Chicago-based writer. Often covered in croissant flakes. Enjoys long walks on the boulevards. Memoir in progress. IG: @betsymikelwrites
Chicago, IL, USA
Joined August 2008
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New year, new newsletter. The Akenside Project is about the extraordinary old house that shaped my childhood.betsymikel.substack.com/p/th…
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This essay took me 3 years to write. It began as an impulse to shit talk Miami, and slowly morphed into the realization that we—shit talkers—are often implicated in the overall shittiness of things. Thanks @acentosreview for giving this piece a home.
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I’d always wondered about the artist who designed the transom window. Then I found a clue. open.substack.com/pub/betsym…
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Brooklyn Public Library's Nick Higgins, Amy Mikel, Karen Keys, Jackson Gomes, and Leigh Hurwitz have been named LJ's 2023 Librarians of the Year for their work on Books Unbanned. ow.ly/RijY50MhL2Q
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Is the mom in Home Alone a good mom? "Goodness doesn’t matter," @Nancy_Reddy writes. "You can deeply love your kids and also significantly screw up. Showing up is how you show your love." Read this essay on Kate McCallister as a messy model of motherhood: catapult.co/stories/nancy-re…
"Live in this world and experience it, consume it so that we can feel inspired. Our brains cannot chew only on air. We cannot fashion our work out of dullness or boredom. We need full and complete lives. We need to feed our brains. We need to eat this world." - @jamiattenberg
My dear friend and writing partner @StephanieRoseBi, has a book dropping in a few days. Check it out! Isn’t the cover incredible? bookshop.org/books/the-heali…
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If we can afford a $778,000,000,000 military spending budget, we can afford to send every American N95 masks and at-home COVID tests for free.
Me trying to buy 3 very specific things on Amazon and getting bombarded by sponsored and recommended products I absolutely don't want. youtu.be/St5D3Ue_sy0?t=50
I just discovered @hels’ James Beard Award-winning ode to chicken tenders and invite you to read it. guernicamag.com/helen-rosner…
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We are asking readers and supporters not to shop through Wirecutter from Black Friday through Cyber Monday unless we reach a fair deal. Sign up for updates about the status of our picket line and our contract talks: forms.gle/tU8RbCwg7PV1gHoQA
My essay, "The haunting of the Mikel manse" received an honorable mention! betsym.medium.com/the-haunti…
A huge thank you and congrats to all the writers who received an honorable mention. We’re proud to share the full list here: medium.com/blog/and-the-winn…
#MediumWritersChallenge
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The process behind: how the Mozilla content design team used semantic groupings and wireframes to finalize the IA of Firefox application menu. Interview with @betsym
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*THE* content design conference is just around the corner. We're thrilled to sponsor this year's @ButtonConf.
Get 10% off your ticket with code MOZILLA100. buttonconf.com/
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