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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 3h

America at 250

Children of Divorce

The Wrestling

Scandal (Season XIV) vs Succession (Season VI)

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

"George has continued criticizing the president and figures of his administration, including Stephen Miller (during her appearance on The Katie Miller Podcast, Kellyanne described the Millers as some of her 'best friends' in the current administration)."

www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-co...

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 23h

Read more

“Chattanooga” (1969)

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42943/...

with

_Konch_ (Spring 2025)

www.ishmaelreedpub.com/spring-2025

and

www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6...

Chattanooga

1 Some say that Chattanooga is the Old name for Lookout Mountain To others it is an uncouth name Used only by the uncivilised Our a-historical period sees it As merely a town in Tennessee To old timer...

www.poetryfoundation.org

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 23h

America at 250

VBS Inherit The Wind

The Teach-in model.

Discuss.

linktr.ee/historyteachin

A History Teach-In | Linktree

October 26th, Washington DC | Sunup to Sundown | Organized by the folks behind history podcasts The Memory Palace and This Day.

linktr.ee

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 23h

Gender Unicorn Be-in

and Joint Study Group America at 250

present

The Writin’ Is Fightin’ float

A salute to Ishmael Reed

Check out

www.lookoutcomedyfestival.com/haunting

The playbill for the Spring 2025 Chattanooga staging of

ISHMAEL REED’S

“The Haunting Of
Lin-Manuel Miranda”

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t do protest crime. I think doing and/or exhorting others to protest crime at this juncture indicates you are outing yourself as an a fool agent of the anti-democratic. Everybody stay cool.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 2d

Gender Uncorn Be-in

Parade

Here comes The Mab Segrest Papers float!

Attention Southern Rock Opera Seminarians

Check her out

blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2...

and

search.worldcat.org/search?q=ua=...

with/context

jaimeharker.com on The Lesbian United States South.

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 2d

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies

Gender Unicorn Be-in

Parade

Check it out. It’s another Fellowship of Southern Writers float

The Nora Jane Stories

or, Ellen Gilchrist Does NorCal

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

and

search.worldcat.org/title/609417...

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 2d

America at 250

No Kings seems to be a sticky slogan of American pro-democracy protest

This coming Saturday is looking to be a day of peaceful and non-violent pro-democracy protest across The United States of America

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 3d

Read more about it

@susiebright.bsky.social remembers Dorothy Allison

susiebright.ink/p/bastard-ou...

“Bastard Out of Carolina” - A Marathon Public Reading for Dorothy Allison

She gave me a few minutes to make her scream: I’m giving back 12 hours

susiebright.ink

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 3d

The Fellowship of Southern Writers Float

Honoring Dorothy Allison

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellows...

Today is Bay Area memorial reading of _Bastard Out of Carolina_ for Dorothy Allison coordinated by Litquake

Livestream 9 AM - 9 PM Pacific Sun 12 Oct 2025

www.youtube.com/live/X2AupLr...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 3d

America at 250

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies

WNBA as blood sport. Discuss.

www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 4d

NOW SHOWING

I

Cat People (1982)

www.imdb.com/title/tt0083...

II

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

www.imdb.com/title/tt2281...

III

The Death of Stalin (2017)

www.imdb.com/title/tt4686...

MIDNITE

Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)

www.imdb.com/title/tt0094...

Cat People (1982) ⭐ 6.2 | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

1h 58m | R

www.imdb.com

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 4d

Cinémathèque

10 -16 October 2025

College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a Joint Study Group America at 250 lecture catch-up weekend!

In YouTube time, Dr. Joanne Freeman just wrapped the first leg of the 2025 DeVane Lectures at Jackson & 2nd Great Awakening

“America at 250: A History” playlist on the Yale Courses YouTube Channel:

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 4d

I remember hitting up Eliza on a printer terminal in a university Psychology Department computer room.

I cannot believe the text outputs I can make the iPhone standard equipment ChatGPT interface hallucinate and compose back at me.

This is a dangerous development for humanity. It will end badly.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 6d

Truth got taken out *early* in this game. That’s what Obama birth cert, “alternative facts,” “antivax,” QAnon, “stop the steal,” etm were/are about and manipulated to accomplish. Observe the use of the word “truth” at the Charlie Kirk memorial rally. That was not accidental, either. Veritas!

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 6d

America at 250: The Wrestling

We The People vs Succession (Season VI)

Pro-democracy Coach Murphy (CT) lays it out for The People from the floor of the United States Senate & in attached thread

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 6d

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar

“Athens, GA: Inside Out” was a sensation in its time.

Here’s information from UGA about the current project to preserve and remaster it.

give.uga.edu/funders/insi...

Restore and Relive an Athens Treasure

Celebrate 40 years of Athens, GA: Inside/Out — give today to help preserve the original film for future generations.

give.uga.edu

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 6d

Nibbling candy corn with swigs of Diet Coke is how I achieve communion with Miss Piggy.

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 6d

America at 250: A History

Lecture 7: “What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More” with Professor Joanne Freeman

The relevance of revisiting The Whiskey Rebellion will shock you

RIYL “Hamilton”

youtu.be/jMJLuErzYtg

DeVane Lecture, Class 7 – What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More

YouTube video by YaleCourses

youtu.be

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 8d

See also

“Weekend Update: Dobby The House Elf on JK Rowling”

youtu.be/y2JJ2bjnUcI

Weekend Update: Dobby The House Elf on J.K. Rowling - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

youtu.be

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 9d

Title float

The Gender Amnesty Be-in Evidence, Literature, and Media Revue

for Chattanooga Fall Pride 2025

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
at College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club

Fall 2025

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 10d

VBS Inherit The Wind Sunday School for 5 October 2025

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Chattanooga Fall Pride 2025

The Wrestling

Your Favorite President humiliating War Sec Hegseth!

What was missing from Jost’s satirical reenactment was the homosocial Jesus angle.

youtu.be/vZb1WO1_lGI

Pete Hegseth Cold Open - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

youtu.be

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 11d

Gender Amnesty Love-in presents

Gender Unicorn Be-in

for Chattanooga Fall Pride

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Fall 2025

Participants are responsible for embellishment and conduct of their personal gender unicorn flotation devices. Mind the horn.

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 11d

III
Ryrie, Alec. (2025 Sept 30). “Hitler, Jesus, and How to Win a Culture War.”Gresham College, London, UK. www.youtube.com/live/XPyP6Ax...

LAGNIAPPE

“Joyocaust,” Transparent Musicale Finale original cast [Music video]

youtu.be/S3ALx-g2PUg

MIDNITE

Lenny (1974)

www.imdb.com/title/tt0071...