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LoveWillWin
@valerieberta.bsky.social
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Humanist, single mom, photographer
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Good morning democracy lovers
A erosion holds a sign reading Fuck Off Fascists in big white yellow and red letter in a rally in the rain
April 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Let’s keep asking questions.

Again Park, Columbia #Missouri, 2021 #Hope #FightFascism #Photography
A photograph of a path in lush greenery
March 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We’re going into the woods.

City Park, Columbia, MO, 2022.

#Photography #Woods #HopeInTheDark
A picture of woods with bare trees and a white dog in a clearing with soft sunlight streaming in
March 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Spring is here.

Or: that thing called magic.

(Cone flower, gracing my front yard circa 2023.)

#Spring #Photography #Hope
A closeup photo of a bright pink cone flower.
March 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Time to bring out the ugly paintings.

The wall (Columbia, MO, 2024.)

Joy. Check it out.

#WeWillNotBeVanquished #Photo #Art #Humor
March 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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That thing called hope.
New York City , 2017.

“Economic legislation and tax cuts were a Trojan horse for the dismantling of democracy and society. And they worked brilliantly.” The Quiet Coup, M. Baradaran.

We are also brilliant and we will win.

#HopeInTheDark #WeAreWorthFightingFor #Photography
A picture of a child holding a pigeon with its wings spread and about to fly on a plaza with people walking in the background.
March 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Happy #InternationalWomenDay!

Hop over to www.instagram.com/theweproject... to see more portraits of women who change the world for the better every day in countless unsung ways.

#Photography #PortraitPhotography #AmplifyingMarginalizedVoices
March 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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“Let the sharks roam free. What could go wrong?”
Everything, it turns out.

If you haven’t read The Quiet Coup, run to it (and thank @mehrsab.bsky.social later.)

#AmericaKkkrashing #Photography #NaturePhotography #Swans

The swan, 2024.
A white swan is seen on a pond with clouds reflected on the water and spring green trees and foliage all around.
March 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I write on community, and storytelling, and how the latter can help rebuild the former.

Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (2015), Movie Night at West Boulevard Elementary School in Columbia #Missouri

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#Storytelling #ShiftingTheNarratives #Photography #Sunset #Family
many small kids running around, sit on grass on blankets, in a field with trees and soccer goalies in the background, with a sunset.
March 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Ce qui en vous chante et contemple fait toujours partie de ce premier instant qui a dispersé les étoiles dans l’espace.

Khalil Gibran
(It sounds more beautiful in my native language.)

#beauty #photography #winter #LoveWillWin
Two big silos seen against a plain covered in snow.
March 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Jonathan says hi.

#books #RefugeInReading
March 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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True/False Festival over the weekend in my hometown featured short documentary #films about #trans #opera singers, a thyroid cancer survivor, and #jazz great Junior Mance’s wife/caregiver journey in his last days.

What a lesson in humanity.
People stand behind mics before a large screens with a stained glass framed by a black curtain visible to the side.
March 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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My official statement.

#catsandtranspride
February 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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There will always be beauty.

#Flowers #Beauty #Photography #HopeIsTenacious
February 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Let’s be bold.

San Antonio, TX, 2024.

#photo #MexicanCulture
February 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Sunnier days.

France, 2019.

#photography #UrbanLandscapes #LandscapePhotography #LoveWillWin
A view of the city of Nice’s Plaza Jacques Médecin, a wide plaza with grey and white tiles surrounded by low building in pale pink and orange, with pedestrians crossing.
February 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Because we need a small dose of hope.

#Flowers #SpringIsComing #Nature
February 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Where to from here?

#Landscape #Photography #TheIdeaOfAmerica
A view of Lake Michigan from a Chicago street showing a yellow road sign with an arrow.
February 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Caption this.

#Dogs #Cats
À White shepherd sits on a worn blue sofa with a rip on its cushion as a Maine coon cat can be seen wedges in between the shepherd’s back and the seat.
February 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Sometimes I want to follow.

#Dogs #ShepherdsInTheSnow #Winter
A white shepherd dog runs away in a snow covered landscape with a fence and trees beyond in the background and a lake to the left.
February 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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The bros are settling scores.

#CoupD’elon
February 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Hope is a color.

#Photography #Flowers
A closeup photo of the center of a pink orange zinnia flower showing yellow pistils.
February 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The truck.

#landscapes #photo
A truck with a red cab sits in front of a factory covered by snow, with giant silos to the right and smoke coming out of a building to the left.
February 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Perspectives.

San Antonio Museum of Art, 2024.

#Art #WhatYouSee #Photography
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Mood.

#catsofbluesky
February 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM