Erin Arata
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Erin Arata
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Queer writer. Higher ed. Unrelentlessly upset.

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catsofyore.bsky.social
This is my personal Sistine Chapel. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Black-and-white photo of a light skined man laughing while lying on a carpeted floor. He is reaching out one arm to a short haired black cat, which has clamped its paws and mouth down over his hand in an attack.
July 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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lemieuxlgm.bsky.social
Particularly degenerate homophobia at the highest court in the land this week
jaywillis.net Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · Apr 25
I wanted to try and figure out how Neil Gorsuch concluded that 'Pride Puppy', an ABCs book about a lost dog at a pride parade that he insists he read, exposes kids to "bondage" and "sex workers." The answers are somehow even dumber than you can imagine. A brief thread:
I Think Neil Gorsuch Is Lying About a “Religious Freedom” Case Again
Why did Gorsuch claim that ‘Pride Puppy’, an alphabet book about a lost dog, introduces kids to bondage and sex workers? Let’s find out!
ballsandstrikes.org
April 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 19,1947
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER ( NANCY IS VERY WORRIED, SHE IMAGINES HERSELF IN JAIL) SIGN ON WALL- JAIL ( NANCY ALSO IMAGINED THAT HER PICTURE WAS RIGHT BESIDE AL CAPONE AND DILLINGER) PHOTOS- AL CAPONE DILLINGER NANCY WHAT’S WRONG NANCY? ( NANCY IMAGINES SHE IS IN A PRISON UNIFORM) THIS BOOK IS SEVEN DAYS OVERDUE AT THE LIBRARY
April 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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joshscherr.bsky.social
Seeing a lot of genAI art used in the service of fascism lately
scene from Porco Rosso; a man in a blue uniform sits next to an anthropomorphic pig in a trenchcoat, sunglasses, and hat; the pig is saying "I'd rather be a pig than a fascist."
March 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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yoda-nobunaga.bsky.social
We simply do not have to sacrifice the rights of trans people to save rights elsewhere and anybody that tells you otherwise is a fascist
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM