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Mia McKenzie

@miamckenzie.bsky.social

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Two-time Lambda-award-winning Author of The Summer We Got Free, Skye Falling, and These Heathens (June 2025). Mama. Visionary. Queer icon.

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · Jun 17

Where do you get an abortion in 1960 Georgia, especially if your small town's midwife goes to the same church as your parents? Find out today. THESE HEATHENS is officially out in the world! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/these-heat...

These Heathens: A Novel|eBook

From the “razor-sharp and outrageously funny” (Taylor Jenkins Reid) mind of Mia McKenzie comes a vibrant novel exploring how one weekend can change your whole life.Dear Lord, please forgiv...

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 15h

So many things suddenly make sense when you accept that someone is simply mentally ill.

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 15h

I think with men people don't consider childhood trauma enough. But those men were once little boys, completely at the mercy of fucked up adults, and what those adults "taught" them doesn't go away, it lives in them forever unless they do the very hard work of healing.

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 16h

Trauma. My brother-in-law is married to the worst person I've ever known (my sister). I'm sure he felt bad abt himself when he met her, probably due to childhood trauma resulting in the inability to understand what love is supposed to feel like. It's not mean if deep down you believe you deserve it.

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Bala Cynwyd.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Water.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

You just know this is the type of shit Freida does.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 10d

a man wearing a hat and sweater is sitting in a classroom .

ALT: a man wearing a hat and sweater is sitting in a classroom .

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 10d

Which perhaps is just one indication said countries aren't "lesser"?

Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 10d

Feels like there's too much institutional military paralysis and "salute the flag" sentiment, but man, generals all in a room together in a lesser country would just coup him today.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 10d

Chuck Schumer, in an hour from now: The president plans to flood the streets with military personnel to oppress innocent people, but what he should be flooding the streets with is tax credits for the middle class!

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 10d

*Cousin Pam

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 10d

This shit is maddening. "Just wait until the people hear about this!" 🙄

Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · 10d

I just stared at this post for so long. People are okay with kids being murdered in Gaza and all over the globe by our military. Cops murder people here every day. Why do you think the people who voted for this guy care that he's threatening civilians this way? THEY DON'T THINK IT APPLIES TO THEM.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 10d

Now might be a good time for Democrats to remind people that when they return to power they will not hesitate to prosecute people who murder civilians.