Melanie
@melaniec4.bsky.social
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Mother, wife, daughter. Alabama 🔵, Trans lives matter, Black Lives Matter, Love is Love. Progressive Christian. Lover of dogs 🐶, collage 🖼️, puzzles 🧩, books 📚, vintage, retro, 70s and 80s music/TV/movies 🎶 📺📽️
Mother, wife, daughter. Alabama 🔵, Trans lives matter, Black Lives Matter, Love is Love. Progressive Christian. Lover of dogs 🐶, collage 🖼️, puzzles 🧩, books 📚, vintage, retro, 70s and 80s music/TV/movies 🎶 📺📽️
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Melanie
@melaniec4.bsky.social
· Jan 24
I Used To Believe But I Don’t Anymore - analog collage I made in November 2024, after the election
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Funga. For the Country. - Paper collage 7-4-2025
July 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Funga. For the Country. - Paper collage 7-4-2025
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“Gender-affirming care is essential, lifesaving medical treatment that supports individuals in living as their authentic selves” Coalition of 15 Attorneys General release a joint statement vowing to protect access to gender-affirming care across 15 states #NOH8 tinyurl.com/2tntw3vm
February 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Gender-affirming care is essential, lifesaving medical treatment that supports individuals in living as their authentic selves” Coalition of 15 Attorneys General release a joint statement vowing to protect access to gender-affirming care across 15 states #NOH8 tinyurl.com/2tntw3vm
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Let’s not forget that Mark Zuckerberg & Meta announced that they think it’s a matter of opinion whether being #LGBT is a mental illness.
My latest Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
My latest Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
The American Psychiatric Association vs Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg has told Meta that whether or not being LGBT is a mental illness is up for debate. The American Psychiatric Association disagrees.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Let’s not forget that Mark Zuckerberg & Meta announced that they think it’s a matter of opinion whether being #LGBT is a mental illness.
My latest Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
My latest Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
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Some advice for younger people especially. Defending or even making excuses for hate and bigotry will come back to bite you.
February 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Some advice for younger people especially. Defending or even making excuses for hate and bigotry will come back to bite you.
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My friends, every activist and hero I look up to has said the same thing:
Rest.
Don’t get caught up in the bullshit.
Stay connected with your people, build local community
Remember who you are.
Have each other’s backs.
Amp up that self care. ❤️
#dems #community #selfcare #illustration #artist
Rest.
Don’t get caught up in the bullshit.
Stay connected with your people, build local community
Remember who you are.
Have each other’s backs.
Amp up that self care. ❤️
#dems #community #selfcare #illustration #artist
January 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
My friends, every activist and hero I look up to has said the same thing:
Rest.
Don’t get caught up in the bullshit.
Stay connected with your people, build local community
Remember who you are.
Have each other’s backs.
Amp up that self care. ❤️
#dems #community #selfcare #illustration #artist
Rest.
Don’t get caught up in the bullshit.
Stay connected with your people, build local community
Remember who you are.
Have each other’s backs.
Amp up that self care. ❤️
#dems #community #selfcare #illustration #artist
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February 3, 2025
February 3, 2025
I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
February 3, 2025
For Black History Month, photos originally from Life Magazine in the 1940s. These are American History.
February 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For Black History Month, photos originally from Life Magazine in the 1940s. These are American History.
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U.S. Army destroys the swastika atop the Zeppelintribüne at the Nazi rally grounds in Nuremberg, April 22, 1945.
February 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
U.S. Army destroys the swastika atop the Zeppelintribüne at the Nazi rally grounds in Nuremberg, April 22, 1945.
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If you searched “transgender” on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website the day before Trump took office—you’d find helpful information.
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
Trump's war on gender is accelerating
Agencies ordered government workers to remove pronouns from email signatures, and the CDC scrubbed youth and LGBTQ+ resources from its site.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you searched “transgender” on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website the day before Trump took office—you’d find helpful information.
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
In honor of Black History Month, I’m going to share puzzles, books, music, magazines I have. This is a Eurographics 1000 piece puzzle titled Beauty.
February 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In honor of Black History Month, I’m going to share puzzles, books, music, magazines I have. This is a Eurographics 1000 piece puzzle titled Beauty.
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It’s ok to be lesbian, gay or bi, but not trans or queer 👌
January 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It’s ok to be lesbian, gay or bi, but not trans or queer 👌
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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headlines from a week ago as an incident near DCA appears to be the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 9/11 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
January 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
headlines from a week ago as an incident near DCA appears to be the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 9/11 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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RFK Jr. is far more than just an “anti-vaxxer.” Over the years, he’s made countless outrageous statements on a wide range of topics. We’ve compiled 10 of the wildest clips—though even that barely scratches the surface.
'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
www.meidasplus.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
RFK Jr. is far more than just an “anti-vaxxer.” Over the years, he’s made countless outrageous statements on a wide range of topics. We’ve compiled 10 of the wildest clips—though even that barely scratches the surface.
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It was called the Gilded Age because it was a thin veneer of gold. Fake. Riches and wealth for a few.
This is another gilded age.
This is another gilded age.
January 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It was called the Gilded Age because it was a thin veneer of gold. Fake. Riches and wealth for a few.
This is another gilded age.
This is another gilded age.
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
I Used To Believe But I Don’t Anymore - analog collage I made in November 2024, after the election
January 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I Used To Believe But I Don’t Anymore - analog collage I made in November 2024, after the election