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kristenchapman.bsky.social
Artist, storyteller, & all-around lover of & fighter for liberation for us all. She/her. RVA. https://shorturl.at/1u56M (NYT) https://shorturl.at/H6bBk (New Yorker) Venmo @ Kristen-Gibbons-2 https://gofund.me/4ff3bd3a http://www.kristenchapman.art
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Two brass band shows in one week AND The Indigo Girls & Katie Pruitt, plus War & Treaty. I am giddy.

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Never ever gonna quit. www.newschannel5.com/news/supreme...

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Vicky and I stayed up late, catching each other up. Just sublime.

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My 37yo Moroccan Lyft driver just told me I look 42. When I told him I was 54, he told me that it is good for "experienced women" to date younger men lol. A total charmer.

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Did you know that baby feet make life worth living?

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There is a bird and a stone in your body. Your job is not to kill the bird with the stone. —Victoria Chang, from "Love Letters"

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Just did an interview on my lunch break for Channel 5 in Nashville. HOLLA

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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

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Public Enemy is STILL Fighting the Power. Surprise drop MARCH MADNESS in honor of Juneteenth and to fight crooked politicians and gun violence. Stream Now: music.apple.com/us/album/mar... open.spotify.com/album/1ROYQK... music.amazon.com/albums/B0FDK... soundcloud.com/public-enemy...

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Who else has never used Chat GPT and never will?

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More about the coming RVA heatwave in The Subtext this week: • Recognizing heat stroke • When the heat will break • How much hotter have summers become

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I have never felt such contempt for the Democratic Party in my long life. To be fair, my contempt for the GOP is lifelong and inexhaustible. But, I am genuinely disgusted by the absence of an opposition party. I will not forgive it.

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Hey @missmargoprice.bsky.social Don't Let the Bastards is GIVING ME LIFE. Thank you Queen.

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I have had three ciders and I cannot be trusted henceforth.

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LGBTQ+ households make 15% less than straight households, new study finds www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/lgbt...

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VICKY IS COMING AND WE ARE SEEING WAR & TREATY FRIDAY NIGHT.

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Hot weather reminder! To all those taking antidepressants: by the end of today, you’ll have finally boiled to Citalopram soup. A bubbling Fluoxetine bone broth. A Mirtazapine minestrone

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The only ethical position is for full bodily autonomy for absolutely everyone.

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you can tell i took ballet for years by the way i gracefully spiral out of control

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I know your opinion of me might be soured, but thanktheheavens for terrible reality TV shows in times like these (looking at you Love Island). Make more gay ones. I hatewatch them with an intensity that scares my children lol.

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Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths. ~ Rumi

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How is it my 17yo thinks I am terminally uncool, but she is always wearing my clothes?

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Pink Pony Club. Sometimes it brings me to tears. #queertears

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There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.

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one thing i think people should ask the court conservatives given this ruling is what, specifically, was wrong with plessy?

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Shout out to Chase Strangio who did his level best and should have fucking won. What a beast of an attorney and an amazing advocate. This is heartbreaking. #Skrmetti

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telling someone with diabetes that just lost access to insulin to just stay positive

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