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Happy first day of spring to us, to the Wisconsin

Happy first day of spring to us, to the Wisconsin Supreme Court race about which I mailed 100 postcards today, to e e cummings and eddie and bill and betty and isbel, to mudlusciousness and puddlewonder and hope, and hard work ahead.

@crawfordforwi #indivisible #spring

Resistance. Hope. Intention. Seeds.

Resistance. Hope. Intention. Seeds.

Breakfast with My Bodily Autonomy time, folks: bir

Breakfast with My Bodily Autonomy time, folks: birth control edition. In Indiana and Missouri, some shit is going down with sneaky, doublespeak labeling that they all think we won’t notice. READ THE DETAILS. (Or follow @jessicavalenti to really get into the nuts and bolts.)

And for all that is good in the world, call your reps every day.
#abortionishealthcare #birthcontrol

Breakfast with My Bodily Autonomy time, this time

Breakfast with My Bodily Autonomy time, this time with me admitting I still have a lot to learn. Policies coming out of this administration are affecting every aspect of reproductive justice, so whatever work you’re doing, it is likely contributing to that end. There is plenty to go around.

I need to know the names of the birds. I just do.

I need to know the names of the birds. I just do. This seems to me to be a type of grackle, and it perches on the top of the roof of this building in the mornings like someone drew it there.

This bird has no idea what is happening with me. This bird has no idea what is happening with humans at all. It just keeps on being a bird on a roof for a few minutes in the morning. There’s no point trying to stop it. It’s there because it wants to be.

I quite enjoy that.

I am in Mexico. Eggs are cheap. The sun is bright.

I am in Mexico. Eggs are cheap. The sun is bright. I am trying hard to gather warmth for the times to come.

Tonight, I get to hear one of my literary idols, John Irving, speak. His novel about abortion, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, was transformative for me. Rules are not always for us, he writes, if they were not conceived of by us.

Then, later this week, I will hear my other favorite writer, Margaret Atwood (@therealmargaretatwood), whose writing about women and female power rocked my foundations as a graduate student. It should not have been surprising to me that women’s alliances with each other are crucial to the fabric of humanity, but it was. In particular, reading THE ROBBER BRIDE formed my resolve to think critically about alliance.

These two writers have inspired my fascination with epic stories of human connection and justice for women. To think that I will hear them both speak in the span of a few days is keeping my hope alive.

Art is keeping my hope alive, against all logic.

@sanmiguelwritersconference

I went to visit the grave of Edna Paul again today

I went to visit the grave of Edna Paul again today, marked by a statue of her that seems to depict her at the age she was when she died - not quite ten years old.

I always visit cemeteries when I travel and love walking in them close to home, too. Humans love our families so much that we erect monuments to that love, spending tremendous amounts of money and covering swaths of land just to honor their memories. We have no idea if they ever know.

We have so much capacity for love; we have so much respect even for the lifeless bodies of strangers. I wish we used more of that capacity for the living.

It’s getting harder to find the information peop

It’s getting harder to find the information people need about #abortion, specifically on this app. I suspect this is just the beginning. If you need it, these are places to start:

@aidaccess @plancpills @ineedanacom @abortionfinder

Breakfast with my bodily autonomy for one whole we

Breakfast with my bodily autonomy for one whole week. Everybody breathe. This is going to be a long four years.

Always grateful for the reporting and analysis of @jessicavalenti who covers reproductive rights 24/7.

#AbortionIsHealthCare #MyBodyMyChoice

Strong. Bold. Fluffed up for the coming winter. I’m taking my cues from him.

The words of the prophets are also written on the

The words of the prophets are also written on the sidewalks. A long amble in the ancestral homeland in the rain was just what the universe intended.

I checked. Despite everything, Lake Michigan is st

I checked. Despite everything, Lake Michigan is still here.

There were so many electoral wins on abortion righ

There were so many electoral wins on abortion rights that I had to speed up the audio on this reel. This country’s electorate OVERWHELMINGLY believes in the right to safe, legal abortions. When asked explicitly, they answer with a majority vote for keeping the government out of the decision. So celebrate the wins and keep marching! #abortionishealthcare

Reclaiming my mother’s desk is another way I am

Reclaiming my mother’s desk is another way I am trying, flailing, recovering, trying again, holding steady, striving to grieve.

I’ve written tens of thousands of words here, but they were surrounded by her traditions and limitations. I want her here with me and I want to be here as me, too.

From this desk I watch woodpeckers and cardinals and sparrows and chickadees as they watch me, as I watch them, as they watch me. It’s time, I decided, for brighter plumage.

“Sometimes, people just leave.”

I started this during a rebound COVID infection in

I started this during a rebound COVID infection in February and finished it today while actively avoiding the headlines. It’s actually inspired by a moment in @magicianssyfy when High King Margot, in the face of an impossible task, simply utters a deadpan “well, shit.” And then she succeeds.

I think we’ll have to channel her for a while.

Buck Yoga in Chicago’s Rosehill Cemetery. A paus

Buck Yoga in Chicago’s Rosehill Cemetery. A pause. A breath. An exit from the Anthropocene for just a few moments. Amen.

The ceiling of the room from which we launched doo

The ceiling of the room from which we launched door to door canvassing in Wisconsin before the election.

Wisconsin, the state that Kamala Harris lost by the fewest points of all the swing states.

In my best moments, this is what I’m thinking: I hope to see this ceiling a lot, beginning in about 3.5 years.

Tanacetum vulgare, on my learning list.

Tanacetum vulgare, on my learning list.

Breakfast with my bodily autonomy aaaaaanndddd…F

Breakfast with my bodily autonomy aaaaaanndddd…Fox News?!?

Huge huge huge mammoth shout out to the work of @jessicavalenti and her Abortion Every Day substack, where you can get a ton of talking points for your next surprise visit by conservative media (or just your next conversation with undecided voters).
#abortion #AbortionIsHealthCare

Sssssssshhhhhh DON’T TALK TO ME WHEN I’M COMMU

Sssssssshhhhhh DON’T TALK TO ME WHEN I’M COMMUNING WITH MY NYC BAGEL.

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