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And We'll Drink a Cup of Kindness Yet • Reflections on 2025, and a look ah
And We'll Drink a Cup of Kindness Yet
Reflections on 2025, and a look ah
saradanver.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
And We'll Drink a Cup of Kindness Yet • Reflections on 2025, and a look ah
How to Get the Gay Hockey Out of Your Head: A Guide • A spoilers free brain dump about Heated Rivalry, romance as a genre, and a very tenuous connection to the purported point of this newsletter
How to Get the Gay Hockey Out of Your Head: A Guide
A spoilers free brain dump about Heated Rivalry, romance as a genre, and a very tenuous connection to the purported point of this newsletter
saradanver.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How to Get the Gay Hockey Out of Your Head: A Guide • A spoilers free brain dump about Heated Rivalry, romance as a genre, and a very tenuous connection to the purported point of this newsletter
A Lament for American Girl Dolls • I told you I was going to write about books this week.
A Lament for American Girl Dolls
I told you I was going to write about books this week.
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A Lament for American Girl Dolls • I told you I was going to write about books this week.
Primaries and Purity Tests, and Epstein I Guess • Reflections on the roller coaster of the last couple weeks.
Primaries and Purity Tests, and Epstein I Guess
Reflections on the roller coaster of the last couple weeks.
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Primaries and Purity Tests, and Epstein I Guess • Reflections on the roller coaster of the last couple weeks.
A Government For the People, Supposedly • Come for a diatribe about SNAP, stay to see me give the Trump regime an A in English
A Government For the People, Supposedly
Come for a diatribe about SNAP, stay to see me give the Trump regime an A in English
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A Government For the People, Supposedly • Come for a diatribe about SNAP, stay to see me give the Trump regime an A in English
A Destruction Fraught with Symbolism • A few thoughts on the East Wing of the White House
A Destruction Fraught with Symbolism
A few thoughts on the East Wing of the White House
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A Destruction Fraught with Symbolism • A few thoughts on the East Wing of the White House
Nobody Let Go of Anybody’s Hand In This Fight • At the last protest I went to, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams had this line in a speech that gave me chills.
Nobody Let Go of Anybody’s Hand In This Fight
At the last protest I went to, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams had this line in a speech that gave me chills.
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Nobody Let Go of Anybody’s Hand In This Fight • At the last protest I went to, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams had this line in a speech that gave me chills.
Action Memo: ICE Raids and Trump’s Horrible Immigration Bullshit • We can and will make a difference.
Action Memo: ICE Raids and Trump’s Horrible Immigration Bullshit
We can and will make a difference.
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Action Memo: ICE Raids and Trump’s Horrible Immigration Bullshit • We can and will make a difference.
Be Loud, Be Righteous, Be a Voter • There are a lot of important elections this year - let's get to work!
Be Loud, Be Righteous, Be a Voter
There are a lot of important elections this year - let's get to work!
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Be Loud, Be Righteous, Be a Voter • There are a lot of important elections this year - let's get to work!
What Matters Now • What can men do in the face of such reckless hate? Ride out with me. Ride out and meet it.
What Matters Now
What can men do in the face of such reckless hate? Ride out with me. Ride out and meet it.
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What Matters Now • What can men do in the face of such reckless hate? Ride out with me. Ride out and meet it.
Republicans Want Your Kids Miserable. Or Dead. • Vaccines, trans kids, and the Republican project of immiseration
Republicans Want Your Kids Miserable. Or Dead.
Vaccines, trans kids, and the Republican project of immiseration
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Republicans Want Your Kids Miserable. Or Dead. • Vaccines, trans kids, and the Republican project of immiseration
The fascism is a little hard to keep up with these days • But here's a place to start
The fascism is a little hard to keep up with these days
But here's a place to start
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The fascism is a little hard to keep up with these days • But here's a place to start
Action Memo: Republicans Are Trying to Steal the 2026 Elections • There's a protest on 8/16 if you're seeing this in time.
Action Memo: Republicans Are Trying to Steal the 2026 Elections
There's a protest on 8/16 if you're seeing this in time.
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Action Memo: Republicans Are Trying to Steal the 2026 Elections • There's a protest on 8/16 if you're seeing this in time.
Weather Modification, the Epstein List, and Bend It Like Beckham • The loose thread that binds is “stuff I’ve been thinking about.”
Weather Modification, the Epstein List, and Bend It Like Beckham
The loose thread that binds is “stuff I’ve been thinking about.”
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Weather Modification, the Epstein List, and Bend It Like Beckham • The loose thread that binds is “stuff I’ve been thinking about.”
While I Was Gone • I tried not to have too many thoughts while I was out, but I couldn't totally help it. Here are a few of them.
While I Was Gone
I tried not to have too many thoughts while I was out, but I couldn't totally help it. Here are a few of them.
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
While I Was Gone • I tried not to have too many thoughts while I was out, but I couldn't totally help it. Here are a few of them.
Time to Take a Break • A pretty short one, I promise
Time to Take a Break
A pretty short one, I promise
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Time to Take a Break • A pretty short one, I promise
Ice Raids and Authoritarianism in Los Angeles
Ice Raids and Authoritarianism in Los Angeles
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ice Raids and Authoritarianism in Los Angeles
A Thing I Can't Stop Thinking About • Saving democracy sometimes means looking inward, even though we all hate it
A Thing I Can't Stop Thinking About
Saving democracy sometimes means looking inward, even though we all hate it
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A Thing I Can't Stop Thinking About • Saving democracy sometimes means looking inward, even though we all hate it
On Burnout and Trying and Choosing One Thing to Do to Fight for Democracy • Meditations, and a list
On Burnout and Trying and Choosing One Thing to Do to Fight for Democracy
Meditations, and a list
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
On Burnout and Trying and Choosing One Thing to Do to Fight for Democracy • Meditations, and a list
We Have to Talk about the Donkey in the Room • If you'll forgive a bit of a pun
We Have to Talk about the Donkey in the Room
If you'll forgive a bit of a pun
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We Have to Talk about the Donkey in the Room • If you'll forgive a bit of a pun
Coping Mechanisms • for when you need them
Coping Mechanisms
for when you need them
saradanver.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Coping Mechanisms • for when you need them