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Ruth LeFaive

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I teach artists & solopreneurs how to trust their own knowing. Certified Socratic Coach. Writer. Reader & Treasurer for Split Lip Magazine. Bookkeeper. she/her. ruthlefaive.com

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Jim Henson didn’t muppeteer a tiny green frog that was singing and playing the banjo, with rubber gloves while totally submerged underwater in a airtight aluminum tank just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”.
Comic page depicting how the did the scene in the Muppets Movie with Kermit playing the banjo in a swamp
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/08/2026
Helping my mother help someone today. Her 83-year old widower neighbor is being targeted in exactly this manner and he is despondent. Seriously, check on your old folks. 💔
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/08/2026
This is incredibly disturbing. The number of cases in Mississippi alone of Black people who met their deaths in dubious/highly suspicious ways, only for authorities to shrug it off and do a piss poor job if investigating...there are so many names
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Tasia Fortune Identified as Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Jackson Home
The woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson, Mississippi, home is 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, the Hinds County Coroner’s Office said.
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Poets & Writers @pw.org · 11/07/2026
#ClipOfTheDay: In this video, Krys Malcolm Belc talks about his new memoir, What I Made for Dinner, for an event at Books Are Magic with Joseph Osmundson. “I used to dream of a better world and now I’m dreaming of projects, loaves of bread, layer cakes, laminated pastries.” Watch: at.pw.org/Belc
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Awww, AWP '26 was sooo much fun!
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
How lovely to log in after a zillion months and find these happy memories. <3
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Fun fact: If you go to surj.org/category/pas... you can watch their past webinars like the one linked in my earlier post.
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Past webinars Archives - SURJ
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I'm attending Swing Left's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in West LA / Culver City / Mid City!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...
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Canvass for Prop 50 in West LA / Culver City / Mid City! · Swing Left
Come knock on doors in West LA / Culver / Mid City with us and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda (exact location to be disclosed at least 7 days before the event). Trump is trying to rig the midterm...
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Solidarity & Rapid Response: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
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Solidarity & Rapid Response: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities · Showing Up for Racial Justice
Across the country, immigrant communities are under attack and authoritarian forces are gaining ground. But there’s a growing movement of people ready to take action with clarity, courage, and discipl...
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, ““Calling in, not out: a skill for white people to organize our own” with Loretta Ross” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
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“Calling in, not out: a skill for white people to organize our own” with Loretta Ross · Showing Up for Racial Justice
“Calling in” versus “calling out” isn’t just a one-on-one practice, it’s a strategic orientation to help us defeat authoritarianism and build the world we need. As millions of people across the countr...
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Don't be jealous, but I never watched Grey's Anatomy or any version of The L Word. Which means I've now got 422 hours of TV to look forward to. That's 17.5 days or just over a month of hermitizing, if I sleep.
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a woman in a lab coat is holding a trophy and says up top !
ALT: a woman in a lab coat is holding a trophy and says up top !
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Just now seeing this. I'm so grateful! Thank you! And I'm super honored being in company with the marvelous & lovely @livesinpages.bsky.social.
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I feel so nourished by this essay. Gorgeous, @maureenlangloss.bsky.social.
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Gulf of Mexico 🌀 @saystay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
bsky.app/profile/says...
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
NEW: It's time to #FundLibraries. As we fight for the long-term future of federal funding for libraries in Congress & in the courts, it's critical that our elected officials CONTINUE to provide annual funding. Take action, tell your House Rep to fund libraries in FY26: bit.ly/FundLibraries26House
Fund Libraries. Tell Congress to invest in libraries. #FundLibraries, ALA American Library Association.
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Grant MacDowell @grantmacdowell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Stop the cuts! Hands off Culver City this Saturday April 19th. #HandsOff #March #Protest #Resist #protesta #HandsOff2025 #Indivisible #LosAngeles #California #CulverCity #CityHall
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Peter Bowden 😃 @peterbowdenlive.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands Off Protest Boston! April 5, 2025 Boston Common
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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 01/04/2025
legit this system is AMAZING, different author friends of mine who've struggled for years to maintain a daily writing routine now text each other all excited to report once they've finished "The Haylie" for the day
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I wish Mom had lived to see this heartening act of love by @corybooker.com. I haven't cried much since she died—she's out of pain, after all. But the thought of her missing this brings tears. Imagining how she would be inspired by Sen. Booker's dedication makes me ache with missing her. #resist
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"We the people are powerful. We are strong!" - Senator Cory Booker 11:29 a.m. PT, 20 hours in
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Grant MacDowell @grantmacdowell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
#HandsOff #March #Protest #GoodTrouble #CoryBooker #Resist #April5th #protesta #inmigracion #redada #marcha #marche
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Politics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
@benloory.bsky.social thanks for boosting that question!
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Friends, Any recommendations for U.S. newspapers whose subscription fees don't support fascism? Enjoying sources like The Guardian, but want a domestic perspective, too. Would like to support actual journalism.
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
For the first time since 2013, I'm off Duotrope. Doing all I can to pay off this veterinarian debt. There's a support group for this, right?
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
A perfect story for this sad Saturday in the US.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science. The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people. The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
the nazi book burning of the library of the Institute for Sexual Science. Berlin, Germany. May 10, 1933
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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
It feels worth emphasizing that these websites being taken down aren’t some federal worker’s hobby, or an agency’s side project. They exist as matters of policy, some directly mandated in law, some through government contracts. Taking them down is fundamentally illegitimate and autocratic.
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justbehonest.bsky.social @justbehonest.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Join or start a chapter of Indivisible.org. Read their guide. Get involved. Get loud.
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I read that interview with @amyklobuchar.com in the NYT. She's using an outdated playbook. She's trying to play by the rules with craven people who are breaking laws & ignoring the Constitution. She & all Dems need to step up their game & take much more dramatic action. WAKE UP & DO SOMETHING!
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
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Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
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Tor Ekeland @torekeland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Second, resistance doesn't have to be a dramatic act. It can be a small act, like losing a sheet of paper, taking your time processing something, not serving someone in a restaurant. Small acts taken by thousands have big effects.
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
RAIN!
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Alexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Thank you for making this beautiful poster that matches everything Sangodare and I wear every day 💜 www.countrycounterculture.com/product-page... You can also sign up for our accountability space to get weekly emails and prompts here: sangodare.podia.com/100-days-sup...
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Alexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Medicine from and with a divine being.💜💜💜💜💜 www.youtube.com/live/0zNn81o...
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January 23rd, 2025 7pm - Toshi Reagon’s Annual Birthday Concerts featuring BIGLovely
YouTube video by Joe's Pub
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Dr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I love being on masthead at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social dive into this amazing issue splitlipthemag.com
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Split Lip Magazine
Split Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary journal with a pop culture twist. We publish online monthly and in print. Poetry, fiction, memoir, flash, reviews, interviews, art.
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I would like to thank Christine Byl for inspiring the poem & for her incredible memoir, DIRT WORK. I hope you will buy her book, as well as this beautiful issue of Harvard Review! I have written a little blog post about both my poems if you are interested: www.maureenlangloss.com/every-cut-ha...
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Every Cut Has a Kerf - Maureen Langloss
I am delighted to have two poems in Harvard Review this month, one in their gorgeous new print issue and the other online. I am so grateful to the editors at HR for including me alongside so many auth...
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This @amystuber.com story is the best story I’ve read in a while. Working my way through this collection slowly, savoring a story here, a story there, and it’s all pretty great; this story alone is worth picking it up.
Doctor Visit
You have the tiniest little baby cataracts, the ophthalmologist tells me, and he laughs, because apparently, cataracts, when small, are funny. I'm in the chair with the thing that looks like a 1970s TV robot hovering in front of my face and I don't think it's funny because 1) all I can imagine is my eyes becoming increasingly cloudy and unusable and 2) cataracts are in most cases a final-third-of-life thing or at least indication you've stopped walking on a path and are now on the stairs, and who knows how many stairs there will be, but you're on the stairs.
Ishould mention that we are fucking, the ophthalmologist and me--not in the office, but as a routine. And with some brutality, because I've never had patience for sex that is soft.
Even though he's divorced, and I'm divorced, we don't fuck in beds. We meet. Cars on farm roads. Bathrooms of chain stores. Basements of open houses. Once in a com maze at a pumpkin patch. It's always quick and fleeting, no lounging on comforters after, and thus a reminder about life and how it's easier but worse to hold yourself out, to stay cloudy and beyond harm.hand holding paperback:

SAD GROWNUPS
SHORT STORIES
AMY STUBER
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
"These whip-smart, funny, tender, and lyrically inventive #poems both pay homage to and critique horror, unwilling to overlook the genre’s entanglement in ongoing moral panics surrounding transness." @tagreathouse.bsky.social on @cdeskilson.bsky.social's forthcoming SCREAM / QUEEN. 📚🎉🏳️‍🌈👑
Cover image for CD Eskilon's poetry collection SCREAM / QUEEN. Haunted figure in gown behind glass or mist reaches out.
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Amy Stuber @amystuber.com · 13/11/2024
I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I'm probably 100% behind the times on this, but has Submittable stopped sending emails?
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
11.) if you don't have a legal background, try to find someone who can go over a contract with you. It's hard to afford lawyers, but other publishers or more seasoned writers might be able to offer advice.
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Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I love a good starter pack!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/11/2024
Down ticket races really matter when it comes to domestic issues especially
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Exodus Oktavia Brownlow @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Issues have been shipped out! Thanks so much for the support, lovelies! We have exactly 14 copies left, and once they’re gone? They’re gone! Order a copy today, get it shipped out this week! Each issue is $10, shipping included! 🌹 DM to place an order.
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I channeled my post-election sad/anxious energy into a giant holiday Gift Guide for writers and readers! Maybe there's something here you want www.maureenlangloss.com/maureens-gia...
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Maureen’s Giant Gift Guide - Maureen Langloss
I started writing a post about the profound and overwhelming sadness I’ve felt since the election. But writing that post felt too profoundly and overwhelmingly sad! Impossible even. Then, somehow, I e...
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