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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 2d

📚 happy banned books week 🐛 did you know this piece features commonly banned book titles? have fun zoomin'!

Digital illustration of a redhead fem with cat eye glasses wearing a green sparkly dress. She's leaning on a bookcart next to a tuxedo cat holding a book that reads, 'support your local library.' Behind her are books with titles that are commonly banned in schools.

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Space Goat Coast to Coast 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @spacegoatc2c.bsky.social · 9d

Follow @liberaljane.bsky.social to support their work.

TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

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Just George Oh🍂 @timmytwoshirts.bsky.social · 9d

🎨Liberal Jane Illustration

Digital illustration of a punk looking penguin with a trans flag. Text reads, ‘trans people are not the reason your life sucks.’

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Jennie Wetter @jennieindc.bsky.social · 9d

Love podcasts? Love abortion? Want to get engaged in the fight for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice?

Have I got the (award-winning 😳) #podcast for you:
@reprosfightback.bsky.social! pod.link/1327397412 (new episode out tomorrow)

🎨 by @liberaljane.bsky.social

A black microphone filled with various flowers. There is a purple ribbon wrapped around it that says rePROs Fight Back. Underneath the microphone it says a podcast on all things repro

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Planned Parenthood @ppfa.org · 6d

Abortion care is health care. Health care includes abortion care.
🎨: @liberaljane.bsky.social

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Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts @ppesacts.bsky.social · 5d

Our rights are non-negotiable, our bodies are not up for debate.

🎨: @liberaljane.bsky.social

#AbortionIsFreedom

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Miss Leonie 👑 Escort-Domina (🇩🇪/🇬🇧) Hamburg & FMTY @miss-leonie.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome to spooky season!
🦇 🧙‍♀️ 🔮 ⚰️

Artwork by the talented @liberaljane.bsky.social

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#sexworkiswork #SexworkerRightsAreHumanRights #decriminalizesexwork #sexwork

Drawing of a sexy witch in spooky lingerie and stripper heels. She is hanging from her broom like it were a dancing pole. In big letters the picture states: Hex Work is Real Work! A cat with bat wings is sitting on top of the broom saying "Decriminalize!" The Artist who made this is Liberal Jane.

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 3d

Image depicts a hazy purple scene showing a spell being cast by a Black woman with long hair. She’s wearing a purple gown with mesh sleeves with stars. Around her are floating candles and a book with text that reads, ‘hex the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy’

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 10d

📢 last call on September Sticker Club! 🌲 sign up by the 30th to snag this month's sticker and double-sided bookmark 🐈 (all while supporting indie feminist art!) ❤️

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 10d

Digital illustration of a large group of people of different ages, races, genders, sexualities and abilities. Text reads. 'Abortion saves lives.'

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 12d

Happy #WorldContraceptionDay! At a time where fearmongering about birth control is at an all time high, let's remember there are endless reasons someone may need access to contraception.

🧡 Birth control is safe, effective and our right!

Digital illustration of the faces of six people who use birth control. There are various reasons including 'managing illness, bleeding on your own terms, regulating menstrual cycles and preventing pregnancy. There's big text that reads, 'we must fight to protect our right to birth control.'

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 13d

Ready to learn more? Watch the short film, WATER ANGEL created by Nijla Mu’min for In Bloom Stories & MTV Staying Alive Foundation

#InBloomStories #WaterAngel

Watch for free here: hub.plusmedia.solutions/water-angel/...

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 13d

Every pregnant person deserves to feel supported and safe during their pregnancy - no matter their identity.

Graphic of an ultrasound monitor with text “ our healthcare system is failing black moms. Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy related caused the white women according to the CDC”

Graphic with text “what is driving the increase in black maternal mortality?” which includes: structural inequality, systemic, racism, and bias, barriers to access and care and lack of resources.

Graphic with text “things that do not lower maternal mortality” which includes: taking away health insurance, rule Hospital closures, stigma and isolation, and abobo bans.

Graphic with text “what can you do?” Including: listen to Black women, create community, advocate for policies that support moms, and invest in midwives and doulas

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 13d

🧵THREAD: Despite spending the most per capita on health care, the United States has the worst maternal mortality rate of any high-income country. This statistic is even worse for Black pregnant people who are 3x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women.

