Celeste Pewter
Former Dem staffer. UCI, King's College London, Johns Hopkins. | INFINITE SKY (Bloomsbury 2026) | THE GREAT PUMPKIN PANCAKE PARTY (Henry Holt 2027) | Bylines in CNN, Harper's Bazaar, Teen Vogue, etc. | AAJA/SCBWI | Rep: Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency.
- Not-so-gentle periodic reminder: Please don't be weird and message me that what happened to me (re: the assault/wrongful arrest) was meant to happen for a reason, so I could do something about it. I've gotten this message from a few in the writing community, and uh, please stop?
- THIS. THIS. THIS. Anyone who works or has a background in intelligence will tell you how dangerous it is to politicize intelligence.
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- We either want to fight for the American experiment or we don't. If you don't want to, that's on you, but I'm not going to hold back from criticism, when I'm personally doing everything in my power to fight, including working through what happened to me. So, yeah. Don't come at me with that.
- Boosting this again. Know there's a lot of news, but:
- Okay, all - script for Trump's NPR/PBS executive order, full carousel here: www.instagram.com/p/DJiZLmBJQZ...
- Okay, genuinely - the replies are QTs are delightful... so boosting this again. Responding to everyone in a few.
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- He's doing well! He got into a bit of a tussle with Sadie the other day, which I was about to break up. But before I could, *Jack* leapt in out of nowhere and broke it up. I was chuffed and truly proud.
- Yep, this. What does this accomplish outside of showing the privilege of those who are leaving? Because make no mistake: leaving is a privilege that not many have.
- I have a lot of thoughts on this, few of them warm. Many people who have been directly targeted at great cost are staying, fighting, &articulating their values thru their actions. I would much rather read their op-eds, & hear ab their fights, in the pages of the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
- All, I’m having a weird week. So, I want to hear your best and silliest nicknames for your pets. I like to call Sadie “the Lady of the Velvet Paw”, since she’s a lady (ofc) and knows how to open and close doors. 😂 Can you tell I’m a writer with an active imagination…?
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- Omg. His blep!
- Franz is officially my new leader. I don't make the rules.
- Meet April, who genuinely thinks her name is Muffin/Muffles/Muffs, and Cassini, who responds to Teeny Panini
- TUXIES! I love them and their nicknames, and I now kind of want to ask if they're extra mischievous...
- For no reason at all other than it makes me happy, I call her my Furry Potato. Other days she is my Little Loaf of Bread (one time the vet tech picked her up and said it was just like holding a loaf of bread. I do not know what that means. I love it)
- Well, clearly, she's the muse to all of the bakers of the world!
