Jenny Bates
@thebraverypen.bsky.social
Living the creative life and surviving the madness word by word. Stories matter. Read rise resist. ✊️🌈📚
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Jenny Bates
@thebraverypen.bsky.social
· Dec 13
"The saving of our world from impending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority." - #MartinLutherKingJr I am, at present, percolating on my "creative maladjustment." #read #rise #resist
"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens 1/2
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens 1/2
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A must-read article, as the new year approaches. US history will break your heart, but it is our imperative to learn about and from it. #history #Blackhistory #read #rise #resist
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The Dark History of New Year's Day in American Slavery
By Olivia B. Waxman — "Of all days in the year, the slaves dread New Year's Day the worst of any," one 1842 account explained. Here's why.
ibw21.org
December 29, 2024 at 5:10 PM
A must-read article, as the new year approaches. US history will break your heart, but it is our imperative to learn about and from it. #history #Blackhistory #read #rise #resist
Building #community is an act of #resistance. Simple acts of #kindness are an integral part of the #rebellion. Mustering #courage you didn't know you have will be a necessary skill in the coming months and years of madness. We must put aside all things petty. We are #strongertogether. #rise #resist
December 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Building #community is an act of #resistance. Simple acts of #kindness are an integral part of the #rebellion. Mustering #courage you didn't know you have will be a necessary skill in the coming months and years of madness. We must put aside all things petty. We are #strongertogether. #rise #resist
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2017: "In the wake of the recent American election, fears and anxieties proliferate. Basic civil liberties are seen as endangered, along with many of the rights for #women won over the past decades, and indeed the past centuries."
- By @margaretatwood.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/b...
- By @margaretatwood.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/b...
Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump (Gift Article)
Atwood on whether her dystopian classic is meant as a “feminist” novel, as antireligion or as a prediction.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:19 PM
2017: "In the wake of the recent American election, fears and anxieties proliferate. Basic civil liberties are seen as endangered, along with many of the rights for #women won over the past decades, and indeed the past centuries."
- By @margaretatwood.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/b...
- By @margaretatwood.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/b...
We must become gardeners, growers of #compassion and #courage, nourishment for the coming winter. The #rebellion will be built on #love. I will listen, creating a safe space for #storytelling, fighting back word by word. #writinglife #writing #writingcommunity #writethepower #read #rise #resist
December 19, 2024 at 9:40 PM
We must become gardeners, growers of #compassion and #courage, nourishment for the coming winter. The #rebellion will be built on #love. I will listen, creating a safe space for #storytelling, fighting back word by word. #writinglife #writing #writingcommunity #writethepower #read #rise #resist
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Reposted by Jenny Bates
December 13, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by Jenny Bates
I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
Reposted by Jenny Bates
How to billionaire.
December 13, 2024 at 2:08 PM
How to billionaire.
"The saving of our world from impending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority." - #MartinLutherKingJr I am, at present, percolating on my "creative maladjustment." #read #rise #resist
December 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
"The saving of our world from impending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority." - #MartinLutherKingJr I am, at present, percolating on my "creative maladjustment." #read #rise #resist
Greetings and salutations, people of Bluesky! My name is Jenny, and I'm a writer, editor, writing teacher and coach. You can find me here and elsewhere as @thebraverypen. Words matter. Capitulating is not an option.✊️
December 5, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Greetings and salutations, people of Bluesky! My name is Jenny, and I'm a writer, editor, writing teacher and coach. You can find me here and elsewhere as @thebraverypen. Words matter. Capitulating is not an option.✊️