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Kristen Chapman
@kristenchapman.bsky.social
Human; interested in liberation of all kinds, chronically self-expressive, and a hater of binaries, snobs and autocrats. RVA

https://shorturl.at/1u56M (NYT)
https://shorturl.at/H6bBk (New Yorker)


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“I thought Virginia would be a safe place for me and my daughter,” Kristen Chapman said in a statement. “Instead, I am heartbroken, tired, and scared.” Me.

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Families and doctors sue over Trump's order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
President Donald Trump's effort to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for young people is facing a legal challenge.
apnews.com
Re-upping this tiny thread of wonderfulness. I love it when good people get loved on.
Good thing: way back in 2014, my friend Beth Inglish invited a guest to our monthly Nashville Creative Group meeting. Nicole was a Senior at Belmont, starting a non-profit to lift up unhoused artists. We became soul sisters.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Public transport should be free. trains, bus, underground/subway networks, trams, ferries, Get on and go campers.
also universal childcare, summer care.
Also free ice cream/sorbet between Jun and August once a month on a Friday. (Dec to Feb in southern hemisphere)
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Did you know that hearing children on the street singing This Land Is Your Land will heal you a bit?
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today's selfie
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Random people complimenting my hair or fit is so nice. Be that random person when you can!
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Often you have to spend money you don't have to get more money. What a scam!
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Shaggy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g5H... - This is how you know 'it was him too.'
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I love it so very much when I can put something nebulous and shape-shifting into words or a photograph or a piece. Every time it's a bit of a miracle.
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Afternoon walk
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Stay for the alt text.
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Please give your coin to @propublica.org. Lord's work fr.
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Good thing: way back in 2014, my friend Beth Inglish invited a guest to our monthly Nashville Creative Group meeting. Nicole was a Senior at Belmont, starting a non-profit to lift up unhoused artists. We became soul sisters.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Survivors of sexual abuse have always known that predators get protection and victims get silenced. I wish it shocked me.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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White evangelicals whipping themselves into a frothing, idolatrous frenzy to support a sexual predator in the name of power is the perfect distillation of evangelical theology.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
One of the biggest downsides of being car-free is that ambling around to thrift stores is time-consuming. I went for the first time in several months and the gods favored me. A couple of pieces that are so fashion, that now I have to force myself to leave home just to show them off.
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If Mary Shelley was a modern musician, she would be Florence + The Machine. I will take no questions at this time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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YOU MUST DO YOUR STRETCHES TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention.- Talking Heads

Pic of the day

#photography
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM