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Janelle M. Higbee

@wodsidas.bsky.social
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Free-range rhetorician. 19c Mormon women’s historian. Actively anti-dystopian. Books and doors must be opened.

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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Feeling it. art: Phaedra Peer
Small painting, words over colorful backdrop and orange vase with red flowers: I AM CRINGE BUT I AM FREE.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Godspeed, Glen Hansard, troubadour and light in this world. Thank you for everything. youtu.be/uDGGAC10mtc?...
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Glen Hansard - Song of Good Hope
YouTube video by Hauskonzerte
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
SPOKANE FIRES: My grandparents lived in Spokane for 50+ years. The home they built, where my dad grew up, is 2 blocks from the current evacuation zone. None of my family lives in Spokane anymore but it is a place of many good memories. HOW TO HELP: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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How to help: City of Spokane creates portal to organize donations for wildfire recovery
As fires devastate Spokane, people across the country are looking for ways to help.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Soy Chad.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Spain was superb. Argentina was disgraceful. I still and always love Leo Messi. Free Palestine! Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. #WorldCup2026 #GOAT
Lionel Messi, wearing silver World Cup medal, gets teary hearing fans sing his name.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Messi is inexplicable, inimitable, and inevitable. #GOAT
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
England beats Norway and it’s probably Messi’s fault somehow. #GOAT
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Highlight of the World Cup in Seattle: Eddie Vedder in the crowd.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The good news is that now the whole world who got behind Cabo Verde now have another team to support—Belgium.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Observing USA’s 250th by cheering against Canada and France while watching the Copa Mundial en Español on Telemundo, as I am sure the founders intended. ¡Viva América! May God thy gold refine.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cabo Verde 2, Argentina 3. Epic match. Epic blood pressure.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Am watching ‘The American Experiment’ with #HATM and about to go all democracy-core.
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SgtPepper @mzsgtpepper.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Happy Global Beatles Day!! June 25th honors the moment The Beatles brought the world together through their performance of “All You Need Is Love”, the first live global satellite broadcast, reaching over 400 million people across 26 countries in 1967.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“The comment period closes on July 2, 2026, so now is the time to act. You can submit comments online or mail them.” PLEASE READ, SHARE, AND ACT
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Go get ‘em, Anicet Jr! #AJDybantsa #NBADraft2026
AJ Dybantsa picked #1 in the NBA draft 2026. He’ll play for the Washington Wizards.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is top-tier language learning individualized to my specific needs. #GoogleTranslate #HerNameWasLola
Google Translate app screen showing “Copa Cabana” translated from Spanish to English as “Copa Cabana.”
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Finale: Me with Stanton, Anthony, and Bloomer in Seneca Falls. Keep marching. The next time is now. #HATM #SUFFS
A whote woman with glasses standing in front of a statue of three women representing Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, and Susan B. Anthony.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
#HATM #SUFFS
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Sister Suffragette fans! Check out the Utah Woman Suffrage Song Book (1891), published as a fundraiser. Fun fact: at least one of these songs was sung to the tune of a popular Mormon hymn. #HATM #SUFFS upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
1 - Sarah M. Granger Kimball (Utah) 2 - Vanguard (Jones); Century of Struggle (Flexnor & Fitzpatrick); Battle for the Ballot (Madsen) 3 - Idk yet, getting dinner ideas from this thread. #HATM
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A quick prelude to SUFFS: By 1920 [white] women in the western U.S. had been voting for 50 years—Wyoming passed equal suffrage in Dec 1869, Utah in Feb 1870. Utah women were stripped of the franchise by federal anti-polygamy legislation in 1887; regained it with statehood, 1896. #HATM #SUFFS
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
My university’s mottos were “Enter to learn, go forth to serve” and “The world is our campus”… This NYT opiner needs to get out more. Also, why is anybody still reading the NYT?
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is my scene.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
What is the best Beatles cover ever and is it “Dear Prudence” by Siouxie & The Banshees?
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Elevate Utah! @elevateutahpac.bsky.social
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I’m a star wars. #MayTheFourth
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a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the word kepler is on the bottom right
Alt: Clip from ANDOR: Cassiam Andor, quickly escorting Mon Mothma from the senate, tells her, “Welcome to the rebellion.”
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Am writing. @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social
Blue sky, mountains, trees, picnic table, ‘The Book Proposal Book’
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Falling asleep under the full flower moon of Beltane. Here’s to renewal. Blessed be.
The bright light of a full moon shines through partially leaved tree branches.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
May Day. Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. May Day protest organizers call for boycott of work, school and shopping www.npr.org/2026/05/01/n...
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Nationwide May Day protests expected to pick up mantle of 'No Kings'
The protest organizers are calling for a boycott of work, school and shopping to protest Trump administration policies and what activists describe as a billionaire takeover of government.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Things are not okay. Things are very, very, very bad.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I mean, they can’t indict us all, can they? 86 47
Seashells on a sandy beach in the shaped of the numbers 86 47. James Comey was indicted today—for the second time—for having posted this photo.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
25A NOW
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“Faith could have worn other metaphors / instead…” #Easter
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“Happy resurrection, Jesus,” I say, and then bite the head off a sugar-coated marshmallow chicken. (This is a true story.)
