Liz Bergstrom
@lizbergstrom.bsky.social
Writer in Passages North, Bennington Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Indiana Review, NYT... Queer & chronically ill. (they/them) lizbergstrom.com
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Liz Bergstrom
@lizbergstrom.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Current — Bennington Review
www.benningtonreview.org
Honored to have a short story in the new issue of Bennington Review alongside stellar writers! Order a copy or check it out at a library to read my story "Tempting Fate" about a strange woman who lives on the edge of town (and possibly a giant coywolf).
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Safaa. Safaa is only 16 years old and is trying to help her mother Manal who is a widow with 7 children, 3 of whom live with her in a tent. Safaa told me she wishes to go to Europe and work with refugee children when she is older. ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Safaa. Safaa is only 16 years old and is trying to help her mother Manal who is a widow with 7 children, 3 of whom live with her in a tent. Safaa told me she wishes to go to Europe and work with refugee children when she is older. ❤️
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Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
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The effects of the genocide are profound; it is truly another war. You find yourself alone, surrounded by destruction, with no home and no future. We are still reeling from the shock. Be with us, support us, and don't forget us, you are truly the oxygen we breathe.
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The effects of the genocide are profound; it is truly another war. You find yourself alone, surrounded by destruction, with no home and no future. We are still reeling from the shock. Be with us, support us, and don't forget us, you are truly the oxygen we breathe.
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rewaa. Rewaa was finishing her studies in interior design (she sent me some amazing sketches) and her husband Mohammed worked in a vegetable market. They have two sons Jamal, 6 and Hamza, 5. They are looking to rebuild their lives ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rewaa. Rewaa was finishing her studies in interior design (she sent me some amazing sketches) and her husband Mohammed worked in a vegetable market. They have two sons Jamal, 6 and Hamza, 5. They are looking to rebuild their lives ❤️
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the vast majority of the self-employed artists and writers you love can only do what we do because of the ACA
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
the vast majority of the self-employed artists and writers you love can only do what we do because of the ACA
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Just tired 💔
I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Just tired 💔
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📣 please share & spread!
so our housing situation has gotten worse & we were told yesterday we have until Nov. 9th to leave.
We need help w/a security deposit to get a new place & any leads in the Baltimore! we have hope for one spot so far!
two gays + our senior cat!
#BIPOCMA #mutualaid #helpsky
so our housing situation has gotten worse & we were told yesterday we have until Nov. 9th to leave.
We need help w/a security deposit to get a new place & any leads in the Baltimore! we have hope for one spot so far!
two gays + our senior cat!
#BIPOCMA #mutualaid #helpsky
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
📣 please share & spread!
so our housing situation has gotten worse & we were told yesterday we have until Nov. 9th to leave.
We need help w/a security deposit to get a new place & any leads in the Baltimore! we have hope for one spot so far!
two gays + our senior cat!
#BIPOCMA #mutualaid #helpsky
so our housing situation has gotten worse & we were told yesterday we have until Nov. 9th to leave.
We need help w/a security deposit to get a new place & any leads in the Baltimore! we have hope for one spot so far!
two gays + our senior cat!
#BIPOCMA #mutualaid #helpsky
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The vibe I bring to the function
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The vibe I bring to the function
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40% of SNAP recipients are kids, 18% are elderly, 11% are disabled and of the rest, ~70% already have jobs. So unless your company’s hiring Junior Juice Box Interns, grandma and her walker, or knows how to fit more hours in a day, maybe cool it with the “just get a job” takes.
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
40% of SNAP recipients are kids, 18% are elderly, 11% are disabled and of the rest, ~70% already have jobs. So unless your company’s hiring Junior Juice Box Interns, grandma and her walker, or knows how to fit more hours in a day, maybe cool it with the “just get a job” takes.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sahar. Sahar is a 23 year recent graduate in English translation. She has been displaced nine times with her family and is currently living in a tent with her parents and siblings Yasmeen, 20, Mohammad, 18, Abood, 16 and Omar, 14.
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sahar. Sahar is a 23 year recent graduate in English translation. She has been displaced nine times with her family and is currently living in a tent with her parents and siblings Yasmeen, 20, Mohammad, 18, Abood, 16 and Omar, 14.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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Palestinian children like Lubna's son Nasser, who has chronic health problems, have been starved & sickened with their families for 2 yrs of Israel's genocidal famine & destruction. Please help by sharing & donating so Lubna can afford healthcare, food, shelter, they've been left with nothing:
October 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Palestinian children like Lubna's son Nasser, who has chronic health problems, have been starved & sickened with their families for 2 yrs of Israel's genocidal famine & destruction. Please help by sharing & donating so Lubna can afford healthcare, food, shelter, they've been left with nothing:
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Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same.
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same.
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
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can someone please just run this as an ad?
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
can someone please just run this as an ad?
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maram. Maram is just 20 years old and was in secretarial school before this started. She is mainly trying to help her sister Sabreen who has four children, 7 year old twins Osama and Jana, Khetam (Tota), 5 and a baby boy born today!
October 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maram. Maram is just 20 years old and was in secretarial school before this started. She is mainly trying to help her sister Sabreen who has four children, 7 year old twins Osama and Jana, Khetam (Tota), 5 and a baby boy born today!
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Support me and give me hope ❤️🩹
We survived the genocide in Gaza, but our dreams and ambitions did not. Everything was destroyed, but we still dream. Support us here to rebuild everything we lost and protect ourselves from the effects of this genocide.
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Support me and give me hope ❤️🩹
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after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
“Resistance can be joyful” • Oregon ArtsWatch
Portland protest artists on creativity, resilience, inflatable frogs, and protecting the soul of the city.
www.orartswatch.org
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Abeer. Abeer lost her husband (along with his entire family) in a bombing two years ago. She also recently lost both her brother and sister. She is trying to rebuild and take care of her two children, Makeen, 4 and Masa, 2 on her own.
October 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Abeer. Abeer lost her husband (along with his entire family) in a bombing two years ago. She also recently lost both her brother and sister. She is trying to rebuild and take care of her two children, Makeen, 4 and Masa, 2 on her own.
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19 hours left, please share ❤️🔥 Maybe you’re fatiguing of these hourly posts, but what are a few posts, a clicked share, in contrast with being able to help six families & a camp survive death every day?
Fight against this slow genocide. Food & shelter. Last check, we’re at 39/1000
Fight against this slow genocide. Food & shelter. Last check, we’re at 39/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
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October 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
19 hours left, please share ❤️🔥 Maybe you’re fatiguing of these hourly posts, but what are a few posts, a clicked share, in contrast with being able to help six families & a camp survive death every day?
Fight against this slow genocide. Food & shelter. Last check, we’re at 39/1000
Fight against this slow genocide. Food & shelter. Last check, we’re at 39/1000
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Reminder to disable biometrics on your phone before attending any protests. If police ask for the passcode, you do not have to provide it.
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Reminder to disable biometrics on your phone before attending any protests. If police ask for the passcode, you do not have to provide it.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Yacoub. Yacoub was a tailor before the war but he lost his shop and home. He’s trying to return to the North with his large family including Aida, 16, Anas, 14, Suhaib, 12, Batoul, 10, Yahya, 5, Zakaria, 2 and his wife who is pregnant.
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Yacoub. Yacoub was a tailor before the war but he lost his shop and home. He’s trying to return to the North with his large family including Aida, 16, Anas, 14, Suhaib, 12, Batoul, 10, Yahya, 5, Zakaria, 2 and his wife who is pregnant.