Kate Polak
katepolak.bsky.social
Kate Polak
@katepolak.bsky.social
Writer, artist, teacher
Shoutout to my student who, during a discussion about the links between mental illness and plastic surgery, guessed that I had had a nose job! Nope, but that’s a high compliment in South Florida!
February 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Feeling slightly less depressed after being unwashed, without makeup, and highly medicated at the car wash and still garnering some (polite and in no way aggressive) compliments. Mostly about the car, but anything said to The Heaux Whip I assume includes me.
February 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My dad (Polish, part Jewish though the family history is quite confused because of a pogrom) has a dark sense of humor, and this afternoon he chuckled and referred to America as “the great melting pot… well, the great gas oven”
February 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The best thing about being on a medication with the unfortunate side effect of radically suppressing my appetite is that I’m not getting hit nearly as hard with rising grocery prices
January 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Reposted by Kate Polak
Former DC Metro Police officer Michael Fanone has a message to the Oath Keepers founder who was just pardoned. We share his sentiment.
January 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So, I would *not* shield my students from a school shooter because I am not sacrificing myself on the altar of America’s gun obsession, but I absolutely would shield them from ICE agents and encourage them to get video of those little jackboots beating a nicely attired middle-aged white woman
January 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM