Wendy M. McDonald (she/her)
@wmmcdonald.bsky.social
Reader-writer-knitter. Loves the scent of dog paws. Geek. Night owl. Introvert. Atheist. Social media Luddite
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
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November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
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You're not allowed to have imposter syndrome ever again.
Because some of the most fuckwitted incompetent people are running the country and they think they're *better than you*
May this thought defeat your inner imposter syndrome.
Because some of the most fuckwitted incompetent people are running the country and they think they're *better than you*
May this thought defeat your inner imposter syndrome.
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You're not allowed to have imposter syndrome ever again.
Because some of the most fuckwitted incompetent people are running the country and they think they're *better than you*
May this thought defeat your inner imposter syndrome.
Because some of the most fuckwitted incompetent people are running the country and they think they're *better than you*
May this thought defeat your inner imposter syndrome.
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Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
It's Banned Books Week. I'll be spending this evening at the School Committee meeting, speaking out against violence & manufactured outrage over a Civics teacher's pride flag & a state-approved lesson designed to foster community-building & respect for all. While I wait, I'll be re-reading 1984.
October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's Banned Books Week. I'll be spending this evening at the School Committee meeting, speaking out against violence & manufactured outrage over a Civics teacher's pride flag & a state-approved lesson designed to foster community-building & respect for all. While I wait, I'll be re-reading 1984.
Looking for someplace other than Disney to get your #animation fix? It just so happens that #KnightsofGuinevere (from Owl House creator #DanaTerrace, now with #GlitchProductions) debuts tonight on YouTube. #Indieanimators are everywhere (including in my attic).
September 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Looking for someplace other than Disney to get your #animation fix? It just so happens that #KnightsofGuinevere (from Owl House creator #DanaTerrace, now with #GlitchProductions) debuts tonight on YouTube. #Indieanimators are everywhere (including in my attic).
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ABC just ripped Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. This comes just hours after the FCC Chair threatened ABC and Disney. And weeks after Colbert was cancelled. This isn’t freedom of speech. This is MAGA overreach.
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
ABC just ripped Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. This comes just hours after the FCC Chair threatened ABC and Disney. And weeks after Colbert was cancelled. This isn’t freedom of speech. This is MAGA overreach.
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There are many reasons most of us can't leave...& many reasons many of us don't want to. It took them decades to get us to July 3, 2025. There are more of us than there are of them, so let's keep on going.
Resistance begins in your mind.
Resistance begins in your mind.
July 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There are many reasons most of us can't leave...& many reasons many of us don't want to. It took them decades to get us to July 3, 2025. There are more of us than there are of them, so let's keep on going.
Resistance begins in your mind.
Resistance begins in your mind.
No, Toad. You can’t do that…look what happens when you pull the covers over your head. Please get up and help us clean up this mess.
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
No, Toad. You can’t do that…look what happens when you pull the covers over your head. Please get up and help us clean up this mess.
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Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
Hey there. Just a reminder that art is resistance. If art didn't matter--if it didn't scream the truth--they wouldn't spend so much time and effort trying to steal and devalue it.
June 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hey there. Just a reminder that art is resistance. If art didn't matter--if it didn't scream the truth--they wouldn't spend so much time and effort trying to steal and devalue it.
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(1/3) Trump is using the the US Army's 250th as a fig-leaf for his Orange Juche birthday parade.
Also happening that day is, of course, No More Kings, Pride events in some places, and, of course, some assholes attacking immigrants and some not-assholes defending them.
Let's all celebrate someone
Also happening that day is, of course, No More Kings, Pride events in some places, and, of course, some assholes attacking immigrants and some not-assholes defending them.
Let's all celebrate someone
June 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
(1/3) Trump is using the the US Army's 250th as a fig-leaf for his Orange Juche birthday parade.
Also happening that day is, of course, No More Kings, Pride events in some places, and, of course, some assholes attacking immigrants and some not-assholes defending them.
Let's all celebrate someone
Also happening that day is, of course, No More Kings, Pride events in some places, and, of course, some assholes attacking immigrants and some not-assholes defending them.
Let's all celebrate someone
It's just a week away!
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, cool prizes, and a Q & A session.
RSVP using the QR code below or the url at the top of Wendy's linktree (in bio) so you can get the Zoom link.
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, cool prizes, and a Q & A session.
RSVP using the QR code below or the url at the top of Wendy's linktree (in bio) so you can get the Zoom link.
May 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's just a week away!
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, cool prizes, and a Q & A session.
RSVP using the QR code below or the url at the top of Wendy's linktree (in bio) so you can get the Zoom link.
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, cool prizes, and a Q & A session.
RSVP using the QR code below or the url at the top of Wendy's linktree (in bio) so you can get the Zoom link.
May the Fourth be with you...now more than ever!
May 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May the Fourth be with you...now more than ever!
Farewell Jill Sobule. You were a fantastic singer and musician…one of my absolute favorites! Your quirky lyrics and style will always remind me to be true to myself
May 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Farewell Jill Sobule. You were a fantastic singer and musician…one of my absolute favorites! Your quirky lyrics and style will always remind me to be true to myself
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Darth Vader: And now your highness, we will learn the location of your rebel base.
Interrogation droid enters, but it's playing the Niamos Club Mix.
Princess Leia: *dancing* Oh yeah, this is my JAM!
Darth Vader: Shit, wrong droid.
#Andor
Interrogation droid enters, but it's playing the Niamos Club Mix.
Princess Leia: *dancing* Oh yeah, this is my JAM!
Darth Vader: Shit, wrong droid.
#Andor
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Darth Vader: And now your highness, we will learn the location of your rebel base.
Interrogation droid enters, but it's playing the Niamos Club Mix.
Princess Leia: *dancing* Oh yeah, this is my JAM!
Darth Vader: Shit, wrong droid.
#Andor
Interrogation droid enters, but it's playing the Niamos Club Mix.
Princess Leia: *dancing* Oh yeah, this is my JAM!
Darth Vader: Shit, wrong droid.
#Andor
You're invited to Table for 7 Press's online LAUNCH PARTY!
Join us as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, prizes, and a Q & A session.
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm.
RSVP using the link in Wendy's linktree (in bio)
Join us as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, prizes, and a Q & A session.
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm.
RSVP using the link in Wendy's linktree (in bio)
April 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You're invited to Table for 7 Press's online LAUNCH PARTY!
Join us as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, prizes, and a Q & A session.
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm.
RSVP using the link in Wendy's linktree (in bio)
Join us as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology.
We'll have readings, prizes, and a Q & A session.
Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm.
RSVP using the link in Wendy's linktree (in bio)
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The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
April 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace told a constituent “fuck you” after he asked if she will do a town hall this year
April 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace told a constituent “fuck you” after he asked if she will do a town hall this year
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US women deserve better
March 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
US women deserve better
Hi, friend!
It's Transgender Day of Visibility and I'm so glad you're here!
Have a seat--can I get you a snack?
You are always in my heart and I love you just as you are!
It's Transgender Day of Visibility and I'm so glad you're here!
Have a seat--can I get you a snack?
You are always in my heart and I love you just as you are!
March 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Hi, friend!
It's Transgender Day of Visibility and I'm so glad you're here!
Have a seat--can I get you a snack?
You are always in my heart and I love you just as you are!
It's Transgender Day of Visibility and I'm so glad you're here!
Have a seat--can I get you a snack?
You are always in my heart and I love you just as you are!
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“…destroy my influence” = tacit acknowledgment he has acquired the government.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
March 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“…destroy my influence” = tacit acknowledgment he has acquired the government.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
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We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com