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Amy Eaton
@missamye.bsky.social
Writer. Director. Live Lit Performer. Perennial Screamer into the Abyss. Decent Tomato Grower.
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.

📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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In the OpEd written by the arrested minister:
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Minn. AG Keith Ellison pointed out Project 2025 spelled out this current reality. "We've known that they wanted to attack the SNAP program and many other programs in those 900 pages."
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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My friend Chad the Bird & I appeared on Chicago’s beloved @wgntv.com today because we are serious journalists. Come see our show 10/30 at 8 PM at The Lincoln Lodge or simply enjoy our Halloween educational antics here.
Class! with Chad the Bird & Sara Benincasa
YouTube video by WGN News
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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As we urge the press to cover what is happening, we need to protect the press when they do their job. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.
#MOMSky
This reporter helped expose the falsity of ICE's narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. His work is a perfect example of why we don't have secret police.

Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.
Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random.

They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.
September 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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FYI, the crime isn't happening on Michigan Avenue.
Probably 40+ border patrol some holding automatic weapons on South Michigan Avenue just now 12:20 pm. Fully masked. #NoIceInChicago. @icirr.bsky.social @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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There’s a terrible situation at an ICE facility in Chicago. ICE GOONS are forcefully arresting people, pushing through protesters, and even lobbing tear gas at reporters.
September 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returns to Martyrs' on 9/10.
Meet one of our featured readers: Boston-raised, Chicago-braised drummer/singer/songwriter Gerald Dowd who has been described as “the hardest working drummer in Chicago.”

Get your tickets: firsttime.chirpradio.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Don't miss CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returning to Martyrs' on 9/10.
Meet one of our featured readers: Stand up comedian Audrey Jonas who has been drawing audiences all over the Midwest since 2014.

Get your tickets at firsttime.chirpradio.org
September 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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CHIRP's live lit series The First Time returns to Martyrs' on 9/10.
Meet one of our featured readers: Amy Eaton, a writer, performer, director and arts educator. Her work has been published in The Coachella Review, Mulberry Literary and Hippocampus Magazine.
tickets: firsttime.chirpradio.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Experience CHIRP's live lit series The First Time at Martyrs' on 9/10. Meet our featured reader: Eunji Kim, a comedian, actor and writer. She was a Senior Writer for Cards Against Humanity and can be seen performing stand-up all over the country.
Show tickets at: firsttime.chirpradio.org
September 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Experience CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returning to Martyrs' on 9/10. Meet our featured reader: Kat Sachs - the co-managing editor of Cine-File Chicago and a columnist on moviegoing for the Chicago Reader.
Get your tickets at: firsttime.chirpradio.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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TOMORROW! CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returns to Martyrs. This edition features five unique readers' "First Watch" stories and a song accompanying each one performed by The First Time Three. Get your tickets at firsttime.chirpradio.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The business geniuses at OpenAI are deliberately developing nonsense to boost their user numbers with people who only create an account to double-check if the nonsense they saw on social media is actually true
August 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@missspoken.bsky.social presents the BURNT show, Monday, 7/28. 7 pm FREE! Featuring Salem Collo- Julin, Kim Germain, Wendy Sackler and Nikki Nigl. With hostesses @jasmined.bsky.social and me!
Cole’s bar, 2338 N Milwaukee, the best city on earth.
#LiveLit#chicago
July 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Best CNF conference ever, even if we don’t get to shmooze irl!
SESSION PREVIEW: Join us 8/17 at 6 pm ET for An Evening w/ the Editors feat. Athena Dixon (Split/Lip Press & Fourth Genre); Wendy Fontaine (Hippocampus); Steph Liberatore (In Short); Tom McAllister (Barrelhouse) & Alexis Paige (Vine Leaves Press). www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
Evening with the CNF Editors | Hippocampus Magazine
Learn about the publishing process from lit mag and small press editors from Split/Lip Press,Fourth Genre, Hippocampus Magazine, Barrelhouse and more.
hippocampusmagazine.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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45 years ago Dolly Parton released “9 to 5” and we were all like omg she’s so right and then we just never did anything about it and that’s on us
July 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Tonight! Get outta the heat and into some words to soothe your soul at @missspoken.bsky.social free. 7pm. Lindsay Porter, Kim Moldofsky, Delilah Orizaba and Kelsey McGrath are our features! Hostesses @jasmined.bsky.social and myself preside!
#LongLiveLiveLadyLit
June 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
June 23, come out to see the BOOK show @missspoken.bsky.social
Cole’s bar, 2338 N Milwaukee 7pm
Free!
Long Live Live Lady Lit!!
June 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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If you are arrested during a protest or action against ICE or CPD in Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.

(This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)
June 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Come spend the end of the 3 day weekend with @missspoken.bsky.social at Cole’s, 2338 N Milwaukee and listen to some stories on Sacrifice! Readers Chiquita Renee, Kloie Rush-Spratt, Rachel Head& Kesia Reynolds. @jasmined.bsky.social and me host! And it’s our birthday!! We’re 11!
#LongLiveLiveLadyLit
May 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A Horrible Truth That Shouldn’t Be….
April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM