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Kim McLarin

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Writer, mother, teacher, baker, Baldwin acolyte and aspiring waterbender. Latest book is EVERY DAY SOMETHING HAS TRIED TO KILL ME AND HAS FAILED and, child, I know you know what I mean. kimmclarin.com

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Yeah, most people don't care about justice or equality either. Wild take for no reason. Unfollow.

12.03.2026 02:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They want us to exist in self-hating misery. So they will feel better about their stunted, miserable lives.

Nope.

11.03.2026 02:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Most novelists don't make what the average CEO keeps in his change jar. The American contempt for arts and artists is revealing and defining..

11.03.2026 01:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I adore her but, yeah, I would have let him cook 1st on that "first bullies are mothers" comment, then on the one you quote, an idea I've encountered before. Masculinity (at least the dominant type) is predicated on not being woman-like. Just as whiteness is not being Black.

Gonna listen to rest.

10.03.2026 22:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Body-wise, I turned 40 and decided I didn't have that kind of time to waste anymore. Then I turned 50 and REALLY knew.

Capability-wise, spent enough time around astonishingly mediocre folks of a certain hue and (usually) gender and realized the only thing they had on me was raging self-confidence.

10.03.2026 22:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Corporate Miscreants Driving the Affordability Crisis These 20 firms all have something in common: Their CEOs get paid millions, their workers are being pushed onto public assistance, and voters are fed up with them.

Brian Niccol of Starbucks took home the award for the most nonsensical disparity between CEO and employee income: He earns $95,801,676, while the median salary for a Starbucks employee was a mere $14,674. trib.al/RMejLDH

10.03.2026 16:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 289 ๐Ÿ” 145 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

I. Am. Going. To. Scream.

10.03.2026 10:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First mate is named Omar. Can I ask?

10.03.2026 03:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RIGHT ON TIME

10.03.2026 03:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 03:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bless you.

10.03.2026 03:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are times I look up from this cursed machine and see everyone in sight staring at theirs and I wish for an alien zap transmitted through the phones but not until...now

10.03.2026 03:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
There are Black people in the future

There are Black people in the future

Here is why.

10.03.2026 02:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie with glasses looks down Alt: a man in a suit and tie with glasses looks down while crying and saying thank you
09.03.2026 23:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A film to watch again and again.

09.03.2026 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, but thank heavens they aren't colored! That's what matters.

09.03.2026 19:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My soul hurts.

09.03.2026 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sorry to say most Black Americans have always known better. The Nazis learned from Jim Crow, after all.

09.03.2026 14:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bingo

09.03.2026 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the world of my imagination people who lie shamelessly spontaneously combust.

09.03.2026 13:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I kinda knew what it was all along.

08.03.2026 22:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My sister lives in Baltimore! Thank you.

08.03.2026 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm glad to hear that because I am desperately trying to get to Scotland on a fellowship.

08.03.2026 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree. That's why i apologized.

Americans love to take responsibility for the good--"we" defeated the Nazis, say folks not even born.

Responsible for the good, Responsible for the horrific.

08.03.2026 21:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where can I buy?

08.03.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I spent all last summer in Europe responding to every "You're American?" with "I am SO SO SORRY I didn't vote for him and hate him with a fiery passion, I'm so sorry."

And I'm a Black woman so they mostly already been knew.

08.03.2026 19:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2089 ๐Ÿ” 42 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I spent all last summer in Europe responding to every "You're American?" with "I am SO SO SORRY I didn't vote for him and hate him with a fiery passion, I'm so sorry."

And I'm a Black woman so they mostly already been knew.

08.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to stress the "seen" part.

Strangely difficult for some reason.

08.03.2026 18:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My grandmother could not vote. My mother, who is still alive, could not vote the first part of her adult life until she left Mississippi. Democracy for me but not for thee, I guess.

08.03.2026 14:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is correct. American democracy is younger than I am. I, however, still look good.

08.03.2026 14:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0