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Sara Lynn Eastler
@sara-eastler.bsky.social
Poet, world traveler, cat servant, beauty seeker, critical thinker, interested in human rights, the arts, and dissolving patriarchal structures that undermine women, BIPOC, the environment, and all members of society.
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As an OB/GYN, I want to say a little more about RFK's danger to the unborn.
The placenta is a specific target organ for the COVID virus.
Placental infection destroys the ability for oxygen transfer.
Maternal vaccination prevents intrauterine fetal demise. But sure, let's claim there's no risk.
September 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Duckworth: "Let's make it clear -- the President of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal. This is not acceptable behavior."
September 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Reading can be rest, resistance, and celebration all at once, so if you’re looking to add to your Pride month activities, here’s a non-exhaustive list of LGBTQ+ Southern books published in the first half of 2025.
Books to Celebrate in June 2025
Celebrate Pride by reading one of the queer Southern fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books published in the first half of 2025.
southernreviewofbooks.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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"Instructions for living a life:

pay attention
be astonished
tell about it"

~ Mary Oliver

#Writing #Poetry
April 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Here is a sneak peek at our latest cover to keep you warm! Our third issue of volume 6 is out on 1/15/2025, and our Winter 6:3 Issue will be out in just a few days.

Cover credit: “Leap of Faith” by Donna Vitucci

#chestnutreview #coverart #newissue #literarymagazine #art #cover
January 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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January 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In 2024 Clem felt boxed in but feels it’s time to ditch Amazon (and its boxes and billionaires) and shop local. #cats #catlover #pets
December 22, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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Watching Michelle Obama dance at Jennifer Hudson's show yesterday made my day.

Love her.
December 17, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Not sure who needs to hear this but cutting Trump supporters out of your life is not petty or vengeful- it’s actually a vital social tool.

Shaming and shunning have long been ways that a civilization makes clear what we consider acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
November 19, 2024 at 6:55 PM
The amazing Joyce Vance on Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg’s brave stand: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Good News from Manhattan
The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914—1953) wrote his immortal lines long before Donald Trump became president of the United States, but they apply to our times nonetheless:
open.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:19 AM
I’m thrilled that literary journals like The Closed Eye Open create a home for art that inquires into the nature of human consciousness. This ekphrastic poem is based on the cave paintings at Tassili n’Ajjer in Algeria. You can read the full poem here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Q-lL...
December 4, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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“While this is a serious collection, it isn’t somber; there’s hope and strength that arises out of the natural cycle of growing up, taking flight, and finally finding one’s voice.”

New review of MAGICICADA by Claire Millikin.

southernreviewofbooks.com/2024/11/28/m...
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The “Great and Powerful Oz” was just an old white man behind a curtain…
November 27, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Because I’m in grad school, my cat is in grad school— he steers the world from his heated lap of luxury.
November 20, 2024 at 11:44 PM