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Welcome to the Circus: A Love Letter to the American Experience (Now with Extra Fees!)
Being an American means never having to say, “This makes sense.” It’s waking up every day in a nation so committed to being “exceptional” that we’ve proudly invented our own measurement system, health care roulette, and the concept of a “patriotic brand of bottled water.” Let’s take a moment to appreciate the uniquely unhinged bingo
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20 Reasons I Absolutely Adore Fighting Throat Cancer Alone on Oral Chemo
(Spoiler: I do not.) Ah yes, oral chemo and throat cancer: a dynamic duo so fun, I can barely contain my joy between dry heaves. If you’ve never tried it, you’re seriously missing out. Here are my top 20 reasons why this experience is everything I dreamed of—and less. 1. Nausea as a LifestyleI love
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A Fragile Armistice: Love, War, and the Prison That Doesn’t End
A Fragile Armistice “You shouldn’t care what happens to me.”“That’s the problem, Vane. I already do.”—Dialogue between Tillman and Vane Let me tell you where this story doesn’t begin:It doesn’t begin with a grand battlefield charge, or a sweeping Southern mansion, or patriotic speeches about freedom. “I don’t need forgiveness, Colonel. I need… I need
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Supreme Court to Federal Workers: You’re Fired—Respectfully, Constitutionally
SCOTUS greenlights Trump’s plan to trim the government like it’s a reality show cast In a decision that stunned labor experts and delighted men who scream “drain the swamp” into their Bluetooth headsets, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 8–1 to overturn a previous injunction blocking Donald Trump’s mass federal layoffs plan—clearing the runway for the
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Why I Wrote A Queer Kind of Hallelujah
Some books start as whispers. Others, as screams. A Queer Kind of Hallelujah was both—a cry from a part of me that had long been silenced, and a quiet anthem for anyone who’s ever been told that their truth made them unholy. Set in a small Texas town where gossip is gospel and boys who
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From The Trauma Bible: Maya Angelou Was Right. About Everything
The Trauma Bible: My Queer Psalms https://a.co/d/e8pD2qy – is a collection of unflinching poems chronicling queer survival in the face of trauma, religious repression, and conditional love. From belt sermons to Barbie dolls, microwave reflections to piano benches, these psalms reclaim voice and sanctify resilience. This is not your grandmother’s scripture. This is survival—with glitter
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This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Gospel: The Trauma Bible – My Queer Psalms
I didn’t write The Trauma Bible to be brave. I wrote it because silence was killing me. This isn’t just a book of poems. It’s a reckoning. A resurrection. A glitter-soaked gospel for anyone who’s ever flinched when the floorboards creaked. For the ones who sat in church pews trying to make themselves small. For
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Fiscal Responsibility”? The GOP Has Entered the Chat—and Brought the Receipts (of Everything They Charged)
Republicans love to call themselves the “party of fiscal responsibility.” It’s their favorite Halloween costume: all buttoned-up, calculator-in-pocket, murmuring about debt ceilings and taxpayer dollars. But when you check the national receipts, turns out they’ve been throwing the country’s credit card around like they just discovered Amazon Prime. Let’s take a (budget-bloated) stroll down memory
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Who Is Cotton-Eyed Joe—And Why Does He Keep Sabotaging Marriage Proposals?
If it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eyed Joe, they might be married by now. That’s not speculation. That’s lyric-confirmed lore. For decades, Cotton-Eyed Joe has haunted weddings, proposals, and vaguely Southern-themed social gatherings with all the subtlety of a raccoon on Red Bull. He appears from nowhere. He vanishes without warning. And he always—always—ruins the moment.
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Elon Musk Launches the “America Party”: Season 42 of the U.S. Soap Opera
Ok, so now Elon Musk—yes, that Elon Musk—has officially launched a third political party in the U.S. It’s called the America Party, and if you’re wondering what spurred this: it’s the same billionaire who helped bankroll Trump’s 2024 campaign… now suddenly deciding he’s had a change of heart because Trump passed a spending bill that