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Maggie Horton

@themaggicalword.bsky.social
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Smash the patriarchy… but with a plot. Located in Virginia, USA. Writer, reader, mom raising three feminist boys. She/her.

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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
As an alumna of UVA, I am sad and angry. Jefferson (whom I don’t revere, but like most Hoos, I admire his passion for higher education and independence) must be rolling in his grave.
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
How did the plebeians survive the fall of Rome without memes?
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I’m positive you all saw the video from Coeur d’Alene, where a woman was pulled out of her seat and arrested by men who claimed to be sheriff deputies, but were not in uniform. I need the men to do something: When you see a woman being abused, step in. Step up. Get in the way. Put your body to use.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 12/02/2025
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️
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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Costco is definitely the place to shop. Pass it on.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Did anyone else see the straight up Trump propaganda commercial before the Chiefs/Bills game? Like a campaign ad, but just, “Trump is awesome. Yay America.” I haven’t seen anything about it. Was I dreaming (nightmare-ing)?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/01/2025
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Other98 @other98.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
“She brought her church into the World of Politics [sic]”… I can’t.
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This woman is doing the Lord’s work.
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Kevin McShane (Verified) @kevinmcshane.org · 20/01/2025
"Masculine Energy"
Panel 1: Mark Zuckerberg stands on the stage at a Meta all-hands meeting, wearing a little chain and a shirt that says "Cool Dude." "I think our company could use more Masculine Energy," he says into a mic. In the crowd, an employee raises their hand. "Excuse me, Mr. Zuckerberg," the person asks. Panel 2: The person stands up, asking, "By "Masculine Energy," do you mean a mature definition where men in power use their relative strength to protect and uplift those less privileged?" Panel 3: The person continues, "…or a more childish definition where men in power are free to be aggressive and harm others without being held accountable?" Panel 4: Zuck stands silent for a beat. Panel 5: "You're all fired," he says.
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terrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I 100% support Blake Lively. I can admit the smear campaign worked on me. I believed she was “difficult, flighty, rude” etc. What a coincidence that the same people who are doubling down now - despite 80 pages of evidence - also cannot recognize the propaganda that they fall for every day.
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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
“As long as two men kissing sparks more outrage than a man hitting a woman, there will always be something wrong in this world”
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#EndGunViolenceNow Imagine the horror the families impacted by today’s school shooting are having to endure! We can choose a different way going forward!
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a poster that says end gun violence in orange letters on a black background
ALT: a poster that says end gun violence in orange letters on a black background
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Happy Birthday to the supremely kind and extremely talented Mastermind Taylor Swift 🫶🏾
Flavor Flav cheesin in a photo with Taylor Swift
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Anyone else super invested in the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament? I’m rooting for Nebraska because I love the visibility they’ve brought to the sport, Penn State because their coach is a motivation, and Louisville because ACC (and I arbitrarily don’t like Pitt 🤷🏻‍♀️) #EveryoneWatchesWomensSports
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Homeboy stopped the wrong lady (H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Lurking on Threads. Man commented on a benign story about yoga that he wasn’t a misogynist but had to advocate for men in our misandrist society. Next comment he said women are nothing but uteruses. I live in a bubble of decent men; it’s always terrifying to be reminded that some men think this way.
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Barnes & Noble @barnesandnoble.com · 06/12/2024
Choose empathy. Read.
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Stosh @stosh44.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Politics mostly avoided at Thanksgiving, other than the magas trying to get my British MIL to talk about “illegals” and my dad loudly whispering to other maga that he was so happy. Other maga did, without notice or explanation, leave my mother a book about preparing for The Rapture. So there’s that.
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy thanksgiving to my new community here. We are headed to my mom’s - a very intelligent, retired government attorney, progressive woman - where she has forbidden political talk (as well as shirts with words and denim - heaven forbid). Bets on if the 3 MAGA disciples in attendance will behave? 🥴
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 26/11/2024
Out of 2,410 women killed by men, 87.5% knew their killers, and 66% were shot. Misogynistic rhetoric, extremist cabinet picks, and Project 2025's patriarchal agenda threaten to escalate violence against women. We must stand united and resist this dangerous regression. #Resist
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My women in male fields posts are all based on my real life maga uncles. Also, a gender power inverted world is the premise of my YA WIP.
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Deb @glogurl.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My aunt told my 11 year-old nephew “you’re so handsome. Are you the best looking boy in your class?” I told her that was a weird thing to ask an 11 year-old. She said men are too sensitive. #womeninmalefields
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My aunt told my teenage brother that our father had nicer legs than him when he was younger, but it’s okay because he had a better bulge in his swim trunks. #womeninmalefields
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Men shouldn’t be commentators for female sports. They can’t possibly know what they’re talking about. Plus their voices are so low and grating. #womeninmalefields
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Veronica Danie @veronicadanie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Forgive the grainy photo from my car. Politics aside (a big aside), I’m deeply disturbed by the aesthetics and awkward wording of this sign. It’s so bad on every possible level.
A roadside sign showing Trump cuddling a flag and words “Trump won and” -line break- “by a lot”. You can also see the P of a poorly covered up Trump campaign sign.
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I finished the first draft of my flawed utopian (because not dystopian) matriarchal YA fantasy novel 2 years ago. I’ve done multiple revisions, over a dozen beta readers, writing group consultations, etc. I still think I need to rewrite the first chapter. Again, x100. Any tips on a gripping opening?
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Maggie Horton @themaggicalword.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
New here. Writer. Mother. Feminist. Childhood overachiever. Adulthood anxiety-haver. Trying to channel my rage into words.
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