Author | Podcast Host | Political Strategist | Social Justice Leader | People First. Always. https://linktr.ee/mayaruperthttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mtr4mljlgc2zThank you @cherijacobus.bsky.social for a fascinating conversation. We had a great time - give it a listen! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr4mljlgc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mtjjketmtk2iThis was such a great convo, thanks @bobcesca.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjjketmtk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3msxzwjzrik2pHappy #lefthandersday! For any right handed people who want to get in on the celebration, take the honorary lefty pledge and join in! Raise your left hand, and repeat after me! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDdaUK48/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDdaUK48/13 Aug 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxzwjzrik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mso4go35b22nI’m so proud of this book and have been so grateful for the reception. If you haven’t, pick up a copy of #TheRealOnes for #NationalBookLoversDay and let me know what you think! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747083/the-real-ones-by-maya-rupert/ #Booksky #Blacksky #Politics #Booktok #Bookstagram09 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso4go35b22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3msj6oexixs2eI’m so grateful for this wonderful, funny, motivational conversation with @hankgreen.bsky.social on his Humans podcast. Listen to the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/maya-rupert-the-inauthenticity-of-authenticity/id1896666596?i=100078023469007 Aug 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj6oexixs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3msgskvjaic2kI had an absolutely inspiring conversation with @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social - give it a listen! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgskvjaic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mrl53fdyhc2xI can’t help think of the fact that Katie Porter just went from frontrunner to nonstarter in the CA gov race for exactly this kind of behavior. The double standard for white men in leadership is appalling, and so are his actions. Ken Martin should resign. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/ken-martin-dnc-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0lA.plig.XeAGOuaFqslN&smid=nytcore-ios-share26 Jul 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrl53fdyhc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mqmxyof2vk2xFantastic article from @maragay.bsky.social and reveals an important opportunity to reframe this debate: The status quo doesn’t work for people. Instead of demanding perfection from new ideas, let’s acknowledge that we currently have a system that isn’t working and new ideas that might. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmxyof2vk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mq5te3v5ws2cA true honor to be considered for this award! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5te3v5ws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mq5kebbg2s2gLaurie and I had such a great conversation on her Feminism, Fascism, & the Future podcast! #Feminism #USPolitics #Booksky https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-talk-to-really-smart-people-maya-rupert/id1712028499?i=100077585552908 Jul 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5kebbg2s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3mq3eee2idk24We are capitalist, not socialist” More than a dozen Congressional Democrats and other Dems running for office have signed a pledge to uphold centrist policies after the recent surge in progressive wins across the country. They are massively missing the point of what the voters are telling us.07 Jul 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3eee2idk24https://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3meqf6lr5b22gThank you @alivitali.bsky.social - always happy to be up way too early with you! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Feb 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqf6lr5b22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3meits7z3tc2dHappy birthday to my fellow Aquarius! The Real Ones is on sale now!! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747083/the-real-ones-by-maya-rupert/10 Feb 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3meits7z3tc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3lzpd22kw4c2m“There is a myth that a significant number of moderate voters only vote Republican out of desperation, and if Democrats stood for *less*, we’d get those votes. But there’s no proof for this theory.” - my thoughts on what Dems need to do next. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2025 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzpd22kw4c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3lz6jqtl4ek25See you soon! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6jqtl4ek25https://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3lwes7t76lc2fThis may be JUST the combination to get me into audiobooks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwes7t76lc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3lwcvrhhrf22bHappy #LefthandersDay2025! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Hj3Xq3/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Hj3Xq3/13 Aug 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwcvrhhrf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3lwaiyx5iic2dHappy International Left-Paw Day! #ILHD #lefthandersday www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6uaKTTf/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6uaKTTf/12 Aug 2025 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwaiyx5iic2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3lw5ewk67ok2awww.tiktok.com/t/ZT6mUH8yE/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6mUH8yE/11 Aug 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5ewk67ok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mayarupert.bsky.social/post/3lui4dj6zwk2aAbsolutely no shade to Talarico or any of the other (men) Dem leaders going on these podcasts and clearly and impressively speaking outside of a left wing bubble. But we are going to end up in bad shape if the manosphere becomes the kingmakers of the left. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:trsjo4pdjd7rrv2f4tt52fdn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lui4dj6zwk2a