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Unqualified lesbian. Former Executive Director @feministing
Philadelphia, PA
Joined August 2009
Because the world is a sad place & I need some nerding: here's a thread about the man Hans Christian Andersen fell in love with.
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My new conspiracy theory is that Biden's people have started having his makeup done so that he looks more like Bill Clinton.
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This moment of Quaker centering silence was the only part of the press conference I tolerided.
Podium Takes Strong Stance Against Intervention. 25 minutes of silence in @realDonaldTrump press conference is most sensible foreign policy to date. #NoWarWithlran
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@danabolger @reinagattuso @gwendolynb @goddessjaz @katie_barnes3 @suzbobadilla @arielboone @feministing & freaking @ZerlinaMaxwell!!!
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@danabolger @reinagattuso @gwendolynb @goddessjaz @katie_barnes3 & @suzbobadilla & a number of amazing guest writers & folks writing under pseudonyms, graphic designers, web developers, ad network managers, coalition partners - it takes a village to make an unfunded feminist publication run
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At the end of the day - while many voices and ideas have made it into the mainstream - capitalism & cutting edge, radical feminist analysis proved incompatible. But damn if we didn't go ahead and change the world anyway.
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The idea of excluding trans women from feminist & queer women's communities seems ludicrous to many today. That's an extraordinary thing to know I've played a part in. Writers in this thread played roles in seismic culture shifts that I hope can be remembered.
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At the same time, I know we are part of a long legacy of feminist projects that have lacked institutional support but changed the world in profound ways. @feministing's fiscal sponsor @CentrSexCulture that closed its physical space about a year ago connected me with this history.
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I still have so many feelings about what @feministing accomplished, how hard & draining the work was, how unsustainable & unfundable it proved to be. Mainstream media co-opted what was marketable, but the platforms that pushed new arguments & voices forward are dying.
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Too many people worked constantly behind the scenes to keep the site afloat, including many named above as well as Alexandra Natale, Jane Case, @tpaperny & @cbaxter27
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Nothing I've accomplished is greater than getting to work with & provide a platform for writers like @Quinnae_Moon @BadFatBlackGirl @JulianaBrittoS @azbrodsky @mahrohj @SharkFu @wagatwe @reetamac @mychalsmith @EeshaP @veroconplatanos @AnnaMSterling @ChloeAngyal @katiehalps
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@nytimes @feministing I owe so much to the @feministing crew. @JessicaValenti @VanessaValenti @miriamzperez @TheSamhita @annfriedman @courtwrites showed me my voice had value. I learned so much taking on leadership and relaunching the site with my @mayadusenbery @Ladelman
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Feminist bloggers literally laid the groundwork for the cultural moment we're in right now - and predicted SO MUCH - but it was lefty male bloggers who were anointed as political wunderkind & who older (mostly male) funders saw themselves in.
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So much love for a site that showed me my power & changed my life forever. It's a surreal honor that the @nytimes gave us a chance to say the first of our goodbyes to @feministing
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Another site is about to close, joining other publications like The Hairpin and The Toast that are dead or dying, as their “rowdy” voices go mainstream.
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Thank you to all our partners who took action with us to demand an end to deadly border militarization, detention and deportation and call for humane immigration policies that respect the rights and dignity of all people. https://t.co/EdZnjxREub
#LoveKnowsNoBorders #DefundHate
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