writer, reader, mama, she/her https://www.lauriefrankel.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriefrankel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriefrankel.bsky.social/post/3ljsvzy5qzk2f"May courage be contagious." (To which my grandmother would add, "From their mouths to God's ears.") https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/montana-anti-trans-bills-defeated07 Mar 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:bdjvpu4efaut35vo223jmkpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsvzy5qzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriefrankel.bsky.social/post/3lhz6jelkrs2rThe passive voice in this headline and lede and the rest of the article. WHO is doing these things and WHO is hoping we don't notice? (And why.) (And I noticed.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2025 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:bdjvpu4efaut35vo223jmkpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhz6jelkrs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriefrankel.bsky.social/post/3lhmojzazf22r“This president’s order is gross. It is disgusting. It is hateful." (But I am grateful to my state AG and other states and their AGs for saying not just no but hell no and not just hell no but also why) https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/02/07/79910450/washington-sues-over-trump-order-restricting-gender-care-under-age-1907 Feb 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:bdjvpu4efaut35vo223jmkpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmojzazf22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriefrankel.bsky.social/post/3lg6pwpef2c25Speaking of inaugurals, this is my first post on here, and let me please use it to send love out into the world, to send hope, to send faith in brighter days, to send assurance this too shall pass, to send love to send love to send love to send love. To send money to the food bank. To send love.20 Jan 2025 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:bdjvpu4efaut35vo223jmkpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6pwpef2c25