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Obsessed with astronomy and David Bowie. Member of the Leguminati 🫘 CEO of Spinsters Row
One of the most traumatic days of my life. They rolled the AV carts into home room so we could all watch.
On this day in 1986, seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger — Ellison S. Onizuka, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judy Resnik — died when the spacecraft broke apart 73 seconds into its launch.

Learn more: https://to.pbs.org/4hr9ob7
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Sometimes I pretend I live in a country that elected Al Gore, led on climate change, then elected women, people of color and avoided Afghanistan and Iraq. Sigh.
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Oh. My. God. This speech at Davos is crazy. Watch the entire speech and know the entire globe sees our Mad King. The GOP could stop this. They aren’t.
January 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Vintage hauls, very good dogs, & political losses worth savoring.

Our January Creator Spotlights are live — feat. voices we’re learning from, laughing with, & letting live rent-free in our heads.

🔗 Full list: spinstersrow.com/parlor/the-s...

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January 2026 Creator Spotlights - Spinsters Row
Our January 2026 creator spotlights feature artists, podcasters, advocates, and storytellers whose work deserves attention.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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A Black female prosecutor + a high-class madam = a quiet alliance to take down a powerful man in 1930s New York? 

Exactly the kind of elegant, dangerous chaos we’ll always make time for.  Off to pre-order it now: https://f.mtr.cool/uhszjwcvid  #BookSky #SpinstersReads #affiliate
A Pair of Aces
Check out A Pair of Aces - <b>A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law&mdash;a prosecutor and a madam&mdash;who team up to bring down notorious mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller <i>The Personal Librarian.</i></b><br><br>Eunice Carter, assistant district attorney for the City of New York and Manhattan&rsquo;s first Black female prosecutor, has her sights set on the one and only Lucky Luciano, head of New York City&rsquo;s five largest organized crime families. Other prosectors have tried to bring down Lucky, but they&rsquo;ve all focused on the crime syndicate&rsquo;s traditional businesses&mdash;bootlegging, gambling, loan sharking, and drug dealing&mdash;or tax evasion. No one has thought to approach the mob through its hand in prostitution. Until Eunice. But she can&rsquo;t get Luciano alone.<br><br>Polly Adler has worked long and hard to build up her high-class brothel business. Her client list is filled with well-known names, both the famous and the infamous, who all know her booze is top-notch, her music first-rate, her food exquisite, and her girls the best. But Lucky has gone too far, putting her girls in danger, and Polly finally sees the chance to end his reign once and for all.<br><br>Together, Eunice and Polly fashion a case utilizing a network of women. Bridging the enormous divide between them and risking their own lives, they assemble evidence bit by bit, under the nose of the man they&rsquo;re trying to convict. It is this very alliance&mdash;of two women from vastly different worlds&mdash;that launches the most sensational trial New York City has ever seen. by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray on Bookshop.org US!
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January 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Women like @katejbaer.bsky.social & @nikitagill.bsky.social  are leading poetry’s resurgence but we're also holding space for the loss of Renee Nicole Good, a prize-winning poet killed by an ICE Agent. https://f.mtr.cool/qbhhplafcy
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Witch hunts didn’t disappear...they modernized.

What used to be fire is now policy. What used to be accusation is now “process.”

Trial by fire🔥, now quarterly reviewed. https://f.mtr.cool/jlwmpftfkj 

#witchtrials #spinstersrow
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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If New Year’s resolutions worked, we’d all be different people by February.

