Amanda R. Howland
arhowland108.bsky.social
Amanda R. Howland
@arhowland108.bsky.social
Author of Mona Cost Returns to the Black House. Yoga teacher.

Links to my work and newsletter:
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https://www.amandarhowland.com
So #EzraKlein thinks Democrats should run anti-choice candidates in red states? No. Here in Ohio, we voted to protect abortion rights after our gerrymandered state government criminalized it. Guess what, Ezra? The answer for Democrats is not to *sell out more.* Okay? #Nowarbutclasswar
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I am so used to listening to music through my headphones, that when I unplug them, I feel like music is spilling all over the place.
July 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Solidarity with all beings: creatures in the wild, working people, children of Gaza, children of Alabama, children of Cleveland, children of the Congo and Sudan, prisoners in Florida, trans people everywhere, and teachers, and nursing mothers, and the old folks--it’s time for radical love!
July 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This book is so good!!!!
July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here we are in the heart of summer again. A return to the heat and stillness. I just drafted a short solar punk story. I struggle with short stories because I naturally write long-form. But I’d really like to get more short work out there.
July 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Any recommendations for contemporary, underground, anarchist, magical realism novels? <3
June 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nature is sacred. People are following themselves in circles worshiping AI gods, lost without nature. Nature is waiting for us to return, to love.
June 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
♥️ This was a good one.
June 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Soft hearts are strong hearts.

Courage--to not follow orders and rip a baby from her mother’s arms. To put the gun down.

Fear hardens hearts. Love anyway. Love through fear. Love in all directions. Love deep and long. Release into love. Let the heart be soft. A soft heart is a living heart.
June 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I saw videos of LAPD shooting a journalist from Australia and a woman who was just walking home. Rubber bullets. I knew a guy who was shot (in the back) with rubber bullets at a protest 20 years ago. He had scars.

10 million people live in LA county. That’s a lot of power. My heart is with them.
June 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Anyone read The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez? #novels I read One Hundred Years maybe 7-8 years ago, and The Rainbow 3-4 years ago, so they aren’t super fresh in my mind. But I’d love to chat with someone who has read both. <3
May 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Has anyone read Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night? I’d love to chat about it. #novel
May 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I love my apartment, but I’m dreaming of permaculture.
May 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
April 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
April 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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They straight up black-bagged her in broad daylight. Her whereabouts are unknown. Pls don't pmo saying we're exaggerating about how dire shit is.

Marching and calling reps will not cut it. We need to starve out the system and build parallel structures, fast.
March 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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It appears that Kristi Noem may have worn a $60K Rolex during her visit to the El Salvadoran prison camp today.
March 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“When approaching a crossing, roll down your windows, turn off the radio or air conditioner, and listen for whistles or bells.

Always yield to flashing lights, whistles, closing gates or stop signs.

Never shift gears on the railroad crossing. Downshift before you reach it.” --Cleveland RTA. Solid.
March 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Dear Friends and Friends-to-be: I wish you a happy, holy Equinox! I wish you liberation and joy.
March 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Time to deflate all that pent-up bent-up Power hoarded by Violence and get that Power back to the People (and the trees, and the animals, and the Holy ecosystems, Power to the air, to the Sacred Waters....). Time to dissolve, erode the Power hoarded by Violence, and pump that Power into Life!
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Every morning I work on the sequel to Mona Cost. I enjoy it so much I cry dry tears. Agh! Being an underground (deep, deep, deep underground, lol) novelist can feel futile. Who does my writing feed? How does my writing help turn the crank? But when I do it, I just love it so much.
March 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM