Franklyn Stark [she/they]
@franklynstark.bsky.social
Composer/lyricist/librettist, pianist, arranger/orchestrator/copyist, and voice actor.
Welcome to my chaos brain 🧠🏳️🌈🎶
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🍉
Welcome to my chaos brain 🧠🏳️🌈🎶
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🍉
I made this because Pride 😤🏳️🌈 Also, I’ve changed my last name to Stark! I’m hoping to get it legally changed in the near future, and I’ll explain the full story another time. 😘
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#PrideMonth #HappyPride #Lesbian #Agender #Nonbinary #MyJourney
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#PrideMonth #HappyPride #Lesbian #Agender #Nonbinary #MyJourney
June 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I made this because Pride 😤🏳️🌈 Also, I’ve changed my last name to Stark! I’m hoping to get it legally changed in the near future, and I’ll explain the full story another time. 😘
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#PrideMonth #HappyPride #Lesbian #Agender #Nonbinary #MyJourney
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#PrideMonth #HappyPride #Lesbian #Agender #Nonbinary #MyJourney
You are NOT pro-life and you do NOT care about people.
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#AbortionIsHealthcare #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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#AbortionIsHealthcare #TransRightsAreHumanRights
May 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You are NOT pro-life and you do NOT care about people.
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#AbortionIsHealthcare #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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#AbortionIsHealthcare #TransRightsAreHumanRights
A dog licked my hand and that’s unironically the nicest thing to happen to me in weeks, so yeah, that’s where we’re at 😭🐶
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#HangingInThere #ByAThread
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#HangingInThere #ByAThread
April 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A dog licked my hand and that’s unironically the nicest thing to happen to me in weeks, so yeah, that’s where we’re at 😭🐶
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#HangingInThere #ByAThread
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#HangingInThere #ByAThread
I found this via @ soapboxtok on my TikTok feed, for my fellow friends with disabilities for whom going out in-person tomorrow may not be feasible. Link is below!
callingupjustice.com/april-5-prot...
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#StandUpFightBack #VirtualProtest
callingupjustice.com/april-5-prot...
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#StandUpFightBack #VirtualProtest
April 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I found this via @ soapboxtok on my TikTok feed, for my fellow friends with disabilities for whom going out in-person tomorrow may not be feasible. Link is below!
callingupjustice.com/april-5-prot...
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#StandUpFightBack #VirtualProtest
callingupjustice.com/april-5-prot...
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#StandUpFightBack #VirtualProtest
New photos and brief life updates (see comments):
March 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New photos and brief life updates (see comments):
Well, it only took me A MONTH, but my rough take of “Everything You Know Is Everything You Know” (from the show I’m currently writing, “The Garden”) is now up on YouTube! Please go show it some love if you have a spare moment. 🥰
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#TheGarden #NewMusic #MusicalTelevision
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#TheGarden #NewMusic #MusicalTelevision
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Well, it only took me A MONTH, but my rough take of “Everything You Know Is Everything You Know” (from the show I’m currently writing, “The Garden”) is now up on YouTube! Please go show it some love if you have a spare moment. 🥰
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#TheGarden #NewMusic #MusicalTelevision
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#TheGarden #NewMusic #MusicalTelevision
One of my closest friends, Maddy, just started a new YouTube channel about musical theatre writing! You should ten THOUSAND percent go follow her for some fabulous musical content!
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#Musicals #Writing #MadeleineSkye
youtu.be/IZo2TiKPC9o?...
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#Musicals #Writing #MadeleineSkye
youtu.be/IZo2TiKPC9o?...
How I Accidentally Became a Musical Theater Writer
YouTube video by Madeleine Skye Writes Musicals
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
One of my closest friends, Maddy, just started a new YouTube channel about musical theatre writing! You should ten THOUSAND percent go follow her for some fabulous musical content!
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#Musicals #Writing #MadeleineSkye
youtu.be/IZo2TiKPC9o?...
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#Musicals #Writing #MadeleineSkye
youtu.be/IZo2TiKPC9o?...
I wrote a song for “Kitty & Jill” that everyone really liked at the time, but I knew I would have to eventually scrap because it missed the mark of the show’s armature.
Now here I am on this rainy Sunday, finally getting around to writing a new one instead. 👀
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#WriterThings #SetMyHeart
Now here I am on this rainy Sunday, finally getting around to writing a new one instead. 👀
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#WriterThings #SetMyHeart
February 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I wrote a song for “Kitty & Jill” that everyone really liked at the time, but I knew I would have to eventually scrap because it missed the mark of the show’s armature.
Now here I am on this rainy Sunday, finally getting around to writing a new one instead. 👀
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#WriterThings #SetMyHeart
Now here I am on this rainy Sunday, finally getting around to writing a new one instead. 👀
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#WriterThings #SetMyHeart
Reposted by Franklyn Stark [she/they]
🚨TRUMP IS TRYING TO BAN HEALTHCARE FOR TRANS KIDS🚨
NYU Langone is one of the few hospitals in the country that's begun withholding life-saving healthcare for trans kids. Join us for an emergency rally tomorrow. Demand NYU Langone reverse this decision! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
NYU Langone is one of the few hospitals in the country that's begun withholding life-saving healthcare for trans kids. Join us for an emergency rally tomorrow. Demand NYU Langone reverse this decision! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🚨TRUMP IS TRYING TO BAN HEALTHCARE FOR TRANS KIDS🚨
NYU Langone is one of the few hospitals in the country that's begun withholding life-saving healthcare for trans kids. Join us for an emergency rally tomorrow. Demand NYU Langone reverse this decision! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
NYU Langone is one of the few hospitals in the country that's begun withholding life-saving healthcare for trans kids. Join us for an emergency rally tomorrow. Demand NYU Langone reverse this decision! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
AND! If you CAN’T make it tomorrow for whatever reason, PLEASE sign a letter demanding that the CEO reverse this decision. This is something that we can actively change right now amidst all the horror, so please do everything you can. 🫶🏻
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#ActionStartsNow
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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#ActionStartsNow
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
Demand NYU Langone Resume Life-saving Healthcare for Trans Youth
On January 29th, Donald Trump signed an illegal executive order that attempts to ban gender affirming care for youth under the age of 19, an attempt to detransition all trans children in the US. Despi...
actionnetwork.org
February 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
AND! If you CAN’T make it tomorrow for whatever reason, PLEASE sign a letter demanding that the CEO reverse this decision. This is something that we can actively change right now amidst all the horror, so please do everything you can. 🫶🏻
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#ActionStartsNow
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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#ActionStartsNow
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
As the event description itself states, this is outrageous.
Please join us at this emergency rally if you’re able. Defending our rights and the rights of the generations after us starts with standing up at the root.
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#Rally #Monday #ProtectTransKids
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
Please join us at this emergency rally if you’re able. Defending our rights and the rights of the generations after us starts with standing up at the root.
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#Rally #Monday #ProtectTransKids
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
Protect Trans Kids
On January 29th, Donald Trump signed an illegal executive order that attempts to ban gender affirming care for youth under the age of 19, an attempt to detransition all trans children in the US. Despi...
actionnetwork.org
February 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
As the event description itself states, this is outrageous.
Please join us at this emergency rally if you’re able. Defending our rights and the rights of the generations after us starts with standing up at the root.
-FG 💖
#Rally #Monday #ProtectTransKids
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
Please join us at this emergency rally if you’re able. Defending our rights and the rights of the generations after us starts with standing up at the root.
-FG 💖
#Rally #Monday #ProtectTransKids
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
I love this.
Listen, grief and anger and time are necessary processes, but quitting out of cynicism is not.
Action is critical, even the actions of continuing to exist and speak out.
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#CareAndAct
Listen, grief and anger and time are necessary processes, but quitting out of cynicism is not.
Action is critical, even the actions of continuing to exist and speak out.
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#CareAndAct
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I love this.
Listen, grief and anger and time are necessary processes, but quitting out of cynicism is not.
Action is critical, even the actions of continuing to exist and speak out.
-FG 💖
#CareAndAct
Listen, grief and anger and time are necessary processes, but quitting out of cynicism is not.
Action is critical, even the actions of continuing to exist and speak out.
-FG 💖
#CareAndAct
I HAVE to stop thinking of all my coupled characters’ best love song ideas at work; I CANNOT keep crying at my desk 🫠😭
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#Writing #Outlines #SongSpots #LoveSongs #NewWorks
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#Writing #Outlines #SongSpots #LoveSongs #NewWorks
January 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I HAVE to stop thinking of all my coupled characters’ best love song ideas at work; I CANNOT keep crying at my desk 🫠😭
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#Writing #Outlines #SongSpots #LoveSongs #NewWorks
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#Writing #Outlines #SongSpots #LoveSongs #NewWorks
Today’s goal: don’t drink seven cups of coffee.
…I don’t think I’ve EVER drunk seven cups of coffee in one day, but it’s reallllly tempting right about now.
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#TGIF
…I don’t think I’ve EVER drunk seven cups of coffee in one day, but it’s reallllly tempting right about now.
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#TGIF
January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today’s goal: don’t drink seven cups of coffee.
…I don’t think I’ve EVER drunk seven cups of coffee in one day, but it’s reallllly tempting right about now.
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#TGIF
…I don’t think I’ve EVER drunk seven cups of coffee in one day, but it’s reallllly tempting right about now.
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#TGIF
Sleep is for the weak.
It’s me; I’m the weak.
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It’s me; I’m the weak.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sleep is for the weak.
It’s me; I’m the weak.
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It’s me; I’m the weak.
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I’m sharing this here because it’s incredibly important for both safety and success. Keep hitting their wallets hard.
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#StopBuyingShit #DannieD
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT227dDQm/
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#StopBuyingShit #DannieD
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT227dDQm/
Make them broke. #foryoupage #freedom #foryou
TikTok video by Dannie D
www.tiktok.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I’m sharing this here because it’s incredibly important for both safety and success. Keep hitting their wallets hard.
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#StopBuyingShit #DannieD
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT227dDQm/
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#StopBuyingShit #DannieD
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT227dDQm/
I really needed this comment today.
There is joy in art, and there is resistance in joy.
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#CreativeArts #ResistanceInJoy #NewWorks
There is joy in art, and there is resistance in joy.
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#CreativeArts #ResistanceInJoy #NewWorks
January 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I really needed this comment today.
There is joy in art, and there is resistance in joy.
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#CreativeArts #ResistanceInJoy #NewWorks
There is joy in art, and there is resistance in joy.
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#CreativeArts #ResistanceInJoy #NewWorks
It’s worth noting that you should read my comments on this post for my full thoughts. It’s doubly worth noting that maybe my feelings will change or grow stronger, as feelings tend to do. But this is a valid expression of anger right now, and I feel it deeply.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again --
We will never forgive you Trump voters for any of this.
We will never forgive you Trump voters for any of this.
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s worth noting that you should read my comments on this post for my full thoughts. It’s doubly worth noting that maybe my feelings will change or grow stronger, as feelings tend to do. But this is a valid expression of anger right now, and I feel it deeply.
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Reposted by Franklyn Stark [she/they]
also being an "ally" isn't about telling us we're "valid" & putting a flag on the office break room for a day or two every year & then telling us to sit down & let politicians ignore us the rest of the time.
It's buying our work. Donating to our needs. Hiring us. Actively & loudly fighting for us.
It's buying our work. Donating to our needs. Hiring us. Actively & loudly fighting for us.
January 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
also being an "ally" isn't about telling us we're "valid" & putting a flag on the office break room for a day or two every year & then telling us to sit down & let politicians ignore us the rest of the time.
It's buying our work. Donating to our needs. Hiring us. Actively & loudly fighting for us.
It's buying our work. Donating to our needs. Hiring us. Actively & loudly fighting for us.
I made a thing, and I would love it if you would give it a listen on TikTok. It will be up on YouTube soon too! 🥰
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#TheGarden #PilotEpisode #EverythingYouKnow
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#TheGarden #PilotEpisode #EverythingYouKnow
January 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I made a thing, and I would love it if you would give it a listen on TikTok. It will be up on YouTube soon too! 🥰
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#TheGarden #PilotEpisode #EverythingYouKnow
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#TheGarden #PilotEpisode #EverythingYouKnow
January 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Franklyn Stark [she/they]
I'm sitting here watching people argue that's we're here because we didn't abandon Palestinians enough, we didn't abandon trans people enough, we didn't abandon immigrants enough, we weren't anti-Black or ableist enough, and people, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE ABANDONED PEOPLE AT ALL.
January 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm sitting here watching people argue that's we're here because we didn't abandon Palestinians enough, we didn't abandon trans people enough, we didn't abandon immigrants enough, we weren't anti-Black or ableist enough, and people, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE ABANDONED PEOPLE AT ALL.
Here, have some resources.
1: Join you nearest Democratic Socialists of America chapter.
2: Sign a strike card at generalstrikeus.com
3: Cancel your Amazon subscription and shop as local as possible.
4: Support small business and artists.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2RcwGua/
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1: Join you nearest Democratic Socialists of America chapter.
2: Sign a strike card at generalstrikeus.com
3: Cancel your Amazon subscription and shop as local as possible.
4: Support small business and artists.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2RcwGua/
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We have so many resources that we’re NOT USING. Go use them! Go make a difference in spaces that have been created for that express purpose! Add your voice to the conversation! R3v0Lt1ng starts with g...
TikTok video by Franklyn Grace 🍉
www.tiktok.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here, have some resources.
1: Join you nearest Democratic Socialists of America chapter.
2: Sign a strike card at generalstrikeus.com
3: Cancel your Amazon subscription and shop as local as possible.
4: Support small business and artists.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2RcwGua/
-FG 💖
1: Join you nearest Democratic Socialists of America chapter.
2: Sign a strike card at generalstrikeus.com
3: Cancel your Amazon subscription and shop as local as possible.
4: Support small business and artists.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2RcwGua/
-FG 💖
I’m trying really hard to be strong for the people around me right now. Friends, coworkers, etc. The rage is fueling my art, which helps.
But goddamn if I’m not scared right now as a queer, nonbinary person; and goddamn if I don’t wish I had somebody to just hold on to. And I miss my sister.
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But goddamn if I’m not scared right now as a queer, nonbinary person; and goddamn if I don’t wish I had somebody to just hold on to. And I miss my sister.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m trying really hard to be strong for the people around me right now. Friends, coworkers, etc. The rage is fueling my art, which helps.
But goddamn if I’m not scared right now as a queer, nonbinary person; and goddamn if I don’t wish I had somebody to just hold on to. And I miss my sister.
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But goddamn if I’m not scared right now as a queer, nonbinary person; and goddamn if I don’t wish I had somebody to just hold on to. And I miss my sister.
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…anyway, the Constitution is gone from the White House page. Temporarily? Who knows, to be honest. 🫠
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January 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
…anyway, the Constitution is gone from the White House page. Temporarily? Who knows, to be honest. 🫠
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