Michelle Fay
@mbfay.bsky.social
💚 Vermonter
✊🏻 Advocate for good policy
🐈⬛ Cats, sewing, art, writing
⚖️ Unlearning dominant culture nonsense in pursuit of balance and collective liberation.
✊🏻 Advocate for good policy
🐈⬛ Cats, sewing, art, writing
⚖️ Unlearning dominant culture nonsense in pursuit of balance and collective liberation.
I’m closing out a restorative week in the sun, during which the natural world offered up so much beauty and wonder. Chief among them: this little fish who swam alongside my snorkle mask for a while, and found me again when I returned to the water more than an hour later!
March 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m closing out a restorative week in the sun, during which the natural world offered up so much beauty and wonder. Chief among them: this little fish who swam alongside my snorkle mask for a while, and found me again when I returned to the water more than an hour later!
Here’s a quick, clear-eyed reminder that Trump is pretending to be king because he’s too weak to govern - and this strategy doesn’t have staying power. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Here’s a quick, clear-eyed reminder that Trump is pretending to be king because he’s too weak to govern - and this strategy doesn’t have staying power. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
This is so good - and hopeful! www.lifeisasacredtext.com/organize/
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is so good - and hopeful! www.lifeisasacredtext.com/organize/
As someone likely to purchase a car this year who has previously owned Toyotas, Nissans, and Fords, let me just say Subaru…hold the line. 👀
Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI
Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
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Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
Support who supports you ✨✊
January 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As someone likely to purchase a car this year who has previously owned Toyotas, Nissans, and Fords, let me just say Subaru…hold the line. 👀
I’ve loved the idea of a shadow cabinet since I learned about in grad school. We need one at the state and federal level! If the governor is going to forge ahead with unconfirmed Secretaries, the loyal opposition might as well have unappointed ones. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Shadow Cabinet
A Positive Form of Opposition
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve loved the idea of a shadow cabinet since I learned about in grad school. We need one at the state and federal level! If the governor is going to forge ahead with unconfirmed Secretaries, the loyal opposition might as well have unappointed ones. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
I keep thinking about this interview and grieving the loss of Rep. Bush’s courageous, powerful voice in Congress. I look forward to her return to whatever office she pursues next.
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/1...
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/1...
Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics : It's Been a Minute
Five years ago progressive Democrats seemed to be on the rise. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had just ousted a moderate Democrat, and Senator Bernie Sanders looked like he could win the party's nomination....
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I keep thinking about this interview and grieving the loss of Rep. Bush’s courageous, powerful voice in Congress. I look forward to her return to whatever office she pursues next.
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/1...
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/1...
Stir crazy sister antics
January 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Stir crazy sister antics