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
rabbit rabbit
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“Maybe I’ll sit down now and let a woman speak.”
Norman Rockwell art, white man speaking at a town meeting, other white men listening attentively. Part of one woman’s face is pictured; she’s giving the speaker a sideye.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Yes, rallies are performative. But this is Provo, Utah, and visibile dissent matters. #NoKings #Provo #Utah
A woman wearing a protest sign that reads  “No Kings but Friday XIII” written next to a black and white photo of Mr Rogers with his King Friday puppet.
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The bloggess (Jenny Lawson) @thebloggess.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today they banned my book. Here’s what I want you to know: thebloggess.com/2026/03/25/t...
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Today they banned my book. It was not the first. It won’t be the last. Here’s what I want you to know.
This is not what I wanted to write. I wanted to write about how I’m about to go on book tour for my new book in a few days. Instead I am writing about the fact that I was just informed that m…
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 18/03/2026
"If you want to be a friend of God — and God needs all the friends that God can get in these times — then you will have to work for a better world." sojo.net/articles/opi...
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In Difficult Times, We Find Out What Kind of Christians We Are
We’re living in a historic moral crisis; small actions can still make a difference.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 19/03/2026
Within an hour of the protest's start, the crowd had at least tripled in size. Although most of the demonstration was peaceful, tensions flared as it drew to a close.
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Hundreds descend on ICE warehouse to protest SLC detention center; demonstration ends with vandalism
Within an hour of the protest's start, the crowd had at least tripled in size. Although most of the demonstration was peaceful, tensions flared as it drew to a close.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Protesting the proposed ICE warehouse site in Salt Lake City. I’m not just virtue signaling; I’m making it easier for whoever is monitoring US citizens’ social media accounts to identify my stance on this issue. Just so we’re clear. #NoICEinUtah #AbolishICE #Utah #SLC #SaltLakeCity #Topaz2.0
A white woman holding two protest signs on the street, with a crowd of protestors  in the background in front of a currently empty warehouse. Her signs read: “Ye have done it unto me. -Jesus” and “We remember Topaz—No ICE Camps in Utah.”
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.
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a cartoon of a man standing next to a tree with red cherries on it
Alt: From the Disney cartoon, a young Johnny Appleseed bounces from limb to limb of an apple tree.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
It’s that time o’ the year when I like to remind folks of the triumphant day in 1994 when I stood next to the Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny), atop the inauguration mound at the Hill of Tara, and laid claim to the high kingship of ancient Ireland.
A cloudy day, a view from the bottom of a grass-covered hill with a flat top. At the top of the hill, in the middle distance, are two human-sized standing stones and a small figure which is one human woman. The woman is dressed in a dark blue rainjacket and poses with her arms held triumphantly open. She is the only person in the photo. This is the Hill of Tara. Image (c) wodsidas, 1994.
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: No ICE Detention Facility in Utah. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
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A version of this action that uses less javascript and may be usable for those who don't use javascript is available at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-ice-detention-facility-in-utah?nowrapper=true&referrer=&source=bluesky&oneclick=
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It’s that day again! No Kings but His Majesty Friday XIII. #Fridaythe13th #CorrectAsUsual #NoKings
A puppet wearing a golden crown, ruby-red cloak, bright purple tunic, and a distinguished white moustache and goatee, stands with open arms on the balcony of his castle, surrounded by colorful celebratory paper chains. This is King Friday XIII of the Land of Make Believe. Created by Mr Fred Rogers.
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 07/03/2026
On This International Women’s Day, the SAVE America Act Reminds Us the Fight for Women’s Suffrage Is Still Being Fought | "We’re about 100 years out from getting the right to vote & now we’re fighting this bill which would make it harder for millions of women to vote,” said @gbedekovics.bsky.social
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On This International Women’s Day, the SAVE America Act Reminds Us the Fight for Women’s Suffrage Is Still Being Fought - Bucks County Beacon
"We’re about 100 years out from getting the right to vote and now we’re fighting this bill, which would make it harder for millions of women to vote,” said Gréta Bedekovics, director of democracy poli...
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
SO EXCITED FOR THIS HENCE THE ALL CAPS
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Americans overwhelmingly oppose the U.S. entering into war with Iran. The U.S. government should work to deescalate the crisis, prevent a full blown war, and not escalate tensions that put our national security at risk. sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...
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Keep the U.S. out of forever wars!
Americans overwhelmingly oppose the U.S. entering into war with Iran. The U.S. government should work to deescalate the crisis, prevent a full blown war, and not escalate tensions that put our nationa...
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Tell Congress: No War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
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Tell Congress: No War with Iran
Trump has launched unauthorized military strikes on Iran, dragging the United States into yet another war without approval from Congress. This reckless escalation is putting U.S. servicemembers, Ameri...
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Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Fellow followers of Jesus, let us object and make our voices heard. Blessed are the peacemakers. act.sojo.net/page/94712/a...
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Demand Congress Make Peace, No War With Iran!
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