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your reluctant optimist
@kittenwithaquip.bsky.social
Foul-mouthed & quirky heathen. Defecting from Twitter in the post-musky era. Leftist. Native Californian living in a red state. Please, no crypto or lovelorn DMs. That's a block. Was that too subtle? I'm taken, & I'm probably old enough to be your mom.
Let's trade a drunk misogynist for a tiny dictator! Yay!
December 4, 2024 at 1:18 PM
I'm small & mean.

My dad used to say my late mother was "cute as a button, mean as a snake."

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree... & my husband is a RW gun nut, so...
December 3, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Thank you.
December 2, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I lost my mother to colon cancer in Jan. 2017. That increases my chances of getting a whole host of cancers.

As a result, I've already had a colonoscopy scheduled for Thursday, & then an appointment with a gynecological oncologist in January.

How do I tell my 16 & 18 year-old sons?
December 2, 2024 at 6:03 PM
A replica from the movie Se7en to give Trump the kind of pegging he's been itching for.
December 2, 2024 at 12:24 PM
I can assure you that right now, there is a kid named either Brayden or Remington in Arkansas in that exact same get-up.
December 2, 2024 at 1:43 AM
🙄🙄🙄
The fcukin audacity. Let's talk about Kushner and the actual felon who's about to be POTUS.
December 2, 2024 at 1:37 AM
This cabinet just gets more disgusting. Do none of these men realize that women already don't safe. Now we're about to get an adjudicated r*pist for POTUS & a bunch of misogynistic dickheads in the highest levels of government. Or is that the point? Are we supposed to cower? Fcuk that.
December 2, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Also, just to throw a wrench into this convo: Chappell Roan is currently piped into my brain via earbuds.
Think what you will. I need some mindless happy.
December 1, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Right? Much respect to you. I started out thinking I was going to have to prove my cred, & now we follow each other. Again, thank you.
December 1, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I bet if you Googled the Dead C you'd see reviews he wrote.
December 1, 2024 at 11:23 PM
You're good. 🙂 I have a tendency towards snark, so my apologies for getting snarky. Context? My ex-husband was a major music snob. He wrote reviews on Pitchfork.
He was not a good person, & that kinda made me feel contrary about whatever music was deemed worthy.

No Ivermectin here. 🙃
December 1, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Thank you. I'm not trying to have my first argument on this platform.
December 1, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I didn't realize I'd entered a brawl with aesthetes. I left a flippant comment & it's now a sign of a personality flaw.

If you didn't jump to conclusions, you might believe that my tastes are diverse & I actually know a bit about music.

Have a lovely day, Reply Guy.
December 1, 2024 at 10:42 PM
You recognize when someone might be saying something in a tongue in cheek, flippant way, yes?

I like early Beatles, actually. I'm just not a fan of hippie fairy tinkle. However, put on Paint It Black (now tell me that the basic bitch track, IDC) & I'm hooked.

It's a preference.
December 1, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Cool, bro.
December 1, 2024 at 10:30 PM
I always piss people off by saying I preferred the Rolling Stones. Did I? Maybe. But I like messing with musical aesthetes.
Oops. I'm not a dude. I still have opinions on music.
December 1, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Wanna laugh & dance to silly shit? Listen to Sabrina Carpenter. There, I admitted how far I've fallen as an aging pseudo-goth mom. 😂
December 1, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Well, I'm old & odd, so I should warn you it starts with Lou Reed & This Mortal Coil, goes through some Interpol, then ends with...Taylor Swift.
My 18 year-old thinks I've lost my cred. He needs to hold his tongue if he wants me to keep updating his Joy Division t-shirt. 💀
December 1, 2024 at 5:45 PM