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Kerry Reid (she/her)

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Theater and Dance Editor for the Chicago Reader. Usual disclaimer that all opinions are my own alone. . .

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · Jan 22

Hey all -- just boosting the signal about current fundraising efforts for @chicagoreader.com. I know times are hard, but if you have a few bucks to spare, it would surely be appreciated!
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I've been working at the Reader, off and on, for over 30 years, and reading it for nearly 40. As the theater and dance editor for the last five years, I know I'm part of a long tradition that stretche...

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 18m

Brunch. Wine mom.

Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 26m

I went to a rally once and it didn't fix everything, therefore rallies are a neolib plot. Or something.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 28m

"I wiped my ass once! Why I gotta do it more than that?"

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 53m

This is what they've done.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 32m

I also remember the sensationalist head6the Examiner had when the weapons were discovered: YOSEMITE DEATH KNIVES

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 40m

They don't realize REVOLUTION also means Project 2025. Of course GOPers aren't dumb enough to think they get their revolution without voting to control the levers.

Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 42m

People who lose their shpadoinkles if their wifi goes down for a few hours REALLY aren't ready for what long-term general strikes and revolution will mean.

Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 43m

It's such an unbelievable and chilling and tragic confluence of events.

Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 52m

Yeah, I was living in SF when this happened. Really awful.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 52m

They act like voting is SO HARD when it's literally the least they can do and then think EVERYONE else should do the heavy lifting when shit goes sideways because they're SPECIAL DAMMIT!

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 10h

"You know, I look back, and I've known such love." I rewatched "Marvin's Room" recently and Diane Keaton's Bessie is a marvel. RIP.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 15h

BruchWineMomShitLib

Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 16h

Their version of trickle-down economics (and civil rights).

Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 16h

I hope his reaction is to set himself on fire.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 16h

Turns out that maybe voting harder wasn't a bad idea.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

The usual joke for International Stage Management Day:
"How many stage managers does it take to..."
"Done!"

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

All it needs is Burl Ives as Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" bellowing "MENDACITY!"

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, thank you Portland and thank you Chicago for the creative and brave ways you are meeting this moment and giving us hope.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

Occupy started when white college-educated people started losing their jobs, homes, 401ks, etc. When economic injustice largely impacted Black women, it wasn't worth getting publicly fussed about to them. But somebody fucks with THEIR bag, and it's "we're all in this together!"

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

For that matter, if they know ANYONE who has had a major longterm health crisis like cancer, a brain tumor, etc. -- they should be VERY DAMN GLAD that lifetime caps were removed by the ACA. It doesn't take long to hit that million-dollar mark and then you're fucked for the rest of your life.

Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

And nobody, including President Obama, ever said "Well, we're done with healthcare reform now." But gee, turns out deliberately helping things get WORSE by staying home at elections makes them worse, not better. Whodathunk it?

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

I don't expect people who were able to stay on their parents' plans until 26 because of that "shit sandwich" to fully understand that. But I do expect them to do a modicum of research to understand what a VAST improvement the ACA was over the status quo.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

And if the white man happens to be a forced birther like Heath Mello, that's not a dealbreaker as long as they endorsed BERNIE! But you know, if a Dem doesn't get foursqure behind M4All, they're corporatist demons.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 1d

Particularly in health care, since I was dealing with individual policies for a portion of that time and know how white-knuckle it could be around rescission.

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