Mia McKenzie
@miamckenzie.bsky.social
Two-time Lambda-award-winning Author of The Summer We Got Free, Skye Falling, and These Heathens (June 2025). Mama. Visionary. Queer icon.
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Mia McKenzie
@miamckenzie.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I'm so excited to share that my novel, THESE HEATHENS, has been longlisted for the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize. This book is so close to my heart and I'm so very proud of it.
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"pulsing like a heartbeat from the depths of my clitoris." 😭😭😭
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
"pulsing like a heartbeat from the depths of my clitoris." 😭😭😭
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Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
www.tpr.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
The "outside agitator" narrative pre-dates the Civil Rights Movement as well. It was supposedly outside agitators who were responsible for filling the otherwise docile and grateful slaves' heads with all that crazy talk of freedom, causing drapetomania.
Selma, 1964:
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The "outside agitator" narrative pre-dates the Civil Rights Movement as well. It was supposedly outside agitators who were responsible for filling the otherwise docile and grateful slaves' heads with all that crazy talk of freedom, causing drapetomania.
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Emotional Healing & Growth Workshop for Queer Black Women. Pay what you can. Rolling deadline! Apply ASAP!
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January 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Emotional Healing & Growth Workshop for Queer Black Women. Pay what you can. Rolling deadline! Apply ASAP!
Hellebores.squarespace.com
Hellebores.squarespace.com
Emotional Healing & Growth Workshop for Queer Black Women. Pay what you can. Rolling deadline! Apply ASAP!
Hellebores.squarespace.com
Hellebores.squarespace.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Emotional Healing & Growth Workshop for Queer Black Women. Pay what you can. Rolling deadline! Apply ASAP!
Hellebores.squarespace.com
Hellebores.squarespace.com
I'm so excited to share that my novel, THESE HEATHENS, has been longlisted for the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize. This book is so close to my heart and I'm so very proud of it.
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm so excited to share that my novel, THESE HEATHENS, has been longlisted for the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize. This book is so close to my heart and I'm so very proud of it.
I feel like this was ripped from the headlines if the headlines were @prisonculture.bsky.social's skeets.
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I feel like this was ripped from the headlines if the headlines were @prisonculture.bsky.social's skeets.
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
They're in it together, yall. When you accept this, it all makes sense.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
They're in it together, yall. When you accept this, it all makes sense.
It's November 1 and I've already caught myself humming, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." several times over the past couple of days.
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's November 1 and I've already caught myself humming, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." several times over the past couple of days.
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He's talking about a cognitive test for dementia.
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
He's talking about a cognitive test for dementia.
Question for my astrology experts: when the horoscope says xyz is happening "in the part of your chart that contains [insert sign]" but that sign appears nowhere in your chart, then what? @chaninicholas.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Question for my astrology experts: when the horoscope says xyz is happening "in the part of your chart that contains [insert sign]" but that sign appears nowhere in your chart, then what? @chaninicholas.bsky.social
You don't make a 250 million dollar "improvement" to a house you ever plan to leave.
October 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
You don't make a 250 million dollar "improvement" to a house you ever plan to leave.
So many things suddenly make sense when you accept that someone is simply mentally ill.
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
So many things suddenly make sense when you accept that someone is simply mentally ill.
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Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.
The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.
The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Chuck Schumer, in an hour from now: The president plans to flood the streets with military personnel to oppress innocent people, but what he should be flooding the streets with is tax credits for the middle class!
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chuck Schumer, in an hour from now: The president plans to flood the streets with military personnel to oppress innocent people, but what he should be flooding the streets with is tax credits for the middle class!
If my white friends aint showing up like this, I don't want em.
Since we’re talking Victor Newman remember that is not a man to play with, in Genoa City or real life
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If my white friends aint showing up like this, I don't want em.
Watching #Peacemaker. Danielle Brooks is soooo foine. 😫😜
September 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Watching #Peacemaker. Danielle Brooks is soooo foine. 😫😜
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Why's everybody talking about the rapture today?
September 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Why's everybody talking about the rapture today?
