Emma Keith
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in my idiot stage // she/her
Norman, OK
Joined January 2016
idk man maybe it was a bad idea for an entire society to rally around an abusive actor for weeks in an obsessive misogynistic frenzy. maybe it had some consequences!.
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college is just continuously Venmoing the same 5 people back and forth until you graduate.
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i'm dying at this mr krabs-ass image from the washington post
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women’s abuse experiences and the punishment they receive for sharing them are not fun little true crime experiences for you to obsess over.
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tonight I may invent a beverage I’ll call the Oklahoma Watch Party which is just some kind of hard liquor in a Braum’s cherry limeade.
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so OG+E can text me each month to collect my money, but can’t let me know when I might be waking up to no power during rolling outages?
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At SGA’s request, OU will give students Election Day off instead of the traditional pre-OU-TX holiday: .
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@juliannaelk Hi Dr. Kershen, this isn’t something we were aware of till this morning, but here’s the story our sports editor wrote a little while ago. Thank you for tagging us and making sure we’re in the loop!
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the energy at Max Westheimer right now is the most unhinged atmosphere I have ever experienced.
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Dillards is a department store kept afloat solely by women who forgot to buy a dress for the wedding they’re going to tomorrow.
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I think a point missing from the “just move!” discourse about states enacting cruel laws is that a lot of us truly love where we live. we wish it was different, we wish our legislators didn’t weaponize their hatred of us, but we have community we love here, and we want better.
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not that you’ll see them getting recognized in a university commercial for it, but the OU Daily’s photogs *got in a plane* last night and took stadium photos from the air. consistently one of the strongest and most ambitious student media orgs out there.
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Oklahoma public school teachers, you are very loved. there are many of us who see what you do daily and what you’ve been through the last few years and think the world of you. I’m sorry that wasn’t reflected tonight and I hope you’re able to do whatever’s best for your family.
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mine is the vinita, oklahoma mcdonald’s
where would your campaign's last stand take place. what would be your campaign's four seasons total landscaping.
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made this meme when I was a journalist and couldn’t share it
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good morning, some news: I’m the new editor of @NormanNews. you can read my introduction column at the link below, but this excerpt is really where I’m coming from:
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I genuinely cannot get over this post, I’ve been thinking about it for 22 hours now
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oh thank god this will fix it.
Gov. Kevin Stitt and Gov. Greg Abbott heading to Israel Wednesday as the conflict in Gaza intensifies.
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we do not talk enough as a society about how red delicious apples are far and away the most disgusting type of apple. stop handing them out at events and invest in some real apples, cowards.
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video footage of markwayne getting his ass beat would make my entire year.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) challenges Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien to a physical fight, standing up midway through a Senate HELP Committee hearing. Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) repeatedly attempts to break them up: “You’re a United States senator.”
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Oklahoma as COVID case averages continue to spike to all-time highs this week.
well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.
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Easter is the season of renewal. And this day will always serve as a reminder of the power of hope— and that even in the darkest of times, light overcomes. Wishing my fellow Oklahomans a wonderful Easter Sunday! He is risen!
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i regret to report the j*hnny d*** stans have found me en masse. perhaps we should just wipe the whole internet and start over.
idk man maybe it was a bad idea for an entire society to rally around an abusive actor for weeks in an obsessive misogynistic frenzy. maybe it had some consequences!.
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at Norman North, a substantial line of students leaving the building and circling it
Hearing from folks at both schools that students at Norman High and Norman North plan to walk out in support of Julius Jones shortly after 11.
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now that we’re re-emerging into society, I’m returning to the vibe vision board I constructed last year for guidance. wait actually it’s just these three pictures
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putting this on the front page of the paper on Monday. Cleveland County lemme hear you say hell yeah.
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professional news I guess: I’ll be leaving The Transcript on 8/19 and, for the time being, leaving journalism too. it’s been a challenging but rewarding few years in the industry, and a lot of quick growth via tough situations.
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The OK County Jail is exceptionally cruel and deadly. but so is the concept of jail itself, and so is the idea that a person may die just because they couldn’t pay their way out of pre-trial incarceration. this system has been broken and inhumane from the very start.
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happy pride. being queer is such a gift, such an opportunity to see the world through a lens of radical freedom and possibility, to know that we can exist beyond systems that crush us and don’t see our worth, to fight for our siblings who still live with so much oppression.
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my goodbye column ran in this morning's paper. I felt that I couldn't write a genuine reflection on my time at The Transcript without being pretty honest with readers about the tough realities of local journalism. so here that is:
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"Instead of straightforwardly deciding to value life, and doing it in a timely manner, the governor waited until he had attention and headlines from an international audience to tell us his choice. That is not justice; that is toying with a man’s life for political clout.".
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this page from a 1908 OU yearbook really proves that some moods transcend centuries
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driving in southern Oklahoma is like:. 🏘 | || | ___________________. | 🚘 || | | ROBERTSON’S |.🐄 | || | | HAM |. | || | | SANDWICHES |.🌾 | || | |————————|.
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super weird that they needed guns for that! 🤔.
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if Twitter goes down how will Instagram users know what to laugh at in a month and a half.
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this reminded me of the funniest text exchange I’ve been part of in months
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there is no middle ground to this issue: you are either for trans life, or for trans death. either for science, or for bigotry. newspapers and reporters who follow me, I NEED you to hear that. now is the time to get your coverage in check and to LOUDLY side with the facts.
By a vote of 80-18 HB 2177 passes, the emergency is also passed. Trans folks leaving the gallery are being very clear about the harm of these policies. You can hear trans folks in the rotunda chanting.
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if people poured literally 1/4 of the energy they’ve spent opposing masks and vaccines into ANYTHING constructive or helpful to their communities we could really be somewhere by now.
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somehow have been going back to the Norman Whataburger for six years even though every experience there is somehow more deranged than the last.
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what is it like to have a bag of rotting spinach where your brain should be.
We can’t have two sets of rules for Oklahomans— it’s that simple.
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okay so I’ve seen a few folks sharing that Cross Village is offering free housing to OU students until classes at OU are back to normal/in person. I reached out to a Cross rep this morning – here’s what’s actually happening:
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delighted to announce that the nearest Waffle House is about to be 2.5 miles away from my office- I’m moving back to Norman to work at @NormanNews as a news reporter! I’ll be starting Oct. 14, so hmu if you would like to accompany me on my return to WaHo/Whataburger/Midway Deli.
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Hearing from folks at both schools that students at Norman High and Norman North plan to walk out in support of Julius Jones shortly after 11.
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breaking news: on Friday I adopted a cat. he is the best boy in the world and his name is stegosaurus. my full time job is now taking pictures of him.
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Norman-only tweet all others do not interact: they redid the strip mall across the street from Sprouts and now “Wet Pets by Steve” is just “Wet Pets” :/.
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good morning. here's why it's (far past) time for Oklahoma to abolish the death penalty.
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actually when you call gay and trans people "filth," I'm gonna take you at your word and assume that's what you actually believe, not accept that you had a "lapse of judgement".
📥Senate leadership says Sen. Tom Woods statement calling the LGBTQ+ community “filth” was “inappropriate” and he had “a serious lapse of judgement.”
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@ChrisKPolansky there was a several-year period where this tweet made me cry laughing every time I saw it and it’s still just so good.
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alright listen why has no one created a 1/2 loaf of bread to sell to single people who can’t eat a whole loaf before it gets moldy? I know at least one person who would buy it. .
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today I published the 1st in a series of stories on the lives of the 42 Norman residents who have died of COVID-19. this one is about Rebecca Cryer, a fierce protector of the children she served as a judge with the Choctaw Nation District Court.
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You’re in her DMs, I’m showing her how many chairs I can pick up after the worship service. We are not the same.
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the worst part about progressing through adulthood is how many different email addresses are involved.
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As long as the church continues to insinuate that mental illness is the result of personal/spiritual failure, it will continue to fail people with mental illnesses. It’s freeing to realize the way your brain works isn’t a function of your lack of faith or desire for God.
We will find mental health when we stop staring in the mirror, and fix our eyes on the strength and beauty of God.
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i think that it's easy to take braum's for granted. but last night i got a truly delectable limeade from them and i tried to recreate the experience at sonic today and it is the worst limeade i've ever had.
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back in the newsroom this morning for the first time in two months and cleaning out my voicemail, where the messages range from a newsroom call from barry switzer to a woman who called to say "I have an unusual redbud tree, would you like to take a picture of it?".
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our crew has had a tough few years of it, and awards aren’t everything, but tonight’s feels good for my wonderful @NormanNews team. this team has done a lot with a little and they are so deserving ♥️ jeff, reese, mindy, max, kyle, jamie, jesse, khuyen and christian did this!
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see what we’re not about to do is disrespect world-renowned paleontologist and fedora wearer Alan Grant.
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happy national coming out day to those who have, those who want to and those who can’t yet or ever. you are strong and valid no matter which of those categories you land in today.
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last night I tried to set up a meeting for my capstone group and this is all one member has said in the last 24 hours. love this for me
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last I’ll tweet about this but: it’s kinda freaky how many people are replying to me in another thread to tell me that of course I work in media and think this, and that it’s just further evidence that we shouldn’t trust journalists.
idk man maybe it was a bad idea for an entire society to rally around an abusive actor for weeks in an obsessive misogynistic frenzy. maybe it had some consequences!.
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what has struck me yesterday is that the death and displacement in Texas rn reminds me of the aftermath of a hurricane. but the response and even the national level of sympathy and aid seems so different and so, so lacking in a way I can’t even express.
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so far Nick and I have had a harmonious roommate relationship but last night he told me that the biscuits I baked this week taste like “medieval bread” that “you would eat on a ship” and
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so glad to see every OKC area lesbian over 45 at the wcws this evening.
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four of my friends have now reached out individually to express their confusion at suddenly seeing my face pop up on their tl like this.
Beware! Crooks could use the information on your vaccination card.
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relatively massive case spikes in Norman two days in the last week. asked a county health department spox about Saturday’s numbers and then today’s - basically she said it’s OU “contributing to the drastic increase” in cases, and general community spread.
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there are some days when running a newspaper at 24 feels good and other days where it feels exactly like this
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very grateful and humbled to work for this organization and move into this new position ♥️.
The OU Daily publications board has elected Emma Keith to serve as editor-in-chief during the spring 2019 semester:
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this genuinely makes me so sad because you know what. he's right! state school was the very first time I was able to leave a very controlled evangelical bubble and think for myself. if I had gone to a christian college I would still be living a life other people built for me.
Christian parent, don’t just keep your kids out of public schools but also keep them away from state universities.
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from the NPS school board meeting right now: Norman schools will require face coverings for students, faculty and staff this fall, with some accommodations for younger students and in specific situations.
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justice has not been achieved for Rebecca or her son. nothing but tragedy here.
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the private christian school I went to for 6 years said students have to "refrain from attempts to physically change, alter, or disagree with their predominant biological sex" and "resist" "same-sex sexual attractions." maybe subsidizing shit like that with tax dollars ain't it.
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me after getting boosted two weeks ago and finally feeling safer but then contracting the novel coronavirus anyway
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one thing I will always carry with me from my time as a journalist: facts don’t matter to the police. and I don’t just mean huge police departments; I mean YOUR police department. police will tell you whatever they need to to take the heat off their backs.
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on Wednesday, I noticed that all seven of the deaths reported in Norman Tuesday were in one facility. I called for an explanation, not expecting what I found.
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9 out of 10 Norman Transcript employees recommend this election season being over already, please god, we’re begging.
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shoutout to all the Texas pubs – @TexasTribune, @TexasMonthly, @dallasnews, @HoustonChron – who helped me get educated on who and what I voted for this election. Check them out if you need last-minute facts today.
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“(Rev) Scobey said if Stitt is relying on God for guidance, there is no outcome other than commutation, adding: ‘God knows that Jones deserves clemency.’”.
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media outlets: call racism racism. it’s not “racially charged,” not “racially tinged” – it’s racist. your job is to tell the truth and bring clarity, so do that.
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