Katie
@statenpoetry.bsky.social
Minnesotan, poet, mother, bisexual, feminist, polyamorous, cat person, Known Bastard (TM). She/her.
Hey so when I said I wanted to live in precedented times for a change I didn't mean I wanted a near identical rehashing of the failed war in the Middle East that saw me into high school. Just so we're clear.
June 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Hey so when I said I wanted to live in precedented times for a change I didn't mean I wanted a near identical rehashing of the failed war in the Middle East that saw me into high school. Just so we're clear.
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Oh my God!? We've been added to the Library of Congress. A literary magazine that I make for fun in my basement as my midlife crisis has been added to the historical record, called the uh, ahem, Taco Bell Quarterly. We are the most prestigious literary magazine of all time.
June 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Oh my God!? We've been added to the Library of Congress. A literary magazine that I make for fun in my basement as my midlife crisis has been added to the historical record, called the uh, ahem, Taco Bell Quarterly. We are the most prestigious literary magazine of all time.
The neurodivergent urge to start yelling into a stranger's conversation because you overheard them mention your hyperfixation in passing
June 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The neurodivergent urge to start yelling into a stranger's conversation because you overheard them mention your hyperfixation in passing
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“Let me be clear: It fucking matters. Truth matters. Documentation matters. Fighting corruption matters. That accountability seems out of reach right now doesn’t change that. When we internalize the belief that nothing can change, we stop demanding change.
June 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“Let me be clear: It fucking matters. Truth matters. Documentation matters. Fighting corruption matters. That accountability seems out of reach right now doesn’t change that. When we internalize the belief that nothing can change, we stop demanding change.
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Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
June 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
Really wishing I had some popcorn right now while I watch the Big Beautiful Breakup unfold.
I love this. I hope they both lose this fight.
I love this. I hope they both lose this fight.
June 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Really wishing I had some popcorn right now while I watch the Big Beautiful Breakup unfold.
I love this. I hope they both lose this fight.
I love this. I hope they both lose this fight.
If I had a nickel for every time I bought a Seamus Heaney book at a used bookstore and discovered at home a few days later that there was a well preserved 25+-year-old newspaper clipping about Seamus Heaney inside it, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
May 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If I had a nickel for every time I bought a Seamus Heaney book at a used bookstore and discovered at home a few days later that there was a well preserved 25+-year-old newspaper clipping about Seamus Heaney inside it, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Today is my 11th wedding anniversary AND Hozier rereleased a new version of Like Real People Do today and it's very pretty and I've listened to it eight times so I'm considering that a personal anniversary present from The Hoziest Himself. Thanks broski
May 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today is my 11th wedding anniversary AND Hozier rereleased a new version of Like Real People Do today and it's very pretty and I've listened to it eight times so I'm considering that a personal anniversary present from The Hoziest Himself. Thanks broski
Where do I trade my current nervous system in for one that knows the difference between "This is a stressful work or social situation" and "I am actively being chased by a bear"
May 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Where do I trade my current nervous system in for one that knows the difference between "This is a stressful work or social situation" and "I am actively being chased by a bear"
EMERGENCY. DIRE SITUATION.
My cat has to wear a cone and while he's wearing it I can't kiss his widdle forehead 😭
My cat has to wear a cone and while he's wearing it I can't kiss his widdle forehead 😭
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
EMERGENCY. DIRE SITUATION.
My cat has to wear a cone and while he's wearing it I can't kiss his widdle forehead 😭
My cat has to wear a cone and while he's wearing it I can't kiss his widdle forehead 😭
A few days ago I had a dream that Hozier was sitting down with me to help me plot to overthrow the US government and ever since then I have been full of Longing
April 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A few days ago I had a dream that Hozier was sitting down with me to help me plot to overthrow the US government and ever since then I have been full of Longing
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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Tell the bishops. I want them to know it was me
April 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Tell the bishops. I want them to know it was me
Because I care deeply about combating mis- and disinformation I feel compelled to remind you all that JD Vance did NOT "kill" the Pope.
He was simply so unbearable and draining to be in a room with that the Pope lost his last shred of will to live after one conversation with him.
He was simply so unbearable and draining to be in a room with that the Pope lost his last shred of will to live after one conversation with him.
April 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Because I care deeply about combating mis- and disinformation I feel compelled to remind you all that JD Vance did NOT "kill" the Pope.
He was simply so unbearable and draining to be in a room with that the Pope lost his last shred of will to live after one conversation with him.
He was simply so unbearable and draining to be in a room with that the Pope lost his last shred of will to live after one conversation with him.
This is so dumb but like 10-15 yrs ago Jon Stewart yelled "Who cuts your hair and why are they so angry at you" at a conservative pundit (Glenn Beck?) & I can't find or remember the context & it's BUGGING ME so if anyone has a random encyclopedic knowledge of early 2010s The Daily Show help me out
April 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is so dumb but like 10-15 yrs ago Jon Stewart yelled "Who cuts your hair and why are they so angry at you" at a conservative pundit (Glenn Beck?) & I can't find or remember the context & it's BUGGING ME so if anyone has a random encyclopedic knowledge of early 2010s The Daily Show help me out
I'm gonna need these 2nd Amendment "BuT mUh CoNsTiTuTiOn!" advocates to bring that same energy for the 1st, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments real goddamn quick.
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm gonna need these 2nd Amendment "BuT mUh CoNsTiTuTiOn!" advocates to bring that same energy for the 1st, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments real goddamn quick.
So today I was ranting to my husband about Trump apparently using a trade war to try to get the UK to roll back LGBTQ+ protections. And my daughter, who is SEVEN YEARS OLD, pipes up, totally unprompted and casual as anything, "I would be more than okay with Donald Trump dying." o_o
April 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
So today I was ranting to my husband about Trump apparently using a trade war to try to get the UK to roll back LGBTQ+ protections. And my daughter, who is SEVEN YEARS OLD, pipes up, totally unprompted and casual as anything, "I would be more than okay with Donald Trump dying." o_o
Sending a crew of women to space on a billionaire's pet project and declaring it feminism while women's contributions to and history in STEM is systematically removed from records because "DEI bad" is a move. It's not a good move, but it's a move for sure.
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Sending a crew of women to space on a billionaire's pet project and declaring it feminism while women's contributions to and history in STEM is systematically removed from records because "DEI bad" is a move. It's not a good move, but it's a move for sure.
If a #NaPoWriMo ever comes and goes without me writing a poem about my love/hate relationship with my hometown, just assume I'm dead. krstaten.wordpress.com/blog/
April 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If a #NaPoWriMo ever comes and goes without me writing a poem about my love/hate relationship with my hometown, just assume I'm dead. krstaten.wordpress.com/blog/
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There will be a protest in Saint Paul, Minnesota outside the Salvadoran Consulate on Wednesday afternoon 16 April 2025 organized by many of the same people who organized the recent Hands Off protest in Saint Paul. Join local friends to speak up for human rights.
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet...
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet...
Stop State Terror. Defend the Constitution. · Indivisible Twin Cities
The Hands-Off Coalition of Indivisible Twin Cities, Minnesota 50501 and Women's March MN, will be standing on the sidewalk outside the El Salvadoran Consulate in St. Paul to support those who have bee...
www.mobilize.us
April 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There will be a protest in Saint Paul, Minnesota outside the Salvadoran Consulate on Wednesday afternoon 16 April 2025 organized by many of the same people who organized the recent Hands Off protest in Saint Paul. Join local friends to speak up for human rights.
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet...
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet...
We are officially past the "events leading up to" chapter of future history books.
April 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We are officially past the "events leading up to" chapter of future history books.
My FB post: Be ready to need a passport, because if your birth certificate and photo ID don't match, you'll need one to register to vote.
A Man: You need to actually read the bill. It doesn't require a birth certificate unless you don't have a passport.
That's a simplified summary but 🙄 🙄 🙄
A Man: You need to actually read the bill. It doesn't require a birth certificate unless you don't have a passport.
That's a simplified summary but 🙄 🙄 🙄
April 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My FB post: Be ready to need a passport, because if your birth certificate and photo ID don't match, you'll need one to register to vote.
A Man: You need to actually read the bill. It doesn't require a birth certificate unless you don't have a passport.
That's a simplified summary but 🙄 🙄 🙄
A Man: You need to actually read the bill. It doesn't require a birth certificate unless you don't have a passport.
That's a simplified summary but 🙄 🙄 🙄
This is genuinely one of the most horrifying headlines I have ever read. I do not make comparisons like this lightly and if I am out of line PLEASE tell me, but genuinely, how is this better or much different than, say, transporting people by train car?
Ice director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is genuinely one of the most horrifying headlines I have ever read. I do not make comparisons like this lightly and if I am out of line PLEASE tell me, but genuinely, how is this better or much different than, say, transporting people by train car?
I wish I could see Republicans opposing tariffs as an actual shift away from Trump loyalism, but I just can't. This isn't Republican legislators realizing Trump is hurting people and has to be stopped. It's them realizing Trump is hurting THEM and he needs to go back to hurting other people instead.
April 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I wish I could see Republicans opposing tariffs as an actual shift away from Trump loyalism, but I just can't. This isn't Republican legislators realizing Trump is hurting people and has to be stopped. It's them realizing Trump is hurting THEM and he needs to go back to hurting other people instead.
Just imagine if J.K. Rowling had written one of the most beloved children's/YA series of a generation, and then just fucked off and minded her own business. What a world that would be.
April 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just imagine if J.K. Rowling had written one of the most beloved children's/YA series of a generation, and then just fucked off and minded her own business. What a world that would be.