Ellen Samuels

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

GREAT news everyone!

The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions.

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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

Timothée Chalomet and Ryan Gosling play them in the movie.

Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.

Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support Changes could break the system, former officials say.

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

Called your office twice already to urge you to vote NO on cloture! I’m a constituent from Monona,WI and stalwart supporter. Do the right thing Sen. Baldwin!

Democrats, Trump is increasingly unpopular and he will keep sinking as he destroys the economy. For the love of God, stand up and fight. Don't cave. Be an opposition party and reflect the anger of the majority. Win over people. It won't be as hard as you think. Stop being scared.

NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.

As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:

“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

The Social Security Administration this week announced it was closing its Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, where about 150 people worked investigating civil rights complaints, preventing harassment and ensuring accommodations for people with disabilities, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

A person may use a wheelchair because they cannot stand or walk at all.

A person may use a wheelchair because they cannot walk for long distances.

A person may use a wheelchair because they are recovering.

A person may use a wheelchair due to fatigue.

These reasons are all valid.

And now the second half of my exciting writing news! Your Body Should Be A Part of the World also won the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and Brain Mill Press first annual chapbook contest. I’m really honored and grateful to be in the company of these other wonderful Wisconsin poets.

I feel so lucky to be able to share that my new poetry chapbook, Your Body Should Be A Part of The World, will be published by C&R Press in 2025. These are poems of crip survival, chronic illness, and the persistence of living. I can’t wait to share them with you. www.crpress.org/wsb24/

A white woman with a lot of curly brown hair. Wearing a black mask and rainbow heart shaped sunglasses. She is in an airport.

On my way back from very short trip to Philly to consult doctors at Jefferson Headache Center. Hopefully I will return in January for their inpatient program. Meanwhile my hair continues to expand apace. #Migraine #CripTime

Part one of my exciting writing news is coming soon! Meanwhile here’s a crip holiday birb.

But my biggest tip is that the Gatorade plus miralax method works just as well and any doctor who says it doesn’t isn’t up with the latest research. And it’s 1000000 times easier to drink.

Add a flavoring like country tyme lemonade or crystal
lite lemon to the prep. Homemade chicken broth the day before is very comforting. Heating pad, wipes, salve for the day of.

My mom’s husband could not believe that, when he needed medical care, he could just walk into an Australian hospital and get it free of charge.

Universal healthcare is not the Loch Ness Monster, my man. It’s, I dunno, elephants. Something that definitely exists that we just don’t have HERE.

Donate to Help Esme Stay Close to Chris in Hospital, organized by Esmé Weijun Wang My name is Esme Weijun Wang and I'm an author, speaker, and teacher. My hus… Esmé Weijun Wang needs your support for Help Esme Stay Close to Chris in Hospital

My husband has been in the hospital for a low white blood cell count, zero neutrophils, and plenty of opportunistic infections with no end in sight. I’m raising money to help pay for my lodging, which I’m doing to be closer to the hospital. NO PRESSURE at all, but if you’d like: gofund.me/23f3543a

Yes!

The Decolonization Collection shirts: - I Don’t Just Want Civil Rights, I Want Liberation (inspired by Angela Davis), with a graphic of a silhouette of a swallow in flight - Intersectional limited edition zip hoodie (“Inter” is horizontal in yellow, and “sectional” is vertical in rainbow letters, so the words form an intersection) - America: Taking In Immigrants Since 1492 (featuring a black-and-white drawing of Columbus sailing in a Spanish caravel from 1493) - Decolonize Education on a red shirt in the style of a Drink Coca-Cola ad - FAFO (honoring Philadelphia with a reworking of Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE design) - Decolonize Gender on a red shirt in the style of a Drink Coca-Cola ad

Shop small! Creating designs for apparel is my side-hustle because being DEI programs don’t actually pay.

¡Decolonize!

All my designs are ON SALE now through Dec. 31!

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Can’t wait to hear more!

ME NEITHER

Fabric bird with bat wings hangs upside down in a black cage with spooky purple lighting

And one from Halloween

Four fabric birds with handlebar mustaches

This is the Birbershop Quartet

Fall themed display of fabric birds at the pumpkin patch

So in the meantime here are some fall birb displays

I’m not a person who’s very good at having news and not sharing it. This is notably not one of my strengths. I WANNA TELL YOU.

Right now I have some exciting publishing news to share but I’m not allowed to share it yet 😍😬