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Deirdra Mercury
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Story-yeller. Rage, pets, dahlias, words.
A complete Muppet of a human with an air raid siren for a laugh. Proud HBCU grad. Chahta sia hoke! Sidhe/her, fae/them.
Dark Crystal Gayle.
February 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I’m still mad about all the brill LGBTQ shows they canceled after one season.
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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We learned earlier this week that the government is ostensibly trying to establish that attending a demonstration is tantamount to criminal conspiracy. This is a bigtime🚨 evanstonnow.com/spring-trial...
January 28, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Question from a rando: does she have a tail? She looks like my tailless wonder.
January 23, 2026 at 9:59 PM
My grandparents and parents recounted being lined up for vaccines in cafeterias and gymnasiums. Public health is collective wealth.
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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If fascists can convince themselves that their own children are better off dead than transgender, then there’s no limit to the violence they can enact on other people’s children.

And we’re watching the horror of that play out in the streets of Minnesota right now.
January 23, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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There is a through line between the conservative parents’ rights movement to ICE attacking children in the streets.

The white supremacist argument that “we should be able to treat OUR children however we want” very quickly turns into “we should be able to treat YOUR children however we want.”
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Excellent chant, if they’re inclined. Helpful if also possessed! Multitasker.
January 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Watch the first two episodes of Bookish on PBS. It’s got a similar vibe. There’s also a similar Signora Volpe.
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Every cop/not-a-cop on Britbox🙃
January 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM