Becky Robison

@rebb003

Writer, dog mom, karaoke assassin. Ask me about my dead parents: @deadparentswhatnow.com. Body in Kentucky, brain everywhere. she/her

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Becky Robison@rebb003· 3d

Book 36 of 2026: THE SPOIL by Maile Chapman. Do you want to feel like you’re losing your mind? Have I got a novel for you! Grief horror, dementia horror, occult horror, cosmic horror, all wrapped into one. Very proud to have been Maile’s student.

The cover of Maile Chapman’s novel THE SPOIL, featuring a close up photograph of a greenish wasp atop a red-orange-yellow background.

Becky Robison@rebb003· 11d

Today I went to see the Hopewell Mound Group in the rain and learned that I need new waterproof shoes.

Three grassy mounds beneath an overcast, raining sky.

Becky Robison@rebb003· 14d

Book 35 of 2026: A CENTURY OF CHANGE 1912-2012: LORETTO’S SECOND CENTURY by Patricia Jean Manion SL & many other Loretto Community members. I’m in the process of joining @lorettolink.bsky.social and this book is a remarkable history of bold women working toward social justice.

The cover of A CENTURY OF CHANGE 1912-2012: LORETTO’S SECOND CENTURY, featuring the title printed in black over pink, orange, yellow, and cream stripes.

Becky Robison@rebb003· 21d

There is literally no better way to spend time in a park!!

Audience members look on as a motley fool and two women in fancy Renaissance gowns perform Shakespeare on an outdoor stage surrounded by trees.

Becky Robison@rebb003· 22d

Book 34 of 2026: SPREAD ME by @sarahgailey.bsky.social. What if The Thing but horny? I devoured it in one sitting. 🦠

The cover of Sarah Gailey’s book SPREAD ME, featuring an illustration of a hexagonal research station with tentacles dangling beneath it, all atop an orange background.

Becky Robison@rebb003· 23d

My neighbors and I went to the pawpaw Ale-8 release party, which may be a sentence that only makes sense if you live in Kentucky.

An orange tiki drink with colorful teal umbrella on top that features a picture of a teardrop-shaped fruit. Orange and yellow text reads: PAWPAW aka “the Kentucky banana.” Aloha y’all!

Becky Robison@rebb003· 24d

Book 33 of 2026: AGAINST THE STATE by @jamesstout.bsky.social. I was familiar with much of the Spanish Civil War stuff because I’m a history nerd, but the parts about Myanmar and Rojava were eye-opening, heartbreaking, and inspiring. Jin jîyan azadî!

The cover of James Stout’s book AGAINST THE STATE, featuring a picture of people in a war-torn city raising a black flag against a homemade barricade.

Becky Robison@rebb003· 28d

Do you like being absolutely covered in bruises? I’ve got the hobby for you: AERIAL HOOP!

A smiling blonde woman in a black tank top lifts her arms over her head to reveal copious bruises.

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jul 11

In case you were wondering what Lyme disease looks like, here you go!

A blonde woman in turquoise pajamas stands in a hotel bathroom. She’s lifting up her shirt to show a target rash on her stomach from Lyme disease.

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jul 9

Book 32 of 2026: THE CIPHER by @kkoja.bsky.social. As I was reading this cosmic/body horror combo I was initially under the impression that I didn’t like it, but by the time I finished the book I think I really, really liked it? Is the novel itself a funhole? Perhaps…

The cover of Kathe Koja’s novel THE CIPHER, featuring a glitchy partial image of a face and hand on a black background

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jul 4

Book 31 of 2026: RENEGADE GRIEF by Carla Fernandez. Even as someone who talks about my parents’ deaths all the time, I still have an internal scold that tells me I’m grieving wrong. Fernandez’s book is a good reminder to ignore that voice. I can grieve however I need or want to.

The cover of Carla Fernandez’s book RENEGADE GRIEF, featuring the title in white over a colorful nebula or galaxy.

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jul 4

When you set off fireworks, this is who you’re terrifying.

A black and white speckled cattle dog whose pink tongue is curled in a tiny blep

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jun 26

I did NOT think I was going to register as such a doomer! I wonder if it was the question “I think my country’s best days are behind it,” because I’m like…probably? Because I don’t really care if the U.S. sticks around? I think it’s hopeful to imagine a world without nation-states?

Political test results: 77% woke, 23% chud. 27% Techbro, 73% neo-Luddite. 39% hopepilled, 61% doomer. 72% Davos, 28% Dubai. Your closest match: Ed Zitron, podcaster and pundit

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jun 26

Book 30 of 2026: JONAH’S GOURD VINE by Zora Neale Hurston. Second time I’ve picked up this ZNH anthology I inherited from my great aunt. Not as good as Their Eyes Were Watching God, but still compelling enough that you’re inclined to forgive John Pearson his sins.

Cover of an anthology containing three of Zora Neale Hurston’s works: Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Mules and Men, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Features an illustration of a young Black woman (though her skin appears blue-purple in the drawing) laying in the grass and staring up into a canopy of trees and flowers.

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jun 22

Book 29 of 2026: SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM by Joan Didion. Decided on a Didion double feature. I really enjoy the cadence and style of her writing. Yet while I know it was her job to think, sometimes I’m like…girl, you are overthinking it. Anyway, makes me want to go back to California.

