Aileen McGraw
@aileenmcgraw.bsky.social
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Well hello! An intro for this corner of the internet. I'm a:
✨ writer (marketer by day, storyteller by always)
✨ caretaker enraged by the state's nearly absent elder and mental-health support
✨ chronically-ill baddie
✨ chaos goblin
Community x stories = sacred vessels for collective liberation.
✨ writer (marketer by day, storyteller by always)
✨ caretaker enraged by the state's nearly absent elder and mental-health support
✨ chronically-ill baddie
✨ chaos goblin
Community x stories = sacred vessels for collective liberation.
In May, ALL #mutualaid yoga $ goes right to orgs protecting undocumented youth and Palestinian families: Super Familia King County & The Sameer Project.
Just one way to ritualize our freedom as interconnected & inspire our community to see ourselves in each other, no matter the perceived distance.
Just one way to ritualize our freedom as interconnected & inspire our community to see ourselves in each other, no matter the perceived distance.
May 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In May, ALL #mutualaid yoga $ goes right to orgs protecting undocumented youth and Palestinian families: Super Familia King County & The Sameer Project.
Just one way to ritualize our freedom as interconnected & inspire our community to see ourselves in each other, no matter the perceived distance.
Just one way to ritualize our freedom as interconnected & inspire our community to see ourselves in each other, no matter the perceived distance.
we're all we got, but the good news is: community is everything. back in feb, i started teaching a monthly #mutualaid yoga class. so far, we raised $1,965 for wildfire relief for LA's open-air workers, life-sustaining aid in Gaza, trans rights, and immigrant rights. community care is hope in action.
May 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
we're all we got, but the good news is: community is everything. back in feb, i started teaching a monthly #mutualaid yoga class. so far, we raised $1,965 for wildfire relief for LA's open-air workers, life-sustaining aid in Gaza, trans rights, and immigrant rights. community care is hope in action.
we stan a teen publication with creative courage 😤
Ok this is pretty cool. Teen Vogue just published an excerpt from my Copaganda book today! www.teenvogue.com/story/copaga...
How to Sniff Out ‘Copaganda’: When the Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
"By cherry-picking anecdotes, news reports can distort our interpretation of the world."
www.teenvogue.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
we stan a teen publication with creative courage 😤
narrator: this important conversation ended up being pretty life changing.
much to share sooooooon.
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much to share sooooooon.
👁️💋👁️
recently ended an important conversation by talking about the profound n everyday beauty of pigeons. the person i spoke with strongly shared this sentiment. i nearly walked away with hope in humanity.
a purple pigeon is standing in front of a window looking out .
ALT: a purple pigeon is standing in front of a window looking out .
media.tenor.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
narrator: this important conversation ended up being pretty life changing.
much to share sooooooon.
👁️💋👁️
much to share sooooooon.
👁️💋👁️
Reposted by Aileen McGraw
I just don’t feel very “Cuntissimo leaving that loser on read” today
May 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just don’t feel very “Cuntissimo leaving that loser on read” today
it’s been a while, here are some homemade memes 😘
May 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
it’s been a while, here are some homemade memes 😘
Reposted by Aileen McGraw
And it’s more common than anyone wants to acknowledge or process.
Most people grow up and realize their parents were right, but one of the most soul-crushing things about having truly bad parents is growing up and realizing YOU were right. That you've been flying solo your entire life. Should feel like vindication, but tastes like ultimate defeat.
May 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
And it’s more common than anyone wants to acknowledge or process.
the number of large(r), well-funded tech orgs I experience and see hiring contractors to escape full-time employee benefits, comp, and care is ... extremely gross
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
the number of large(r), well-funded tech orgs I experience and see hiring contractors to escape full-time employee benefits, comp, and care is ... extremely gross
Nothing like navigating unemployment with a chronic illness to remind me: Community. Is. Everything.
February 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Nothing like navigating unemployment with a chronic illness to remind me: Community. Is. Everything.
recently ended an important conversation by talking about the profound n everyday beauty of pigeons. the person i spoke with strongly shared this sentiment. i nearly walked away with hope in humanity.
a purple pigeon is standing in front of a window looking out .
ALT: a purple pigeon is standing in front of a window looking out .
media.tenor.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
recently ended an important conversation by talking about the profound n everyday beauty of pigeons. the person i spoke with strongly shared this sentiment. i nearly walked away with hope in humanity.
“i hope you’re doing alright”
- a eulogy to optimism, where i feel a profound, embodied truth that none of us are doing “well”
that’s not to say i don’t have hope. i practice hope and doing _good_ as a discipline, as @prisonculture.bsky.social put it
- a eulogy to optimism, where i feel a profound, embodied truth that none of us are doing “well”
that’s not to say i don’t have hope. i practice hope and doing _good_ as a discipline, as @prisonculture.bsky.social put it
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“i hope you’re doing alright”
- a eulogy to optimism, where i feel a profound, embodied truth that none of us are doing “well”
that’s not to say i don’t have hope. i practice hope and doing _good_ as a discipline, as @prisonculture.bsky.social put it
- a eulogy to optimism, where i feel a profound, embodied truth that none of us are doing “well”
that’s not to say i don’t have hope. i practice hope and doing _good_ as a discipline, as @prisonculture.bsky.social put it
some higher power knew that neurodivergent baddies needed both a new Ethel Cain album *and* a new FKA twigs album this january 🖤😎🥺
January 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
some higher power knew that neurodivergent baddies needed both a new Ethel Cain album *and* a new FKA twigs album this january 🖤😎🥺
to be a libra is to have a crush on life
to be a libra is to be heartbroken by life
(i don’t make the rules @vessel-markings.bsky.social)
to be a libra is to be heartbroken by life
(i don’t make the rules @vessel-markings.bsky.social)
January 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
to be a libra is to have a crush on life
to be a libra is to be heartbroken by life
(i don’t make the rules @vessel-markings.bsky.social)
to be a libra is to be heartbroken by life
(i don’t make the rules @vessel-markings.bsky.social)
more than enough 🫱🏻🫲🏽 never too much
what a week. i always say, tattoos make visible what always and already exists. for me, a life in bloom. my body and being, becoming.
