Anna Lloyd
@annamlloyd.bsky.social
Author ✍️ 'Miss Anna's Dream in Stratford' | Columnist @ Read Or Die HQ | Advocate for #dyslexia #endchildmarriage | Seeking Lit Rep
In order to shape our world for the better, we must practice the world we want to live in. In order to do so, we must embrace parts of ourselves that are messy, look at our reflection, and make brave choices. #hope #usa #women #love #new #rage #stop #90s #us
Peace & Rage Coexisting
How to Empower Women and Stop Binary Thinking
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September 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I’ve noticed a pattern, especially in the American psyche. Someone hears a story about a woman fleeing domestic violence, and the first words out of their mouths are, “But what did she do to provoke him?” #usa #news #hope #story #women #men #recovery #love #duggar #tlc
A Woman’s Safety >Your Religious Beliefs
Your religious beliefs are not more important than a woman’s safety, ever!
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September 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I am also aware, and am not naïve, about the fact that not everyone on Earth will hold hands and sing “Kum-ba-ya.” At least, perhaps not in my lifetime, but I’d like to dream, or even believe, that 200 years from now, there might be a shift in consciousness. #humanity #hope #news #usa #love #pen
The Art Of Consideration
Consideration may be the highest form of intelligence.
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August 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
One year ago today, I woke up alone for the first time in 10 years. I was dehydrated, hungry, and exhausted. I left with about six items. I chose myself. I said enough was enough. #Love #hope #usa #la #ga #exhausted #Southwest
I Woke Up Alone
For The First Time In 10 Years
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August 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
One year ago today, I woke up alone for the first time in 10 years. I was dehydrated, hungry, and exhausted. I left with about six items. I chose myself. I said enough was enough. #Love #hope #usa #la #ga #exhausted #Southwest
I care about my country in the deepest sense. I care about our people, our traditions, and our children. I hold an American passport. I am an American citizen. But I do consider myself a world citizen first. #usa #hope #trump #love #worldnews #news
How do we pop the American bubble?
Parochialism
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August 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Holy war is an oxymoron. I highly recommend the teachings of @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social. I recently learned of a phrase from him called invincible ignorance. This phrase struck a chord with me. #hope #usa #books #holyland #war #worldpeace #love #art #us #philosophy
If You Are Human, Then I Love You
Holy war is an oxymoron.
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July 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Holy war is an oxymoron. I highly recommend the teachings of @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social. I recently learned of a phrase from him called invincible ignorance. This phrase struck a chord with me. #hope #usa #books #holyland #war #worldpeace #love #art #us #philosophy
Where should my compassion end? My compassion is as deep as the sea, ironic because it almost drowned me.
The saltwater stings, but it also can cleanse.
#hope #women #daylight #usa #sea #Boundaries #Compassion #new #newday #yesyoucan #love
The saltwater stings, but it also can cleanse.
#hope #women #daylight #usa #sea #Boundaries #Compassion #new #newday #yesyoucan #love
Boundaries > Compassion?
When is enough?
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July 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Where should my compassion end? My compassion is as deep as the sea, ironic because it almost drowned me.
The saltwater stings, but it also can cleanse.
#hope #women #daylight #usa #sea #Boundaries #Compassion #new #newday #yesyoucan #love
The saltwater stings, but it also can cleanse.
#hope #women #daylight #usa #sea #Boundaries #Compassion #new #newday #yesyoucan #love
According to AP News, German newspapers interpreted President Trump’s prime-time national address as an attack on democratic institutions. #news #usa #trump #hope #DC #worldnews #new #25thamendment #writers
Trump & Hitler
(Trump & Hitler) Eroding Public Trust When one is feeling depleted, I recommend looking at or visualizing a child’s face. When you do, you see the future and the reason you get up in the morning …
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July 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM
According to AP News, German newspapers interpreted President Trump’s prime-time national address as an attack on democratic institutions. #news #usa #trump #hope #DC #worldnews #new #25thamendment #writers
I would rather be a champion of hope than A prisoner of fear, or even worse, apathy. #hope #love #usa #yeswecan #America #DC #news #Civilrights medium.com/@annalloydc/...
Hope For My Country
Hope takes work!
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July 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I would rather be a champion of hope than A prisoner of fear, or even worse, apathy. #hope #love #usa #yeswecan #America #DC #news #Civilrights medium.com/@annalloydc/...
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” -Abraham Lincoln, 1858. The idea of collective responsibility seems to have faded, replaced by a false notion of strength. #usa #4thofjuly #hope #love #yeswecan #4th #trump #DC
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Feeding America’s Soul
Feeding America’s Soul Feed the soul, starve the ego This 4th of July, America will turn 250 years old. The day marks the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. I ask that we not …
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July 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” -Abraham Lincoln, 1858. The idea of collective responsibility seems to have faded, replaced by a false notion of strength. #usa #4thofjuly #hope #love #yeswecan #4th #trump #DC
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The idea that one must shut oneself away from the world, from reality, from #science, and from new ideas to be spiritual is, in my view, one of the most damaging concepts human beings have ever created.
"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood."-Marie Curie #usa #books #Writer
"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood."-Marie Curie #usa #books #Writer
Being Spiritual & Being Intellectual
It’s not a division
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June 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I do not see Trump as Moses. I do not see him moving us closer to the promised land. I see Trump as Pharaoh.
I consider myself a universalist. While I don’t consider myself Christian, I have always appreciated the teachings of Jesus. #trump #art #hope #love #world #news #GA #usa
I consider myself a universalist. While I don’t consider myself Christian, I have always appreciated the teachings of Jesus. #trump #art #hope #love #world #news #GA #usa
Dear Conservative Christians, You Voted for Pharaoh.
Pharaoh did not protect the children.
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June 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
When Americans refuse to learn about the darker parts of our history as a country, those parts seem to repeat themselves. #usa #hope #dc #the4th #WorldWar2 #tump #country
#government #writer
#government #writer
Patriotism & Grief
The love I have for my country & immense disappointment.
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June 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
When Americans refuse to learn about the darker parts of our history as a country, those parts seem to repeat themselves. #usa #hope #dc #the4th #WorldWar2 #tump #country
#government #writer
#government #writer
When you strip a culture of its stories and tell them to be silent or subjugate them in some way, you’re committing, in my mind, the biggest sin: you’re stripping others of their humanity. #UK #USA #hope #news #art #work #stories #love #earth #past #future #sky #gift #women
Can We Circle Back To The Stories?
Past, Present & Future
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June 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I was asked recently by a family member: if I ever had a child, what would I want to instill in that child? My response was that they were a world citizen first and an American second. This is one of the main reasons why. #usa #hope #vote #international #kids #family #DC
We Will Not Be Saved by Nihilism
Care Without Borders
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May 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This morning, as I was scrolling through social media, I realized I had not looked at certain right-wing sites in a while. Part of anyone’s job who writes about politics is to look at the other side from time to time. One should not play chess blind. #news #usa #ABBA #conservative #VotingRights
Dear Allie Beth Stuckey, Listening To ABBA Will Not Make You Gay!
The immaturity of the right-wing echo chamber is maddening.
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May 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This morning, as I was scrolling through social media, I realized I had not looked at certain right-wing sites in a while. Part of anyone’s job who writes about politics is to look at the other side from time to time. One should not play chess blind. #news #usa #ABBA #conservative #VotingRights
I believe every parent wants the very best for their child, and building early reading skills is a powerful way to set them up for success. #ATL #HOPE #Teaching #usa
Life Update!
I Love Teaching
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April 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
With what’s been going on in the news about your family, there is no other way to go. I only see a happy future for you if you leave and get out from under the foot of the man you have a transactional relationship with.
#hope #news #usa #moms #dads #kids
#hope #news #usa #moms #dads #kids
A Letter to Kendra, Anna, and Michelle Duggar
The Way Out
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April 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Only the weak destroy. It takes courage to create. Therefore, hear me when I say this to the people in power who are racist, misogynistic, and sadistic. You are nothing but a group of cowards.
#TRUMP #USA #news #hope #art #love
#TRUMP #USA #news #hope #art #love
From Ancient Greece to Shakespeare’s Mind
Art Has Always Been Political
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April 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I truly believe there are no such things as monsters in this world, only wounded #human beings, but honestly, that belief has been tested. #hope #love #Recovery
From Our Room to Your Room
You Made Your Bed, Now Lie in It
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April 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This is not your average resignation. This is a vicious “I am angry at you” firing. Once #Trump is done using you, he wants to lose you as quickly as possible. #news #Bondi #DC #Law
(Viciously Fired) The Bondi & Noem Pattern
The New York Times just reported that Pam Bondi’s dismissal ends her turbulent 14-month tenure as attorney general. Or, to put it bluntly…
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April 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Geoffrey Chaucer once wrote, “Time and tide wait for no man.” But since I am a #woman and the cycle of the moon is built within me, and the Moon is the primary controller of Earth’s tides, maybe time will give me a moment to breathe.
This #metaphor is #philosophical, #symbolic, and #scientific #hope
This #metaphor is #philosophical, #symbolic, and #scientific #hope
I Am Apart Of Nature
And So Are you
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March 29, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Geoffrey Chaucer once wrote, “Time and tide wait for no man.” But since I am a #woman and the cycle of the moon is built within me, and the Moon is the primary controller of Earth’s tides, maybe time will give me a moment to breathe.
This #metaphor is #philosophical, #symbolic, and #scientific #hope
This #metaphor is #philosophical, #symbolic, and #scientific #hope