Steph Cottrell
@lifewithpants.bsky.social
Most of my awesome is in inappropriate things. French professor, yoga teacher, travel advisor, wife of ABQ film, & shit talking mom to Pants.
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Steph Cottrell
@lifewithpants.bsky.social
· Mar 25
literally every day is going to provide more evidence that the "let's provide some votes for the least bad trump nominees out of respect for the presidency" was a boneheaded strategy. any idiot could have told senate democrats that any vote for any of these people was going to make them look bad.
This is what I've been saying the whole time, @senatorheinrich.bsky.social & @lujan.senate.gov
Had the dinner with the extended family & all was good & my youngest (15) nephew said to me “I heard you say that there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” and yes I did & yelled a lot and maybe I told him to burn the rich but also eat and blast into space but mostly burn to a crisp. Maybe. 🤷🏻♀️
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Had the dinner with the extended family & all was good & my youngest (15) nephew said to me “I heard you say that there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” and yes I did & yelled a lot and maybe I told him to burn the rich but also eat and blast into space but mostly burn to a crisp. Maybe. 🤷🏻♀️
We’re driving to family on Tuesday night for the food holiday. Can’t forget to pack the posole, pintos, red chile, green chile, my knives, cutting board, fancy serving bowls, and two slow cookers. Hope there’s room for the pet rat, clothes, & two paddle boards. 👀
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We’re driving to family on Tuesday night for the food holiday. Can’t forget to pack the posole, pintos, red chile, green chile, my knives, cutting board, fancy serving bowls, and two slow cookers. Hope there’s room for the pet rat, clothes, & two paddle boards. 👀
And if you cheer for Max, you’re everything that’s wrong in this world.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
And if you cheer for Max, you’re everything that’s wrong in this world.
I would be an amazing F1 commentator if I could just comment on the F1 TV commentary and it would mostly be me screaming “ANYONE BUT MAX!” but also fuck George and Lando and Lance!
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I would be an amazing F1 commentator if I could just comment on the F1 TV commentary and it would mostly be me screaming “ANYONE BUT MAX!” but also fuck George and Lando and Lance!
All you need to know about me is that 99.9% of the time I can’t even think about going to sleep until everyone else in my house has stopped moving for the night. It’s great. I’m fine.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
All you need to know about me is that 99.9% of the time I can’t even think about going to sleep until everyone else in my house has stopped moving for the night. It’s great. I’m fine.
WE GET TO GO SEE CLUE ON THE BIG SCREEN TONIGHT!!!
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
WE GET TO GO SEE CLUE ON THE BIG SCREEN TONIGHT!!!
Pants & I made a Dutch Baby for the first time this morning, and this is a dangerous new discovery.
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Pants & I made a Dutch Baby for the first time this morning, and this is a dangerous new discovery.
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UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 11 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Pants had the day off today, and we spent a few hours in delightful parallel play each going through our skin & makeup stashes in our respective bathrooms. So silly that we both had such a great time.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Pants had the day off today, and we spent a few hours in delightful parallel play each going through our skin & makeup stashes in our respective bathrooms. So silly that we both had such a great time.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
@heinrich.senate.gov & @lujan.senate.gov time to show us who the fuck you really are.
Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
@heinrich.senate.gov & @lujan.senate.gov time to show us who the fuck you really are.
To be clear: it was…fine. It was better than the Jurassic World slop we watched last night, and it’s a perfectly fine film for avoiding the downward spiral of whatever the fuck is happening right now, and also does anyone have Galactus on speed dial? Put us out of our misery.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
To be clear: it was…fine. It was better than the Jurassic World slop we watched last night, and it’s a perfectly fine film for avoiding the downward spiral of whatever the fuck is happening right now, and also does anyone have Galactus on speed dial? Put us out of our misery.
Well I did not want to watch the new Fantastic Four movie tonight, but I sure am glad that I did & maybe I’ll watch it again just to dissociate a little bit longer.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Well I did not want to watch the new Fantastic Four movie tonight, but I sure am glad that I did & maybe I’ll watch it again just to dissociate a little bit longer.
If you paid money to watch the new Jurassic World clusterfuck, I question só many things about you. The H & I are MST3King the shit out of it at home and this is the only way to watch this slop.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If you paid money to watch the new Jurassic World clusterfuck, I question só many things about you. The H & I are MST3King the shit out of it at home and this is the only way to watch this slop.
Everything is fucking terrible, but last night Penny very purposefully removed that sock from the H’s work boot so she could get in there.
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Everything is fucking terrible, but last night Penny very purposefully removed that sock from the H’s work boot so she could get in there.
Subbing film today and the middle schoolers finished what they were watching yesterday, so we needed to pick out a new one. They wanted to watch Hocus Pocus and I just vetoed the fuck out of it because omfg it is one of the dumbest fucking movies I have ever seen. We're watching Coco.
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Subbing film today and the middle schoolers finished what they were watching yesterday, so we needed to pick out a new one. They wanted to watch Hocus Pocus and I just vetoed the fuck out of it because omfg it is one of the dumbest fucking movies I have ever seen. We're watching Coco.
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i just need people to know it's not hypocrisy when Devout Christian Mike Johnson cuts off SNAP benefits. it's not a lack of "christian charity" to make kids starve; it's because the christian right wants to control who gets food, through churches, so they can deny queers and sluts at will
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
i just need people to know it's not hypocrisy when Devout Christian Mike Johnson cuts off SNAP benefits. it's not a lack of "christian charity" to make kids starve; it's because the christian right wants to control who gets food, through churches, so they can deny queers and sluts at will
Y’all. It’s always a good day to start a Psych rewatch.
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Y’all. It’s always a good day to start a Psych rewatch.
You know you’re doing great when you look into a mirror and your first instinct is to yell “IT’S GREAT. I’M FINE.” at your reflection.
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You know you’re doing great when you look into a mirror and your first instinct is to yell “IT’S GREAT. I’M FINE.” at your reflection.
All y’all with middle schoolers right now? I wish I could have you all over for drinks. I subbed 2 days of 6th & 8th graders, and let me tell you it DOES get better às they slide into high school.
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
All y’all with middle schoolers right now? I wish I could have you all over for drinks. I subbed 2 days of 6th & 8th graders, and let me tell you it DOES get better às they slide into high school.
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It wouldn't be so annoying that only the rich kids get to make movies and music if it wasn't so boring. Rich kids simply have nothing to say. Have you sat through the comedy? Just saying nothing! The observation is even so bland. No POV, just beautiful cinematography.
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It wouldn't be so annoying that only the rich kids get to make movies and music if it wasn't so boring. Rich kids simply have nothing to say. Have you sat through the comedy? Just saying nothing! The observation is even so bland. No POV, just beautiful cinematography.
I hate the “No Kings” name because it just keeps everyone thinking of him às a king and that’s what he wants. It needs to be more like “no stupid fucking piles of shit”.
October 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I hate the “No Kings” name because it just keeps everyone thinking of him às a king and that’s what he wants. It needs to be more like “no stupid fucking piles of shit”.
I subbed for one of the music teachers today, and there was an 11th grader singing “Irreplaceable” who sounded better than Beyonce. Just knocked my fucking socks off.
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I subbed for one of the music teachers today, and there was an 11th grader singing “Irreplaceable” who sounded better than Beyonce. Just knocked my fucking socks off.