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S Bear Bergman

@sbearbergman.bsky.social

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Writer, storyteller, publisher, advice guy, crankypants. Always looking for people to talk to and things to eat. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Feb 2

Read “What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.“ by S. Bear Bergman on Medium: medium.com/@sbearbergma...

What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.

It’s very reasonable to be worried and trying to understand how to help. Here are some actionable suggestions for the short and medium term.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 4d

I recommend you share a few potato chips with a dog if you have the opportunity. A big cozy ding-dong is ideal for this, but really any dog.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 8d

Francis, teaching his graduate seminar in coziness. Enrolment opens soon for his summer intensive, rolling on your back in a cool bed of clover.

A very a very dignified looking tan dog with a black muzzle dog is curled into a circle on the couch. His head rests on a mustard coloured yellow cushion, and over his head is a faux fur fuzzy blanket. He looks a bit ridiculous but very cozy - he picked his head up just as I raised my camera, in case it was peanut butter.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 11d

I’m a transgender Jewish writer and storyteller; imagine how I feel.

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 11d

Turns out it was pretty stupid of me to go to “law school” and pass the “bar” and practice “law”

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 12d

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 12d

How many rides before one (1) free beheading?

S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 12d

Say a prayer? I would not call the cops, because I’d be concerned that they didn’t have a car seat because they couldn’t afford one, and that the gigantic ticket they would get for not having the baby restrained would put them further from safety in any of several ways.

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Sarah Polkinghorne @sarahpolk.bsky.social · 12d

"In Clipboards We Trust."

S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 12d

Once again I beg you to consider my proposal that a rotating committee of librarians and stage managers be put in charge of the US.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 12d

Once again I beg you to consider my proposal that a rotating committee of librarians and stage managers be put in charge of the US.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 12d

I think I preferred it tbh.

S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 14d

Can we not just accept that we need all the different kinds of brains to do all the different kind of human things? Because I am FOR SURE not keeping a 17-volume-and-counting detailed record of my decades of effort in restoring heirloom apple varieties, but I’m very glad someone is. ::crunch::

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 16d

Smart lady is smart, as ever.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 28d

I love Dinosaur Train immoderately (to the point that I included it in my recent book) but we also had many discussions about how some of the science seems very… optimistic.

S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 29d

Little wins but Troy Kostur looking hot (without additional context) in the Bottega Veneta ad wrapper for the Sunday NYT about the poetry of gesture qualifies I think.

Famous Deaf stage and screen actor Troy Kostur looking hot and broody in a fashion portrait. His hair is long, he’s wearing a black suit, and his famously large and quick hands are stacked under his chin.

Big text reads The Poetry Of Gestures and above there’s some woven leather sleeves.

S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Sep 5

ugh, *NERD with you, but @juliaserano.bsky.social who is the best ever just liked the post with the error in it so now I have to keep it.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Sep 5

Someday I hope to need with you!

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Mikaela Kennedy @mikaelak.bsky.social · Aug 31

Really loved reading Special Topics in Being a Parent: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned About Parenting, Mostly the Hard Way by @sbearbergman.bsky.social
I cried many times ❤️

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks! I’m so glad. 💜

S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Aug 19

Someone’s going to tell the early modern historians why the students are all talking about the pear of anguish this week, right?

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Aug 15

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill

In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Aug 10

(ugh I’m so aggravated that I forgot to close the quote after inconvenience.)

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Aug 10

This feels like a @theradr.bsky.social question: does Judaism already have a bracha that is roughly “Baruch Hashem for letting me live in such comfort that this constitutes an inconvenience? If not, can we write one?

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Jun 27

I wish to announce that today I have cleaned and reassembled the dishwasher and also migrated my email to Google hosting and I feel EXTREMELY accomplished please clap.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today I, a professional storyteller and author, described something as “the lightiest light” because I was so distracted and overwhelmed I forgot that the word bright exists and if that’s not a metaphor then I don’t even know what (but also, please someone name your band The Lightiest Light).

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · Jun 24

Daily(ish) #PrideMonth #SmallPress #books: Special Topics in Being a Parent by @sbearbergman.bsky.social‬, ill. Saul Freedman-Lawson (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social‬) & ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬Thunder Song by Sasha Lapointe (Counterpoint @catapultbooks.bsky.social)

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Book cover for ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬Thunder Song: Essays (Sasha Lapointe, Counterpoint LLC) The author of the award-winning memoir Red Paint returns with a razor-sharp, clear-eyed collection of essays on what it means to be a proudly queer indigenous woman in the United States today. Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Unapologetically punk, the essays in Thunder Song segue from the miraculous to the mundane, from the spiritual to the physical, as they examine the role of art—in particular music—and community in helping a new generation of indigenous people claim the strength of their heritage while defining their own path in the contemporary world. https://www.counterpointpress.com/books/thunder-song/

Book cover for Special Topics in Being a Parent: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned About Parenting, Mostly the Hard Way by S. Bear Bergman‬, ill. Saul Freedman-Lawson (Arsenal Pulp‬): An illustrated guide of practical parenting advice informed by queer experiences for anyone doing the work of parenting. https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Special-Topics-in-Being-a-Parent

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Jun 20

(Or, alternatively, do you want to help?)

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Jun 20

Anyone want to talk me out of relaunching Queer Culture Catchup as a standalone site?

(This brought to you by the many people I know making queer and trans arts & culture things, especially early career, and getting 0 reviews because arts media has contracted like a salted slug, and I just...)

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