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I just lost my Medicaid coverage. I’m a full time PhD student who only earns about $26K. The only reason I’m not on food ramps is because my dad (a mensch) is letting me live in his house. I’m so upset I’m about to vomit. #medicaidcuts #gradstudent #virginia

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

The number of Virginia Tech undergrads and grad students who are having their visas revoked keeps going up. This is horrific. My international cohorts are afraid and overwhelmed. We are not okay. #fascism

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Virginia Tech President Sands announces that U.S. government has revoked visas for 7 students. #fascism

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Might save a life.

submitted 100 days ago • 238 comments

Here I am learning about p-values and theory while the White House is being run my the human equivalent of a McFlurry machine…

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

But noooooo WoMeN are tOo eMOtiOnaL tO be lEaDerS…

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.

submitted 123 days ago • 277 comments

Having the flu type A as a perimenopausal woman… No One: …… My Body: *evil cackles* now we can accelerate our nuclear development program and achieve the temperature of the SUN’S CORE BWAHAHAHA 🔥💀

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Look, I have childhood trauma too… but I didn’t turn into an idiot business weirdo that bullies vulnerable populations for funsies. Also, f**k Nazis.

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

I need someone to fly blimp with a trans pride flag over Mar-a-lago 🏳️‍⚧️ I can pay you in cookies

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

It’s taken me a while to evolve as a feminist and part of it was realizing the KKK didn’t sew their own robes. White women did. We did. We’ve been f*cking up for a long time.

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

I need the press to ACTIVELY document and question everything that man does in office with Kendrick Lamar energy. I want all the receipts.

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

Facts!

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I never have an excuse to tell my chiropractor. My body just does what it wants. Like quitting.

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

One of my strongest powers is that I can fold a fitted sheet into a perfect rectangle. But opening exterior doors is hard for some reason.

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

I am torn between the needs of washing laundry vs lesson planning. Just kidding: I’m going to watch kdrama.

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

Mr. Bill would like to recommend the practice of DILLIGAF. #JudgyCat

submitted 162 days ago • 0 comments

Live. Laugh. Legislate. #BringBackRoe

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

I weight train so that in 40 years, I’ll be that one b*tch that hard to catch in the nursing home. Great aunt gains.

submitted 164 days ago • 0 comments

New Year’s Revolutions, not resolutions.

submitted 167 days ago • 0 comments

I would like to announce I finally beat Calamity Ganon. Also: I am bad at timing.

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Jesus was born in the spring + the winter solstice is a pagan tradition + Bruce Willis is the true hero of Christmas = yippee ki yay you heathen mother****ers. (And I say that with love.) 🎄❤️

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

Zelda games taught me to always watch out for the dude with crazy hair and an unrestrained appetite for power.

submitted 175 days ago • 0 comments

Thursday: submitted final grades Friday: emotional crisis + boredom Saturday: sips coffee in pillow fort = true joy #phdstudent

submitted 176 days ago • 0 comments

No kings, no masters, no billionaires.

submitted 179 days ago • 0 comments

Pelosi is what we call a “ladder kicker” in WGSS. She’s at the top of the food chain, hoarding power instead of empowering younger generations of women. Not cool.

submitted 180 days ago • 0 comments

Mr. Bill says you should let people experience the consequences of their actions.

submitted 181 days ago • 0 comments

Working on my spring 2025 syllabus wondering how many mental health days I should put in the schedule… 🤔

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