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Becka Robbins

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Covergirl, coffee addict, songwriter. Founder: Books Not Bans I throw literary themed parties and ship boxes of books across the country. Working to expand access to queer books in America. Fiction teaches us to dream. Opinions are my own. #booksky

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Riffing, I asked Chat GPT to create an inner life for me. The final line of a lengthy discourse: "Would you like a personalized ritual, meditation, journaling prompts, or even a fictional inner world you can retreat into? I can help build any of that with you."

04.06.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harris and Walz have worked with our trans community for decades | A4TE

I'm cis and I've listened to a lot of trans folks -- transequality.org/news/harris-...

03.06.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's doing what Bannon does - making the far right more palatable by dissenting every now and then. Classic operant conditioning. He doesn't know what individual debt means. He didn't even really leave. This is all a PR stunt and gaslighting and abuse of people's hunger for leadership.

03.06.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is derision. It's okay to hate cops and to acknowledge that she's done a lot of real work for the LGBT community. This smacks of misogyny.

03.06.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely, what is helpful or constructive about this, in any way?

03.06.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yes the most oppressed rich white families must flee for their lives! Definitely they have no obligation to the rest of Americans or to use their resources to help get us out of this mess. As a solvent white lady I am SO tired of hearing my peers tell me how frightened they are.

23.05.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're sucking up out of fear

23.05.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear mother of god WHY

23.05.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote an essay about the unsolicited criticisms women endure from men.
I told him to ask the woman he knows about the men who point out their flaws, and to figure out why he thinks a smart, assertive woman (who's made him dinner, but not the point) is "unlikable."

I hit send - o regrets. #dmai

13.05.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone I've been friends with for years decided to tell me out loud that my spouse is more likable than I am. I've hosted this person at multiple dinners in my home.
Do I even need to say this is a man?

13.05.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I totally get that everyone is afraid right now, and also -- that's their goal. When we're rooted in fear, we can't plan, we freeze up, we can't innovate or create or connect.

Sidenote, as a person with abandonment fears, hearing my friends talk about leaving the country is also scary.
#fear

21.04.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ANNIKAAAAA

18.04.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I LOVE MY TRANS FAMILY.

I can't believe we are still sitting having to repeat the obvious truth that trans women are women. Everyone deserves to be safe living their beautiful truths.
My fellow cis women - do you think we are safe if trans women aren't?
#transrights

16.04.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a lot of what the actual f moments here but seriously WHAT is up with all the young and glamorous neo fash? I can't wrap my head around the number of people who are insta ready, evil and apparently, everywhere. I have never sat around and hated on any young people before now. #old

15.04.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Humanism demands that we separate the people from the oligarchy and kleptocracy. None of these places have fair elections! We must look for ways to love each other.

10.04.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Feels like a great time remind people of a core truth:

PEOPLE ARE NOT THEIR GOVERNMENT

Do not penalize artists, authors, activists, small business owners and LGBTQ+ people for the actions of their falsely elected leaders. Not here, not in Russia, not in Iran, not in Palestine, not in Israel.

10.04.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

and who are those 22%?

10.04.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I fight fascism literally every day with the nonprofit I founded but we're kind of in crisis so, more is more.
I hate crowds but I hate fascists more than any other thing, and I went to protest last week and I'm going this week too.

10.04.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Went last week, and I'm going again this week. I haaaaaaaate crowds, but I hate fascists more than anything.

10.04.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People’s March - Fight Fascism for Democracy β€” Juanita MORE! WHAT: People's March / Fight Fascism for DemocracyΒ  WHEN: Saturday, April 12, 2025 TIME: Noon - 3 PM / Gather 11:30 AM PLACE: Embarcadero Plaza, Market St & Steuart Street, SF CA 94105 The…

We're loving the energy! Now it's time to MARCH!!! Join the People's March with Alex U. Inn and Juanita More next Saturday, April 12 - we're starting on Embarcadero Plaza at NOON!

07.04.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

everything there was in the 80s had cocaine all over it

10.04.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember #jexit? I think it's moot now that FLA is no longer a swing state.
This is totally about turning the left against Jews, yeah. Their endgame, I'm guessing, is christian nationalism and privatization.

10.04.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This account is excellent for creative inspiration 🫢

10.04.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jefferson literally advocated for yeomen to exist in the states. Bet they unearth that idea.

09.04.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't think of a single fellow Jew gullible enough to believe that the GOP gives a damn about us. They're setting Jews up to be scapegoated.
71% of Jews voted for Harris, vs 57% of whites voted for Trmp. Jews make up .2% of the world population, but 1% of world's immigrants.
#jewish #resist

09.04.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was so distressed that I forgot to add avocado to my salad. If that's not a California stress indicator I don't know what is. #avocado

03.04.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am putting together a panel about the transformative power of fiction and just had the best chat with a researcher from Stanford about how books make us and society more resilient and connected. I'm very excited about this.

02.04.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never did 23andMe because my family is crazy and I fear finding more relatives.

01.04.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just got back from Saints and Sinners, an LGBT literary festival in New Orleans. I was honored to be able to present there on the importance of having queer books in a community. Stories bring us together and make us better as a society.

01.04.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Books bans are a symptom of fascism.
That said, I don't use banned book lists as a list of what to read because I don't let fascists tell me what books should be on my nightstand.
Fascists don't know how to read.
#bookstagram #bookbans

21.03.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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