this incredible piece was done by april (@/jalapenospring on insta) in vancouver, bc 🤍
what a week. i always say, tattoos make visible what always and already exists. for me, a life in bloom. my body and being, becoming.
this incredible piece was done by april (@/jalapenospring on insta) in vancouver, bc 🤍
January 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
more than enough 🫱🏻🫲🏽 never too much
what a week. i always say, tattoos make visible what always and already exists. for me, a life in bloom. my body and being, becoming.
this incredible piece was done by april (@/jalapenospring on insta) in vancouver, bc 🤍
what a week. i always say, tattoos make visible what always and already exists. for me, a life in bloom. my body and being, becoming.
this incredible piece was done by april (@/jalapenospring on insta) in vancouver, bc 🤍
best practice that's really a sometimes practice: "show, don't tell." been loving storytellers who tell me what they want me to take away. imo there are no reliable narrators, which complicates things, and that's beautiful. PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL by andrea lawlor is a fav example. 🍒
January 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
best practice that's really a sometimes practice: "show, don't tell." been loving storytellers who tell me what they want me to take away. imo there are no reliable narrators, which complicates things, and that's beautiful. PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL by andrea lawlor is a fav example. 🍒
we are so far from "done" fighting for collective liberation. in the most urgent + enduring way, it never ends. today, here's what's on my mind + in my action: how will we (help each other) heal? how will we refuse + unravel roots that brought us here? let's never abandon each other. never relent.
“When a ceasefire is announced, I will just run. No one ask me where. I myself don’t even know. I will just run, and run.
…the important thing is to arrive at a quiet place: a place that allows me to weep for a long time.”
…the important thing is to arrive at a quiet place: a place that allows me to weep for a long time.”
January 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
we are so far from "done" fighting for collective liberation. in the most urgent + enduring way, it never ends. today, here's what's on my mind + in my action: how will we (help each other) heal? how will we refuse + unravel roots that brought us here? let's never abandon each other. never relent.
Reposted by Aileen McGraw
Our hearts are with everyone impacted by the devastating wildfires in Southern California. Our Trust & Safety team has created a centralized hub housing all verified fundraisers related to the LA fires, which we'll continue to update throughout the coming days as they come in gfme.co/3DNAIlh
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January 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our hearts are with everyone impacted by the devastating wildfires in Southern California. Our Trust & Safety team has created a centralized hub housing all verified fundraisers related to the LA fires, which we'll continue to update throughout the coming days as they come in gfme.co/3DNAIlh
been working on something major. the list of things that fueled me here are gorgeous, chaotic. there could be no other way. ex: tuna salad, noname, great bad wine, ethel cain, my red-knit beret, day-to-day rage at <waves hand towards world>, and more tuna salad.
January 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
been working on something major. the list of things that fueled me here are gorgeous, chaotic. there could be no other way. ex: tuna salad, noname, great bad wine, ethel cain, my red-knit beret, day-to-day rage at <waves hand towards world>, and more tuna salad.
Reposted by Aileen McGraw
If you're thinking more about what the criminalization of abortion and pregnancy is going to look like moving forward, we invite you to check out this resource and start making the connections between the criminalization of reproductive, sexual and gender-based care and policing and criminalization.
January 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you're thinking more about what the criminalization of abortion and pregnancy is going to look like moving forward, we invite you to check out this resource and start making the connections between the criminalization of reproductive, sexual and gender-based care and policing and criminalization.
as @vessel-markings.bsky.social and I wade through caretaking labyrinths, it's clear that surviving as a low-income elder sometimes feels impossible. we're also getting to know the heartbreaking taboo and need for "dying a 'good' death" — and just how hard our current systems make that.
CN: suicidal ideations, mentions of medical abuse and neglect
All new by @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social
Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/01/01/d...
All new by @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social
Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/01/01/d...
January 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
as @vessel-markings.bsky.social and I wade through caretaking labyrinths, it's clear that surviving as a low-income elder sometimes feels impossible. we're also getting to know the heartbreaking taboo and need for "dying a 'good' death" — and just how hard our current systems make that.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? (honztly have never felt more secure)
January 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? (honztly have never felt more secure)
Well hello! An intro for this corner of the internet. I'm a:
✨ writer (marketer by day, storyteller by always)
✨ caretaker enraged by the state's nearly absent elder and mental-health support
✨ chronically-ill baddie
✨ chaos goblin
Community x stories = sacred vessels for collective liberation.
✨ writer (marketer by day, storyteller by always)
✨ caretaker enraged by the state's nearly absent elder and mental-health support
✨ chronically-ill baddie
✨ chaos goblin
Community x stories = sacred vessels for collective liberation.
January 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Well hello! An intro for this corner of the internet. I'm a:
✨ writer (marketer by day, storyteller by always)
✨ caretaker enraged by the state's nearly absent elder and mental-health support
✨ chronically-ill baddie
✨ chaos goblin
Community x stories = sacred vessels for collective liberation.
✨ writer (marketer by day, storyteller by always)
✨ caretaker enraged by the state's nearly absent elder and mental-health support
✨ chronically-ill baddie
✨ chaos goblin
Community x stories = sacred vessels for collective liberation.