Bethany Suckrow
@bgsuckrow.bsky.social
(She/her) Writer & poet. Exvangelical killjoy. Midwest Mom. Contains multitudes. Pettier than you.
I truly didn’t think anything could shock me anymore, but the number of white women I know who have come out of the woodwork in the past 24 hours to mourn Kirk on Facebook after a decade of silence on anything political has my jaw on the floor. Why him, of all people and incidents? I don’t get it.
September 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I truly didn’t think anything could shock me anymore, but the number of white women I know who have come out of the woodwork in the past 24 hours to mourn Kirk on Facebook after a decade of silence on anything political has my jaw on the floor. Why him, of all people and incidents? I don’t get it.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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"If you parents followed James Dobson, you weren't raised, you were broken in." -Stephanie Warren
August 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"If you parents followed James Dobson, you weren't raised, you were broken in." -Stephanie Warren
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It’s good to remind yourself, more and more these days, that death is not an absolver. Sometimes it’s just the end to a long pattern of harm.
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family and one of the most influential voices in the conservative evangelical movement, has died at age 89
August 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It’s good to remind yourself, more and more these days, that death is not an absolver. Sometimes it’s just the end to a long pattern of harm.
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Jay Leno is a good example of someone whose opinions I think just do not need to be news. He has gone off to live with his money, and every now and then he says something uninteresting that sounds exactly like what you would say if nothing you saw happening in the world mattered to you.
July 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Jay Leno is a good example of someone whose opinions I think just do not need to be news. He has gone off to live with his money, and every now and then he says something uninteresting that sounds exactly like what you would say if nothing you saw happening in the world mattered to you.
Has anyone else had SUBSTACK auto-subscribe them to newsletters? How do I (can I?) turn this feature off?
July 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Has anyone else had SUBSTACK auto-subscribe them to newsletters? How do I (can I?) turn this feature off?
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
Whenever I think about the fact that in the US, healthcare is tied to employment, I think about my mom working until she was too sick from terminal cancer to go to the office.
Her death radicalized me.
We don’t have to do this to people.
These Medicaid cuts are a death sentence for millions.
Her death radicalized me.
We don’t have to do this to people.
These Medicaid cuts are a death sentence for millions.
July 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Whenever I think about the fact that in the US, healthcare is tied to employment, I think about my mom working until she was too sick from terminal cancer to go to the office.
Her death radicalized me.
We don’t have to do this to people.
These Medicaid cuts are a death sentence for millions.
Her death radicalized me.
We don’t have to do this to people.
These Medicaid cuts are a death sentence for millions.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
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this was always annoying, but now that there are no republicans left who even pretend to do it back, it is a level of Charlie Brown / Lucy / football clownery that no one can take anymore
Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is.
June 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
this was always annoying, but now that there are no republicans left who even pretend to do it back, it is a level of Charlie Brown / Lucy / football clownery that no one can take anymore
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As we all have been saying for ages this is the only way a bathroom bill can work: If one of JK Rowling's hate-filled cultists thinks you or your mum doesn't look sufficiently feminine then they will post your photos online and try to ruin your life. They will target trans and cis people alike.
JK Rowling’s words are reckless and put trans people at risk. Saying “decent men will stay out” and encouraging people to photograph and shame others in toilets invites random harassment. This isn’t about safety, it spreads fear and hate. Trans people deserve respect and protection.
June 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As we all have been saying for ages this is the only way a bathroom bill can work: If one of JK Rowling's hate-filled cultists thinks you or your mum doesn't look sufficiently feminine then they will post your photos online and try to ruin your life. They will target trans and cis people alike.
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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
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I am thinking about the trans kids at home watching their parents rejoice and their relatives take victory laps on social media. I am thinking about the mental health crises they will experience and those who will not make it to the other side because some adults decided theology trumps flourishing.
June 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I am thinking about the trans kids at home watching their parents rejoice and their relatives take victory laps on social media. I am thinking about the mental health crises they will experience and those who will not make it to the other side because some adults decided theology trumps flourishing.
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This morning I am thinking about the Christians cheering the ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, cheering the dead bodies of beloved trans children, cheering the destruction of life. I am thinking about the Christians obsessed with the genitals of minors while they call us "groomers" and predators.
June 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This morning I am thinking about the Christians cheering the ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, cheering the dead bodies of beloved trans children, cheering the destruction of life. I am thinking about the Christians obsessed with the genitals of minors while they call us "groomers" and predators.
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WE HAVE REACHED 30-50 FERAL HOGS LEVEL OF ONLINE.
if you are terminally online STAY ON LINE
this is a day for those of us who have spent the last six months terminally online. this is for us and honestly, we deserve it.
June 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WE HAVE REACHED 30-50 FERAL HOGS LEVEL OF ONLINE.
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
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The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
May 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
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it really is that simple
“I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter. I don’t know what the big deal is,” Robert De Niro told CNN in a statement. “I love all my children.”
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Robert De Niro shows support for daughter Airyn after she shares she’s trans: ‘I don’t know what the big deal is’ | CNN
Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender.
www.cnn.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
it really is that simple
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A central problem with this analysis is that the last few months have shown that those of us who have opposed Trump reflexively and performatively have also been much more correct about what he would do if unleashed than those who keep warning to take a more measured approach
Why on earth would a protest movement against the worst president in US history begin by acknowledging that he's not so bad
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May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A central problem with this analysis is that the last few months have shown that those of us who have opposed Trump reflexively and performatively have also been much more correct about what he would do if unleashed than those who keep warning to take a more measured approach
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Dear god let this man cook.
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear god let this man cook.
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it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
April 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
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We celebrate this Easter Sunday with a reading from the Gospel according to James Tate.
April 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We celebrate this Easter Sunday with a reading from the Gospel according to James Tate.