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Emily @emilyonhere.gay · 1d

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 11h

If you're in NYC, I've got a fantastic author event tonight at P&T Knitwear! F*cked Up Fairy Tales, in conversation with the wonderful Beth Hicks! Doors at 6:30, a costume contest, book reading and signing, woo!

F*cked Up Fairy Tales author event at P&T Knitwear with Liz Gotauco! In conversation with the wonderful Beth Hicks! Doors at 6:30, a costume contest, book reading and signing, woo! , in conversation with the wonderful Beth Hicks! Doors at 6:30, a costume contest, book reading and signing, woo!

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 2d

#nutmegsky FYI all of this is organized through an existing mutual aid network in Hartford—no scams!

S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 2d

If you’ve been feeling disconnected or overwhelmed by the world, I have something simple & grounding for you to do right now.

Send some rent money to 3 immigrant families in Hartford facing street homelessness. Rent is due and there are *no* family shelter beds available in CT.

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 3d

#Costober2025 day 27: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Anakin Skywalker is my favorite fictional character in all of fiction.
#AJediShallNot #TheHuntforBenSolo

Anika poses in front of her wall of Star Wars art. She is wearing a red and black military sweater over black jeans and holding a can of Coke Zero with Anakin Skywalker on it. The poster behind her says “a Jedi shall not”.

Anika reaches toward the camera as if to use the Force.

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 4d

I love that people are still finding The Pitt! It’s delightful to experience its greatness through new eyes.

Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 4d

Wow The Pitt had a trans character who wasn’t treated badly, just got to be a character who just happened to be trans and a small scene of doctors being professionals and updating gender on a file. Wild to see a show that just… shows professional doctors treating a trans person as a human.

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 5d

I'm posting these clips from the summer panel to Instagram and TikTok, but since this one features me, I decided I'd post it here, too. I'm cosplaying as Izutsumi of Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon). Izutsumi, Flik, and I are all #UnionProud

Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday's the weekend thanks to collective action—when we work together, we win! And we can use stories to get there. Explore more at the link in the quoted post⬇️

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 5d

America has the highest health care costs, by far. And the poorest life expectancy among developed nations, by far. We are victims of the deadly for-profit healthcare and insurance industries who don't care if you suffer and die prematurely, as long as it's profitable for them.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6d

ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 7d

I had the link to this saved in the notes of my post for the last month. We are the rebellion! 💙

manicpixiedust.substack.com/p/using-fand...

Using Fandom in Activism: Story as Messaging

A guide to leveraging fiction for social reform. The second in a five part series.

manicpixiedust.substack.com

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 7d

The second post in my series on using fandom in activism is up! An exploration of story as messaging with Dickens, Marvel comics, A Bug's Life, and Andor.

manicpixiedust.substack.com/p/using-fand...

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 8d

Also this episode rules

Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 8d

Midway through this week’s Slow Horses I thought, I miss River’s grandpa, and almost immediately he popped up with intel for the audience and I love that for me.

#chaospowers

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 8d

This isn’t a focus in the Discourse because the loudest voices with the biggest platforms are people who have never worried about their next meal. I’ve needed SNAP; I’ve used SNAP; I’ve lost it when it mattered. This is going to be a wave of mass starvation beyond living memory in this country.

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 9d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 9d

I gave myself 5 years to wait before I got my tattoo and there’s like one person in the world who would even recognize what it represents.

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 10d

I’m going to be crying about this for a decade.

Lavacastle @lavacastle.bsky.social · 10d

I know in my heart Ben Solo was going to meet his grandfather in the underworld, and Anakin would guide him out.

MAKE IT NOW!!!!

#TheHuntforBenSolo #starwars #bensolo #kyloren #anakinskywalker

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Super Yaki @superyakishop.bsky.social · 10d

free Ben Solo

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 10d

He’s coming!

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 10d

New post! First of five in a series on using fandom as a tool in activism. Presented with @allegrosolutionsllc.com and @ajoconnell.bsky.social

Using Fandom in Activism: An Introduction

The first in a series of posts on the use of pop culture references and connections in activism and advocacy

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 10d

“Side view of the hot rabbit” needs to be at least a chapter title of someone’s memoir

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Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social · 11d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings

No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...

www.mobilize.us

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12d

Caturday meets No Kings day.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 12d

ok leave me alone for being corny but like this is what america (can) look like

Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 12d

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 12d

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

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