Karena Bakas

I like books and pigs

[Tori Lee @toriflee]

Today I noticed that the Folger's Shakespeare Library softcovers look suspiciously like cans of LaCroix. Here is a 🧵of pairings, starting with A Midsummer Night's Dream and a lovely can of fizzy lemon water.

[Indiana Pacers @Pacers]

how can you NOT watch this again 😱

[Masoud @linguistMasoud]

I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …

[Karena Bakas @kebakas]

@jzux (5/5) me at baseline, all the good work I do can go towards actually making me feel better! I get to enjoy the results of my efforts instead of just feeling exhausted by them! I’m so grateful to the doctor who listened and proscribed me meds that addressed my specific experience.

[Karena Bakas @kebakas]

@jzux (4/5) I went through the whole process and they didn’t work. But what finally got me to start was realizing that all the work I was doing through self care and therapy wasn’t helping. Or rather, it was, but all it was doing was keeping me afloat. Now, with my medication keeping

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

I feel like this is the two sides of myself whenever I go to a bookshop:

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Texas has released a bounty hunter drag ban.

$5,000 bounty for hunters if a person performs while "exhibiting a gender that is different from gender recorded at birth" and "violates the community standards of decency."

Anti-abortion techniques now target drag and trans people.

[Icona @iconawrites]

I love public libraries because they are built on the principle that books are so important and so necessary to human flourishing that access to them cannot depend on your income.

[@roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social @RoomofOnesOwn]

IT IS 2023 AND I AM ADMITTING THAT I HAVE NO INTENTION OF READING EVERY BOOK I BUY. I LIKE COLLECTING THEM. I LIKE HAVING LOTS OF THEM AROUND. I LIKE BEING SURROUNDED BY STORIES AND POSSIBILITIES. I WANT A LIBRARY. I AM NOT A BOOK MINIMALIST LEAVE ME ALONE (WITH MY BOOKS).

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

New Years Resolutions:

- Pass the Women’s Health Protection Act
- Codify Roe v. Wade into law
- Expand & protect access to abortion care

[Karena Bakas @kebakas]

@KaitWilbur Danez Smith
Terrance Hayes
Ross Gay
Ocean Vuong
Sharon Olds

[Karena Bakas @kebakas]

@buffysbaee Jackie and Hyde forever

[Kenny Keil @kennykeil]

Lizzo plays a flute and one day later everyone's an expert on flutes. They should keep handing her instruments until we accidentally bring back music education

[Karena Bakas @kebakas]

@ruchiebluee @whitneytheband OMG SO GOOD

[E Krebs, PhD 🧂 @SaltySicky]

It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay!
As a suicidologist and someone who has experienced chronic suicidality since age 9, I want to offer some insights that mainstream prevention orgs don't often share. 🧵

[Cooperation Jackson @CooperationJXN]

Everyone, please keep spreading the word. This crisis isn't going to be resolved quickly. We are going to need some serious solidarity in the days and weeks ahead. #Solidarity #MutualAid