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In 1970s Kansas, a worldly dance teacher brings Patrick Gutierrez closer to who he longs to be.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · 7d

This super personal essay had been in the works by its author for a long, long time. Now it's out in the universe:

Enrique

Pam Mandel transforms a 1950s-style lawn into a certified wildlife habitat.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · 19d

"And I like very much that the ladybugs are f****** in the lupines."

Chip Drop

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · 25d

Increasingly I’ve been canceling subscriptions and loading up on prescriptions. If that’s helpful to anyone.

a woman with short hair and red lipstick is standing in a parking lot with cars .

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 27d

“What’s the government gonna do? Attack us?? Citizens???”

Black folks:
Latinx folks:
Trans folks:

ALT: a woman with short hair and red lipstick is standing in a parking lot with cars .

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · 28d

I wrote something.

"These white, lanky B-boys stood still in their Adidas Superstars and tried not to laugh. The backdrop for the breakdancing battle was a mauve and beige living room with portraits of naked ladies painted by my grandmother."

Sincerely And A Little Surly

B-boys in the living room, birthday phone calls, and waking up in the morning.

The Lingering Scent of Black Butter

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Sep 11

Art, illness, Nina Ricci, “miracle” cleaners, and a grandmother’s love. New story by @ebonyalia.bsky.social at How I Learned magazine.

Ebonya Lia gets caught in a metaphorical Sephora during an earthquake.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · Sep 5

MAGA: "COVID vaccines killed millions!"

MAGA(also): "Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for the COVID vaccines!"

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tiffany S. (@midwestmagpie)

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”― Dorothea Lange Harlem, New York," Leonard Freed, 1963 Self-Portrait, James Barnor, Accra, Ghana, 1957. Panama Canal...

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Avitus B. Carle digs into family lore to find a mysterious aunt — who some folks remember but nobody ever understood.

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Sep 3

Mo’Bradie only exists at family reunions. Not on Google. Not on paper. Never captured on film, pressed on the glue-covered page of a broken-spine photo album. Mo’Bradie is a word-of-mouth kind of woman. A “did you hear” or “I heard that she” kind of woman. — @avitusbcarle.bsky.social

A Spider Kind Of Woman

Milton Bradley For Beginners

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 28

New essay by Hannah Van Sickle on How I Learned mag.
open.substack.com/pub/howilear...

It was the perfect winning strategy until the game board flipped and shattered all the pieces.

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 25

Everything is brutal and unrelenting (plus: Monday mood) but just now a Gen X guy on a bike passed by, snaking down the middle of the street, blasting “She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult. So that was nice.

Avitus B. Carle digs into family lore to find a mysterious aunt — who some folks remember but nobody ever understood.

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Over on How I Learned, a new featured essay by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social.

A Spider Kind Of Woman

Fight The Trump Takeover Rally · Fight the Trump Takeover

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 15

You can get in on a “Fight The Trump Takeover Rally” near you. www.mobilize.us/fightthetrum...

The Texas House Democrats are denying quorum to stop the Trump takeover of Texas and block his attempt to rig the 2026 midterm elections. But Trump isn’t stopping in Texas. He’s targeting Missouri, Oh...

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 15

So glad you enjoyed it. ♡

"When I tell her I met someone at a silent retreat she asks, 'How does that work?'"

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 14

New featured essay at How I Learned mag: "The Deep End" by Char Breshgold on finding family and trying to float. open.substack.com/pub/howilear...

The Deep End

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Blaise Allysen Kearsley (@blaiseallysen)

A story by Michael Barrish (1960-2023), reprinted in How I Learned with love. “I never told a soul I was doing this. And more than once it occurred to me that if I fell and hit my head, I’d rot down...

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Aug 4

How I Learned magazine is LIVE and Jennifer Stewart has a few things to say to you. Come in, come in, and subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/howilear...

Are You There, God? It's Me, Celibate.

Jennifer Stewart's West Texas college was known for its commitment to conservatism and its high concentration of STDs.

Why Mr. Bauer Didn’t Like Me

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you @saribotton.bsky.social.
♥️ memoirland.substack.com/p/why-mr-bau...

As a child, Blaise Allysen Kearsley tried, in vain, to win over a white friend’s father.

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wrestling with Revisions: 1-day intensive, July 1st, 6:30-8:30pm ET. Come through.
**This is open to ALL writers even though the image says CNF.**
www.blaiseallysenkearsley.com

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blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Jun 23

In New York where I receive state-funded healthcare, this will result in over 51,000 totally preventable deaths. 5calls.org/issue/medica...

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 23

Why did Congressional Republicans jam through an unpopular budget with the largest Medicaid cuts in history?

It could be because nearly 70% of them would financially benefit from the bill's extension of Trump's tax cuts for the rich.

Reverse Robin Hood.

Families Over Billionaires @taxwarroom.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yikes.

blaise allysen kearsley @blaiseallysen.bsky.social · Jun 18

3 DAYS LEFT to submit your best story to the How I Learned Series Magazine, launching this summer on Pedro Pascal’s internet. Tell a friend.

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