://youtu.be/VvvOKBVx0sg?si=13VrA9qJoGAu5s7A25 Feb 2025 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizwo5fjqc23https://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3liwr4ftyz22tRIP to the great Roberta Flack. Just this weekend I listened to her gorgeous version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye.” And now we have to bid her farewell. Rest in harmony, legend.24 Feb 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwr4ftyz22thttps://bsky.app/profile/sharongelman.bsky.social/post/3liweo4jl5c2v24 Feb 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:sr67cu7tsnegbdat5ui7ejru/app.bsky.feed.post/3liweo4jl5c2v