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Karrie
@karriehiggins.bsky.social
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Writer, Artist, Ink-Maker, Psychogeographer. Two Best American Essays notables; Schiff Award; NEA/Iowa Arts Council grantee. http://www.karriehiggins.com
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A sweet friend is working on a Giving Tuesday graphic, and now I also have these! #EDS #LynchSyndrome

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Baby needs a new rollator and healthcare How you can help! Make a donation https://helphopelive.org/campaign/15968/ HELP SUPPORT AN LGBTQ DISABLED PERSON WITH VERIFIED MEDICAL COSTS Call for Donations Community means taking care of each other Donate here v https://helphopelive.org/campaign/15968/ WHERE $ GOES • Keeping an LGBTQ disabled person insured in spite of fascist eugenics. • Ehlers Danlos Syndrome = a mean $21,000 EXTRA, uncovered healthcare costs PER YEAR. Frontiers in Public Health, 2024, especially with genetically caused aortic aneurysms + congenital heart defects & Chiari-Syringomyelia, all of which Karrie has. • Annual cancer screenings for Lynch Syndrome. • Medications, DME, testing such as an overdue EEG, MH care, PT, home mods, replacement hearing aids, glasses. braces, access to heated pool, HRT for surgical menopause, massage for mastectomy scar tissue (which is very painful at times). • Carbon fiber rollator within weight limits for Karrie's cardiac issues. • Mental healthcare for CSA survivor & advocate who is currently a witness/victim in a serial predator case against a hypnotist who posed as a licensed PHD psychologist. Karrie has submitted nearly 100 pieces of evidence, filed a report, and connected with other victims. • DONATIONS TO HELP HOPE LIVE ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND KARRIE CANNOT ACCESS THE FUNDS WITHOUT SUBMITTING A RECEIPT FOR MEDICAL COSTS & other relevant documentation. • KARRIE IS 60% TO GOAL after six years--let's get it to the finish line!
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I always described this one as my "coming out" essay because it exposed my #neurodivergence in a vulnerable way I had never done before, BUT I had no idea it exposed the inner world of my #DissociativeIdentityDisorder until a decade later, in 2024 ...

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November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I owe ~$1500 (see image) to the hospital for my 10/20/2025 procedures. Donations to Help Hope Live=TAX DEDUCTIBLE. I can't access funds w/out medical receipts!

W/ACA premiums skyrocketing, I will be uninsured by 01/01 & need to raise $500 for that ...

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Claims for Deductible PPO ( In-network Coverage type: Medical Oct 20, 2025 Patient: Karrie Oct 20, 2025 Patient: Karrie Time period: 01/01/2025 - 12/31/2025 Your share: $958.52 Your share: $456.22
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I swear I just chom chommed the couch lol, but she rolled all over it so now it's FURRY... Meet Victoria Lord Buchanan aka Niki Smith! This is the little black kitty we suspected was abandoned. We were right! Not a feral! No chip, free cat. We love her.
little black void kitty with yellow eyes on the back porch before we brought her inside. she has a white spot on her chest little black void kitty lying on a blue velvet couch, exposing her belly, which has a crescent moon of white on it
November 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Annnd a generous donor made this happen!!! I just sent $100 to my friend who is in need of food aid because of the SNAP shutdown. Thank you so much!!!! So happy I could match that donation. A thank-you is incoming as well!
$100 payment sent on Paypal. I redacted the name for the privacy of the recipient!
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Hunger is a public health issue.
HACAP Hunger Vital Sign™ Survey This short survey asks questions to help us understand if you're having trouble getting enough food. Not having enough food can affect your health and how well your cancer treatment works. Your answers will help us give you better support and care. Everything you share is private and only used to help you. Date: I/We worried whether my/our food would run out before I/we got money to buy more. Often true Sometimes true Never true The food that I/we bought just didn't last, and I/we didn't have money to get more. • Often true 口 Sometimes true • Never true Patient may complete the survey once a week STAFF complete OTHER SIDE
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Help a deported family survive! My friend is in touch with this family and has been raising funds for them. Thx for shares!
Help a Deported Family Survive! Indira is a disabled, Indigenous abuse survivor. Her and her three children were deported to the streets of Venezuela and are now struggling to consistently get food and shelter. The children have begun school! They need food every day and currently can't get it. That's where we come in! V @popwink (note star emoji) P @edgar060484
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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sorry i had to
The Grim Reaper claw machine meme with text: Diane Keaton?! Is Woody Allen even in this thing?
October 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Here's mine. Pretty, too! To me, it is quite sweet with the 4 dates. Might be too much for me with 10 but YMMV. Didn't do it on purpose ... thought it had said 4 lol.

I had a little extra batter and also made a mini loaf.
banana bread loaf with sliced bananas baked into the top. text overlay reads "fresh baked buckwheat GF banana bread ... so good"
September 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Years ago when I lived in SLC, I found a newspaper clip about my mother winning an archery tournament when she was 18. I asked her about it, and she kinda acted like it was NBD, maybe a little surprised I had found it. 1/
Black and white photo of three young white women in early 1960s fashion with their archery bows and arrows. My mother is on the far right with short curly hair.
August 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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My Grandma Ashline -- fiery Irish side of the family -- knew what was what lol. Her t-shirt says: "How do I spell UNEMPLOYMENT? R-E-A-G-A-N." She's holding my niece here & we both LOVE this one cause we both hate Reagan with the fire of a thousand suns.
A red-headed old lady holding a baby girl in a red velvet dress. The old lady's t-shirt says, "How do I spell UNEMPLOYMENT? R-E-A-G-A-N."
August 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Interpretations by Mourid Barghouti
A poet sits in a coffee shop, writing. The old lady thinks he is writing a letter to his mother, the young woman thinks he is writing a letter to his girlfriend, the child thinks he is drawing. the businessman thinks he is considering a deal, the tourist thinks he is writing a postcard. the employee thinks he is calculating his debts. The secret policeman walks, slowly, towards him. شاعرٌ يكْثبُ في المقْهى. العجوز، ظلئه يكثبُ رسالة لوالدتِه، المُراهِقة، ظنتهُ يكتب لحبيبته، الطفل، ظنهُ يرسم، التاجر، ظنَه يتدَبْرُ صفقة، السانح، ظلهُ يكثبُ بطاقة بريديَّة، الموظف، ظله يُخصي ديونه رَجُلَ البوليس السريّ، مشى نحوَهُ ببْطء!
August 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Where are my Long COVID friends at?
August 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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In my mom's photos (scanning 100s for a slide show at her memorial), I found one with a view out grandma's window in Geneva Tower (low-income apartments). I am writing about this find as a follow-up: Breaking Generational Curses when the Curse is a Crypt

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Two white men having an intense conversation while standing near a window showing a view of downtown Cedar Rapids. The same year Grandpa died, when I had just turned six and Grandma was losing her memory, we started playing a little game. I would ask where Grandpa was, and she would point the ash end of her menthol cigarette toward the window. "He's out there-—on the roof of Armstrong's Department Store, where he worked for thirty-five years. Don't you remember?" She would speak in a flat, hypnotized voice, as if my question were a cue that sent her into a dream. I would walk to the window and lean over the heating vent. The Armstrong's Department Store roof was visible from there, and I looked for glints of sunlight reflecting off the glass box Grandpa's body was resting inside. He was wearing a tuxedo with a rose pinned to the collar and white gloves on his hands. He was put there because of his long years of excellent service to the company, perfectly preserved. When I was fifteen, I asked my mother about the roof, and she said there was no such case there, not even with an empty suit inside it, much less a body. Grandpa was buried at Cedar Memorial, just like all the other relatives. She took me to see it. It was winter, and a few inches of snow had just fallen. His marker was one of those small, flat ones that press into the ground—not a stone, just a piece of metal with his name engraved, and the only way to locate it was to find the large stone for a different family, nearby. When we found it, we brushed away the snow and left a flower on top of the marker. I wished I had never asked. The glass case on top of Armstrong's was better. But the thing was, I had seen the body on the roof. I had seen the glints of sunlight on the glass case, the hands folded across the abdomen, the crisp white shirt and black tuxedo. And Grandma had seemed so sure. Even now, when I think about Grandpa, I think about that casket. But I still believe it. I still imagine him inside the glass, pink-cheeked and peaceful under the sun.
August 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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That’s my county … I can be denied shelter and aid under this law and I am disabled so I already cannot access many shelters! Please share. You saw what happened in Texas … now imagine reducers saying “nah, not you. Go die,”
Flash flood warning
July 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Little Moop & Dorian Lord with a bad case of ennui.
A short hair tabby lying upside down with her head snuggled close to a fluffy part-Maine Coon kitty. Both cats have expressions of boredom and ennui.
July 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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This time it's not my creation! Got them from another creator a few years ago .... I thought this was one I did a trade for, but now that I think about ... it might have been a steep discount ... can't remember now! I just know I got them somehow way cheaper than they ought to have been.
Karrie in baggy overalls covered in patches of owls, fairies, frogs, mushrooms, etc. Karrie is seated on the porch cross legged with their cane leaned against the house that desperately needs a power wash.
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Karrie wearing a large cicada ring with spikes, pink cateye glasses and a cropped tee that says Finally some peace and quiet! with an embroidered pink coffin on it. Karrie also wears a chain with several gothic crosses.
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Karrie wearing cuffed jeans, a jacket with a vest, and a tie.
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Yes I sewed another fucking bird on it lmao ... I have another with bunnies and fairies. The bird makes me laugh cause I lived in Portland for so long.
Karrie wearing funky green cateye glasses, pigtails, and a striped dress with a burd sewon on it.
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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One of my faves to wear cause I like the sounds of the skirt swooshing and the feeling of it scrunching when I sit down!
Karrie wearing a taffeta hot pink skirt, black suit jacket, and tie with a cropped tee that says Mrs. Darcy
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I know the tank doesn't match well, but it was like 6:00 AM and we had to head to the hospital. I had like 5 minutes to dress. I was waiting for a ride here. But I wore something similar to this frequently to therapy. Maybe different colors.
Karrie dressed in baggy jeans with a bird patch sewn on them, a green, over the shoulder cropped sweatshirt with a giant crescent moon necklace, and green bag. Also a ginormous iron cross on beads.
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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This thread shows how I dress and at the end I will tell you how the abusive ex-therapist described my clothing for 99% of my appointments. Most of my clothes are used or purchased on deep clearance or I made them or altered/upcycled them.
Karrie wearing a railroad striped skirtall and black & white striped arm socks and leg warmers with green tennies.
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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They sold our lives for autographed MAGA merch.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Grim Reaper claw machine meme. Jimmy Swaggart bawling as he delivers his "I have sinned!" speech.
July 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM