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Stephanie Rudig

@stephaniejudy.bsky.social
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Freelance graphic designer & arts journalist, tripod cat mom, living in DC. Words at Washington City Paper, Smithsonian Magazine, The InQueery, Broccoli Magazine, DCist (RIP)

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 21/06/2026
I wish people who aren't from DC would drop this messaging line that the National Guard are all standing around doing nothing playing on their phones weeding our flower beds. The National Guard presence is not benign and each Guard member is complicit at this point. 🧵
Fascist cowards policing kids' soccer games
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So proud to have been part of drowning these assholes out, and getting the privilege of flipping them off in person.
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Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Queer event producers keep the Pride party going year round in D.C. These seven space-makers host everything from matchmaking events to dance parties and drawing nights. Meet them in contributor Stephanie Rudig’s latest:
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Event Horizon: Meet D.C.’s Queer Spacemakers
D.C.’s queer party scene has experienced plenty of ups and downs, from William Dorsey Swann’s pioneering drag balls to the openings and closings of beloved spaces to whatever last year’s World Pride…
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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I sincerely hope that people in the quotes popping off about the nationals fan base, when these assholes with the sign are almost certainly out of towners to a city that is 95% not this, have called their representatives about ending the federal occupation of a place without representation.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
✨Stars✨ they’re just like us
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I don't want to encourage anyone's impostor syndrome but if you are using ChatGPT to write for you, you're literally an impostor. Literally!!! Of the worst kind! Either stop or get out of the way!!! Sigh... I guess this stuff makes me made because the actual work IS hard, and THAT. IS. THE. POINT.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Sorry but if like 8 National Guard members are assembled in front of the U street Subway that’s the definition of asking for it.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Trump wants the Commanders stadium to look like the Coliseum, which means it's going to end up looking like a Cheesecake Factory www.axios.com/local/washin...
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Trump allies want classical design at new Commanders stadium
And they have a say over the project's final look.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Joke's on Marco Rubio, because Calibri and Times New Roman are both designed by (shudder) foreigners. Let's get a Made in the USA typeface like Franklin Gothic in there!
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
HUD has these disgusting lies in a pop up on their home page, luckily they ALSO have a Website Feedback button in the bottom left corner. I submitted feedback and you should too.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Gee I wonder what the renewed public interest is about
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I've always encountered lots of defense industry design job listings living in DC but feels like a sign of the times that I am seeing WAY more now than ever before. This one really takes the cake
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Can we please stop pretending that California's own Patrick Bateman is going to be the one to save us when JB is right there?
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
How is this idiot gonna do a foot patrol on these dogs, huh?
Close up photo of Trump's swollen ankle spilling out of his shoes.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
@wmatagm.bsky.social @wmata.com I love to leave my physical therapy appointment )for mobility issues) at Georgetown hospital and wait 30 minutes at a bus stop with no shelter and no bench! Why in the world wouldn’t you put a bench at a stop where people are literally getting discharged from the ER?
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
So far Better Bus system has been trash. Hoping some of these things will be worked out (ghost buses are back, drivers randomly stop for several minutes despite being behind schedule) but you can't change that many trips I relied on now take 20-40 minutes longer @wmata.com @wmatagm.bsky.social
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I genuinely think the bus should be free for at least a month while everyone has their lives upended by the system redesign @wmatagm.bsky.social @wmata.com (And really, the bus should be free ALL the time)
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
New plan to save the country: some Broadway producer is a hero, mounts a production of Evita, casts Trump as Che, he resigns immediately to take the role.
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Sarah Marloff @sarahmarloff.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
It's a big year for Pride in DC & WorldPride is here but so is the Trump administration. Rather than talking about DC's queer history I wanted to hear from the people MAKING that history right here, right now. 2025 has sucked, but these 6 queers remind us how strong & beautiful our community is 🖤
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Stronger Together: On Pride, Resilience, and Working Toward a Better Future
Six members of the queer and trans community remind us of the power of Pride as the federal government continues to attack LGBTQIA rights.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Being more of an Andrew Lloyd Weber fan, maybe Trump doesn't know what this show is actually about?
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Is anybody doing a Not My President's Day sale? C'mon, I know someone wants to be the mattress of the resistance!
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Ditching the penny? Now that’s what I call a coin toss
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Had a supremely weird day after Inauguration going to review What the Constitution Means to Me at Round House Theatre, but it was actually galvanizing and reassuring. I highly recommend seeing this before it closes on the 16th! washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7578...
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What the Constitution Means to Me Remains Relevant and Revelatory in 2025
What the Constitution Means to Me could veer into TED Talk territory, instead the living document becomes a real presence in the lives of real people.
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Seems like a good time to check this place out
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
After 3 months, the Mississippi Free Press's BlueSky has already surpassed 50k followers. It took 5 years of work, on the other hand, to build a (declining) following of just 22k on Twitter/X. The old place ALWAYS made it harder for independent media to grow. Follow @mississippifreepress.org!
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Who Wore It Better?
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Carrie Underwood better watch where she parks her car on Inauguration Day, otherwise:
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
When you get on an empty bus that stays empty your whole trip…baby, that’s a limo you paid 2 bucks for 😎
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Crush Dance Bar heard my plea for Jimmy Carter drink specials 🙏
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
On Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday I said what’s the point of living in DC if no one was even going to do bday drink specials, this stupid town better not let me down this time around
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Even the PANTONE color of the year blows, good news is dead www.pantone.com/color-of-the...
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Stephanie Rudig @stephaniejudy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Trump favors a 51st state! It’s just not the one anyone asked for!
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