Digital illustration of a group of parents hugging a pregnant Black woman. Text reads “pregnant people deserve support and community. Not isolation and fear.”

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 15d

uh... this is an understatement this week…

Digital illustration of six people of different ages, ethnicities, genders, and abilities. There’s text that reads, “it is exhausting being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world”

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 16d

Digital illustration of a punk looking penguin with text, 'rather be woke than morally broke'

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 16d

Digital illustration of a punk looking penguin with text, ‘fascism should be destroyed not debated’

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jodellm.bsky.social @jodellm.bsky.social · 27d

😝Laugh & 😭 Cry.
Show compassion
🧵Sept 11 editorial cartoons

My fav 4

🏆🥇”community saves lives”

Take what you need—
Love
Trust
Compassion
Inclusion

🖼️🖌️ @liberaljane.bsky.social

1/4

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 27d

Find a @sundayofaction.bsky.social event near you: crnt.link/sunday-liber...

#SunDayPartner

Graphic of three activists holding a banner that reads, 'day of action.' text reads, "We HAVE the technology needed to scale-up and accelerate clean energy and make it accessible to all! On the Solar Equinox (September 21), people across the U.S. are coming together to demand the large-scale, rapid deployment of clean energy"

Digital illustration of a woman on her laptop looking up a Sun Day of action event. Text reads, "We want clean power and we’re ready to fight for it"

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 27d

📢 We're coming together to demand a clean energy revolution! ✊⚡️

🌞On the solar equinox (Sept 21) communities around the world are coming together to demand the large-scale rapid deployment of clean energy. @sundayofaction.bsky.social

Digital illustration of three climate justice activists against an industrial background. There's smoke with text that reads, 'a clean energy future is possible' and a smaller sign that says 'the sun shines on all of us.' Two of the activists are holding solar panels.

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littlemsbink.bsky.social @littlemsbink.bsky.social · 29d

Community -> Collective Liberation

Inclusivity & being a proactive ally has never been more important. Support your communities however you can - what we say & do does make a difference 💚✨

Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · Aug 14

Digital illustration of a flyer that reads, 'community saves lives. take what you need.' with pull-off paper tabs that read: love, trust, compassion, empathy, & inclusion.

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 28d

Digital illustration of six parents doing different jobs related to chestfeeding. Around the circle shows, 'pumping, bottle warming, feeding, cleaning, storage and burping.' In the center there is text that reads, 'every mom is a working mom.'

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · Sep 7

Digital illustration of a French bulldog with red heart shaped sunglasses, an ear piercing, pink eyeshadow and red lipstick. The dog is sporting a orange sweater that reads, ‘clinic escort.’ To the right there is a text bubble that reads, ‘protect abortion access’ with sparkles.

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Kat @hekatesdaughter.bsky.social · Sep 3

"UNIVERSAL TRUTH: Our right to autonomy isn't negotiable... There is NO such thing as 'pro-life feminism'."
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Art: @liberaljane.bsky.social

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Jennie Wetter @jennieindc.bsky.social · Sep 3

The new @reprosfightback.bsky.social merch I ordered has arrived and been throughly inspected and given a seal of approval from Cinder.

Art on purple T-shirt and bag by @liberaljane.bsky.social and on grey T-shirt by Tanja Bos.

A gray striped cat laying on a gray T-shirt. On the T-shirt the illustration shows a purple speech bubble with pink comic book style text that reads “ Abortion it’s a human right not a dirty word.

A black tote bag with an illustration on it showing a Black woman wearing a teal superhero cape, a red orange corset with an “A” and a belt with a manual vacuum aspirator and abortion pills. Speech bubbles read “Fun Abortion, Fight Evil” in black and yellow.

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Planned Parenthood of Southern New England @ppsne.bsky.social · Aug 24

You are valid -- yesterday, today, and tomorrow 🏳️‍⚧️🩵🤍🩷🏳️‍⚧️

🎨- @liberaljane.bsky.social

#PPSNE #PlannedParenthood #TransPride

Illustration featuring a diverse group of people, each uniquely styled, with text that reads "There are infinite ways to be trans." The background includes stars and a heart motif.

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