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Hollin Bahn

@hollinbrav.bsky.social
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Human, poet, writer, artist. Wilderness, art, wonder, LGBTQIA, climate, politics. Love is for All of Us (Hatchette, May 2025) 🏳️‍🌈(she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ally #MEcfs #MBC Kindness as a warrior practice.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/11/2025
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50. I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman. #GiftLink wapo.st/49WOdx1
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Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Gutted to lose Alice Wong. Her voice, her vision, her kindness have changed the world for people with disabilities (including me) and will continue to do so. She left a message:
This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing.
Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin.
We need more stories about us and our culture.
You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
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Misa on Wheels @misaonwheels.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Marriage equality does not exist for everyone until disabled people can marry without losing their benefits.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 20/10/2025
BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases. Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/06/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.
The image shows the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on display on the National Mall in Washington D.C. in October 1996. This particular display, from October 11-13, 1996, was the last time the entire quilt was shown in its entirety, covering the vast expanse of the National Mall from the Washington Monument towards the U.S. Capitol. It featured over 40,000 panels and drew approximately 1.2 million visitors.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
It’s Pub Day for this beautiful poetry anthology, Love is for All of Us: poems of tenderness and belonging from the lgbtq+ community and friends, edited by James Crews & Brad Peacock. I’m humbled to have a poem in it, alongside so many amazing others. Congratulations James, Brad & all of the poets!
Woman with short gray hair, glasses, olive green t-shirt and blue jogging pants is sitting in a white chair, smiling and holding two copies of a brightly colored book.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“We find ourselves, then, gathered not just to discuss poems and ideas but to reckon with what feels like the narrowing of possibility around us.”
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Jason O’Toole @operationriskyou.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Poetry is community. "Poet Jason O’Toole said to me, succinctly, “Poetry is community.” He was right. We write because we believe others will read, and the best and most profound support I’ve had in life has come from fellow poets." - Willie Carver, Jr
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Feel Like You Should be Doing Something? Write a Poem | Heinemann
If you can write a poem, you can change the world. When the world feels overwhelming, poetry can be a mechanism for truth, articulating the unarticulated, and is our best attempt to capture the humani...
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🏳️‍⚧️Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico🏳️‍⚧️ @tgrcnm.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We're only $25 away from meeting our $500 match! Will you be the one to help us hit our first big goal on #SNMGivingDay? Visit bit.ly/snmgd-tgrcnm and let's do this! #snmgivingday25 #supporttranskids #transjoy
Trans and nonbinary people waving and saying thank you outside the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#HandsOff rally in Albuquerque, NM. @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
Two women smoking and holding signs, one reading, “Love still wins” and one that says, “No sign is big enough for this!”Woman with sunglasses holding a sign reading, “Hands off! Social security, Medicare, voting rights, USPS, vaccines, healthcare”Backs of crowd of people at rally, including man draped in rainbow flag that says, Peace.Drone shot of crowd at rally showing over a thousand people.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Thousands attend 'Hands Off!' rally in Civic Plaza to speak out against actions of Trump administration
Their reasons were many: mass layoffs, judicial overreach, immigration crackdowns, foreign wars — all of the above and then some. And they flooded Civic Plaza by the thousands on Saturday
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Good morning. Listen, you have to just decide. They are not taking the Black Smithsonian. Resolve it in your spirit.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
There was a reason they attacked DEI first. It's because white christian male supremacist views are core to their movement. Dems should, contrary to the advice of some reflexive compromisers among us, respond by picking up the fallen banner of equality & opportunity. We should proudly champion it.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Rhythm Is A Dancer - 7" Edit
SNAP! · SNAP! The Power Greatest Hits · Song · 2009
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13/03/2025
‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels. Just remember: Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Books can help us see the world, educate us, and give us hope. To be reflected in books is to be seen and affirmed. All youth deserve to see themselves and their families represented in books and media. (1/2) glaad.org/fighting-att...
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Fighting Attacks on Inclusive Books at the Supreme Court | GLAAD
Today, authors and illustrators of books in the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor released a statement in support of inclusive books, and in support of the school district including their books in ...
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"The diversity of sexual phenotypes across species is vast and spectacular" & so is this delightful story. Thanks to @professormaney.bsky.social for showing how white-throated sparrows are more proof that we shouldn't "flatten nature’s wondrous diversity into two categories, male and female." 🧪
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Fantastic.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
So much joy!
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Misa on Wheels @misaonwheels.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Personally, I am much more concerned with whether Meals on Wheels recipients will continue to receive their food than I am with what a celebrity is going to be eating at the Super Bowl.
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
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a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
“Now it was only the rivers that spoke of the rivers, and only the wind that spoke of its bees…” Jane Hirshfield poets.org/poem/fifth-day
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On the Fifth Day
On the fifth day
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
If you're a young trans person struggling to cope with the Trump administration's actions and statements, you're not alone. Below is a list of resources and organizations that can support you
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Trans Kids, Here's What You Need to Get Through the Trump Administration
From navigating anti-trans laws to protecting your joy.
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Team LPAC @teamlpac.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The LGBTQ+ community is watching as Trump tries to erase trans people. He will fail. Trans people are your neighbors, your coworkers, your friends, your family. To our trans friends -- we see you, we love you, and we will never stop fighting for all of us to be treated with dignity.
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Twexit 👣Traveler 🌊 💙 🇺🇸 🇵🇷🇺🇦🇪🇭🇨🇦🇲🇽🇩🇰🏳️‍🌈 @intrepidintellect.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Here are some independent media outlets known for journalistic integrity, providing alternative perspectives free from corporate interests: 1. ProPublica 2. The Guardian 3. The Intercept 4. Democracy Now! 5. Mother Jones 6. Common Dreams 7. CounterPunch 8. The Nation 9. Truthout
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Selected US Independent Media - Park Center for Independent Media
This list aims to illustrate some of the rich and varied landscape in the independent (non-conglomerate) media sector.
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Rio Tazewell @riotazewell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Since we’re all talking about Greenland and Canada now would be a good time to remind people that Puerto Rico and Washington, DC actually should be added as the 51st and 52nd states.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
“At a time when our politics is poisoned by cruelty, hate and malignant narcissism—and where too many self-described Christians appear driven by grievance and self-righteous aggression—the good works of Jimmy Carter offer a necessary reminder…of humanity.” www.americaamerica.news/p/jimmy-cart...
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Jimmy Carter's Enduring Humanity
The nation's 39th president died today at 100. His life of service and decency will long endure as a model for what an ex-president can do and be.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
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Carter Names Record Number of Minorities to Federal Bench
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
I am awed by these poets, these poems.
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Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Must-read article on the many problems with the popular Van der Kolk book The Body Keeps Score, including its potential harmful impacts on survivors who turn to it seeking help.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/12/2024
Head into next week with the confidence of a crow. 🪶
A black crow struts across a wooden deck
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Thank you, Nikki Giovanni. poets.org/poem/quilts
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Quilts
Like a fading piece of cloth
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/12/2024
Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
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Riley @rwintermute.com · 26/11/2024
For those democrats that don't actually know what "being New Mexican" looks like in 2024. The best way I would describe us would be as follows: New Mexicans are the kindest people you don't really want to fuck with.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 17/11/2024
fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things: 1) "nah, I'm not doing that" 2) "nah, you're not doing that" a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
People of Bluesky! Quote a favourite film using gifs only. I'd like to encourage newbies to participate. This is how Bluesky has a little fun.
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a person is holding a cardboard box that says i brought you flours .
Alt: Will Ferrell is holding a cardboard box with ten paper bags full of flour in it and says “I brought you flours” to the baker woman who he likes.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
The shadow outline of a deer, among branches, next to a pond which reflects the dark outlines of pine trees and yellow evening sky.
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Hollin Bahn @hollinbrav.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Starting over here after years at that site that used to have the blue bird. What a relief to feel safe again. Hello!
Seen from below, a large Sandhill crane with wings outstretched and three smaller-appearing cranes above it, against a blue sky with pink sunset clouds.
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