Karin Killian

Writer-Editor-Teacher-Solver

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

We must not delude ourselves in this moment. Multiracial democracy in the United States is less than 60 years old. It has always been contested, often violently so. It has always been fragile. Since this nation's inception large swaths of white Americans -- including white women -- have claimed a belief in democracy while actually enforcing a white ethnocracy. In the face of shifting demographics where white Americans will lose their numeric majority, we see a growing embrace of autocracy to keep the "legitimate" rulers of this country in power. History teaches us that we are in a perilous moment.

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

It’s called coercive control, and it’s already illegal in the UK!

[🦋the-michael-datson.bsky.social🦋 @fuller_sean]

@edokeefe @saraecook @CBSNews I got chills. This woman is an absolute workhorse. It might be the case that we as Americans may need to convince ourselves that we are WORTHY of her leading this nation. We are like an abused spouse. Or at least that's how I feel

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@fuller_sean @edokeefe @saraecook @CBSNews you nailed it. Please google the phrase “coercive control.” He’s not only an abuser, he’s playing the same narrative games an abuser uses to brainwash

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

This is fascinating. No one has ever crossed him. He can't function when they do. Fascinating.

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@Preserve_PAC This ad is the most insane jingoistic propaganda I have ever seen

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

Distortion of truth is lying.

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

I live in one of America’s whitest states. Folks not infrequently scrape up road killed deer to eat. The people fear-mongering about the Bad Immigrants and championing the Good Rural Poors are snobby city elites comically ignorant of how poor rural and immigrant cultures overlap.

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

The absurd irony of this clown’s performative jingoism is 😳😳😳

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Vote for Kamala if you want this to happen to your neighborhood!

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@Hyken https://t.co/ZbhpS8VA54

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@Hyken PS: some smart CEOs delegate this task to a talented ghost writer who can help them identify their best story to tell :) I have availability for one client in 2025!

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@blgtylr 😢 I’m navigating similar darkness & learning to let go of folks I did not realize were toxic until I turned to them while in pain damn hard… I’ve been thinking about the difference between validation and afffirmation…

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@elamin88 Love this. Yes! Makes me think of the link between story validation and personal agency made in trauma research. Validation is healing. Affirmation can be a mask for covert coercive control.

[Michele Norris @michele_norris]

A few thoughts about the ascension of Tim Walz and the spotlight on Minnesota from someone who was raised there. …..

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@deBeauxOs1 Yes AND yet! Go find yourself a dozen 90 year olds and see for yourself :)

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

This would be a great week for a publisher to realize that not all of Alice Munro's stories are available in Audio and begin plotting a re-release. Please :)

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

BTW, imo you have likely missed half the nuance of every single Alice Munro story if you have not discussed it with a woman born in a rural part of North America before 1940

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

I would LOVE to be able to discuss more Munro stories with this group of students! But, oddly, there are very few good recordings of Munro's work, apart from the few stellar podcasts produced by The New Yorker.

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@nayibbukele lol Wanna be dictators stick together huh?

[Karin Killian @karinkillian]

@AlexKleeman well some things never change