CandySez/Beatleness
@candysez.bsky.social
Sociologist, 1960s/boomers historian, author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World, defender of Democracy, Swiftie over Sixty, and embodiment of the New Old Age. CandyLeonard.com
Great new book on female fandom, for those who celebrate 💖🎶💖 www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Review | Please don’t call fangirls silly. They have more power than you think.
“Swoon” by Bea Martinez-Gatell delves into the history and influence of fandom, from Lord Byron to Elvis to the Beatles.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Great new book on female fandom, for those who celebrate 💖🎶💖 www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
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It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
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Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Guns are the leading cause of death for young people in America — this is a five alarm fire and our leaders in Washington have ignored it for too long. Americans are tired of waiting around for Congress to decide that protecting kids matters.
December 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Guns are the leading cause of death for young people in America — this is a five alarm fire and our leaders in Washington have ignored it for too long. Americans are tired of waiting around for Congress to decide that protecting kids matters.
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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I have a question for the press covering Trump — at what point does “I know nothing about it” stop being an acceptable answer to a legitimate question you know he knows plenty about?
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I have a question for the press covering Trump — at what point does “I know nothing about it” stop being an acceptable answer to a legitimate question you know he knows plenty about?
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Teachers teach ...
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Teachers teach ...
A great American open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
What my doctor told me, and what I said back
Friends,
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A great American open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
I sure hope the right people read this. Dem party needs to (quoting the Beatles) get back to where they once belonged. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives’ autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures
RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats – and Gaza stance did not help
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I sure hope the right people read this. Dem party needs to (quoting the Beatles) get back to where they once belonged. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
45 years gone. www.candyleonard.com/beatleness-b...
John Lennon: A Voice for Feminism? — Candy Leonard
Conventional wisdom about the Beatles is that they got people to think differently about gender in the 60s. Yes, they had a more androgynous appearance, and their lyrics were generally more posit...
www.candyleonard.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
45 years gone. www.candyleonard.com/beatleness-b...
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This guy is awarding himself a fake "peace" prize coerced through quid pro quo with a global sports body, and most of legacy media just shrugs in response and doesn't call into question his mental health. What are we doing here?
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This guy is awarding himself a fake "peace" prize coerced through quid pro quo with a global sports body, and most of legacy media just shrugs in response and doesn't call into question his mental health. What are we doing here?
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Unchecked wealth and corporate power have led many to doubt that our system is fair,” Tim Wu writes. The ruling in the Meta antitrust case “only fortifies the impression that the world’s wealthiest and most powerful corporations are above the law.”
“Unchecked wealth and corporate power have led many to doubt that our system is fair,” Tim Wu writes. The ruling in the Meta antitrust case “only fortifies the impression that the world’s wealthiest and most powerful corporations are above the law.”
Opinion | How Can Anyone Seriously Doubt Meta Is a Monopoly?
All you need is common sense.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Unchecked wealth and corporate power have led many to doubt that our system is fair,” Tim Wu writes. The ruling in the Meta antitrust case “only fortifies the impression that the world’s wealthiest and most powerful corporations are above the law.”
“Unchecked wealth and corporate power have led many to doubt that our system is fair,” Tim Wu writes. The ruling in the Meta antitrust case “only fortifies the impression that the world’s wealthiest and most powerful corporations are above the law.”
May she be a role model for other older Democrats.
Passing the torch with class. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Passing the torch with class. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
May she be a role model for other older Democrats.
Passing the torch with class. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Passing the torch with class. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Chomsky? Really? 😢😡🙄😢
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Chomsky? Really? 😢😡🙄😢
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Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to global health, according to the world’s largest review.
UPF is also rapidly displacing fresh food in the diets of children and adults on every continent, and is associated with an increased risk of a dozen health conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
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This Epstein Affair has shown a pattern where men of wealth and power created a zone of impunity that protected them for decades while destroying vulnerable people like Virginia Guiffrey…
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The Epstein Affair Has Move From Sleaze to a Crisis for American Democracy Itself
This Epstein Affair has shown a pattern where men of wealth and power created a zone of impunity that protected them for decades while destroying vulnerable people like Virginia Guiffrey…
hartmannreport.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This Epstein Affair has shown a pattern where men of wealth and power created a zone of impunity that protected them for decades while destroying vulnerable people like Virginia Guiffrey…
hartmannreport.com/p/the-epstei...
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