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Kate Fried
@katefried.bsky.social
Long-time D.C. resident. New England native. Proud Oberlin College alum. I write, design, and lament the downfall of democracy. PR manager for the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Debates about cranberry sauce: Yawn. Both kinds are great! I'm mostly just happy when another person is willing to cook a billion courses and I get to indulge in stuffing and weird casseroles with condensed mushroom soup. This year, we're going to the zoo + eating French food. No cooking/cleaning!
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Not to mention all those "sleepy Joe" taunts. Whatever he's accusing others of is typically what he's doing himself.
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Donating! As a PR person who sent you many releases on climate justice issues, I hope you will also pay the mitzvah forward when you're employed again and PR folks are losing their jobs, too! We're all in this together.
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Uh, they were definitely NOT being handed out willy-nilly. I actually gave up on SNAP b/c the process had so many hurdles to clear, and I wanted to direct my attention to piecing together a freelance salary and applying for full-time work. Way easier to get unemployment bennies than SNAP.
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Noooo! I am SO sorry to hear about this. I did PR for enviro advocacy groups for ages, and often raved about how you were covering climate issues from a youth perspective. I'm gutted for you and your staff.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Woof. Most/many liberal arts colleges teach African American Studies...in addition to Women's Studies, Asian American Studies, Marixism, etc. It's not to steep students in "dogma," it's to introduce them to a range of points of view so they can form their own.
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
My envy of people with fine, straight hair started with these babies. I always wanted these barrettes, but I had too much hair to be contained by them.
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Weird how he's not connecting climate change to poverty tho. Even within the framework of his false argument, his claim falls apart.
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I used to have a coworker who would randomly stick those on objects around the office. You'd walk into the kitchen and see a set of googly eyes staring you down from the coffee machine.
October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I can also blow smoke rings and light your cigarette off of mine. I am not glamorizing smoking as much as describing how introverts got by in 90's social settings.
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Gen-X men? I've known about Tron since the mid-80s when they had us watch it as a rainy day activity at UMass tennis camp, and it always seemed like a film geared towards my male peers. I'd imagine it's Gen X men who keep on rebooting it...
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
They look soooo good! I just got back from a conference and considered fancy nails, but in D.C., they cost nearly as much as a solid haircut (which I needed more). I wish I could afford all of my beauty whims.
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yup, lots of activity up here in Petworth too.
October 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM