Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
@lisatothkelly.bsky.social
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
—Nikki Giovanni
—Nikki Giovanni
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
If democracy survives, this will be the reason...though collectivism is important, the essential ingredient is individual courage and action against tyranny and authoritarianism.
19thnews.org/2025/10/kend...
19thnews.org/2025/10/kend...
The lone woman who staged a ‘No Kings’ protest in small-town West Virginia
Kendra Sullivan's one-woman stand received an outpouring of support from people in other conservative areas who "feel like a tiny blue speck in a red state."
19thnews.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If democracy survives, this will be the reason...though collectivism is important, the essential ingredient is individual courage and action against tyranny and authoritarianism.
19thnews.org/2025/10/kend...
19thnews.org/2025/10/kend...
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
We stand on stolen land.
I honor the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho nations as the original peoples here.
I honor the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho nations as the original peoples here.
October 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We stand on stolen land.
I honor the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho nations as the original peoples here.
I honor the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho nations as the original peoples here.
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
First know your rights, then share your rights.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights
www.aclu.org
June 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
First know your rights, then share your rights.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
Somewhere,
over the rainbow is
here
over the rainbow is
here
May 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Somewhere,
over the rainbow is
here
over the rainbow is
here
Quote for all social justice warriors out there today— “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. “ Audre Lorde
May 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Quote for all social justice warriors out there today— “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. “ Audre Lorde
May 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
NEW from @theappeal.org: Louisiana sent kids to an adult jail that violated scores of regulations, reports say lailluminator.com/2025/04/30/j...
Louisiana sent kids to adult jail that violated scores of regulations, reports say • Louisiana Illuminator
The state moved young people to the Jackson Parish Jail who has been sent to a temporary center at Angola that a judge ordered closed.
lailluminator.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
NEW from @theappeal.org: Louisiana sent kids to an adult jail that violated scores of regulations, reports say lailluminator.com/2025/04/30/j...
Got busy with my GoFundMe and got behind. Back to #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
April 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Got busy with my GoFundMe and got behind. Back to #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
April 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
April 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
April 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
April 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
#MutualAid #writershelpingwriters
Harvey is my co-author on our memoir in 2 voices, Cruel & Unusual about our work in the 80s challenging Arkansas’ brutal prisons. He has been out of prison for 2 years now and finally has stable housing. But no furniture! Please help if you can.
gofund.me/116785c6
Harvey is my co-author on our memoir in 2 voices, Cruel & Unusual about our work in the 80s challenging Arkansas’ brutal prisons. He has been out of prison for 2 years now and finally has stable housing. But no furniture! Please help if you can.
gofund.me/116785c6
Donate to Help Harvey Furnish His New Home, organized by Lisa Kelly
Those of you who know me well know that I have been working on a memoir in two voices with… Lisa Kelly needs your support for Help Harvey Furnish His New Home
gofund.me
April 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#MutualAid #writershelpingwriters
Harvey is my co-author on our memoir in 2 voices, Cruel & Unusual about our work in the 80s challenging Arkansas’ brutal prisons. He has been out of prison for 2 years now and finally has stable housing. But no furniture! Please help if you can.
gofund.me/116785c6
Harvey is my co-author on our memoir in 2 voices, Cruel & Unusual about our work in the 80s challenging Arkansas’ brutal prisons. He has been out of prison for 2 years now and finally has stable housing. But no furniture! Please help if you can.
gofund.me/116785c6
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
April 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
April 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
Wouldn't it be nice if every news outlet that covered the Bukele Oval Office meeting noted:
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
April 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Wouldn't it be nice if every news outlet that covered the Bukele Oval Office meeting noted:
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
April 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
April 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
👇👇👇👇👇
April 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
👇👇👇👇👇
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
April 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster
April 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster