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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A little late to the bluesky party, but thrilled to have It Must Be Beautiful on the list of nominations for the Evergreen Award. Thank you thank you to @forestofreading.bsky.social <3

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I dearly love Kathryn Mockler's interview with my wife, @kategies.bsky.social about shame and trauma and all the ways we find to heal sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/id-send-my...

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I’d send my love to all the kids who feel like weirdos.

I've been meaning to ask Kate Gies

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Rewriting a Story About Medical Trauma: Kate Gies joins me on Let’s Talk Memoir.🧡 @kategies.bsky.social Here’s the episode: ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

We gave helium to a parrot to hear if it talked funny but it just floated to the ceiling.

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you have a memoir struggling to get out of you, @kategies.bsky.social shares her own experience and advice this Thursday, courtesy of the Baltimore Public Library. events.bcpl.info/event/13043765

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Writers Studio

Author and educator Kate Gies discusses her experiences writing her book It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished.

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

What a great turnout for our “Can you outrun a bear?” three-mile fun run! For the sixth consecutive year, the answer was no.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Thank you CBC books for including It Must Be Beautiful on the list of 30 Canadian Books to read this winter!

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

we all have that one knee we drew a face on and that sings to us when we're sad

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Me: A sandwich is a book made of bread that tells the story of the ingredients Bank clerk: *frantically pressing the silent alarm*

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Shout out to my amazing cover designer @michelvrana.com. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful cover <3

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I mentioned I used to make puppets with my knees as a kid, and someone just asked me how i did that. So, here you go

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I got to talk to the amazing @mattgalloway.bsky.social from CBC's The Current and you can listen to our conversation here.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Such a great honour to be part of such an amazing festival!

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Charlotte Wolfe @charlottewolfe.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is brilliant from @kategies.bsky.social. I “should” have two more major surgeries but they’re not medically necessary and I don’t want them. From my pov as a parent… I don’t 100% know what I’d do in this situation if doctors were advising the same. Confronting! thewalrus.ca/i-was-born-m...

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I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix | The Walrus

Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted

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Longreads @longreads.com · 10/02/2025

"A man of good intentions, who wanted only to build me the best ear he could. A man who, despite his efforts at kindness, was still the man who sliced into me while I was asleep." @kategies.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca

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I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix - Longreads

"Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted."

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 10/02/2025

@kategies.bsky.social’s childhood was characterized by one familiar routine: a train ride into Toronto, a hot-fudge sundae at the Eaton Centre, a small gift from her mother, then the Hospital for Sick Children for surgery. thewalrus.ca/i-was-born-missi...

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Mattea Roach @mattearoach.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This interview with @kategies.bsky.social is on the radio TODAY!! (or on your podcast platform of choice, if you prefer to listen on your own schedule)

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The Slow Scroll @theslowscroll.com · 09/02/2025

Highly recommend this excerpt from the new memoir by @kategies.bsky.social “With Uncle Louie, I became two bodies: the one I experienced and the one he measured.”

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I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix | The Walrus

Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Out today! My interview with @thestar.com where I talk about lots of things, including how vulnerability and variability in bodies is the very essence of humanness.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Tomorrow you can listen to my interview with the brilliant @mattearoach.bsky.social on CBC Radio's Bookends With Mattea Roach.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Hello! An excerpt of my memoir is up at the Walrus today!

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

On this official pub date of It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished, a reminder that while we're distracted by trade talk, Trump is stripping away the rights of those with marginalized bodies. Stay vigilant people.

Book cover of IT Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished on sale today

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Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Even in the incredibly unlikely case that trans rights in the US stop getting worse, judges grow a spine, whatever miracle you want to imagine— You should still go out of your way to support trans folks because every fucking thing is harder for them. Work. Family. Housing. Walking down the street.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

What do all of these beautiful Canadian books have in common? They're all on a list I wrote for the 49th Shelf! What kind of list? Read here to find out: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/02...

Books on a desk:
Chrysalis by Anuja Vargese, Why I was Late by Charlie Petch, Drolleries by Cassidy McFadzean, The Whole Singing Ocean by Jessica Moore, The Pump by Sydney Hegele, Just Pervs by Jess Taylor, Washes, Prays by Noor Naga, No Credit River by Zoe WhittalI,In Between Days by Teva Harrison

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.

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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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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

whatever else happens, cats

white persian cat curled up and dozing on a sofa cushion

grey cat curled up andleaning against a pillow, giving the camera some side eye

a diluted tortoiseshell cat sitting tall on the back of a sofa, next to a large window.

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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Jesus was here

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Sisyphus grunts and heaves, and the boulder at last comes to rest on the hilltop. They wipe their brow and sit, rejoicing in the aching muscles which at last defied the gods. Their moment of triumph stretches into a day of pause, a year of leisure, an idle century, an eternal tedium

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Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Dystopian novel about a tech billionaire who makes an AI that aggregates everyone's social media, e-mails, Word docs, Google docs, etc & filters them into lists, which he then shares with an authoritarian government so the Subversives can be enslaved in prison camps to feed his capitalist machine

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

are you a bad enough dude to practice kindness while the world is dying all around us

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My book is real. And little Nigel couldn't be more excited.

Box of books below a cat on a pink couch

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walruslifestyle @walruslifestyle.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

i never understood the idea of someone jumping out of a cake. if i were in a cake i would never leave

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

It's not a water gun, it's a camping bidet.

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esoteric butch realness @hrtbeats.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

i do unfortunately love my stupid cat so much i’ll buy anything that looks like him

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Cara Ramsey @cairenntairisu.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false. www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...

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New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation

The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.

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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Please listen closely as our menu options have changed. Failure is not an option. Anymore. Frankly, it's surprising how many of you chose it

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Absolutely batshit that Pierre Poilievre, who will probably be our next PM, is sitting down with present-day far-right grifter Jordan Peterson. The alarm bells couldn’t blare any louder, folks!!!!!!

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Sarah @sarahjen.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

several times a day i ask “am i hungry or am i just bored” and then i have a little snack while i think about it

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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

How Did This Beloved Thing Get So Bad? a guy wanted to get richer What Happened To All Thos— let me stop you there. a guy wanted to get richer Why Is Th— a guy wanted to get richer Have You Noticed Th— a guy wanted to get richer Where Did— a guy wanted to get richer

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Shari Kasman @smkasman.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

The gallery was very busy with reporters today! Watch for the Museum of Bad Gifts on the 6pm Global National News and on the CBC News on TV also. www.thestar.com/news/gta/at-...

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One person's bad gift is another person's treasure at Toronto's 'Museum of Bad Gifts'

Years' worth of poorly planned presents are on display at the 'Museum of Bad Gifts' in Roncesvalles. The show runs until Jan. 6.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

if you are short on dopamine, it is highly recommended that you regard my cat below (for health reasons)

diluted tortoiseshell cat staring out thr window

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

my brilliant wife's brilliant memoir is available for pre-order from your favorite bookstore. it's a moving exploration of patriarchy and medical hubris in determining what bodies should look like and whose needs "fixing"

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