Robin Nixon
@robinnixon.bsky.social
Writer of stories - true and otherwise
"Trade FANTASY, which has a storyline, with MYSTERY, which does not."
- Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River
- Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Trade FANTASY, which has a storyline, with MYSTERY, which does not."
- Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River
- Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River
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stolen from over on the mastodon
October 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
stolen from over on the mastodon
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Because we tend to see ourselves as individuals, rather than as white individuals, we proceed as if power dynamics are not at play in our cross-racial interactions.” - Robin DiAngelo #blacklivesmatter #niceracism
September 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“Because we tend to see ourselves as individuals, rather than as white individuals, we proceed as if power dynamics are not at play in our cross-racial interactions.” - Robin DiAngelo #blacklivesmatter #niceracism
She had been.
September 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
She had been.
love this
September 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
love this
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I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries.
These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries.
These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
I recently finished Regina Jackson and Saira Rao's incredibly helpful book: White Women, Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better. For all of us who know the learning will never be finished, I highly recommend. @race2dinner @sairaforcongress
September 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I recently finished Regina Jackson and Saira Rao's incredibly helpful book: White Women, Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better. For all of us who know the learning will never be finished, I highly recommend. @race2dinner @sairaforcongress
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A repost, courtesy of Lijo Joy. The start of school for parents (and their children) is like another New's Year's Day. I find as I get older, my resolutions tend towards trying to remember things I have already learned, but forget so easily. These are among them.
September 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A repost, courtesy of Lijo Joy. The start of school for parents (and their children) is like another New's Year's Day. I find as I get older, my resolutions tend towards trying to remember things I have already learned, but forget so easily. These are among them.
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Higher education is changing, but the "formative parts of the college experience—growing up, making friends, and making mistakes—aren’t going anywhere," Isabel Fattal writes. The Wonder Reader explores what it feels like to be a young person right now:
On the Brink of Adulthood
Colleges are changing, but the college experience isn’t going anywhere.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Higher education is changing, but the "formative parts of the college experience—growing up, making friends, and making mistakes—aren’t going anywhere," Isabel Fattal writes. The Wonder Reader explores what it feels like to be a young person right now:
August 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Among the many lessons I took from a recent re-read of the hauntingly beautiful, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Beloved but Toni Morrison. @tonimorrison.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Among the many lessons I took from a recent re-read of the hauntingly beautiful, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Beloved but Toni Morrison. @tonimorrison.bsky.social
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“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis.bsky.social writes. “Let’s call them journalists.”
‘Just Asking Questions’ Got No Answers About Epstein
Right-wing internet personalities have a lot to learn from the mainstream media that they decry.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis.bsky.social writes. “Let’s call them journalists.”
What an interesting mix. A lost sister, a raunchy reality tv show, and a cast of strong, understandably pissed off women of multiple generations. Thank you Claire Jimenez! #books
July 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What an interesting mix. A lost sister, a raunchy reality tv show, and a cast of strong, understandably pissed off women of multiple generations. Thank you Claire Jimenez! #books
I loved this recent Atlantic article "What a Spiral of Silence can do to a Democracy" by Betsy Levy Paluck. She writes, "People interpret silence to mean quiet acceptance... which begets further misunderstanding about what a society actually collectively believes or wants." @theatlantic #resist
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I loved this recent Atlantic article "What a Spiral of Silence can do to a Democracy" by Betsy Levy Paluck. She writes, "People interpret silence to mean quiet acceptance... which begets further misunderstanding about what a society actually collectively believes or wants." @theatlantic #resist
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If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.
These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
July 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.
Patriarchy hurts men, too. #patriarchy @realterry.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Patriarchy hurts men, too. #patriarchy @realterry.bsky.social
@quirkyrican #community #vulnerabilityisstrength
June 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
@quirkyrican #community #vulnerabilityisstrength
June 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In this one line, poet and scholar Diamond Forde encapsulates the academic research supporting "the tyranny of the nice and the kind (Gilligan and Brown)" endured by women. That is, society's edict that proclaims: "Women! Be nice, or be ostracized."
#poetry #feminism @poemsandcake.bsky.social
#poetry #feminism @poemsandcake.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In this one line, poet and scholar Diamond Forde encapsulates the academic research supporting "the tyranny of the nice and the kind (Gilligan and Brown)" endured by women. That is, society's edict that proclaims: "Women! Be nice, or be ostracized."
#poetry #feminism @poemsandcake.bsky.social
#poetry #feminism @poemsandcake.bsky.social
#authenticity #selfcompassion @quirkyrican
June 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#authenticity #selfcompassion @quirkyrican