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Writer | Editor | Pop culture enthusiast rachelnielsenauthor.com Oakland, CA

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Where did the Fairyland dandelions go? For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them.

For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland — only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them. www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...

29.09.2025 14:46 👍 19 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 4

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

29.09.2025 13:45 👍 12584 🔁 2299 💬 510 📌 854

How does one start to work with you

29.09.2025 17:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m on episode 5 of Wayward, and the biggest inaccuracy so far is that not one of those teens has been called manipulative.

28.09.2025 00:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The next X years are going to be so tedious and dumb and painful.

25.09.2025 23:07 👍 2256 🔁 178 💬 41 📌 18

Public speaking should be illegal

25.09.2025 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

keep the wind at your back and the sun on your face

25.09.2025 05:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Almost a year later and I'm at this point. It's so hard. I hope you kept going and it went well.

23.09.2025 04:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm in the trenches now. Hope it went well!

23.09.2025 04:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The 'dizziness of freedom' manifests as the existential tension between choice and responsibility.

23.09.2025 04:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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On the street, it's got a dozen names. Some call 'em White Devils. Simple, classic. Some cats call 'em The Levelers, 'cause they take you from a 10 on the pain scale down to a zero. Smooths you right out. You call it Tylenol. I call it death.

23.09.2025 00:34 👍 919 🔁 130 💬 7 📌 1
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Support the TJA Together, we can promote more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media while also supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. Join the TJA'...

it’s yet another good day to donate to @transjournalists.org

i have a recurring donation set up & it brings me a flicker of gladness every time i get an email saying the month’s donation went through, would recommend

www.transjournalists.org/donate/

23.09.2025 00:58 👍 80 🔁 45 💬 1 📌 0

A F T E R S H O C K

23.09.2025 01:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pro tip: if you take out the battery, the earthquake will always be a surprise! (Bonus: a fire might also be a surprise)

23.09.2025 00:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I do not recommend the 3 am earthquake! Interrupting my sleep! Making me sleepy! Shaking my entire home including me!

22.09.2025 23:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

I got a coaster at an editorial conference that says “one exclamation point is enough, trust me” and I think of it often

21.09.2025 19:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One of the main goals of my non-fiction, criticism and cultural commentary is to contribute to eradicating the idea that storytelling is just entertainment. Entertainment is part of what storytelling does, and that's great. But, if we consider it's history, it's also something we clearly need.

21.09.2025 17:24 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

There's nothing like a cigarette after a long flight without needing to go through security again. ...sometimes I miss smoking

19.09.2025 05:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Feelings are a real bitch

17.09.2025 07:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is it in bad taste to read a book called "Rehab" while drinking a vodka soda?

15.09.2025 02:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

hell yeah get em ahab

04.09.2025 04:47 👍 95 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1
The witch from Weapons looking cunty

The witch from Weapons looking cunty

going antiquing today

30.08.2025 16:27 👍 123 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

he’s announcing that his name was actually craig this whole time

02.09.2025 03:04 👍 460 🔁 13 💬 25 📌 5

It is 81 outside and I am M E L T I N G inside

01.09.2025 21:53 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I saw it on Friday night and it was incredible! I'm so glad I saw it on the big screen

31.08.2025 18:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Loving someone is fucking wild, y’all. Inexplicable. Miraculous. Completely at odds with the cruelty of the world.

31.08.2025 04:51 👍 33 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

You can get such great deals on appliances at Costco! I got my air fryer there for $30.

29.08.2025 15:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m listening to New Found Glory for the first time by choice, and do you think when they formed the band, they said to themselves, “We need the most nasally, high-pitched voice we can find”?

28.08.2025 18:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This article just reminded me of this old tweet

26.08.2025 05:04 👍 9999 🔁 2132 💬 96 📌 37