Melissa
Proud Appalachian, feminist, INFJ, & redhead with attitude . WV/KY. Always a moonchild 🌙. Got a cornbread accent, & I’m proud of it. Gen X. Nerd at heart. Intersectionality is key. Y’allternative hick lib.
@atavist.com
One incredible true story every month. Part of Automattic Inc. https://magazine.atavist.com
@nybooks.com
‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist & author. big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴 my books/writing: www.kim-kelly.com my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@heyyymiranda.bsky.social
Appalachian. Animal & nature lover. A collection of eclectic interests in a trench coat. She/her
@mackdowell.bsky.social
The holler girl who lost the battle to save southern WV newspapers. McDowell County ❤ Granny of four. ❤
@jfpolak.bsky.social
West Virginian, Appalachian, retired Children's Librarian, itinerant storyteller, 50 stater, nat'l park geek 43 of 63 National Parks. Y’all means All. #UglyDog
@walkyourcamera.bsky.social
Hillbilly. Veteran. West Virginian. Montani Semper Liberi. Operations Director @appalshop. Creator of http://lookingatappalachia.org. IG @walkyourcamera. http://rogermayphotography.com
@cfbalestier.bsky.social
Writer. Leftie, both handed and politically. PGH. Appalachia forever. 🌹 courtneybalestier.com for words wmfapodcast.com for convos about words
@jjayehooray.bsky.social
Appalachian trans in MA. She/Her/Y’all. US Army veteran, former raft guide. OR Asst (I clean operating rooms)
@marcusconstantino.com
Photographer, social/comms, content creator, licensed drone operator, West Virginian / #wvpol. 🖥️ https://photos.marcusconstantino.com 📩 marcus(at)marcusconstantino.com
@doktorkazz.bsky.social
Physics, Astronomy, and STEM through Place-Based Learning in Rural Appalachia. Writer, Player of Things, Knows a few Magic Tricks and most Dad Jokes, Believer in Equity and Justice. 🍍+🍕 = ♥️ Go Birds!!! 🦅
@thecosmicpossum.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, granny, over-educated hillbilly. Possum lover. Cancer survivor.
@masonatoms.bsky.social
Independent mountain journalism // Co-host Inside Appalachia on radio & podcast // Formerly: goats, roller derby, newspapers, condors // Holler at me: mason.j.adams@gmail
@jessiew.bsky.social
Author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight | Historian of 20th C U.S., Appalachia, labor, women & gender | Associate Prof. at WVU | Views mine. JessicaWilkerson.org
@ashinwv.bsky.social
Trans | Jewish | Appalachian organizer | wx & space enthusiast | ✡️🏳️⚧️ | views are my own
@mountainsfalling.bsky.social
Pipeline fighter in Appalachia. Holler to Holler mutual aid. Appalachian studies. United Campus Workers UCW-VA.
@emhilly.bsky.social
Folklorist & writer | MAKING OUR FUTURE: VISIONARY FOLKLORE & EVERYDAY CULTURE IN APPALACHIA (UNC Press 2022) | @spinstersounds.bsky.social co-owner | @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social podcast |
@appli.org
The Appalachian Learning Initiative (APPLI, like “apply”) is a Morgantown, WV-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that conducts research on, reports data about, and advocates for issues impacting adults living in the Appalachian Region. https://linktr.ee/APPLIOrg
@muellershewrote.com
Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com Secure contact: [email protected] Signal: muellershewrote.23 Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans
@leannray.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of @westvirginiawatch.com. Former news / city / FlipSide editor at the Charleston Gazette-Mail. She/her
@appalachianpbp.bsky.social
We send free books and provide educational opportunities to people incarcerated in Appalachia. 📖 https://appalachianprisonbookproject.org
@bittersouth.bsky.social
Over 11 years independent publishing — print mag, James Beard🏅s, books, podcast, t-shirts, working on a #BetterSouth #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld for ALL. SUBSCRIBE : https://bittersoutherner.com/subscribe
@revpoppop.bsky.social
Quaker Mystic. Dirtbag minister. D*ke. Husband. Father. Proud Appalachian. Amateur Filmmaker. Professional Yapper. 🏳️⚧️ Volunteer and business inquiries email [email protected] Donate to outreach at $mothmanmutualaidwv https://linktr.ee/the_reverend
@jennifermattox.bsky.social
By day I’m the director of The Carnegie Center, a community learning & literary arts center in Lexington, KY. By night I’m a writer living in Bourbon Co., the birthplace of bourbon.
@tomeblen.com
Journalist, writer, photographer, cyclist, Kentucky history nerd. Retired editor, columnist, reporter at AP, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lexington Herald-Leader. Biased in favor of truth, facts, justice, democracy, bourbon.
@bookriotpod.bsky.social
A show about what's happening in the world of books and reading, hosted by Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. BookRiot.com Join us on Patreon for premium content: patreon.com/bookriotpodcast
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
@georgetakei.bsky.social
I’ve boldly gone into the clear blue yonder. Follow for more recipes and tips.
@theonion.com
America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary. Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
@vote-blue24.bsky.social
Feminist. Love all animals, Mother Earth, some people, & the Oxford comma. We have work to do. Let's get started! #ReuseRecycle. #SaveOurPlanet #VoteBlue #AbortionIsHealthCare #Resist
@thatphotoguy.bsky.social
Photography fan and novice gatherer of ancient photons. Curry fan. Husband, Father, Grandfather
@beingreese.bsky.social
{Ree-se} n. A connoisseur of all things relating to | books 📚 | politics 🗳 | education 🍎 | & coffee ☕️ 👉🏾 Owner of w i t t y w i s e d e s i g n s on etsy 🩷 https://linktr.ee/BeingReese
@cocorahskyjc6.bsky.social
I'm a Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow volunteer and severe storm spotter/#wx watcher inside the Daniel Boone N.F. for NWS Jackson KY as well as operating Weather Underground PWS KKYMCKEE31 https://wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KKYMCKEE31
@travisbaldree.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author: Legends & Lattes. Hugo, Nebula & Locus finalist. Audie winning Narrator. Ex-gamedev - Fate,Torchlight & Rebel Galaxy. Brigands & Breadknives out Nov 11 '25 from Tor. travisbaldree.com
@poetryliving.bsky.social
Sharing poetry. "Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us." (Walt Whitman) #MaryMonday #Hughesday #WhitmanWednesday Store: redbubble.com/people/PoetryLiving/shop
@tristamateer.bsky.social
poet (derogatory) into longing and yearning I wrote some books
@clairewillett.bsky.social
Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Covering arts philanthropy at orartswatch.org. Writing books and plays at clairewillettwrites.com. Mentoring lefty grantwriters at tinyurl.com/8thHousePDX. Just a Virgo who can’t drive.
@rianbowart.com
🇵🇭 Illustrator (Marvel, MtG, DC, etc.!) 📧[email protected] 🎨WEBSITE: https://rianbowart.com/ 🌈PATREON: http://patreon.com/rianbowart ✨Find me elsewhere! https://bio.site/rianbowart