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Rebecca Hains, author

@rchains.bsky.social

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Media studies, feminism, children’s culture, and more. Books: Growing Up With Girl Power The Princess Problem Princess Cultures Cultural Studies of LEGO The Marketing of Children’s Toys Communication in Our Lives Supernatural Youth in Media—just released!

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Aug 27

Why isn’t Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” about praying reverently in church?!? We’ve been duped! —Aaron Lewis, probably.

Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m home sick, passing the time by watching “Wear Whatever the F you Want,” and this exchange between Clinton and Stacey made me think, “Ah, these are my people”:

C: Have you been to Burning Man?
S: Never.
C: Me either.
S: I don’t like dust!
C: I don’t like port-a-potties.

😆💀🔥

Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jul 8

So, 24-hour libraries? I see the merits. More library hours, please!

Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jul 7

#BookSky

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 8

The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors.

They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.

Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Mar 9

::waves from soprano 1 section::

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Feb 16

"Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate" www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/h...

Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate | CNN

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms.

www.cnn.com

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Feb 16

Elon Musk: “I am constantly insulted on this platform.”

Also Elon: *retweets ableist slur, using his platform to insult an enormous number of people*

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Feb 13

Women who have married and changed their names could be prevented from voting under the SAVE Act. The same is true of anyone else whose name doesn’t match their birth certificate.

The MAGA crew really cherish voter suppression and disenfranchisement, don’t they?

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Feb 12

Me to Sen. Carter (R-GA):

Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Feb 12

In today’s news, Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced a bill thst would authorize President Trump to acquire Greenland and rename it “Red, White, and Blueland.”

…No, this is not The Onion.

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Mtn Mystic @mtnmystic.bsky.social · Feb 2

I’ve said it before. I’m saying it again. Buy hard copies of books - history, science, politics, whatever your interests are. Do it before the books are banned, burned, labeled a “false narrative,” or rewritten to suit the new reich’s agenda. It’s happening. We see it. Fahrenheit 451 is here. Now.

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Feb 2

Point taken.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · Jan 30

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 30

Also by popular demand:

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Jan 30

"Call their policies crazy and leftist, but California leaders do in fact understand that climate change is supercharging drought, heat, and wildfires, and they are trying to mitigate the threat."

-- @jilldlawrence.bsky.social

www.thebulwark.com/p/extorting-...

Extorting With Disaster: Why Stop At California?

Nice hurricanes you got there, be a shame if you had to expand Medicaid to get help.

www.thebulwark.com

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 30

By popular demand:

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 30

Trump’s appointed FCC chair is trying to defund NPR and PBS.

In other news, water is wet.

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Source (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Stations (Gift Article)

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently expressed concern about NPR and PBS’s sponsorships.

www.nytimes.com

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 30

And we got charged per text!

Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 30

Ha! Yes!

Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 30

Wait, who did this??

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 29

Have you ever scrolled thru a multi-column, small-print list so long, you can’t tell when it ends??

Here’s a gift link to a NYT list of 2600 federal programs at risk of defunding—“even some, like Medicare, that officials said would not be affected.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#PayAttention

Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them. (Gift Article)

The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.

www.nytimes.com

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 29

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 29

“Potential appointees to Donald Trump’s new administration are reportedly being asked to prove their past loyalty to the president, including by sharing the moment of their conversion to the Make America Great Again movement,” according to The Independent.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 28

Who *wouldn’t* run towards a TARDIS outside their home at 1 am? (Especially in these times?) I’m with kitty! 🐈‍⬛

#CatTales #JustForFun #DoctorWho

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · Jan 28

Please pass the Ibuprofen.