The cover of Joan Didion’s essay collection SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM, featuring the three words of the title printed in a bold black font and highlighted in pink, orange, and yellow respectively, all on a cream background.

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jun 15

Wheeeeeeeee!

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jun 15

Book 28 of 2026: THE WHITE ALBUM by Joan Didion. Never read Didion before, so I decided to fix that? Her writing is very elegant, and I enjoyed it. Though it’s wild to get closeups of some of the most prominent moments in 60s counterculture from someone so conservative.

The cover of Joan Didion’s essay collection THE WHITE ALBUM, featuring the author’s name in red text with a blue dot over the i, and the book’s title in blue text with a red dot over the i, all atop a creamy white background.

Becky Robison@rebb003· Jun 3

Book 27 of 2026: MAD PRAIRIE by @katemcintyre.bsky.social. Toto, we are in Kansas and it is very weird. Loved these connected short stories—the novella was a particularly good (and bizarre) depiction of grief.

The cover of Kate McIntyre’s collection MAD PRAIRIE, featuring a bright illustration of an orange prairie with a purple and pink tornado whirling out of a black hole in the ground, dancing across a blue sky.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 31

I’m glad I got to see Chess on Broadway before it closes. I hear it’s closing early because Lea Michele is the main draw—which is funny to me because although she is tremendously talented, as is the rest of the cast, I didn’t see it for her. I saw it because I love ABBA.

A hand holding the playbill for Chess in front of a lit stage featuring the American and Russian flags.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 29

Book 26 of 2026: BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino. Is our narrator an alien sent to Earth to fax observations about our planet to her extraterrestrial superiors? It doesn’t really matter—she’s human regardless, and that is beautiful.

The cover of Marie-Helene Bertino’s novel BEAUTYLAND, featuring the words of the title beaming from a twilit city skyline, stars twinkling in the purple sky.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 25

National holidays cannot keep aerialists away from the gym.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 21

Book 25 of 2026: HUNCHBACK by @ssaaoouu.bsky.social, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton. Darkly funny, subversively erotic, tough as nails novel about a severely disabled woman’s bargain with her incel caretaker. Messed up (complimentary).

The cover of Saou Ichikawa’s novel HUNCHBACK, featuring an abstract painting of bold orange shapes that evoke the form of a hunched body on a pale gray background.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 20

Book 24 of 2026: ANARCHISM AND OTHER ESSAYS by Emma Goldman. Originally published in 1910 but uncomfortably relevant to the present day. You can tell she was a good public speaker; it’s easy to get swept up in her arguments without thinking—though I agree with much of what she said anyway.

The cover of Emma Goldman’s collection ANARCHISM AND OTHER ESSAYS, featuring an illustration of Goldman with her small, round glasses atop a purple background, surrounded by red plants.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 19

I voted today! If you’re in Kentucky, you can also vote today! Get thee to the polls!

A sweaty blonde woman in a rainbow halter top shows off her “yo voté hoy” bracelet.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 19

Book 23 of 2026: EDUCATED by Tara Westover, narrated by Julia Whelan. Finally got around to this bestseller. It was harrowing, for sure. Trigger warnings for basically everything. I thought it was a little too long? But overall, glad I listened.

The audiobook cover of Tara Westover’s memoir EDUCATED, featuring an illustration of a red pencil—but if you look closer, you see the silhouette of a young woman hiking through the peaks and ridges of where the pencil has been sharpened.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 18

Despite living in Chicago for most of my life, I never went to the Pullman National Historic Site—until today, before I drove back to Louisville. Informative signage, free exhibits. Do recommend. The wind prevented a real selfie but I’m still cute. Solidarity forever.

Photo of the ornate, brick administrative building of the former Pullman factory in the distance beneath a prairie blue sky swept with clouds. In the foreground are green plants, a sidewalk, and a sign for the Pullman National Historic Site.

A dilapidated brick factory, once part of the historic Pullman railcar factory, with a gravel lot in the foreground. The sky is light blue with puffy clouds.

A blonde woman (me) squints and smiles with her bangs in her face. She’s sitting on a black bench in front of a portion of the brick administrative building of the former Pullman factory. She’s wearing a black button-up dress covered in white daisies.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 15

Book 22 of 2026: HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE by Andreas Malm. Ironically listened to this while driving hundreds of miles across state lines. At least I was driving a hybrid? Found it really inspiring.

The cover of Andreas Malm’s book HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE, featuring white illustrations of barbed wire, a tree, a fence, and land on a red background.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 10

Mom’s been gone for almost six years now, which is hard to fathom. Often it’s easier for me to remember the bad times with her than the good times, and I really wish that weren’t the case. Good times or bad times, I loved her. I miss her every day. Happy Mother’s Day, Schnance.

A color photograph circa the early 1990s of a woman with short brown hair sitting on the grass, holding a blonde toddler in her lap.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 8

Book 21 of 2026: PERFECTION by Vincenzo Latronico, translated from the Italian by Sophie Hughes. If you want to feel uncomfortable as a cosmopolitan millennial with a computer job, this is the novel for you! It’s mercifully short (complimentary). I enjoyed it.

The cover of Vincenzo Latronico’s novel PERFECTION, featuring a photograph of three lilies in a bottle of San Pellegrino water, other potted plants and a white wall behind them.

Becky Robison@rebb003· May 6

Really enjoyed the Murderbot series on Apple. (The books are great, too.) Okie wants you to feel better soon!