Neil Kaplan-Kelly
@neilk-k.bsky.social
Anthropologist and dog dad. Research interests include legislative studies, peacebuilding, democracy, ritual, Northern Ireland, and sometimes sports & sometimes sometimes gender/sexuality studies.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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Tiberius—
"There has never been a better time to watch this video"
"There has never been a better time to watch this video"
June 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tiberius—
"There has never been a better time to watch this video"
"There has never been a better time to watch this video"
Annual reminder that turning right on red is a PRIVILEGE not a right. And honking at me will not make things safer.
May 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Annual reminder that turning right on red is a PRIVILEGE not a right. And honking at me will not make things safer.
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I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing.
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
April 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing.
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
"That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done."
"That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
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Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
If @greenpartyni.bsky.social can make this happen in Northern Ireland, we can do this in the USA!! Their protest is working. Unless you're going to recognize my humanity AND fight for it, you don't get to march with me. Ever.
Leading Democrats have almost completely ignored Trump's efforts to wipe trans people off the face of the earth. www.discourseblog.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Say Literally Anything About the War on Trans People Challenge
The party is completely ignoring Trump's efforts to wipe trans people off the face of the earth.
www.discourseblog.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If @greenpartyni.bsky.social can make this happen in Northern Ireland, we can do this in the USA!! Their protest is working. Unless you're going to recognize my humanity AND fight for it, you don't get to march with me. Ever.
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Happy Friday! ♥️
February 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Happy Friday! ♥️
He makes it all worth it
February 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
He makes it all worth it
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This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
PSA to all trans folks (and everyone else but mostly trans folks): don't forget to renew your TSA precheck/global entry/whatever. I was focusing on protecting myself through birth certificate stuff (a discussion for another time) that I forgot and now holiday travel is just that much more fun!
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
PSA to all trans folks (and everyone else but mostly trans folks): don't forget to renew your TSA precheck/global entry/whatever. I was focusing on protecting myself through birth certificate stuff (a discussion for another time) that I forgot and now holiday travel is just that much more fun!
But her emails
i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.
Agencies are weighing in-person requirement for sensitive data.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:38 PM
But her emails
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i fear we're losing extremely important voices within the game, i don't know who would write this today and that is a very unsettling feeling
My favorite Becky Sauerbrunn moment isn’t anything she did on the pitch, but rather when she wrote this in the Springfield News-Leader calling out the Save Women’s Sports Act for not actually caring about women’s sports.
www.news-leader.com/story/opinio...
www.news-leader.com/story/opinio...
December 17, 2024 at 9:44 PM
i fear we're losing extremely important voices within the game, i don't know who would write this today and that is a very unsettling feeling
Read it and be ready to call your congressional representative.
i spent a month investigating how republicans could cut off access to trans healthcare for most americans, and how democrats can likely stop them — but it’s unclear if they will.
tw: president of wpath warning of mass suicides
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
tw: president of wpath warning of mass suicides
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Will Democrats Let the GOP Gut Trans Health Care?
Donald Trump and Republicans may try to ban funding to companies that perform trans health care. Some fear Democrats won't stop them.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Read it and be ready to call your congressional representative.
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Cis people, if you're struggling to imagine how horrific forced detransition in prison is:
Imagine that you could be arrested for going about your day doing normal stuff, just because someone doesn't like the look of you, and then forced to undergo a sex change as "punishment"
Imagine that you could be arrested for going about your day doing normal stuff, just because someone doesn't like the look of you, and then forced to undergo a sex change as "punishment"
December 10, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Cis people, if you're struggling to imagine how horrific forced detransition in prison is:
Imagine that you could be arrested for going about your day doing normal stuff, just because someone doesn't like the look of you, and then forced to undergo a sex change as "punishment"
Imagine that you could be arrested for going about your day doing normal stuff, just because someone doesn't like the look of you, and then forced to undergo a sex change as "punishment"
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"When you're 1% of the population, it's very hard to see how the democratic process will protect you" was quite a statement at the court after the TN attorney argued that the equal protection should be declined in favor of “the democratic process.”
December 4, 2024 at 6:21 PM
"When you're 1% of the population, it's very hard to see how the democratic process will protect you" was quite a statement at the court after the TN attorney argued that the equal protection should be declined in favor of “the democratic process.”
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If you know any queer and trans youth ages 13-18 living in the U.S. who like to write, my organization's annual writing scholarship has opened for submissions! The winner gets $500.
Scholarship — The Make It Safe Project
www.makeitsafeproject.org
December 1, 2024 at 7:41 PM
If you know any queer and trans youth ages 13-18 living in the U.S. who like to write, my organization's annual writing scholarship has opened for submissions! The winner gets $500.
Linen and flax were key metaphors in my dissertation. Important discussion here.
November 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Linen and flax were key metaphors in my dissertation. Important discussion here.
He sleeps while I grade
November 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
He sleeps while I grade
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This is exactly why they want to abolish the department of education. We will see a full on war against education at all levels.
November 15, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This is exactly why they want to abolish the department of education. We will see a full on war against education at all levels.
#dogsofacademia here's my collaborator Mr. Lazlow. He's not the best ethnographer but he tries.
November 15, 2024 at 7:25 PM
#dogsofacademia here's my collaborator Mr. Lazlow. He's not the best ethnographer but he tries.