Here’s why we’re opting out (and what we’re doing instead). https://f.mtr.cool/txmaofefxu
January 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Sometimes we're excited for new books, and sometimes its "new to us" books. This year one of the Original Spinsters is committed to reading The Earthsea Cycle series by Ursula K. Le Guin. https://f.mtr.cool/tknlocnhaf
 #booksky #booklover #fantasy #spinstersread #affliiate
A Wizard of Earthsea
Check out A Wizard of Earthsea - <p><strong>The first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Books of Earthsea. </strong></p><p>Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.</p><p>This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.</p><p>With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings&#8212;but also unlike anything but themselves&#8212;Ursula K. Le Guin&#8217;s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature. They have received accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike.</p><p>Join the millions of fantasy readers who have explored these lands. As <em>The Guardian</em> put it: "Ursula Le Guin's world of Earthsea is a tangled skein of tiny islands cast on a vast sea. The islands' names pull at my heart like no others: Roke, Perilane, Osskil . . ."</p><p>The Books of Earthsea include:</p><ul><li ><em>A Wizard of Earthsea</em></li><li ><em>The Tombs of Atuan</em></li><li ><em>The Farthest Shore</em></li><li ><em>Tehanu</em></li><li ><em>Tales from Earthsea</em></li><li ><em>The Other Wind</em></li></ul> by Ursula K. Le Guin on Bookshop.org US!
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January 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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With so much hype on Heated Rivalry, a few of the Original Spinsters are going to do a weekly📺 watch. 

Before starting the show though, at least one of them is going to check out the book 📖 to see if "The book was better" 

https://f.mtr.cool/zccwwuwrka  #booksky #affiliate
Heated Rivalry: Now Streaming on Crave and HBO Max
Now Streaming on Crave and HBO Max
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January 2, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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A journal that begins with you, wanders to others, then comes home changed.

We’re starting a Wayfaring Journals Exchange. It’s part journaling, part connection, part “what happens if we trust the process.”

Want in? #journaling #journal #junkjournal #spinstersrow #womenwhotravel #womenwhoexplore
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Before algorithms, people had… activities.

For hobbies that don’t involve doomscrolling or finishing an entire series in three nights, Victorians understood the assignment.

We brought receipts. 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/syqjmsxinw
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Vultures:
✨ ecological superheroes
✨ death ≠ evil
✨ misunderstood icons

Long before a certain wizard franchise poisoned the term “Death Eater,” vultures were keeping the world from becoming a biohazard.

Reconsider your villains. spinstersrow.com/parlor/the-s...
December 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Personal style, thoughtfully chosen. ✨

Explore our shoppes for small-business finds, curated with care, curiosity, and intention. shop.spinstersrow.com/products/ant... #SpinstersRow #ShopSmall #WomenSupportingWomen
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Before carols were polite and holidays were tidy, winter belonged to the strange and the brave.

Mari Lwyd roamed Welsh villages, daring households to match her wit. Lose the rhyme battle, lose the snacks. Win… and still lose the snacks, probably. 

Would you let them in?

#Poetry #MariLwyd #NewYear
December 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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What’s getting you through the lost week between Christmas and New Year's Eve? 

🎞️ Movies? 
📚 Books?
🛏️ Naps?
😵‍💫 Mild dissociation?
December 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Jack Frost doesn’t care what day it is. He shows up anyway.

On windows. On breath.❄️

Then he leaves without explaining himself.

As legends should.✨

#JackFrost #WinterVibes #SpinstersRow
December 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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We pulled a Christmas tarot card for you this morning and got The Star ⭐

AKA: hope after the mess.
After the tower fell.
After “well… now what?”

No hustle, no manifesting spreadsheets — just quiet reassurance.
Gentle healing.
Faith that doesn’t shout.

What are you still hoping for, even softly?
December 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Cozy movies are a spectrum... Some of them explode. Some of them sing. Some of them simply let women leave town.

The common thread? Letting your brain unclench.

We made a guide. https://f.mtr.cool/cbhgtdiamy 

#Movies #ComfortWatch
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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What do you do when a triceratops laughs at you for your panic, anxiety, and the quiet fear of living in the US right now?

Write an intimate poem where hope exists, but clarity feels just out of reach.

https://f.mtr.cool/qsmwuqiqcj

#poetry
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Winter folklore really said: “What if we taught morals… but scarier?”

If you’re curious why we keep inventing monsters for the darkest season, we unpack here: https://f.mtr.cool/iyeaboylem 

No torches required. (Probably.)
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM