Clara Kelley
@clarak.bsky.social
Activist, singer, librarian, mom, all-around badass. Cis, bi, fat, hard of hearing, disabled. Feminist, socialist, liberationist.
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"We need whole texts—novels, plays, or poems—to care about literature. Teachers are doomed to fail to inspire most students if they must teach deracinated skills for how to decode isolated excerpts..."
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There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"We need whole texts—novels, plays, or poems—to care about literature. Teachers are doomed to fail to inspire most students if they must teach deracinated skills for how to decode isolated excerpts..."
slate.com/life/2025/10...
slate.com/life/2025/10...
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You know what ys the coolest thinge? Libraryes.
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
You know what ys the coolest thinge? Libraryes.
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Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
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NEW VID! Is it true that Whitewater, Wisconsin is- or was- crawling with witches who spent the 19th century performing sacrifices? And is there really a werewolf stalking the residents near Bray Road? Come learn with me about some spooky tales. Link below!
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Are Werewolves and Witches Really Terrorizing Rural Wisconsin?
YouTube video by Kaz Rowe
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October 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NEW VID! Is it true that Whitewater, Wisconsin is- or was- crawling with witches who spent the 19th century performing sacrifices? And is there really a werewolf stalking the residents near Bray Road? Come learn with me about some spooky tales. Link below!
youtu.be/_6sBpFp1xcI
youtu.be/_6sBpFp1xcI
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
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Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning
Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Being a late in life bi means figuring out a lot about yourself in retrospect.
Last night's revelation: my near obsessive interest in Hayley Mills as a young person may not have been entirely platonic.
Last night's revelation: my near obsessive interest in Hayley Mills as a young person may not have been entirely platonic.
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Being a late in life bi means figuring out a lot about yourself in retrospect.
Last night's revelation: my near obsessive interest in Hayley Mills as a young person may not have been entirely platonic.
Last night's revelation: my near obsessive interest in Hayley Mills as a young person may not have been entirely platonic.
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Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.
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Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
September 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
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Thys emayle koude have been a sonnet
September 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Thys emayle koude have been a sonnet
VERY interesting how the last two teachers from my old school who were fired, myself and one other, were both fired after parents complained about us AND we're both gay. What are the odds? 🤔
August 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
VERY interesting how the last two teachers from my old school who were fired, myself and one other, were both fired after parents complained about us AND we're both gay. What are the odds? 🤔
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Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
August 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
Wait….it’s STILL Thursday?? Ensign, scan for any temporal disturbances!!
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Fuck yes. I hope he's real damn sorry for all the hurt he caused. Motherfucker.
May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.
August 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fuck yes. I hope he's real damn sorry for all the hurt he caused. Motherfucker.
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Airlynes are lyke "Thanke yow for checkinge in. You are nowe eligible to paye $45 for our 'No weirde squirrel yn your seating area' Program. Yf you paye the moneye and signe up you are 100% guaranteed that ther wil not be a weirde squirrel runninge up, doun, and arounde your seate. What a bargain!"
August 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Airlynes are lyke "Thanke yow for checkinge in. You are nowe eligible to paye $45 for our 'No weirde squirrel yn your seating area' Program. Yf you paye the moneye and signe up you are 100% guaranteed that ther wil not be a weirde squirrel runninge up, doun, and arounde your seate. What a bargain!"
This motherfucker again.
Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault
These attitudes are shaping policies that affect millions of people
www.medpagetoday.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This motherfucker again.
Or bring a student to a queer prom. #howIgotfired
July 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Or bring a student to a queer prom. #howIgotfired
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Amazon Ring is introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices.
Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire
Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
www.eff.org
July 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Amazon Ring is introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices.
Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire
Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
June 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
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So tired of losing my rights so certain other people never have to be uncomfortable.
June 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So tired of losing my rights so certain other people never have to be uncomfortable.
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“They’ll get over it” has a real “let them eat cake” vibe.
Mitch McConnell has a net worth of up to $52 million, and has had high quality government-financed healthcare for decades.
Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”
Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”
June 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“They’ll get over it” has a real “let them eat cake” vibe.