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Madeline
@madelinesopinions.bsky.social
She/Her | Theatre, Politics, Disability Justice, Arts in Health, Books, Consent Culture, Shenanigans
who lives, who dies, who tells your story?

admiration + gratitude to Taylor Snider for sharing her experience and bringing attention to the hypocrisy
Trans Woman Says “Hypocrite” Lindsey Graham Paid Her for Sex. She’s Calling Out His Anti-Trans Legacy
Taylor Snider says she’s coming forward with her story to “point out the hypocrisies that are actively in our world right now.”
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August 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Nothing motivates me to adhere to the app time limits I've set for myself like my distain for Brick ads.
August 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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Macbeth: SHIT
the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Plot Twist: Over explaining bits and jokes is one of my favorite bits
nice bit you got there. be a shame if i asked you to explain it to me
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If you have an desire to read something about eating disorder recovery, fantasy fitness, and myriad of ways the thinness obsession is Very Bad, I'd love your thoughts on my first Substack post. Excited to be writing more.
Valkyrie: Fantasy Fitness in a Time of Thinness Obsession
Navigating eating disorder recovery with workout inspiration from fantasy novels as the prominence of thinness as a moral imperative returns
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December 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I've been off all my social media for months, but I heard Nate Silver shit on Bluesky, so here I am joining back in just to spite him.
September 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The cardiac wing at my hospital requires valet parking, but the valet parking closes before the appointments end. Because that makes sense.
January 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This many adults collectively realizing checks and balances aren't going stop what's happening and redeem our government is like an entire primary school being told Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny aren't real at an assembly.
January 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Take a brain break and (re)watch Damson Chola Jr.'s performance of "Make Them Hear You" from "Ragtime" at last year's @jimmyawards.bsky.social. It's good for the soul to recognize young people's talents + capabilities, remember the enduring fortitude of our communities, and enjoy the arts.
2024 Jimmy Awards Solo Performance - Damson Chola Jr.
YouTube video by Jimmy Awards
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January 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I heard there are more genders than guns, so there's no way to regulate it. Even if they make laws, there is so much black market gender out there, not to mention the types of pronouns available on the dark web.
January 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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we don't talk about pierogies enough
January 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Spectacle-filled theatrics aren't just for Broadway because all the world's a stage
January 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"There was a city called Washington in a country called America. It was the end of the world. And I was dancing on TikTok, and we were all fast asleep." --eliah.gb on TikTok
January 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
All these hese unprecedented events keep becoming increasingly more precedented
January 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
THANK YOU, UnitedHealth Care, for authorizing the meds my doctor prescribed!

Prior authorization is a beautiful reminder that no matter how isolating chronic illness/disability feel, you're always there, guiding the course of my treatment through your exceptions, denials, & preauthorizations. 💖
January 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Today's a great day to...

💙 Wear a mask for the first time

💜 Start wearing a mask again

🩷 Keep wearing a mask

😷
January 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You can want all the people and animals to be safe and for California to have plenty of firefighters all while simultaneously remaining 1000% against exploiting the labor of incarcerated people.

Slavery as punishment of crime is still enslavement.
January 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I just finished listening to an ARC of A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall, and if you like the idea cozy winter cabin read filled with wealthy family drama and lightly spiced with recollections of Christian trauma, you should put it on your TBR right now.
A Killing Cold a book by Kate Alice Marshall
A woman invited to her wealthy fiance's family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret--and that she's been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods. A whirlwind ro...
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January 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just saw an ad for a hooded fleece that started, "You're not a child! You're a MAN. So stop wearing so many layers to go outside."

So, Men of Bluesky, does dressing for the elements destabilize your gender identity & sense of self? If so, what level of frostbite would secure your masculinity?
January 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Much harder to assess books for keeping/donating when the odds of a 1984/Fahrenheit 451 reality seem higher
January 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
News Years Resolution Reminders!

We do not all have the same 24-hours in a day.

Diet culture and fat phobia are toxic, sneaky tools of oppressive systems.

You can set and release goals at any time or not make any at all.

Focusing on survival instead of improvement is not shameful.
January 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Too many abusers have podcasts.
December 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Minnesotan culture is the number of hockey guys in line to check in at MSP on December 27
December 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM