Art: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."
Lorraine Schneider, 1967.
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Art: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."
Lorraine Schneider, 1967.
Trans Liberty PAC issued a statewide evacuation warning for trans people.
โPlease publish whatever you get from us. There needs to be a record that we existed and strove for peace and joy as long as we could.โ
#ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/26/t...
If the DMV said โyou have one year to get a new license; hereโs how to do it for freeโ it would still be shitty and discriminatory. But to have your license invalidated OVERNIGHT is absolutely malicious.
I've been sharing this Adrienne Rich poem with a lot of folks as we move closer to the collapse of first amendment freedoms. Please read, understand, share. It is not an answer. It is, instead, the very question we must ask and keep asking.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/...
I'm going to sound like the biggest hater & loser in the world and I know we must do our political performance but the "look at my war ravaged Portland" photos especially from politicians are getting a little ๐ฌ when we have crisis levels of people without housing including unknown numbers of kids
Walked the dog last night and noted the constant noise of helicopters and several more unhoused young people hunkering down than Iโd seen before. Makes sense given the Fedsโ presence downtown.
This is my local indie! They supported Company multiple times (events for my hardcover and paperback books, plus an Indie Next rec) and are just all around wonderful.
If youโre buying a book, always order through an indie! If you donโt have your own, go through @loyaltybooks.bsky.social:
You could try the Buckman Pool โฆ
NYC PEOPLE: You can catch me, @theferocity.bsky.social, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, @mirajacob.bsky.social, @chasestrangio.bsky.social and Hala Alyan in Brooklyn on Wednesday talking about The Peopleโs Project!
Friends, this book is SO GOOD!!
A woman (60s?) says: "Ted* showed me a new poem and it was awful so I rewrote it. Now he's not talking to me. Can you believe it?!"
Her friend says softly: "Liz."
She huffs: "He shouldn't have shown it to me! It's not my fault!"
"Liz."
"I owe him an apology don't I?"
Her friend nods emphatically (2)
OK this sucks and @erininthemorning.com does good work but please read her prose, not just her map. At least some pink/ orange states still provide gender affirming care for youth: they're pink because some providers no longer offer it. At least one state AG (Nessel, MI) has sued to restore it.
NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY.
We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration.
I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.
My heart just walked into third grade. May all childrenโmay all peopleโbe safe, protected, and loved.
Grist is looking for an Upper Great Lakes reporter to cover climate impacts, environmental health, and solutions to the climate crisis, primarily for a local and regional audience. #journalismjobs
Apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/grist/jobs/4...
Welcome to the neighborhood!
This project means a lot to me! So ready to see it in the world. Thanks, @theferocity.bsky.social and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social!
Just a lil reminder that art is art and publishing is publishing.
Absolutely.
Iโm in.
Ugh same!
Celebrating the arrival of The Peopleโs Project galleys ๐๐ฅ
We are so incredibly proud of this anthology and canโt wait to share it with you this September.
Maggie & Saeed
@theferocity.bsky.social
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pe...
I don't want to know sales figures while promoting a new book. I'll be giving the same 110 percent regardless and the benefits of the PR you do aren't just reflected in sales. There are strategic goals for your career that may be almost as important. Nor can your efforts be easily quantified anyway.
Very much like the demonstrations in Portland during the first term.
Can someone please tell Joni Ernst she doesnโt need to go to such lengths to realize the whole โmore corn than peopleโ thing.
Via @darthbluesky.bsky.social and @theferocity.bsky.social
TLDR i have been on HRT for basically ever. it should be covered for anyone who wants or needs it. CW boring medical information about me followed by a call to action to contact your senators in support of trans healthcare in my teens (pictured) i got rupturing ovarian cysts (high school friends said my โovaries blew upโ but honestlyโacute cases are considered as painful as appendicitis). a hormone test revealed high levels of testosterone & i was put on estrogen in โthe pillโ form which helped. at 22, i was diagnosed with a rare genetic blood clotting disorder, which meantโฆno estrogen! i raw dogged without hormones a few years, went through the worst & scariest mental health of my lifeโPCOS symptoms can mimic bipolar II, alongside the gender dysphoria that accompanied hyperandrogenism for me at that time. i went on progesterone which helped a lot for 13 years. had to discontinue it last year (because i got osteoporosis lol whoops. another story). i do still get to take spironolactone, woohoo! iโm less committed to existing at any specific place on a gender spectrum than before (and have always felt pretty reluctant to vocalize where i am on itโi float around and it just doesnโt matter to me that much). so the changes iโm feeling post-progesterone have been thankfully manageable, tho i was honestly terrified to find out
all the above healthcare in the form of HRT was essential. when it wasnโt literally lifesaving, at bare minimum made a huge difference in my quality of life itโs scary & insane to me that, in ๐๐๐๐๐ world, the only way i could have accessed this medical care is because of a meaningless (to me) gendered letter on my birth certificate slash drivers license. ANYONE who needs HRT to be the healthiest versions of themselves OR FOR WHATEVER REASON should have the same access. not just cis people! i doubt there are people who follow me on here who feel differently about this but in the off chance there are some stragglers who are not already calling and writing their senators in support of trans healthcareโฆ please call, and write, and be loud about this. link is in my bio. text on slide 2 was made by lambrinigirlz
TLDR i have been on HRT for basically ever. it should be covered for anyone who wants or needs it. CW boring medical information about me followed by a call to action to contact your senators in support of trans healthcare senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
So excited for this one!
The caprices of the ultra-elite are a fickle foundation for good work, with funds often yanked on short or no notice as the attention of the billionaires bounces elsewhere or cowardice rears its curly head.
We are committed to telling the full story of whatโs happening at VA.
The cuts *and* the consequences.
If youโre a vet, we want to hear from you: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
And if you work at the VA, here is my Signal info to get in touch securely.
How about I just send good energy? Seems more effectual! And I love this for you/us!