Chris J. Rice
@chrisjrice.bsky.social
Artist Writer Librarian Crone Former foster youth disrupting the dominant narrative
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Tell stories. Write stories. Read stories. Watch stories. Make your life a story.
I am not exaggerating: the future depends on it.
I am not exaggerating: the future depends on it.
December 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tell stories. Write stories. Read stories. Watch stories. Make your life a story.
I am not exaggerating: the future depends on it.
I am not exaggerating: the future depends on it.
Today I’m grateful to know that I’m not the glue which holds my fractured family together.
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today I’m grateful to know that I’m not the glue which holds my fractured family together.
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My Bed, 1998 by Tracey Emin
December 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My Bed, 1998 by Tracey Emin
This
People keep mistaking genuine horror for politicking.
The people who supported the DOJ under Biden/Trump condone child rape. They defended officials who protected child rapists.
Other people saw this as a clear moral horror and condemned the DOJ. That's the actual divide. It's not between parties.
The people who supported the DOJ under Biden/Trump condone child rape. They defended officials who protected child rapists.
Other people saw this as a clear moral horror and condemned the DOJ. That's the actual divide. It's not between parties.
December 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This
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THE FIVE FLAVORS:
*sweet
*salty
*sour
*bitter
*nostalgia
*sweet
*salty
*sour
*bitter
*nostalgia
December 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
THE FIVE FLAVORS:
*sweet
*salty
*sour
*bitter
*nostalgia
*sweet
*salty
*sour
*bitter
*nostalgia
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Perhaps 2026 will be the year when everyone who thinks they can do something better than what's on offer will just go ahead and do it themselves.
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Perhaps 2026 will be the year when everyone who thinks they can do something better than what's on offer will just go ahead and do it themselves.
Happy meal wreath on another front door.
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Happy meal wreath on another front door.
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Using AI is like slathering yourself in hamburger juice so your boss can feed you to his dog
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Using AI is like slathering yourself in hamburger juice so your boss can feed you to his dog
A few days before Thanksgiving I received a phone call from the county coroner’s office. My brother had died. In a park. Unhoused for years he was found in a bush. I am still shaking. His death a taproot down through the trauma of our family. In a dark time. Be gentle with yourself and with others.
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A few days before Thanksgiving I received a phone call from the county coroner’s office. My brother had died. In a park. Unhoused for years he was found in a bush. I am still shaking. His death a taproot down through the trauma of our family. In a dark time. Be gentle with yourself and with others.
True
Shitheads run everything.
The CEO of Palantir.
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
True
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
Always ready to face off the rooster.
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Always ready to face off the rooster.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Sumac in the salad
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sumac in the salad
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I wrote about Johnny Cash.
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The Empty Stage
Johnny Cash, loss, and redemption
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wrote about Johnny Cash.
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THIS
One powerful message that so much of the Epstein “reckoning” is sending to survivors is this: you, as a survivor, are only valuable if your suffering can be used to shame “powerful” men. In other words, survivors are once again being used, which is a prolongation of abuse…
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
THIS
The forgiveness racket. Forgiveness is not justice.
So often survivors are told that forgiving perpetrators is a mandatory step to healing. Forcing people to give grace is an extension of the abuse and a wound to the survivor’s sovereignty…
What people from dominant groups describe as empathy is often a rationale used to disregard harm by abusers, prevent or circumvent natural and logical consequences.
Further it's been weaponized against those (groups) who have been wounded by requiring forgiveness or denial of their injury.
Further it's been weaponized against those (groups) who have been wounded by requiring forgiveness or denial of their injury.
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The forgiveness racket. Forgiveness is not justice.
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1 in 4 US girls will survive CSA.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
1 in 4 US girls will survive CSA.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
Only one member nation of the United Nation’s 197 member nations hasn’t ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and that nation is the United States.
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Only one member nation of the United Nation’s 197 member nations hasn’t ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and that nation is the United States.
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When it’s revealed that “ordinary people” abuse kids, seldom do they receive consequences. But somehow, if we keep repeating Epstein’s name, Trump will receive consequences? Make it make sense.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When it’s revealed that “ordinary people” abuse kids, seldom do they receive consequences. But somehow, if we keep repeating Epstein’s name, Trump will receive consequences? Make it make sense.
The benefit of the doubt given to men is evil.
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The benefit of the doubt given to men is evil.
Any reader of Sarah Kenzidor’s work could see this coming. Anyone who has followed the stories of all the trafficked underage girls understood the gravity and the horror of all that’s happened.
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Any reader of Sarah Kenzidor’s work could see this coming. Anyone who has followed the stories of all the trafficked underage girls understood the gravity and the horror of all that’s happened.
THIS forever and always.
💯 This, all day every day. Love and strength to all survivors.
i really truly wish any of the epstein furore was caused by a genuine concern for cruelty for teenage girls, for exploited kids. it would be a different country if it was, of course, but the discourse is sometimes jarring
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
THIS forever and always.
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Snap Judgements I’m writing about hungry children in a filthy rich nation
Snap Judgements I’m writing about hungry children in a filthy rich nation
Snap Judgements
Childhood hunger in a filthy rich nation
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November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Snap Judgements I’m writing about hungry children in a filthy rich nation
Snap Judgements I’m writing about hungry children in a filthy rich nation