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Kelly Barnhill

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I wrote some books, once upon a time. Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you. kellybarnhill.com

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hello new followers! Welcome! I'm so glad you're here. Some quick things about me:

I write novels and short stories for both kid readers and grownups. For example! I wrote The Girl Who Drank The Moon which has magic, a swamp monster, a Perfectly Tiny Dragon and a witch. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Girl Who Drank the Moon a book by Kelly Barnhill

With more than a million copies sold, Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a must-read for fans of classic children's literature or timeless fantasy fables. Every year, the people of t...

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 10h

Dear businesses,

Your AI ads are creepy and off-putting. It makes me less likely to buy your products - indeed, it makes me actively avoid them. Maybe spend your money on something else.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

When Women Were Dragons came out in 2022. A simpler time, really.

I said this then, and I mean it even more today - wherever Dr Ford is now, and whatever she is doing, I hope she is having a wonderful day. She deserves it. My god, she did her best to save our country. We all have to do our best.

Book dedications bot @dedication-bot.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill #books #literature #dedication

For Christine Blasey Ford,
whose testimony triggered this narrative;

And for my children—
dragons, all.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22h

I don't think most people understand what we're facing. Not really.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 11h

This is very bad

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 13h

100% true

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 17h

I think Trump would rather Congress never vote to reopen the government than let Adelrita Grijalva trigger the Epstein Files discharge. And I bet he doesn’t have a plan other than the Insurrection Act.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 14h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 2d

My constituents want me to get to work but House Republicans are more concerned about protecting the Epstein files.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

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Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social · 14h

I know I'm dredging ancient history here, but there is a direct line from presidential candidate John McCain picking incompetent fabulist & half-term quitter Gov. Sarah Palin to dog-murdering Kristi Noem lying her ass off about Portland to the current, pudding brained president.

Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social · 14h

This is just deranged. There is no objective reality going on (quote via NBC):

“I was in Portland yesterday and had the chance to visit w/the governor of Oregon ... they are absolutely covering up the terrorism that is hitting their streets,” DHS Sec Noem said during a WH roundtable this afternoon.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 14h

Nicollet Ave.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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opal @defnotadino.bsky.social · 14h

This is a big deal! Seems the Chicago pope doesn’t like his city being eviscerated by jackboots.

Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 1d

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:

www.reuters.com

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 14h

This is monstrous.

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 14h

Obviously, it means that Trump is going to pay us cash money every time we take our medicine. My ADHD meds cost $305 per month without insurance, so I will happily take $900 from ole Mr Moneybags in the White House. Surely he's good for it, right?

/sarcasm

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 14h

Only in his mind, lol

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 15h

He has no idea what he's saying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 15h

There is no "therapy" in the world that can make a gay person "not gay anymore". There is no therapy in the world that can "un-trans" a trans person. This is why conversion therapy is so harmful - it purports to do the impossible, and harms the people it claims to help. It is abuse, pure and simple.

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 15h

My chid is trans. My neighbors are trans. My entire life's work is protecting and defending the rights of trans people. This attempt to bring back conversion therapy with its known harms and devastation to people I know and care about is a grave injustice. I'm not sure what your point is here.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

Yup. It's unfathomably cruel.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

Why does he always look so damn weird?

NotGoingBack @nooneletgo.bsky.social · 17h

File this one away for the aftermath of a terrorist attack that would've been prevented otherwise wapo.st/42y5QyO

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

The history of conversion therapy is . . . pretty gross.

Gay Conversion Therapy's Disturbing 19th-Century Origins share.google/mAeiLt1ADTZI...

Gay Conversion Therapy's Disturbing 19th-Century Origins

Doctors began to look for ways to reverse same-sex desire.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

Conversion therapy is often couched in religious terms, but not always. There is a long and sad history in psychology and psychiatry of attempts to "undo" a homosexual orientation, with no success and much incidental harm to the individual. It is a monstrous process and the bans are appropriate.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

And here:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

‘Conversion Therapy’ As Degrading Treatment

This article responds to the widespread uncertainty in UK and international human rights law over the legality of ‘conversion therapy’, a set of practices that aim to eradicate LGBTIQ+ sexualities and...

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

I encourage you to read the research. There is ample data showing the harms inflicted by conversion therapy. There is no documented benefit.
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Conversion practices linked to depression, PTSD and suicide thoughts in LGBTQIA+ adults

Programs designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity are linked to depression, PTSD and suicidality in a Stanford Medicine-led study of more than 4,000 participants.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16h

Book dedications bot @dedication-bot.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill #books #literature #dedication

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