“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...” And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.

just had a minor panic attack after a nightmare day dealing w/ health insurance and landlords... why do these people make me feel like i'm being unreasonable? we shouldn't have to fight tooth and nail for healthcare and housing (aka basic survival), right?

my dissertation feels so pointless rn lol

my fave Philip Glass story is from the time i went to "Satyagraha" at the Met and on my way out afterwards i overheard a woman telling her friend "well i liked it but it was really REPETITIVE"

GoFundMe links are in the replies

MARTHA STEWART SAID FUCK ICE

NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month. Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.

for me it's not so much "admitting to oneself" as it is managing to COMPREHEND so many people's disregard for human life, which is something i've been struggling to do since ~2012 (trayvon martin + sandy hook)

One little thing you can do if you’re feeling helpless tonight: throw a few bucks to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. They’re reportedly stretched thin for obvious reasons and could use some help if you can offer it. www.ilcm.org?ref=badfaith...

Do thou, too, remain warm among ice.

a lot of hummus, and lemme tell you why

this feels like a particularly rough day get snowed in while living alone

a year ago i started taking screenshots of news items and bluesky posts as a way of documenting the daily descent into authoritarianism, and today i've been looking back at January 2025 thinking the same thing

He was a nurse.

self-defense SPECIFICALLY against a hypothetical tyrannical government

y'all know i've been coming to the same queer bar every friday since i moved to kentucky 3.5 years ago...

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

WEATHER ALERT: forecast indicates that this weekend will provide perfect conditions for rewatching the "Bracebridge Dinner" episode of Gilmore Girls

surfacing from a real doozy of a four-day migraine and wow it's crazy how not being in excruciating pain can allow ya to feel a sense of purpose, possibility, & positivity

1.8 million sexualized images of women generated in nine days (over 8000 per hour)

hi all; i am finally starting to go towards data collection but need to complete a quick pilot study of about 20 people to make sure my survey items are reliable looking for people who have had a miscarriage in last 2 years (since 1/1/24) and were employed full-time.

Today should have been the 53rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. We should be celebrating the historic constitutional recognition of our inalienable right to bodily autonomy; instead, we are mourning the injustice of this right being cruelly stripped away.

last night i was thinking about the ghouls who kidnapped a child, and all the millions of people who made this possible, and the people who are now donating to jonathan ross’s gofundme & cheering for ICE in heinous facebook comments and how they just fundamentally should not be part of society.

can't stop thinking about this article I read a couple weeks ago that quoted a couple who were apolitical/"swing" voters who had MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS this past year because "if you have any kind of empathy, it's hard to live in the U.S. and watch what's happening"

ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.

I would like for something good to happen

all of Classical Music Bluesky yesterday and today:

maybe it's because I just finished copy-editing an updated version of the first essay I ever wrote about sonic patriarchy (from TEN YEARS AGO 😱), but this line in particular is really pissing my off

also abortions and transgender for everyone

damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on my research and activism centered on unspeakable horrors, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of horrors that are monumentally more unspeakable

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

future deleted skeet because i know it's embarrassing to take the NYT rage-bait but... people gushing about how groceries are cheaper (?) and unemployment is down (??) just reinforces the notion that MAGA is a fuckin cult www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As a gender studies scholar, I am glad that so many ppl keep pointing out the significance of gender (& specifically, white evangelical masculinity) to all these various strands of violence and hatred. EVERYTHING IS GENDER & RACE.

No one should be arrested for making a medical decision with their doctor. Rep. Lindsey Burke filed House Bill 23 to protect Kentuckians from criminal prosecution, civil penalties, and professional retaliation for seeking or providing reproductive health care.

damn dawg sometimes it feels like the way health insurance works in this country is str8 up eugenics

damn y'all i'm so upset this week that not even funding abortions is taking the edge off... i wish i could go see a Robert Ashley opera or something 😵‍💫

even ignoring all other evidence showing that trans sports bans are about discriminating against trans people, not protecting cis women... I'm supposed to believe that the Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade and has two justices credibly accused of sexual misconduct cares about womens rights?

this thread is important and helpful, but difficult to read because wow these people are incredibly STUPID in addition to incredibly hateful

Want to do something *good* today? Send a note of support to Becky Pepper-Jackson from WV, who's standing up to anti-trans bigotry in school sports at SCOTUS today. All messages are approved by my friend Mollie of WV ACLU, so only positive messages will get through! padlet.com/mkennedy243/...

probably a silly question, but: what is the most effective way to show appreciation for senators/congresspeople who are calling for Noem to be impeached, ICE to be defunded, etc, if they don't represent my state/district? (I'd like to provide positive reinforcement, if it would be at all helpful)

the answer was "no"

I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota. If you have places for me to add, please DM me.

was disappointed by our local lez organization's silence on the murder of Renee Nicole Good (+ homophobia that has followed) but finally decided to stop stewing; messaged the org requesting they post Becca Good's statement; they replied saying they will do so later today!

new york city is Real America. los angeles is Real America. chicago is Real America. minneapolis is Real America. seattle, portland, detroit etc etc. sick of this framing that it's otherwise. shut the fuck up

unironically, i think this is the most helpful skeet i have ever read

sometimes I still cringe about an email that I sent to my dissertation committee over a year ago, explaining that I had removed "The Authoritarian Personality" from my qualifying exam reading list because "my heart was telling me AdorNO"

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is going to hear West Virginia's effort to ban the state's only transgender athlete, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson. Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right

nice protest in "feels like -10°" weather here in kentucky

Also, its illegal to discuss gender in some American universities now.

whispering "there are more of us than there are of them" to myself over and over and over and over