@shaytotten.bsky.social
recovering journalist | manual typewriter collector | Fence Viewer | trans rights are human rights | he/him/we | Vermont | Bennington College
Kid in vest with long shirt
Kid in sweater vest and tie
22.09.2025 20:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0For many years our family has raised funds for Outright Vermont at the annual Firetruck Pull in support of LGBTQIA+ youth like our handsome kiddo.
The Firetruck pull is this Saturday and today's donations are being matched by a generous donor! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
give.outrightvt.org/fundraiser/6...
My essay about the brilliant, pioneering & shockingly forgotten showrunner-pioneer Gertrude Berg, who invented the family sitcom (pre-Lucy!), then got eaten by the blacklist in the 1950s — a story with disturbing modern parallels
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Resist Injustices - the two sides of my artful protest sign for tomorrow’s march 🧿🌈❤️🙏 ~ Sylvan
19.04.2025 00:02 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
In her latest piece, @erininthemorning.com challenges us to reflect on what happens when fear leads to compliance—before it is even expected. The consequences extend far beyond the trans community. They strike at the core of democratic values.
11.04.2025 15:45 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
It’s chilling to think our country is being this brutal to a young woman over a benign op-ed and nothing more - this isn’t us. I wish everyone felt the same way.
#ICE #ozturk #deportations #news
A rally crowd of thousands in front of the Vermont statehouse.
The view of the rally crowd from the top of the steps at the Vermont statehouse.
Good turnout in not so good weather. Montpelier, Vt
05.04.2025 18:00 — 👍 68 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1Massive Vermont protest in the cold rain.
05.04.2025 18:02 — 👍 40 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0Library patrons = terrorists?
www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
🗞️ @19thnews.org answers "Is my passport that has an updated gender marker still valid?" and many other questions
19thnews.org/2025/03/safe...
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
Scientists warn swimmers of serious risks lurking in the Great Lakes. Erie Lakes, I guess.
10.03.2025 00:33 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Montana is extremely lucky to have Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell standing up in front of openly transphobic lawmakers who wanted to pass a bill that would /take trans kids away from their parents./
Thank you to them, and to the Republicans who crossed the aisle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A new bill in the WVA leg would amend the state constitution to say that the Bible is an "inerrant foundational document for our society and government, an accurate historical record of human and natural history, and the utmost authority for human moral behavior."
www.wvva.com/2025/02/28/l...
We just received word that the DOJ has begun removing data detailing criminal charges and convictions related to Trump loyalists. This started with records from the January 6th insurrection, but additional records are now being erased. We will keep you updated once we have more info.
01.03.2025 03:46 — 👍 12125 🔁 3429 💬 272 📌 173
The 19th is currently accepting applications for our next cohort of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper fellows. Apply by March 31!
19thnews.org/apply-for-a-...
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
24.02.2025 21:04 — 👍 79013 🔁 12966 💬 1958 📌 516
1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
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#teslatakedown
I made some protest art.
American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
15.02.2025 17:34 — 👍 2627 🔁 1036 💬 79 📌 110
Andreea Coscai '22 is the marketing lead at Tink Media and the founder and writer of the European podcasting newsletter Eurowaves. She shared how her time at Bennington shaped her path in audio and podcasting! 📻
Read more at NEWS. hubs.li/Q035BKJT0
#BenningtonCollege #BenningtonAlumni
Also, be sure to follow Lucy Bernholz @p2173.bsky.social here and her blog updates. She is regularly posting updates and observations on impact of social sector/philanthropy.
06.02.2025 23:29 — 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0I mean… if it’s “illegal” there is… recourse? ? yes? no?
04.02.2025 14:18 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: Court blocked trans woman's prison transfer, as second lawsuit filed for other trans women facing prison transfer and loss of transgender-related medical care.
This morning, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/court-bloc...
30.01.2025 17:47 — 👍 195 🔁 37 💬 2 📌 0
So…. It wasn’t DEI? So… he delivered a garbled stream of absolute falsehoods when speaking about the #planecrash? Huh. 🤔
31.01.2025 13:07 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This is a disaster.
Medicaid payment portals for providers are completely shut down, and there’s zero guidance from the Trump administration. And that’s not all! Watch this clip…
Trump has left everyone high and dry—including his own supporters. No plan, no answers—just chaos.
