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Kristen Chapman

@kristenchapman.bsky.social

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Human; interested in liberation of all kinds, chronically self-expressive, and a hater of binaries, snobs and autocrats. RVA https://shorturl.at/1u56M (NYT) https://shorturl.at/H6bBk (New Yorker) http://www.kristenchapman.art

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · Feb 4

“I thought Virginia would be a safe place for me and my daughter,” Kristen Chapman said in a statement. “Instead, I am heartbroken, tired, and scared.” Me.

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Families and doctors sue over Trump's order to halt funding for gender-affirming care

President Donald Trump's effort to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for young people is facing a legal challenge.

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 9h

Eaten squirrel and snake in my early years in rural Louisiana.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 10h

If I could conjure any Halloween costume, it'd be the French guy in a fedora (post-heist) that we thought was a detective, but was actually just French.

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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 1d

For a violinist who already shreds, on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘗𝘔, Sudan Archives is going even harder on the melodies to keep pace with the drive of the beats. “I'm shredding because I'm trying to be like Jimi Hendrix,” she says.

Sudan Archives Is Pushing the Tempo

An afternoon at the museum with the genre-smashing violinist.

www.hearingthings.co

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 2d

Tim Kaine I am in your walls

Cuntace Owens @antifabae.bsky.social · 2d

The senate democrats who voted for Trump’s nominee:

Chris Coons - DE

Dick Durbin - IL

Maggie Hassan - NH

Martin Heinrich - NM

Tim Kaine - VA

Mark Kelly - AZ

Amy Klobuchar - MN

Jack Reed - RI

Adam Schiff - CA

Jeanne Shaheen - NH

Peter Welch - VT

Sheldon Whitehouse - RI

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2d

This healed me

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Matt Hart

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 2d

Explore 1,100 Works of Art by Georgia O’Keeffe: They’re Digitized and Free to View Online www.openculture.com/2025/10/1100...

Explore 1,100 Works of Art by Georgia O’Keeffe: They’re Digitized and Free to View Online

Lake George Reflection (circa 1921) via Wikimedia Commons What comes to mind when you think of Georgia O’Keeffe? Bleached skulls in the desert? Aerial views of clouds, almost cartoonish in their puf...

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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · 2d

Vocalized speech is literally airbending. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

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Mayor of Halloween Town @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

Mamdani: "But there is one thing that I will change: I will no longer look for myself in the shadows. I will find myself in the light."

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2d

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 2d

I know everything is just brutal. Sometimes you just need to be ridiculous with your pet. For fun. Remember fun???

Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly. It's a cruelty to deny him his delights. And he loves to prance around in clothes. As do I.

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 2d

My little dog needs a sweater to fully enjoy being the tiniest fella on the block. He has a winter coat (with a hoodie) that he does with pride, but he needs additional accouterments.

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 2d

Richmond, you have a problem.

Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com · 2d

A bicyclist has died after getting hit by a car along West Broad Street on Thursday afternoon.

Cyclist dies after getting hit by car on Broad Street

A bicyclist has died after getting hit by a car along West Broad Street on Thursday afternoon.

richmond.com

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

More of this. PLEASE.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 3d

Dang, when you get a good phlebotomist you tell them

ONG YOU ARE SO GOOD

THANK YOU FOR NOT STABBING ME NINE TIMES AND CAUSING DEEP BRUISING

Seriously, zero pain + only one jab? That never happens to me, except today

People who are super good at the thing they do gotta be told

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

Even the gods know I need a solid horn section ever so often.

Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

Stoopid typo.

Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

Just wondering tickets to see St. Paul and The Broken Bones at the botanical garden in April! Got to meet them 7 years ago through a radio station win in Nashville lol.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

HOPE IN THE RUINS PEOPLE, hope in the ruins.

Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

Such a feeling to be seen, heard, FELT. We are going to collaborate on her next project around sexual violence.

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

She got my professional background, which typically mystifies people.

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 3d

She works as a therapist but does community-based work, WHICH IS MY JAM. Also, we both competed in oral poetry competitions as young people!

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