cait bridges
@cait-and-switch.bsky.social
former comics retailer, now freelance illustrator. they/them
Just remembered I haven’t posted here in a while. Life update: I’m still in New York. Turns out my health is in more concerning shape than I even thought. But I have a healthcare team and we’re making progress.
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Just remembered I haven’t posted here in a while. Life update: I’m still in New York. Turns out my health is in more concerning shape than I even thought. But I have a healthcare team and we’re making progress.
I’m really mad that I have to learn the metric system if I want to make friends up here
March 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I’m really mad that I have to learn the metric system if I want to make friends up here
Thank god for the discord server I made for my friends because I am getting so fucking sick of "Meta"
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Thank god for the discord server I made for my friends because I am getting so fucking sick of "Meta"
Have made the very hard, but necessary decision to up sticks to upstate New York for cheaper healthcare. It's going to be a very lonely time as my husband and our cats must remain here. But I'll be closer to my Mom as I try to speedrun blue state services.
January 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Have made the very hard, but necessary decision to up sticks to upstate New York for cheaper healthcare. It's going to be a very lonely time as my husband and our cats must remain here. But I'll be closer to my Mom as I try to speedrun blue state services.
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never waste your time on people that just don't like you
December 17, 2024 at 10:17 PM
never waste your time on people that just don't like you
Can’t stand the people hating on jarlic. Be serious would you rather have some flavor or no flavor
November 28, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Can’t stand the people hating on jarlic. Be serious would you rather have some flavor or no flavor
Last night I made a facebook post recollecting a moment in my 20s that I thought was really funny and still joke about today. I woke up to a bunch of care reacts instead of laughs and that's uhhhh not a good feeling
November 28, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Last night I made a facebook post recollecting a moment in my 20s that I thought was really funny and still joke about today. I woke up to a bunch of care reacts instead of laughs and that's uhhhh not a good feeling
There's these moments at night when my insomnia gets me, I'm just scrolling endlessly and feeling entirely disconnected and angry at every post, and then I have to remind myself that I am lonely and need to talk. But to said insomnia, nobody around to yap at.
November 25, 2024 at 8:46 AM
There's these moments at night when my insomnia gets me, I'm just scrolling endlessly and feeling entirely disconnected and angry at every post, and then I have to remind myself that I am lonely and need to talk. But to said insomnia, nobody around to yap at.
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DOUBLE INDEMNITY 80
"I'm rotten to the heart."
"Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money, and a woman, and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman. Pretty, isn't it?"
#TCMParty #Noirvember
"I'm rotten to the heart."
"Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money, and a woman, and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman. Pretty, isn't it?"
#TCMParty #Noirvember
November 23, 2024 at 1:14 AM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY 80
"I'm rotten to the heart."
"Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money, and a woman, and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman. Pretty, isn't it?"
#TCMParty #Noirvember
"I'm rotten to the heart."
"Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money, and a woman, and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman. Pretty, isn't it?"
#TCMParty #Noirvember
I don't think I ever hated drawing hands when I was learning. I love drawing hands. They are so expressive. But if you hate drawing hands, don't draw them.
November 22, 2024 at 8:34 AM
I don't think I ever hated drawing hands when I was learning. I love drawing hands. They are so expressive. But if you hate drawing hands, don't draw them.
i'm a certified bugbear myself
I think we've reached a point of oversaturation w/r/t people self-identifying as 'goblins' and 'gremlins' and it is time to popularize other fantasy genres as well. I will not rest until people describe themselves as basilisks, go 'gargoyle mode,' &c
November 22, 2024 at 7:39 AM
i'm a certified bugbear myself
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With trans panic everywhere these days, resurfacing my tribute to my Aunt Rachel Pollack, who I only learned later in life was trans and a hero to many other people theracket.news/p/my-aunt-ra...
My Aunt Rachel
1945–2023
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November 22, 2024 at 12:26 AM
With trans panic everywhere these days, resurfacing my tribute to my Aunt Rachel Pollack, who I only learned later in life was trans and a hero to many other people theracket.news/p/my-aunt-ra...
