Lissa Bryan

@lissabryan.bsky.social

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Writer, history buff, booklover, and all-around nerd. She/Her https://www.amazon.com/stores/Lissa-Bryan/author/B009N6CFTQ

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Tweet by ho_grammer "Historically, when Americans suddenly care about women's rights in a Middle Eastern country, those women are about to get bombed."
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A person asks what eould have happened if Henry VIII died in his jousting accident of 1536. “Would Anne Boleyn have become queer?” Response: “There’s gotta be a fanfic about this and if not, maybe I should write one.
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Digital illustration of a punk looking goose with a shopping cart. Text reads, ‘there aren’t gonna be cheaper groceries.’
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An image of Jean Luc Picard with his head in his hands with the caption, "Me looking at superbowl fans who think 'Personal Jesus' is a song about devotion to God."
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Some of you are going to have to realize really fast that posting on social media about your acts of resistance, or the acts of resistance of your workplace/student group, or things you're planning, or even about charitable actions like volunteering, is a stupid idea in the kind of climate where such acts are increasingly incredibly necessary. And that therefore you cannot and should not assume that someone is apathetic or not doing anything important based on their social media activity. And that some acts require secrecy to be effective and people might only be able to safely talk about them years later, if ever. And then get off your high fucking horse about how people aren't doing anything, how no one is currently firebombing a Walmart, how "white women who say things like 'joy is an act of resistance' take no other acts of resistance" etc. I promise that right now many ordinary people you will never know about are taking actions that seem small on their own but will lessen harm in significant and tangible ways, and that those people are doing more good than anyone whose main revolutionary actions are snarkily complaining online. This is not the time to be tallying social media points and using them to judge each other.
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An image of a tumblr post Tumblr user ayeforscotland: As we see a barrage of evil executive orders come in, they are not immediately enforceable and will takes months or years to implement. That’s still not great, but don’t let these pile up to the point of hopelessness. Take a breath, and look community leaders who will fight it every step of the way. Tumblr user everentropy: Reminder that when Trump was in office before a LOT of his orders got overturned or held up in lower courts for long enough that they became irrelevant. It also does not mean they WILL be enforced. Stand with your community where you can. The fight is not over. Do not obey in advance. Tumblr user ayeforscotland: Last sentence above is the most important. Tyranny requires people to shut up and fall in line. Do not obey in advance.
A meme of white text on a black background: "Don't believe in climate change? Your insurance company does."
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An image of a poem This was Once a Field Actually it was once a forest but we decided we needed a field for a farmer, who sold soybeans And then we built this mall concrete sank claws into the earth and a parking lot spanned as far as the eye could see we planted commerce and watched it grow But now we don’t need the mall and we reduced it to rubble The lot that was once a forest is now a gray scar And the road to it is lined with signs that warn us to say no to solar panels on farmland ~Lissa
Tumblr user greatmolassesflood: i can't be the only one who's just straight-up ... bored with women hating themselves. my mom keeps lamenting to me how upset she is about her gray hair. my friend stares at her laugh lines every day in agony. my sister loses sleep over the horrible unbearable thought of looking fat. and every time these women i love open up to me, i can't help but think ... then stop staring at yourself? stop drowning yourself, narcissus, and just fucking live your life instead of sitting in front of a mirror obeying cosmetic corporations' lies. just stop it. this is getting ridiculous. you're too smart to be falling for this bullshit. "oh no but these men who hate women told me that if i'm ugly i'm worthless!" girl if you actually believe that then good luck. but i am getting worse at being supportive of people whose nonsense worldviews keep them trapped in pain. stop looking at yourself start fucking living i am pleading you deserve to be happy and it is stupid that you disagree Tumblr user vanityschild: Someone in the comments said "you really said just stop being insecure" and yes 🙂 make an effort to stop spiralling about your looks, challenge insecure thoughts and stop doing things that lead to you feeling insecure.
A poem that reads: Facebook Memories This is the time of year I scroll through my Memories page. I chuckle at forgotten jokes I recall travel, and the antics of pets and that news story which made us laugh and despair. But what strikes my heart is when I see the names. Names of people I once knew. I see their comments, the whispers of their ghosts. They were here once, their wit as sharp as broken glass. They caught my Shakespeare reference and responded with their own, the words both cutting and keen. The conversation is still alive, still awaiting response in this digital cenotaph. On occasion, I'll visit their page the dust only disturbed by people who post "I miss you." Like pennies on a grave, like ancient offerings of loaves of bread and jugs of wine of which only shards remain. ~Lissa
An image of John Oliver with text: 'LET'S BE HONEST HERE. EVERY GENERATION HAS HAD ITS OWN UGLY REACTION TO REFUGEES, WHETHER THEY ARE THE IRISH, THE VIETNAMESE, THE CUBANS OR THE HAITIANS, AND THOSE FEARS HAVE BEEN BROADLY UNFOUNDED. REFUGEES 長· Gl INFACT THERE WAS ONLY ONE TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN THE FEAR OF REFUGEES WIPING EVERYONE OUT DID ACTUALLY COME TRUE AND WE'LL ALL BE SITTING SITTING AROUND A TABLE CELEBRATING I ON THURSDAY.
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