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Melissa
@honeybeebrewer.bsky.social
Practicing Intersectional Feminism and Anti-racism
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Human rights are under attack from a fascist regime, white people are having a national picnic, and Bernie Sanders is at Coachella.

At this point, I'm gonna go ahead and say the Savannah Bananas are gonna win the world series because what even is this timeline?
April 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉
March 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Too many folks want to bypass accountability to get to community, but there is no community without accountability. Community isn’t just kumbayah & holding hands.
Community is built off trust. Trust is build off accountability. It’s the hard but necessary work that births community.
February 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. If you don’t know what to say, go to 5calls.org, which literally makes calling your reps the easiest thing in the world. Keep calling. Become a nuisance. Do other shit, too… but at the very least, call them.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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There is a template in this link to email the Treasury Department and file a civil liberties complaint under the Privacy Act of 1974 and demand that Musk be hit with criminal penalties. Please share, please email!
Time for Citizens to Hit Elon with a Privacy Act Violation
There is a recourse for US citizens thanks to an old law created because of the Watergate Scandal.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
New boundary: I will not converse with anyone who doesn't wash their ass and still uses it as a hat.
February 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Just because the government won't recognize BlackHistoryMonth doesn't mean it stops existing.

Here's 7 ways YT people can celebrate:

1. Research Black leaders and how they organized
2. Take classes with Black educators
3. Read a Black history book by a Black author
February 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Add your state and federal representatives to your contact list; put them on speed dial. Call them as often as possible to let them know what you need and how best to represent you.

Find your local reps and talk to them, too.

Make sure your voice is heard through all levels of government.
January 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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If Trump doesn't reverse course, millions could lose healthcare, food assistance, childcare, and even emergency services.

We've heard reports of Medicaid portals being shut down and childcare funds being frozen. Trump is steering the US into a disaster of his own making.
January 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you're wondering how we got here, look up the Overton Window.

There's more to it, but that's a great place to start.

It's also how they're going to shift everything farther right.
January 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hi. My name is Melissa. I am a cis gender white woman. I am a DEI hire.
January 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
ICE raids now include places where "children gather, disaster or emergency relief sites, and social services establishments."

Churches and schools are no longer protected spaces.

Know your rights and stay safe.
January 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
White people, things to remember today:

If you're gonna quote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., do so with intention and proper context.

Don't quote him to Black people. Just admit that you're wrong and keep it moving.

Follow @thereclaimed, she's amazing.

youtube.com/shorts/426BR...
MLK Said More Than That!
YouTube video by The Reclaimed With Whitney Alese
youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Trump Administration will start the initial ICE raids for mass deportation on Tuesday in Chicago.

La nueva administración de Trump iniciará incursiones para deportaciones de grupos largos este Martes en Chicago.

Conozca sus derechos.

www.informedimmigrant.com/resources/kn...
January 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And just like that...10:34pm EST.

The silence is so loud.
January 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I made a patreon page to help create a community for those of us working to be actively anti-racist. It is free aside from any collaborations done with Black creators and other creators of the global majority, who will receive whatever is earned from those posts. I'm nervous and excited.
January 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"Black women are tired. And while I don’t presume to speak for all of them, my circle of friends, both on social media and in person, is looking at this invitation to come to Washington, D.C., to march against something you could have prevented is a non-starter."

hallmonitor.org/why-i-wont-b...
January 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In about 15 minutes, I'll be shutting down my work computer and starting Wicked. Then I'm gonna make some dinner and watch Wicked. After that, I'll make some cocoa, and at 9:26:50, I'll start Wicked so I can ring in the new year with Cynthia Erivo singing Defying Gravity at midnight.
December 31, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
December 30, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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While MAGA is imploding here’s what Donald Trump is doing! 🤣
December 27, 2024 at 8:55 PM
I posted this on threads. It is meant to be context for why many in the U.S. are not familiar with Robbie Williams and may be confused when it comes to his biopic.

Part 1:

Robbie Williams is an English pop singer known in the U.S. for two songs from the late 90s, Angels and Millennium.
December 28, 2024 at 12:54 AM
If you've been trying to get a healthcare claim approved and it keeps being denied, try again. Our collective unserious eat the rich, concept of thoughts and deductibles as public accountability is working.
December 9, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Listen, social media, we both know I'm gonna use the fancy llama or zebra doing the running man to say happy birthday, so please stop putting Trump gifs in my search results. I'm not that white.
December 7, 2024 at 6:10 PM