The Optimistic Nihilist (She/her)
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Just trying to make some magic in this dumpster fire world. 💙 in a red state.
Sometimes I write @ https://lynnwerre.substack.com
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Sometimes I write @ https://lynnwerre.substack.com
Support my caffeine addiction @ https://buymeacoffee.com/lynnw
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Knitting Through Political Unrest
Crafting as Resistance
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Some of you may have already read my essay on knitting as a form of resistance. If not, please read it on substack, where I will be publishing from now on. Thanks!
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she’s got a point
June 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
she’s got a point
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The GOP's education agenda is a Trojan horse for ideological indoctrination. They're using schools as a battleground to shape young minds and suppress critical thinking.
#DontDefundPublicSchools
#DontDefundPublicSchools
May 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The GOP's education agenda is a Trojan horse for ideological indoctrination. They're using schools as a battleground to shape young minds and suppress critical thinking.
#DontDefundPublicSchools
#DontDefundPublicSchools
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To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
May 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
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GOOD TROUBLE SUCCESS! On today's podcast, we asked you to flood the anti-christianbiasreporting@va.gov mailbox. I've just learned they received over 54,000 reports which had to be manually reviewed and ZERO were real. WELL DONE! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Pope-Pourri (feat. Andi McNew)
Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 04/23/2025 · 56m
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April 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
GOOD TROUBLE SUCCESS! On today's podcast, we asked you to flood the anti-christianbiasreporting@va.gov mailbox. I've just learned they received over 54,000 reports which had to be manually reviewed and ZERO were real. WELL DONE! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Art of the Deal
April 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Art of the Deal
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Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?
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This feels… like they’re missing the mark…
BREAKING: White House says that those who leaked the story about Pete Hegseth giving war plans to his family on Signal might be prosecuted…
So apparently, ‘the whistleblowing’ is the crime, not the crime itself?!
So apparently, ‘the whistleblowing’ is the crime, not the crime itself?!
April 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This feels… like they’re missing the mark…
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Every state needs to do this ASAP
April 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Every state needs to do this ASAP
How do we parent young adults when we can’t promise everything will be okay?
We become hope doulas.
In this essay, I reflect on parenting in the face of an uncertain future.
On Being a Hope Doula open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
#hopedoula #youngadults #motherhood #crisis
We become hope doulas.
In this essay, I reflect on parenting in the face of an uncertain future.
On Being a Hope Doula open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
#hopedoula #youngadults #motherhood #crisis
On Being a Hope Doula
Mothering Adult Children Through an Uncertain Future
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April 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How do we parent young adults when we can’t promise everything will be okay?
We become hope doulas.
In this essay, I reflect on parenting in the face of an uncertain future.
On Being a Hope Doula open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
#hopedoula #youngadults #motherhood #crisis
We become hope doulas.
In this essay, I reflect on parenting in the face of an uncertain future.
On Being a Hope Doula open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
#hopedoula #youngadults #motherhood #crisis
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I’ve long struggled with dinner time, and regular motivation tips are no match for my executive dysfunction. I’ve stopped trying to strong arm dinner time motivation and started summoning whimsy instead. Read about it in today's substack.
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Dispatches From the Hearth:
Conjuring Dinner Time Motivation with Whimsy
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April 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ve long struggled with dinner time, and regular motivation tips are no match for my executive dysfunction. I’ve stopped trying to strong arm dinner time motivation and started summoning whimsy instead. Read about it in today's substack.
open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
Ironically, I spent about ten minutes trying to come up with the perfect title for my essay on overcoming perfection
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#recoveringperfectionist #perfectionism #BloodofFlowers
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#recoveringperfectionist #perfectionism #BloodofFlowers
The Art of Imperfection
How a Book About a Persian Rug Maker Changed My Perspective on Making Mistakes
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April 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ironically, I spent about ten minutes trying to come up with the perfect title for my essay on overcoming perfection
open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
#recoveringperfectionist #perfectionism #BloodofFlowers
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#recoveringperfectionist #perfectionism #BloodofFlowers
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my offer to america: we bring woke back
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
my offer to america: we bring woke back
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April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How do you cope when your life is falling apart and gratitude journaling doesn't work? Today I write about the power and evidence behind the Fuck This List.
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Beauty From the Ashes
The Healing Power of Saying "Fuck This"
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April 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How do you cope when your life is falling apart and gratitude journaling doesn't work? Today I write about the power and evidence behind the Fuck This List.
open.substack.com/pub/lynnwerr...
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As someone who has written a little about performance and legislative politics, I am begging people to stop using "performative" pejoratively. Politics *is* performance. All human interaction is performance.
April 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As someone who has written a little about performance and legislative politics, I am begging people to stop using "performative" pejoratively. Politics *is* performance. All human interaction is performance.
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There are 45 D senators---could we please have one of these every week? A girl can dream
April 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
There are 45 D senators---could we please have one of these every week? A girl can dream
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We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.
April 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.
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Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.
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DOGE claims to have found billions of dollars in fraud yet not one criminal charge has been filed against anyone, just mass firings of federal employees.
Which means they’ve been wasting millions of dollars finding absolutely nothing on purpose. The fraud is DOGE.
Which means they’ve been wasting millions of dollars finding absolutely nothing on purpose. The fraud is DOGE.
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 AM
DOGE claims to have found billions of dollars in fraud yet not one criminal charge has been filed against anyone, just mass firings of federal employees.
Which means they’ve been wasting millions of dollars finding absolutely nothing on purpose. The fraud is DOGE.
Which means they’ve been wasting millions of dollars finding absolutely nothing on purpose. The fraud is DOGE.
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Give me it. ❤️
March 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Give me it. ❤️