Author: Ally Malinenko

I live in Brooklyn which is good except when it’s not which is horrid. I’ve been writing for awhile, and have some stuff published and some stuff not.

I don’t like when people refer to pets as their children and I can’t resist a handful of cheez-its when offered.

I have a burning desire to go to Antarctica, specifically to the South Pole so I can see where Robert Falcon Scott died.

I like to read books. I like to write stories and poems. I even wrote some novels. You can read them.

The Future Is Female: The Women’s March on Washington

It is indeed. The trip to Washington was incredible and life changing and also unsettling and just the beginning of the conversation. So let’s start at the beginning. On Saturday morning we hit the Shady Grove DC Metro stop and found this: A very very large crowd trying to get into the train station. We… Continue reading The Future Is Female: The Women’s March on Washington

Day Zero: Shipwrecked in TrumpLand

And here we are… I watched some footage of Michelle Obama taking her last walk through the White House. Insta-tears. I told my husband this morning that even if Hillary had won, I would still be mourning the loss of MY President. Regardless, here we are. So where are we? Well we did a little… Continue reading Day Zero: Shipwrecked in TrumpLand

Bugger off 2016

  First off, a quick thank you and shout out to Rebecca at Albany Poets for this amazing review of Better Luck Next Year Even though Malinenko is discussing how cancer changed her life, her multi-dimensional self-exploration allows the reader to appreciate how any life altering experience can disturb the way we once saw ourselves… Continue reading Bugger off 2016

Love Wins.

And as November wears down and the final month of this year begins I feel the need to reflect on the few good things that happened this month. Because the rest of it has been pretty goddamn awful with no end in sight. 1. Some horrible person spray painted a swastika on playground with the… Continue reading Love Wins.

10 Things White People Need to do Right Now

Where are we now, where are we now? The moment you know, you know, you know – David Bowie That’s a good question, David. Where exactly are we? Everything went wrong. The pollsters were wrong. The newspapers were wrong. I’m not going to analyze what happened because frankly there are much smarter people out there… Continue reading 10 Things White People Need to do Right Now