Summer A.H. Christiansen
@summercwrites.bsky.social
Queer 🏳️🌈 & Neuro-Spicy 🌶️ Memoir Writer, Educator, & Mother // Grateful to live on Lingít Aaní
Read my Substack: https://summerahchristiansen.substack.com
or check out my website: sahchristiansen.com
Read my Substack: https://summerahchristiansen.substack.com
or check out my website: sahchristiansen.com
“...everybody wants to be involved until it’s inconvenient. Everyone wants to be on the board and have the flashy position, but nobody wants to come to the organizing meeting at 10 o’clock at night. Everyone wants to post the graphic on Instagram but misses the march.” - Kessley Janvier on On Being
May 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
“...everybody wants to be involved until it’s inconvenient. Everyone wants to be on the board and have the flashy position, but nobody wants to come to the organizing meeting at 10 o’clock at night. Everyone wants to post the graphic on Instagram but misses the march.” - Kessley Janvier on On Being
I’mmmmmm back :-) Well, in the writing world that is. My break was a bit longer than expected. See my latest Substack here:
I took a little break…
But I’m still having a hard time coming back.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’mmmmmm back :-) Well, in the writing world that is. My break was a bit longer than expected. See my latest Substack here:
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
Still looking for LGBTQIA+ identified artists, musicians, and businesses!
March 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Still looking for LGBTQIA+ identified artists, musicians, and businesses!
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Executive Director Megan Tabacek wants to keep those fired employees’ trail work skills in Juneau, and she said Trail Mix can be a landing place for those who lost their jobs.
Juneau nonprofit aims to hire fired Forest Service staff to maintain local trails, if it can raise the money
The plan would allow skilled trail workers to continue their work this summer, after half of the Forest Service trail crews were fired last month by the Trump administration.
www.ktoo.org
March 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Executive Director Megan Tabacek wants to keep those fired employees’ trail work skills in Juneau, and she said Trail Mix can be a landing place for those who lost their jobs.
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Please share: Submissions are now open for Juneau for Palestine's zine! Anyone can submit but Southeast Alaskan creators are the focus. Funds from zine sales will go to Mayar Abu Dalfa's family in Palestine.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Please share: Submissions are now open for Juneau for Palestine's zine! Anyone can submit but Southeast Alaskan creators are the focus. Funds from zine sales will go to Mayar Abu Dalfa's family in Palestine.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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For Juneau, there is on the 9th at 1pm in front of the Capital bsky.app/profile/give...
March 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For Juneau, there is on the 9th at 1pm in front of the Capital bsky.app/profile/give...
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SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
![After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.
We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.
The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals
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March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
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It is March 2, 2025. My plan was to leave the world on March 2, 2024.
What a difference in a year. I still have bad days. But reasons to stay are easier to find each day.
Thankful for family, for friends, for library kids who ARE going to save the world. Once a library kid, always a library kid 💚
What a difference in a year. I still have bad days. But reasons to stay are easier to find each day.
Thankful for family, for friends, for library kids who ARE going to save the world. Once a library kid, always a library kid 💚
March 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It is March 2, 2025. My plan was to leave the world on March 2, 2024.
What a difference in a year. I still have bad days. But reasons to stay are easier to find each day.
Thankful for family, for friends, for library kids who ARE going to save the world. Once a library kid, always a library kid 💚
What a difference in a year. I still have bad days. But reasons to stay are easier to find each day.
Thankful for family, for friends, for library kids who ARE going to save the world. Once a library kid, always a library kid 💚
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My wife, Rep. Zooey Zephyr, is working her ass off in the Montana legislature, railing against bill after bill, day after day. This is just one of many speeches I've watched her give... but it's one of the most powerful.
This on a bill that criminalizes us for being trans.
Watch her speak.
This on a bill that criminalizes us for being trans.
Watch her speak.
I continue to speak out against every bill that attempts to remove trans people from public life. And I will continue to do so for as long as I draw breath.
I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.
I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.
March 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
My wife, Rep. Zooey Zephyr, is working her ass off in the Montana legislature, railing against bill after bill, day after day. This is just one of many speeches I've watched her give... but it's one of the most powerful.
This on a bill that criminalizes us for being trans.
Watch her speak.
This on a bill that criminalizes us for being trans.
Watch her speak.
#Juneau! Trying to rehome our cats as a pair b/c my wife’s allergies got rly bad. We’re so sad about it & would prefer to not send them to the shelter.
They are spayed, indoor, good w/ cats, dogs, & kids. They ❤️ people & are not shy at all. The shorthair is 1 and the longhair is 4. Please share!
They are spayed, indoor, good w/ cats, dogs, & kids. They ❤️ people & are not shy at all. The shorthair is 1 and the longhair is 4. Please share!
March 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
#Juneau! Trying to rehome our cats as a pair b/c my wife’s allergies got rly bad. We’re so sad about it & would prefer to not send them to the shelter.
They are spayed, indoor, good w/ cats, dogs, & kids. They ❤️ people & are not shy at all. The shorthair is 1 and the longhair is 4. Please share!
They are spayed, indoor, good w/ cats, dogs, & kids. They ❤️ people & are not shy at all. The shorthair is 1 and the longhair is 4. Please share!
McMahon First of all, I think teaching is one of the most noble professions…
Bernie: Would you recommend to states… that teachers make at least $60,000 a year?
McMahon: Continues to avoid question.
Bernie: Would you recommend to states… that teachers make at least $60,000 a year?
McMahon: Continues to avoid question.
Bernie Sanders Repeatedly Asks Linda McMahon About Teacher Salaries
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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February 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
McMahon First of all, I think teaching is one of the most noble professions…
Bernie: Would you recommend to states… that teachers make at least $60,000 a year?
McMahon: Continues to avoid question.
Bernie: Would you recommend to states… that teachers make at least $60,000 a year?
McMahon: Continues to avoid question.
#Juneau #SEAGLA has amazing events going on in March! For example, we’re having a Book & Media Swap where you can bring books, magazines, literary journals, empty/blank notebooks, puzzles, board games, CDs, DVDs, & video games, and even VHS’s to swap with others! Check out akseagla.com for more!
February 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#Juneau #SEAGLA has amazing events going on in March! For example, we’re having a Book & Media Swap where you can bring books, magazines, literary journals, empty/blank notebooks, puzzles, board games, CDs, DVDs, & video games, and even VHS’s to swap with others! Check out akseagla.com for more!
I also teach #Queer Care #Yoga in #Juneau on the first Saturday of the month! Join me this Saturday for a restorative session & use code “SCHOLARSHIP” for FREE Queer Care classes! Sign up below:
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Queer Care
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February 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I also teach #Queer Care #Yoga in #Juneau on the first Saturday of the month! Join me this Saturday for a restorative session & use code “SCHOLARSHIP” for FREE Queer Care classes! Sign up below:
momence.com/Summer-Chris...
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Reminder! Join me in #Juneau for a mini yoga & wellness retreat for all self-identified #LGBTQIA+ folks! Restorative #yoga, some light breathing exercises, & a beautiful community ritual. It’s totally FREE but be sure to sign up so you can save your spot! If you can’t come, plz spread the word!
February 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Juneau LGBTQIA+ folks! Come join me for a Queer Care Yoga & Wellness Mini-Retreat! Tickets are FREE but there are only 20 spots so sign up now! Please repost & share even if you can't come!
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February 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Juneau LGBTQIA+ folks! Come join me for a Queer Care Yoga & Wellness Mini-Retreat! Tickets are FREE but there are only 20 spots so sign up now! Please repost & share even if you can't come!
www.eventbrite.com/e/seagla-yog...
www.eventbrite.com/e/seagla-yog...
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Yay the Grand Canyon can become some billionaire's private resort now! I know Zuckerberg's gonna love those gorgeous views in his new sprawling Grand Canyon that he has architects carve an artisanal mansion into the side of & puts security on so no one can trespass.
Trump wants to sell off public lands so he can build a sovereign wealth fund. What am I bid for Yosemite? Yellowstone? The Grand Canyon?
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund
President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund requires that the United States come up with heaps of cash quickly, which may make selling out and selling off public lands i...
www.americanprogress.org
February 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Yay the Grand Canyon can become some billionaire's private resort now! I know Zuckerberg's gonna love those gorgeous views in his new sprawling Grand Canyon that he has architects carve an artisanal mansion into the side of & puts security on so no one can trespass.
THIS WEDNESDAY!!!! Info session on Passports for transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary and intersex people!
support.lambdalegal.org/site/SSurvey...
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Survey - Virtual Info Session on Passports - Lambda Legal
support.lambdalegal.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
THIS WEDNESDAY!!!! Info session on Passports for transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary and intersex people!
support.lambdalegal.org/site/SSurvey...
support.lambdalegal.org/site/SSurvey...
Another reason why people are switching to owning physical copies of media.
You have 3 days before Jeff Bezos steals your home library 😬
YouTube video by leena norms
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February 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Another reason why people are switching to owning physical copies of media.
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Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license. Coleman earned her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on June 15, 1921.
February 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license. Coleman earned her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on June 15, 1921.