Billie
@billieiswriting.bsky.social
🌗 She/Her I am a history teacher, philosophy student, Jesus obsessive, AnarchoPacifist, wife, and father. I am also a writer and blogger.
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@billieiswriting.bsky.social
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Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life is out now!
Our book is available now!
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"Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life", the book I wrote with @paulhoard.bsky.social is out now!
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
Bogg the system down so that it doesn't function. I hope we see more and more of this tactic. What is the "submitting the script of the Bee Movie" tactic applied to opposing businesses and civic sabotage of authoritarian bureaucracies across the board?
Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bogg the system down so that it doesn't function. I hope we see more and more of this tactic. What is the "submitting the script of the Bee Movie" tactic applied to opposing businesses and civic sabotage of authoritarian bureaucracies across the board?
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Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Tonight's Law Dork is a story about both the growing frustration from the bench about the unprofessionalism of A.G. Bondi's DOJ in the second Trump administration and more evidence of the overly aggressive — and ultimately illegal — way the administration is attacking transgender people.
Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
www.lawdork.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Tonight's Law Dork is a story about both the growing frustration from the bench about the unprofessionalism of A.G. Bondi's DOJ in the second Trump administration and more evidence of the overly aggressive — and ultimately illegal — way the administration is attacking transgender people.
🎼My soul proclaims with wonder
the greatness of the Lord,
rejoicing in God's greatness,
my spirit is restored.
To me God has shown favor,
to one the world thought frail,
and ev'ry age will echo
the angel's first "All hail."
#transinchurch
the greatness of the Lord,
rejoicing in God's greatness,
my spirit is restored.
To me God has shown favor,
to one the world thought frail,
and ev'ry age will echo
the angel's first "All hail."
#transinchurch
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎼My soul proclaims with wonder
the greatness of the Lord,
rejoicing in God's greatness,
my spirit is restored.
To me God has shown favor,
to one the world thought frail,
and ev'ry age will echo
the angel's first "All hail."
#transinchurch
the greatness of the Lord,
rejoicing in God's greatness,
my spirit is restored.
To me God has shown favor,
to one the world thought frail,
and ev'ry age will echo
the angel's first "All hail."
#transinchurch
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this is very good journalism
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
this is very good journalism
I just watched MTGs resignation video and realized that she is a Dixiecrat. Like her understanding of MAGA is and always has been economic populism + violent racism. She thought she aligned with Trump because he pretended to economic populism and enabled racism.
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I just watched MTGs resignation video and realized that she is a Dixiecrat. Like her understanding of MAGA is and always has been economic populism + violent racism. She thought she aligned with Trump because he pretended to economic populism and enabled racism.
Things I have always thought I would probably enjoy but which I have never really engaged because by the time I became aware of them the existing lore felt too big and I have been daunted:
- Magic the Gathering
- Dr. Who
Please don't try to convince me I would like them, I already believe that.
- Magic the Gathering
- Dr. Who
Please don't try to convince me I would like them, I already believe that.
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Things I have always thought I would probably enjoy but which I have never really engaged because by the time I became aware of them the existing lore felt too big and I have been daunted:
- Magic the Gathering
- Dr. Who
Please don't try to convince me I would like them, I already believe that.
- Magic the Gathering
- Dr. Who
Please don't try to convince me I would like them, I already believe that.
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"History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes" - Maybe Mark Twain
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes" - Maybe Mark Twain
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
Estrogen could have saved her.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Estrogen could have saved her.
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Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
It's fun and all to ship these two but if we step back and are 100% honest, I think everyone has to admit that from a purely literary standpoint, it's a matter of fact that Wicked would have been far better if this had been the driving romance at its heart.
Heteronormativity diminished Wicked.
Heteronormativity diminished Wicked.
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's fun and all to ship these two but if we step back and are 100% honest, I think everyone has to admit that from a purely literary standpoint, it's a matter of fact that Wicked would have been far better if this had been the driving romance at its heart.
Heteronormativity diminished Wicked.
Heteronormativity diminished Wicked.
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I don’t believe this but if it’s anywhere close to this next November we’re going to see Blexas and more, Dems have not won the white vote since 1964
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I don’t believe this but if it’s anywhere close to this next November we’re going to see Blexas and more, Dems have not won the white vote since 1964
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Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes" - Maybe Mark Twain
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes" - Maybe Mark Twain
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
Say what you want about America's Lost Generation—there's plenty to be said—but when confronted with the inability of excess, entertainment, and distraction to fill the void of loneliness & loss, they at least mostly opposed fascism.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
There is a quote I heard from @margaret.bsky.social (I think she was talking about Oscar Wilde) which argued that art doesn't exist to bring about socialism, we work for socialism so that we can make art.
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The Rules That Free Us: From Virtue to Play
A Short Essay
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
There is a quote I heard from @margaret.bsky.social (I think she was talking about Oscar Wilde) which argued that art doesn't exist to bring about socialism, we work for socialism so that we can make art.
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In this clip Bill Maher gives us a terrific example of bad faith and cheap rhetoric.
The "they are? Where?" interjection is a slimy attempt to shift the burden of proof onto Oswalt to demonstrate a pattern of targeting trans people.
1st Maher is playing dumb (bad faith)
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The "they are? Where?" interjection is a slimy attempt to shift the burden of proof onto Oswalt to demonstrate a pattern of targeting trans people.
1st Maher is playing dumb (bad faith)
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PATTON OSWALT: These people are scared. They're being targeted. We're watching them be targeted right now. We're watching transgender people be targeted in a very aggressive way, so—
BILL MAHER: We are? Where?
OSWALT: Oh my god.
MAHER: Where are they being targeted?
BILL MAHER: We are? Where?
OSWALT: Oh my god.
MAHER: Where are they being targeted?
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In this clip Bill Maher gives us a terrific example of bad faith and cheap rhetoric.
The "they are? Where?" interjection is a slimy attempt to shift the burden of proof onto Oswalt to demonstrate a pattern of targeting trans people.
1st Maher is playing dumb (bad faith)
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The "they are? Where?" interjection is a slimy attempt to shift the burden of proof onto Oswalt to demonstrate a pattern of targeting trans people.
1st Maher is playing dumb (bad faith)
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"We do not want to be alone. We want to be known."
by @billieiswriting.bsky.social
by @billieiswriting.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"We do not want to be alone. We want to be known."
by @billieiswriting.bsky.social
by @billieiswriting.bsky.social