Cassie Madrone

I feel like trying to learn how to do standup is truly one of the worst ideas I’ve had in recent memory, and yet.

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

If a man calls a woman “crazy” please know that it’s actually code for “she is reasonably upset by the compounded experiences of injustice that her mere existence has subjected her to and I don’t want to acknowledge it or I fear I will realize I’ve benefited from the culture of it.” Hope that helps!

Got a cold dm seeking an “unusual queer petite gamine vixen.”

First of all, gross. Second of all, how dare you clock me like that.

Sirens of Titan. It was always one of my favorites after my first reading, but it was after I read it a second time a few years back that made me start approaching life very differently.

Homeland Security @DH..•20h DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN.

for some reason, i don’t believe them

Moths might be cool for the aesthetic but they are also ruining all my clothes and I hate them 😭

november is so respectful of tree nut allergies

Would forgive Hamilton, but I draw the line at DEH 😝

We are being led by absolute cowards

This is another watercolour painting I did of my niece's cat, Molly. I just love those eyes!
#cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #art #watercolours #paintings #kittyloafmonday

Hangover update: Rode the struggle bus, made it to rally town! Last night was surreal.

Nothing quite like waking up late, still intoxicated, buying a Gatorade and still making it on time.

Was worried The Materialists was going to be formulaic and trite and was pleasantly surprised. Could have used some edits, kind of a slow burn, but it hit me on a lot of levels.

I have taken zero speed and I’m so zoomy, wild experience 😂

I thought I had my holy trinity of female singer/writer/performers, and then someone mentioned another artist I really like and I don't think I can limit myself to three after all. Gotta establish a pantheon instead.

Needing to suck at things to get good at them is so painful. I would like to skip to the part where I am a badass at everything.

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

Photo of a light colored kitten jumping out from behind a wall diving two rooms. A flash was used and the kittens eyes look like they are glowing white.

Blair Witch kitten for Halloween! Photo from my collection, no date/info.

And this is how you can have situationally kind, sometimes even normal-seeming people explain to you in very calm tones why thousands or hundreds of thousands or millions of people not only have to suffer and die, but should. They've joined a supremacist human spirit—one might say an evil spirit.

So much of "cancel culture" discourse is a re-description of the normal functioning of a democracy and public discourse by people who didn't like the results of one, or both, or how it made them feel.

Black and white photo of a white boy (tween or young teen I guess?) in a cowboy shirt and hat, looking seriously at a shorthaired white kitten he is petting. The kitten is sitting on a western style horse saddle and looks rapturously happy. It’s light colored fur and whiskers are luminous in the sunlight.

Lil meowboy. Photo from my collection ca. 1950s.

I might not get to heaven, but at least that means I can fist fight Justice Scalia in hell.

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Just continuously reminding myself, and out loud here in case it's of any help to others, that bravery is not the absence of fear but rather a determination to act despite fear.

Her laugh and tone and body language say it all. Truly could not care less about supporting a bigot.

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I am *glad* I got my flu and covid boosters, but also this headache sucks and ibuprofen has not made a DENT.

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten appearing to burst through a sheet of white paper in a dark frame. Text at the bottom reads “sauve qui peut”.

“Sauve qui peut”. This is a French phrase that translates literally to something like "save yourself who's able/can" and roughly equates to “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation/stampede. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

Maybe the guy who electrocutes his dog on a livestream is not the moral authority the left needs but what do I know