Trying not to get sucked into some nasty petty drama, but I’m absolutely spilling all the tea to my lil birb on the Finch app. Look at this guy, you KNOW he loves to kiki
November 22, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Trying not to get sucked into some nasty petty drama, but I’m absolutely spilling all the tea to my lil birb on the Finch app. Look at this guy, you KNOW he loves to kiki
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Trying to read more books in light of the reality we are living in. Just finished Tomorrow and Tomorrow andTomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Great book.
November 20, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Trying to read more books in light of the reality we are living in. Just finished Tomorrow and Tomorrow andTomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Great book.
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I keep thinking about those congresspeople kneeling in the rotunda wearing kente cloth scarves, very performative. There has been no loud, visible, unified support for Sarah McBride from the democrats. It’s a real disgrace. That is your colleague! They are bullying her in your faces. And silence!
November 21, 2024 at 4:00 AM
I keep thinking about those congresspeople kneeling in the rotunda wearing kente cloth scarves, very performative. There has been no loud, visible, unified support for Sarah McBride from the democrats. It’s a real disgrace. That is your colleague! They are bullying her in your faces. And silence!
I was happy to move on from a toxic 18 yr friendship but it’s kinda hard when the first thing he does when he joins this app is mischaracterize me as some kind of hysterical lib.
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
I was happy to move on from a toxic 18 yr friendship but it’s kinda hard when the first thing he does when he joins this app is mischaracterize me as some kind of hysterical lib.
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glad LeVar Burton is adhering to the bluesky rules (getting really into DS9)
Wow! Just watched S6 E13 of Deep Space Nine, Far Beyond the Stars. It’s a tour de force from all involved. Simply one of finest episodes of storytelling in the entire Trek canon.
#bydhttmwfi
#bydhttmwfi
November 20, 2024 at 3:37 PM
glad LeVar Burton is adhering to the bluesky rules (getting really into DS9)
not surprised but WOW
Shocking twist: Bari Weiss's fake university is going all-in on far-right talking points
uatx.substack.com/p/on-reality...
uatx.substack.com/p/on-reality...
November 21, 2024 at 10:20 PM
not surprised but WOW
Obedience in advance is going to kill thousands.
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Obedience in advance is going to kill thousands.
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Fuck GOP fascists for attacking a trans person -calling her uncivil if she resisted or use her capitulation to justify more discrimination.
Fuck Dem for not unequivocally standing by their colleague and trans people.
An empathetic “I’m disappointed” in McBride for pre-appeasing the rule.
Fuck Dem for not unequivocally standing by their colleague and trans people.
An empathetic “I’m disappointed” in McBride for pre-appeasing the rule.
November 21, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Fuck GOP fascists for attacking a trans person -calling her uncivil if she resisted or use her capitulation to justify more discrimination.
Fuck Dem for not unequivocally standing by their colleague and trans people.
An empathetic “I’m disappointed” in McBride for pre-appeasing the rule.
Fuck Dem for not unequivocally standing by their colleague and trans people.
An empathetic “I’m disappointed” in McBride for pre-appeasing the rule.
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Trans day of remembrance. Don't just focus on those trans people who have been murdered by strangers in public. Also remember the trans people who were denied healthcare, allowed to die in prison, encouraged to kill themselves by their loved ones, buried under the wrong name by their families.
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Trans day of remembrance. Don't just focus on those trans people who have been murdered by strangers in public. Also remember the trans people who were denied healthcare, allowed to die in prison, encouraged to kill themselves by their loved ones, buried under the wrong name by their families.
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This piece is absolute dreck -- the prose so purple it's suffering from near-fatal strangulation -- AND it manages to elide whether McCarthy was having sex with a 16-year-old runaway from foster care. Demerits all around and also jesus christ www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.”
When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...
www.vanityfair.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:08 PM
This piece is absolute dreck -- the prose so purple it's suffering from near-fatal strangulation -- AND it manages to elide whether McCarthy was having sex with a 16-year-old runaway from foster care. Demerits all around and also jesus christ www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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“Choosing to become a parent—which I know is not always a choice—is choosing to crack open the bones of your life and let hope nest deep in the marrow of you.”
I am so honored to have been invited to contribute this essay to @assigned.bsky.social. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I Will Survive — Assigned
In the face of this high stakes election, Jay Edadin shares why he chooses to survive.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 20, 2024 at 6:02 PM
“Choosing to become a parent—which I know is not always a choice—is choosing to crack open the bones of your life and let hope nest deep in the marrow of you.”