The Pride Roars
@theprideroars.bsky.social
A collective of women's voices -2025 social media posts by @delgeo14.bsky.social and @mlmcguinness.bsky.social
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Pride member Marie-Louise McGuinness has a story being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 3.45pm today, make sure to tune in! It will be available on the BBC Sounds App afterwards!
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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Homing by Marie-Louise McGuinness
A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Pride member Marie-Louise McGuinness has a story being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 3.45pm today, make sure to tune in! It will be available on the BBC Sounds App afterwards!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"And underneath all the trappings of wealth and privilege, the one-time prince was revealed as nothing more than a dirty old man."
Read "And The People Said..." By @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "And The People Said..." By @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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And The People Said ... / Hilary Ayshford
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"And underneath all the trappings of wealth and privilege, the one-time prince was revealed as nothing more than a dirty old man."
Read "And The People Said..." By @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "And The People Said..." By @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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"And here I am, on a road I had long since abandoned, humming an old nursery rhyme for comfort; three blind mice, three blind mice — see how they run?"
Today on The Pride Roars "Mother" by Marie-Louise McGuinness
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Today on The Pride Roars "Mother" by Marie-Louise McGuinness
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Mother/ Marie-Louise McGuinness
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October 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"And here I am, on a road I had long since abandoned, humming an old nursery rhyme for comfort; three blind mice, three blind mice — see how they run?"
Today on The Pride Roars "Mother" by Marie-Louise McGuinness
@mlmcguinness.bsky.social
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Today on The Pride Roars "Mother" by Marie-Louise McGuinness
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We are over the moon to be able to nominate the following pieces from theprideroars.blogspot.com for a Pushcart Prize, congratulations everyone!
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@ninamiller.bsky.social
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
@delgeo14.bsky.social
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@ninamiller.bsky.social
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
@delgeo14.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We are over the moon to be able to nominate the following pieces from theprideroars.blogspot.com for a Pushcart Prize, congratulations everyone!
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@ninamiller.bsky.social
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
@delgeo14.bsky.social
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@ninamiller.bsky.social
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
@delgeo14.bsky.social
Our co-founder @mlmcguinness has a stunning story coming up on BBC Radio 4 and you don't want to miss it
I've been so excited about this! My short story "Homing" will be featured on BBC Radio 4 on 7th November, Read by Charlotte McCurry
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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Homing by Marie-Louise McGuinness
A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Our co-founder @mlmcguinness has a stunning story coming up on BBC Radio 4 and you don't want to miss it
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I've been so excited about this! My short story "Homing" will be featured on BBC Radio 4 on 7th November, Read by Charlotte McCurry
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Homing by Marie-Louise McGuinness
A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I've been so excited about this! My short story "Homing" will be featured on BBC Radio 4 on 7th November, Read by Charlotte McCurry
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"Why was Mr. Eliot allowing these two horrifically behaved felines onto his bed?"
Read "A Cat's Breakfast" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "A Cat's Breakfast" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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A Cat's Breakfast / T.L. Tomljanovic
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October 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Why was Mr. Eliot allowing these two horrifically behaved felines onto his bed?"
Read "A Cat's Breakfast" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "A Cat's Breakfast" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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"Today's must-haves are nothing more than tomorrow's junk."
Read "Dear Society; A Collective Roar" An exquisite corpse up now at The Pride Roars!
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Read "Dear Society; A Collective Roar" An exquisite corpse up now at The Pride Roars!
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Dear Society / Collective Roar
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September 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"Today's must-haves are nothing more than tomorrow's junk."
Read "Dear Society; A Collective Roar" An exquisite corpse up now at The Pride Roars!
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Read "Dear Society; A Collective Roar" An exquisite corpse up now at The Pride Roars!
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An exquisite corpse - where each contributor sent their last line to the next writer as a prompt - that turned into an exquisite rant. Coming tomorrow!
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An exquisite corpse - where each contributor sent their last line to the next writer as a prompt - that turned into an exquisite rant. Coming tomorrow!
New on The Pride Roars 'Liberty, TX, Travelodge' by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog
'we stayed there six weeks one small room four of us two beds zero jobs'
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'we stayed there six weeks one small room four of us two beds zero jobs'
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Liberty, TX, Travelodge / Megan Hanlon
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September 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New on The Pride Roars 'Liberty, TX, Travelodge' by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog
'we stayed there six weeks one small room four of us two beds zero jobs'
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'we stayed there six weeks one small room four of us two beds zero jobs'
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"you’ve had a bad hair day all your life. Not straight, not curly, not sure what to be, pathetically insecure"
Read "The Collateral Haircut" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "The Collateral Haircut" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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The Collateral Haircut / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
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September 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"you’ve had a bad hair day all your life. Not straight, not curly, not sure what to be, pathetically insecure"
Read "The Collateral Haircut" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "The Collateral Haircut" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Congratulations to our lionesses @hilary55.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social on their Best of the Net nominations!
Read these pieces and more at theprideroars.blogspot.com
Read these pieces and more at theprideroars.blogspot.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Congratulations to our lionesses @hilary55.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social on their Best of the Net nominations!
Read these pieces and more at theprideroars.blogspot.com
Read these pieces and more at theprideroars.blogspot.com
Get reading, you know it's beautiful 😍😍
Raw Lit - Issue 7 - is live!
Editor - François Bereaud @fbereaud.bsky.social
Cover: Katharine Weinmann
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Editor - François Bereaud @fbereaud.bsky.social
Cover: Katharine Weinmann
rawlit.weebly.com/issue7.html
June 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Get reading, you know it's beautiful 😍😍
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Call to artists - submission call closing on the 15th of June
for guidelines & submission form:
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for guidelines & submission form:
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June 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Call to artists - submission call closing on the 15th of June
for guidelines & submission form:
rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....
for guidelines & submission form:
rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....
"Contains: hydrogenated and/or liquid canola oil farmed for generations in Saskatchewan, may contain palm oil not the black gold that built skyscrapers in Alberta"
Read "The Family Margarine Tub" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "The Family Margarine Tub" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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The Family Margarine Tub / T.L. Tomljanovic
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June 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Contains: hydrogenated and/or liquid canola oil farmed for generations in Saskatchewan, may contain palm oil not the black gold that built skyscrapers in Alberta"
Read "The Family Margarine Tub" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "The Family Margarine Tub" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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"It places its limbs upon my bough and lays across my bark. Lies, always lies, wielding machines to cut us down"
Read "Hunger Three Ways" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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Read "Hunger Three Ways" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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Hunger Three Ways — Ghost Parachute
Blood The wolf howls into the night, adrenaline and cortisol in my blood increases. I’ll taste of fear. He must enjoy that bitter sweet meat. But in front of me there is a tree, glorious in the moonli...
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June 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"It places its limbs upon my bough and lays across my bark. Lies, always lies, wielding machines to cut us down"
Read "Hunger Three Ways" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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Read "Hunger Three Ways" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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"She would never get frightened by the storm, an earthquake, or the dog’s bark, would never enjoy the birds’ song as they welcomed dawn, or fall asleep to a lullaby"
Read "Still Life Pain-ting by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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Read "Still Life Pain-ting by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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Still Life Pain-ting — Ghost Parachute
It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony. She had stopped asking questions. There were no answers to be had. There was no why, and no ...
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June 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"She would never get frightened by the storm, an earthquake, or the dog’s bark, would never enjoy the birds’ song as they welcomed dawn, or fall asleep to a lullaby"
Read "Still Life Pain-ting by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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Read "Still Life Pain-ting by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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"The chances are high that, unless you have it, you've probably never heard of aphantasia"
Read "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" by @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" by @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind / Hilary Ayshford
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May 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"The chances are high that, unless you have it, you've probably never heard of aphantasia"
Read "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" by @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" by @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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“We want Lennon here, but—” The words safe spaces and inclusivity buzz like bees into ear wax"
Read 3 micros from @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social
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Read 3 micros from @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social
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Other Moms... by T.L. Tomljanovic | The Woolf
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May 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“We want Lennon here, but—” The words safe spaces and inclusivity buzz like bees into ear wax"
Read 3 micros from @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social
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Read 3 micros from @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social
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"I met my father for the first time when I was fifty-seven and he, forty-one"
Read "How I Met My Father" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
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Read "How I Met My Father" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
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How I Met My Father – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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May 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"I met my father for the first time when I was fifty-seven and he, forty-one"
Read "How I Met My Father" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
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Read "How I Met My Father" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Raw Lit's contributor Katrina Moinet, whose poetry book 'Portrait of a Young Girl Falling' made the shortlist of Wales Book Of The Year!
Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award
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Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award
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Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People's Choice Award
The Wales Book of the Year Award celebrates talented Welsh writers who excel in a variety of literary forms in both Welsh and English. There are four categories in both languages – Poetry, Fiction, Cr...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations to Raw Lit's contributor Katrina Moinet, whose poetry book 'Portrait of a Young Girl Falling' made the shortlist of Wales Book Of The Year!
Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award
nation.cymru/culture/vote...
Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award
nation.cymru/culture/vote...
"Sounds are not always my friend; I find myself prone to my brain hooking onto repetitive irritant noises"
Read "How do you like your Muzak" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "How do you like your Muzak" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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How do you like your Muzak? / Joyce Bingham
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May 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Sounds are not always my friend; I find myself prone to my brain hooking onto repetitive irritant noises"
Read "How do you like your Muzak" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "How do you like your Muzak" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Check out the Q&A up at @trashcatlit.bsky.social from our very own @delgeo14.bsky.social!
Today's highlight from the Spring Pop-Up also comes with a side of Q&A 🦝
We loved @delgeo14.bsky.social's powerful, relatable reflection on grief. You can also listen to the story here:
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and here Delphine answers Trash Cat's questions:
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We loved @delgeo14.bsky.social's powerful, relatable reflection on grief. You can also listen to the story here:
trashcatlit.com/the-woman-yo...
and here Delphine answers Trash Cat's questions:
trashcatlit.com/2025/05/10/q...
May 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Check out the Q&A up at @trashcatlit.bsky.social from our very own @delgeo14.bsky.social!
"And as you smile your apple-chomping teeth same as you did the morning after like it’s me that’s done something weird"
Huge congratulations to @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for winning the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social competition, judged by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations to @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for winning the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social competition, judged by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social
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The Undulating Movement Of The Predatory Arthropod At The 10-Year College Reunion - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo be Pexels.com: Cottonbro by Sumitra Singam When you walk into the reunion with your husband like a phalanx and your apple-pie-posed photos of your 2.3 kids and dog like armour, I kick my heels o...
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May 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"And as you smile your apple-chomping teeth same as you did the morning after like it’s me that’s done something weird"
Huge congratulations to @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for winning the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social competition, judged by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/the-undulati...
Huge congratulations to @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for winning the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social competition, judged by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/the-undulati...
"I'm sorry we thought people shouldn't go bankrupt paying for healthcare; obviously cancer is a choice."
Read "My Sincere Apologies" by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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Read "My Sincere Apologies" by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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My Sincere Apologies / Megan Hanlon
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May 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"I'm sorry we thought people shouldn't go bankrupt paying for healthcare; obviously cancer is a choice."
Read "My Sincere Apologies" by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/05/my-s...
Read "My Sincere Apologies" by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/05/my-s...