Anna Van Pelt

Kid at the bus stop: wanna play 20 questions?
Me: sure
Kid: the clue is — I’m thinking of an element
Me: uh-oh, I don’t remeber too much about the elements. There’s carbon, oxygen… neon… oh, hydrogen… um…
Kid: it’s one of the transitional metals.
Me: yeah, that doesn’t really help me all that much

My oldest is cleaning out toys she has outgrown, and the twins think it’s Christmas in July

Wooden O’s As You Like It was fun and funny last night. So good, even the sky showed its appreciation.

You know, when I first got into politics, men would always tell me that WOMEN were too emotional to lead. 🧐

More trolls

Found another one

The adventure continues

Adventuring

Perkins Coie Drags Trump Administration Clear To Hell In New Lawsuit - Above the Law They're cooking.

More of this please. I hope every bar association across the country files an amicus in support of Perkins Coie.

abovethelaw.com/2025/03/perk...

Last night’s dinner church

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.

You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.

My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.

www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

The High Desert Museum was fun! Otters, falcons, and fantastic exhibits!

Two kids jump feet first into a pool. One wears blue trunks and the other a hot pink and multicolored swimsuit.

Swimming!

Major breaking trans news: The States of Washington, Minnesota, and Oregon have sued the Trump administration to block it from enforcing a national gender affirming care ban for those under 19 years of age.

This is the second major lawsuit over Trump's trans ban EO.

Docs to come.

I was just talking about how out of practice we are at saying no to our bosses. The threat of firing looms like a boogeyman.

Seattle Children’s Postpones Trans Teen’s Surgery Indefinitely Seattle Children’s Hospital postponed a transgender teen’s masculinizing top surgery only hours before it was scheduled allegedly to comply with one of President Donald Trump’s execu...

It's already happening in the bluest of blue states
www.thestranger.com/queer/2025/0...

Had a convo recently where the other person--an educated liberal!--was shocked to learn <2% of Americans are trans, puberty blockers are temporary & reversible, and virtually no minors get gender-affirming surgeries. The right is so, so good at inflating things into boogeymen.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 5/20:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 4/20:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 3/20:

Here is something you can do right now

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 2/20:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 1/20:

That clip of Bishop Budde is so inspiring. You can see her fear, and you can see her making her plea for mercy in spite of her fear. May we all be so courageous.

Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.

We have two cookies sellers in our house this year -- Kira and Tyler are both selling Girl Scout cookies!

If you want to get a jump on ordering your cookies, here's both of their sites:
Tyler -- digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/tyler6...
Kira -- digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/kira43...

Dismantling the fact-checking infrastructure is going to be super handy when things start going wrong in the new administration and they want to redirect blame onto the left.

Feminist Survival Podcast

The Feminist Survival Project with Emily and Amelia Nagoski is back.

www.feministsurvivalproject.com

This cabinet would be very funny if each idiot wasn’t going to harm lots of people in different but equally terrible ways.