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Kelsey

@agathafrye.bsky.social
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Hi! I’m a middle-aged human muddling along on our marvelous terrible planet. Things I do: nonprofit directing, letterpress printing, community organizing, zine stuff. Librarian without a library. 💖 Currently working on: olympiamusichistory.org

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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I’m terrible about visiting this platform, but here’s a petition I feel strongly about. We can’t afford to lose organizations like the Hamilton Wood Type Museum, but we also need accountable and transparent boards in order to have continued organizational success. sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
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We Demand a New Board of Directors at Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum
Key Issues with Board Actions · Cancellation of Artist Residencies: The Board canceled fully funded residencies, disregarding restricted donor and grant commitments. This breached trust with funders a...
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The way the board is handling this situation is shameful.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Stoked about this class at Community Print… we are so lucky to get a visit from the talented @tenderheartpress.bsky.social in 11 days! 💖 You can register at community-print.org/classes
Six letterpressed posters from Tender-Heart Press. 1. “Another world is not only possible, she’s on her way. Many of us won’t be here to greet her. But on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.”-Arundhati Roy / 2. “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man, I am something that you’ll never understand.”- Prince / 3. “Mistakes were made. Give it another go tmrw.”- tender-heart press / 4. “We live in Capitalism. Its power seems inescapable, but then, so did the divine rights of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed.”- Ursula K LeGuin / 5. “The world is coming to an end, but until then, let us print.” -school of bad printing / 6. “I call in my kindred through the wordless spirit web. I seed these spells in the dark of the new moon: to be known, to be loved wholly, to be useful, fully alive, & connected. Thread us through one another like electricity webbing down to the earth & skyward again through the return strike. Grow our connection slow like the long-waiting cicada. We emerge knowing each other undeniably by our vibration & song.” -tender-heart press 💖A picture of E. Oscar Maynard with three large pieces of wood type spelling YES.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This movie was so excellent. Highly recommend. I will be thinking about it for months. youtu.be/B9OCYOD-e9s?...
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Secret Mall Apartment | Official Trailer HD
YouTube video by Secret Mall Apartment
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I am so very pleased with this outcome. This billboard has been a hateful scourge on Lewis county, WA, for decades. Justice has been served at last! medium.com/@lewiscounty...
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Chehalis Tribe Buys Billboard, Plans to Replace Messages with Accurate U.S. History
NAPAVINE, WA — In a development historians are calling “chef’s kiss levels of poetic justice,” the infamous Uncle Sam billboard along I-5 near Chehalis has been purchased by the Confederated Tribes…
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
As a scholar, as a teacher, and now as a museum educator, Chronicling America has been invaluable. Beyond that, though, it's OURS. We paid for it. It's a public good.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
In other news, we are well and truly fucked. This is what happens when monopolies are created. I’m disappointed with myself for being so reliant on Google and nearly all Google products. 😩
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Libraries need funding, for this and many other reasons. Defunding libraries is shameful and harmful to our communities.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I really have no idea who sees anything I post on here, but any Olympia folks following along are invited to this art opening tomorrow night! We’ve got over 80 7-inch square collages related to themes of Dissent, Organize, Hope & Rage, and Renewal.
Collaged flyer announcing a World Collage Day show with over 80 collages. Show is at Ilk Lodge at 515 Jefferson St SE in Olympia, Washington. Opening is Saturday May 10 at 7 pm.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I strongly agree!
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is amazing! zcmag.xyz/zine-idea-ge...
zcmag.xyz
ZC MAG
Zine Crisis Mutual Assistance Group: Zinesters helping zinesters
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Reposting this! Conversation has been slow! 😂
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Hope @hopeamico.com · 03/04/2025
"Is This Art" collage workshop is coming back this summer with laid back pacing that leaves plenty of time for swimming. Meet twice a month for lessons with a bonus homework time for June, July, & August. Save $100 if you sign up before May 1. #collage #art #queerart
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Love this. 💖
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Printmakers, I’ve started a Reddit group for people running, volunteering, working, etc; in community print shops. If you’re interested in being added, let me know! #letterpress #risograph #printmaking
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Olympia, this is coming up next Friday! I hope to see you there.
A hand drawn PA with blackberry vines and text: 
That Summer Feeling: Thirty Years of YoYo a Go Go
Friday, April 18, 4-6 pm
COM building recital hall, room 107

"Long ago, punk rock stopped being simply a noun that was young, loud, and proud. Now it's also a descriptive term that tries to explain the difference between the buy in/sell out culture that wakes us up every morning for work, and the culture so many of us make every day with our own hands." -Pat Maley

Join original Yoyo a Go Go organizers Pat Maley, Michelle Noel, Kento Oiwa, Ed Varga, and Pat Castaldo for a slideshow and panel discussion of Olympia's four Yoyo a Gogo Festivals. This event is hosted by The Olympia Music History Project and the Evergreen State College Daniel J. Evans Library. 

* ”That Summer Feeling,” Jonathan Richman, 1983
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Next up at Community Print! Share with your book arts loving friends in the PNW.
Images of four small artist books made with handmade paper.Class description: Treasure books are based on traditional Zhen Xian Bao (Chinese Thread Books) but go beyond the traditional format. Zhen Xian Bao (Chinese Thread Books) are made up of layers of folded pockets of different sizes in a portfolio-style cover. In this class, students will learn and practice several different methods to make four traditional pocket forms. Then, they will work on making books with both hard and soft covers, in different sizes, with different closures, and different numbers and arrangements of pockets. No prior experience is needed.Text: register at community-print.org/classes
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🥹
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
everylibrary.org
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
One of our Olympia harm reduction icons has left the building. He influenced and assisted so many people in Olympia and beyond. Thank you LHD 💖 gofund.me/514ddbbd
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Donate to Support Long Hair Dave's Memorial and EGYHOP, organized by Meg Martin
Update: THANK YOU to everyone who has donated so far! Please keep sharing and … Meg Martin needs your support for Support Long Hair Dave's Memorial and EGYHOP
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
We’ve got so many good classes coming up at Community Print! Here are the next two. Please share with your PNW/Puget sound area friends. More info: www.community-print.org/classes
Images of junk journals made with brown paper sandwich bags. Description of Paper Bag Junk Journal class with Rene Westbrook, happening Saturday, March 15, 1-4 pm at Community Print in Olympia Washington. For more info or to register: community-print.org/classesImage of stationary with the text “Re-introduction to Letter Writing with Hope Amico,” happening March 22 from 12-4 pm at Community Print in Olympia, WA.Description of Re-introduction to Letter Writing with Hope Amico, happening Saturday, March 22, 12-4 pm at Community Print in Olympia Washington. For more info or to register: community-print.org/classes
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is a mess.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Oh, ya think? 😂😭
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is so so rich. February 4, 2925: “Judge Awards Proud Boys Trademark to Metropolitan AME Church.” Thank you, Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier. 💖 www.washlaw.org/judge-awards...
washlaw.org
Judge Awards Proud Boys Trademark to Metropolitan AME Church  - The Washington Lawyers' Committee
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic Black church in Washington, D.C., sued Proud Boys International LLC after an attack on the Church in 2020. The court issued a default judgme...
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
When in doubt, make signs (said the letterpress printers)… Thanks for documenting, Shanty!
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Love this.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This is a genius idea. Thank you artists! stopproject2025comic.org
stopproject2025comic.org
Stop Project 2025 Comic
Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
So visual! 😭
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is very scary.
nytimes.com
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday (Gift Article)
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
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ALT DHS (NOT an official DHS account) @altdhs.altgov.info · 31/12/2024
Oh look, I found a new cover photo.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I would like to state that while I’m glad people run for their physical and mental health, it feels really wrong to be posting about it at the moment. That is all. #donotcareaboutyourrun #ourcountryisbrokenrightnow
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yessssss
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Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
No lies detected
Q: What do archivists put on their toast?

A: Preserves
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Hey, WA musician friends… fill this out! wanma.info/washington-s...
wanma.info
Washington State Music Census - Washington Nightlife & Music Association
WA State Music Census For the first time ever, Washington’s music economy is being comprehensively analyzed to measure its economic, employment, and demographic scope. Despite the cultural and economi...
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🥚🍳🚫
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Will be reading.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
“So-called Bishop” ??? She is an actual elected/ordained Bishop, and has been for 14 years. Also, that’s a nice bonus t at the end of a post challenging someone else’s intellect.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We are still out here being brave and kind.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Needing your pet photos today and in the coming years.
Two large dogs, Bruno and Hazel, sitting for treatos. Bruno is white with dark spots, and Hazel is dark brown and red.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Useful. Thank you for this!
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Went to an amazing show this weekend… this was one of many highlights. Longstocking and friends throwing shirts out to the audience. 🥹 #queercore #thekidsaregrown
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hey librarians. This is so good.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I still have this question.
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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
One week into the new year and this June Jordan quote is the mantra
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
It’s just… what? I truly have no more words for what’s happening in our country.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
SAME. Also true for the majority of people that I’ve spoken to. She ceased to be relevant in 1977.
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Kelsey @agathafrye.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
This is what I’ve been working on lately, we launched on New Year’s Day. 💖 www.olympiamusichistory.org
olympiamusichistory.org
Olympia Music History Project
Documenting the music history of Olympia, WA from 1980-2002.
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