Christina Lieffring
@stinadale.bsky.social
She/Her. Managing Editor @tonemadison.bsky.social. Freewheelin' freelancer. Lifelong midwesterner.
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
Come check out up-and-coming Madison musicians on Saturday, November 29 at Harmony Bar and Grill!
On Sat, Nov 29, we're co-hosting a showcase of new and emerging local artists with Madison Area Music Association at Harmony Bar & Grill (2201 Atwood Ave).
In this week's Microtones, Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social shares a few words on the announcement and our valuing of the music community.
In this week's Microtones, Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social shares a few words on the announcement and our valuing of the music community.
Tone Madison Presents: MAMA New Artist Listening Room
Join us on Saturday, November 29, at Harmony Bar & Grill for a night of live music from emerging Madison artists.
tonemadison.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Come check out up-and-coming Madison musicians on Saturday, November 29 at Harmony Bar and Grill!
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On Sat, Nov 29, we're co-hosting a showcase of new and emerging local artists with Madison Area Music Association at Harmony Bar & Grill (2201 Atwood Ave).
In this week's Microtones, Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social shares a few words on the announcement and our valuing of the music community.
In this week's Microtones, Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social shares a few words on the announcement and our valuing of the music community.
Tone Madison Presents: MAMA New Artist Listening Room
Join us on Saturday, November 29, at Harmony Bar & Grill for a night of live music from emerging Madison artists.
tonemadison.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On Sat, Nov 29, we're co-hosting a showcase of new and emerging local artists with Madison Area Music Association at Harmony Bar & Grill (2201 Atwood Ave).
In this week's Microtones, Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social shares a few words on the announcement and our valuing of the music community.
In this week's Microtones, Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social shares a few words on the announcement and our valuing of the music community.
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"What does it mean to be a co-op if the Group Health Cooperative Board is now going to disregard the unanimous votes at a well-attended and well-noticed meeting of its own membership?" ask Adam Chern and Rebecca Kemble in a joint guest column.
Is Group Health still a Cooperative?
Instead of union-busting, the Board should see union organizing as a gift of collective problem-solving.
tonemadison.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"What does it mean to be a co-op if the Group Health Cooperative Board is now going to disregard the unanimous votes at a well-attended and well-noticed meeting of its own membership?" ask Adam Chern and Rebecca Kemble in a joint guest column.
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"What happens when an industry spends 15 years telling talented young journalists that personal brand is currency, that access is the game, that being a character in the story makes better content—and then acts shocked when someone takes that logic a few degrees too far?"
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"What happens when an industry spends 15 years telling talented young journalists that personal brand is currency, that access is the game, that being a character in the story makes better content—and then acts shocked when someone takes that logic a few degrees too far?"
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"Even as MDEV expands, making the industry accessible to newer indie developers remains a key focus of the conference."
@manateemailbox.bsky.social reports from the @wigamesalliance.bsky.social MDEV conference (Nov 7-8), and talks with game developers and industry representatives alike. 🎮
@manateemailbox.bsky.social reports from the @wigamesalliance.bsky.social MDEV conference (Nov 7-8), and talks with game developers and industry representatives alike. 🎮
Amid industry tumult, the 2025 MDEV conference captured Madison as an impending game-development hotspot
On the ground with indie developers and industry representatives at the annual, bustling, two-day showcase of video games.
tonemadison.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Even as MDEV expands, making the industry accessible to newer indie developers remains a key focus of the conference."
@manateemailbox.bsky.social reports from the @wigamesalliance.bsky.social MDEV conference (Nov 7-8), and talks with game developers and industry representatives alike. 🎮
@manateemailbox.bsky.social reports from the @wigamesalliance.bsky.social MDEV conference (Nov 7-8), and talks with game developers and industry representatives alike. 🎮
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One thing I love about Madison is that you have pretty good odds of bumping into Rob Dz on any given night. A delightful person who has also fought some long uphill battles in our local cultural scenes. Rob had a heart attack last week. Please help him out if you can.
Donate to Help Rob Dz Heal and Create Again, organized by Urban Community Arts Network
If you know Rob Dz, you know how much he has poured into Madison and be… Urban Community Arts Network needs your support for Help Rob Dz Heal and Create Again
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
One thing I love about Madison is that you have pretty good odds of bumping into Rob Dz on any given night. A delightful person who has also fought some long uphill battles in our local cultural scenes. Rob had a heart attack last week. Please help him out if you can.
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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Same playbook. Taking people at grocery stores.
“Border Patrol arrested two people at Dany’s Supermarket off The Plaza in Charlotte Sunday morning,“
“Border Patrol arrested two people at Dany’s Supermarket off The Plaza in Charlotte Sunday morning,“
Border Patrol at Dany’s Supermarket in Charlotte
Border Patrol arrested two people at Dany’s Supermarket off The Plaza in Charlotte Sunday morning, November 16, 2025
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Same playbook. Taking people at grocery stores.
“Border Patrol arrested two people at Dany’s Supermarket off The Plaza in Charlotte Sunday morning,“
“Border Patrol arrested two people at Dany’s Supermarket off The Plaza in Charlotte Sunday morning,“
I don’t know what went wrong during Copley’s term as the independent monitor, she’s got a strong read on local politics.
isthmus.com/news/news/ma...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I don’t know what went wrong during Copley’s term as the independent monitor, she’s got a strong read on local politics.
isthmus.com/news/news/ma...
isthmus.com/news/news/ma...
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Amendments to the 2026 budget the Dane County Supervisors passed—including freezing 20 unfilled positions at the Dane County Sheriff's Office—better fit the county's needs than the original budget by Dane County Executive Melissa Agard, writes @stinadale.bsky.social.
What Dane County needs vs. what Sheriff Barrett wants
The Dane County Board's 2026 budget amendments meet the moment.
tonemadison.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Amendments to the 2026 budget the Dane County Supervisors passed—including freezing 20 unfilled positions at the Dane County Sheriff's Office—better fit the county's needs than the original budget by Dane County Executive Melissa Agard, writes @stinadale.bsky.social.
So thankful I got to talk to @fayeparks.bsky.social at @wortnews.bsky.social about what makes @tonemadison.bsky.social special. If you want to support local, journalist-owned news, go to tonemadison.com/donate/
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
So thankful I got to talk to @fayeparks.bsky.social at @wortnews.bsky.social about what makes @tonemadison.bsky.social special. If you want to support local, journalist-owned news, go to tonemadison.com/donate/
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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$39 a year folks. Thats what killing 600,000 to date will save you.
Would it be nice to live on a world where every country with the means worked to make the world a better place?
Yes. Of course.
In the meantime if you say preventing the deaths of millions isn’t worth $3 a month, fuck you.
Would it be nice to live on a world where every country with the means worked to make the world a better place?
Yes. Of course.
In the meantime if you say preventing the deaths of millions isn’t worth $3 a month, fuck you.
I dunno. I do like our government spending less money anywhere they can. I like even more if my taxes go down as a result. Since when is our job to be the world’s mom and dad? Did other countries step up to fill that gap?
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
$39 a year folks. Thats what killing 600,000 to date will save you.
Would it be nice to live on a world where every country with the means worked to make the world a better place?
Yes. Of course.
In the meantime if you say preventing the deaths of millions isn’t worth $3 a month, fuck you.
Would it be nice to live on a world where every country with the means worked to make the world a better place?
Yes. Of course.
In the meantime if you say preventing the deaths of millions isn’t worth $3 a month, fuck you.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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"The women interviewed for this story all pointed out that accountability and making amends are crucial concepts in the world of recovery, and yet they’ve seen little in the way of [that]."
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
As a musician stages his comeback, his accusers ask where the accountability is
Four years after allegations of grooming and sexual misconduct, David Henzie-Skogen is back on the road with Youngblood Brass Band.
tonemadison.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"The women interviewed for this story all pointed out that accountability and making amends are crucial concepts in the world of recovery, and yet they’ve seen little in the way of [that]."
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For 11 years, Tone Madison has made it our mission to cover the corners of culture involving the people, places, and movements that often get overlooked in our local media landscape. Help us continue to tell those stories.
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They hate us for things it wouldn’t even occur to me to notice.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
They hate us for things it wouldn’t even occur to me to notice.
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
With ICE wrecking havoc across the country, it’s worth pointing out that one of these men is Puerto Rican (Puerto Ricans are Americans but ICE continues to harass their communities) and the other is French.
Two extraordinary UW–Madison professors — nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe and atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza — have been named 2025 MacArthur "genius grant" fellows by @macfound.org.
Congratulations and On, Wisconsin!
Congratulations and On, Wisconsin!
Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows
Atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships.
news.wisc.edu
October 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
With ICE wrecking havoc across the country, it’s worth pointing out that one of these men is Puerto Rican (Puerto Ricans are Americans but ICE continues to harass their communities) and the other is French.
Centro Hispano confirmed the first ICE raid in Madison happened yesterday. Seven people taken. So unfortunately @scottgordonwi.bsky.social ‘s words are incredibly relevant.
"...Start by taking cues from your constituents, from people who already have experience organizing on the front lines of social movements, from people who need help right now."
@scottgordonwi.bsky.social has an urgent message for Wisconsin's elected officials in this week's Microtones.
@scottgordonwi.bsky.social has an urgent message for Wisconsin's elected officials in this week's Microtones.
Wisconsin's elected officials need to put themselves on the line
Get disruptive, get arrested, get creative, but don't play along with fascism.
tonemadison.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Centro Hispano confirmed the first ICE raid in Madison happened yesterday. Seven people taken. So unfortunately @scottgordonwi.bsky.social ‘s words are incredibly relevant.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
"AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging 'foundation models' will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job..." 1/3
October 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging 'foundation models' will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job..." 1/3
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Earlier this morning, former City of Madison Common Council Alder Juliana Bennett announced she's running for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 76th District. @stinadale.bsky.social talked with Bennett about her decision to run, her policies, and what she's learned from @francescahong.bsky.social.
Juliana Bennett announces run for Francesca Hong's Assembly seat
Bennett promises to be "a real agitator in a space that tries to constrict innovation."
tonemadison.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Earlier this morning, former City of Madison Common Council Alder Juliana Bennett announced she's running for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 76th District. @stinadale.bsky.social talked with Bennett about her decision to run, her policies, and what she's learned from @francescahong.bsky.social.