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Katherine Kane

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It all fits together. Linguistically driven, writing since pre-K, aphantasiac, student older than my profs. mobility challenged, Comp. Sex-Ed advocate. https://linktr.ee/katherinekane

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Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · Jul 13

I think variations of this line are going to become my new signature, of sorts. Because I like being who I am and I have no interest in changing it - or pretending I should.

white text on a purple background, reads "I'd apologize for how long this is, but I'm verbose AF, and I see no reason to be sorry for that. :)"

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Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

The pics show some of my first ideas for creating a safety list to share with the #disabled community, if they are participating in protests.

Please feel free to add other suggestions. [2/2]

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Screenshot from my Substack reads "I'm trying to think of useful things to add or tweak this (extremely useful) list with, for people with disabilities or chronic conditions who do find safe and accessible ways to protest.

For example:
-If you EVER need rescue inhalers, bring at least 2 with you so there will be one with you and a backup with your buddy.

- (Along with printing a paper map) Make a one-page doc of relevant medical concerns and print at least 2 copies (1 for arresting officer and 1 for jail processing); like if you have a history/high risk of DVT that could make leaving you lying on the floor of a bus for a few hours fatal, of if you're on blood thinners or a hemophiliac who could bleed out from an apparently minor wound, even include if your claustrophobic.

- If you have a medical-alert bracelet or similar device, make sure you're wearing it securely - if you don't have one but you've been considering it, this would be a good time to revisit that idea.

I'd even add some suggestions to…
-Use you're legitimate health concerns to make police or NG worried about being too aggressive with you and anyone you're arrested with, because they risk being singled out in the after-protest press for abusing a disabled person or getting a protestor killed via indifference to their physical comfort.

Would love to hear other ideas which could be added. Maybe we could create a companion list and ask organizers of protests to share it along side other Preparedness lists.

Considering my complete inability to stand or walk (even with my rollator) for the time it takes to travel a single block, I see no rational way I can participate in certain protests - short of begging someone to loan me a mobility scooter. But if I did there are definitely extra precautions I'd take to insure I survived it without damaging myself further. Maybe gathering those ideas can allow those of us in similar situations to help the more ambulatory others stay safe. :)

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

I wanted to first share this amazing list of ways to be prepared and safe when going to a protest march or similar event, where you expect to encounter hostile anti-protest forces.

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But I'm also looking for ways to adapt this list for the #disability community. [1/2]

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1. Dress for Anonymity, Not Instagram That cute outfit with the activist slogan? It’s a surveillance gift basket. Wear solid, neutral colors, no logos, no reflective fabric, and mask up, not just for...

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Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

This is a scary reality, but also a good way to put more and more pressure on the administration, from the public. Hang as many lanterns as possible. Always!

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Reportedly posters are popping up all over D.C. in places that ICE kidnapped someone.

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MadAlien Earth @fauxedo.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter made some of the greatest movies of all time and then retired to make music with his son and play video games. It’s possible he has lived the greatest life in human history.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon residents have a right to know the identity of this loathsome fascist terrorizing a U.S. citizen

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Kim Wincen @wincenworks.bsky.social · 1d

The current government cannot be clearer that they hate their constituents and they hate democracy.

Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 1d

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Regulatory Standards Bill:
Select Committee Report:
166,000 submission total
0.7% supported
0.6% unclear
98.7% opposed

AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON

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Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

THIS is literally a lesson schools should be teaching as part of history. Arguably a course on the History of Protest should be part of a HS education, so we understand not just how it has altered society, but the good and bad ways it can change minds, regardless of the intent behind it.

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

LMAO @ this. Talk about the (dumb AF) exception proving the rule.

Especially an exception this one; where you are effectively risking killing people with yet another horrific helicopter crash.

Talk about a form of decidedly violent protest.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

“Nuts out for freedom” 😂😂

Please someone make that sign for the next naked bike ride

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 1d

I would also just like to point out that it is currently 52° in Portland, & we've gotten about half an inch of rain today.

A lot of people were literally nuts out for freedom in some rather cold rain today. I'm willing to bet that most of the people turning their noses up aren't willing to do that.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

I have located the conversation. It is even more ridiculous than I imagined. Oppression Olympics never solved a single problem in the history of humankind.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Also if your complaint is that people are protesting even though they haven’t been impacted themselves uh, you are badly missing the goal of protests

It’s not a spotlight for your performance.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

They did the “I know better than you, Jew” thing. And then they blocked me after I told them that the best way to protect me was to actually listen to me.

Not supporting MTG is actually good and right. She's a fucking monster.
And doing the right things for the wrong reasons doesn't make it ok.
Signed - A Jew she'd like to eliminate
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Yep, and we can get right back to not supporting her after the Epstein files are released.
She doesn't stop sucking just because she accidentally chose one right answer.
Signed,
A gentile that doesn't want you eliminated.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

elmo from sesame street sitting at a table with a purple cup and straw

Alt: elmo from sesame street sitting at a table with a purple cup [long exasperated sigh]

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Uhhhhhhhh no. You’re taking the wrong lesson.

You do not gotta hand it to MTG. Ever. You absolutely do not gotta hand it to an actual monster.

This is the same thing that gets me about people that refuse to support
Newsom or MTG.
No, they are not perfect people, but they *are* landing solid hits on a bigger asshole.
Cheer, mofos.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

You all are so relentlessly insufferable. (not Kevin)

STOP GATEKEEPING PROTEST

THATS NOT HOW PROTEST WORKS

THE MORE PROTEST THE BETTER

THE MORE KINDS OF PROTEST THE BETTER

the same people screaming “do something!” also screaming “not like that!”

Y’all are shooting yourselves in the foot.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

It's always been a problem. Since we first started using psychological terminology related to abuse and trauma - accusations that we're overusing that terminology has been used to gaslight people, whom themselves are just trying to understand their own experiences with the relevant language.

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

"Nothing in Common" was quintessentially 80s/Gen Z. It embraced the fun and energy of urban yuppie culture, but also swatted at its modern snooty disdain for the previous generations - generations we must admit bottled up their feelings and "quietly endured" in harmful, even destructive, ways. [9/9]

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

This scene between Hanks, Corbin and Sela Ward (playing Woolrich's all-business daughter & David's new lover) is poignant b/c playboy-yuppie David finally chooses to prioritize family, but must also defend that choice against this father/daughter, who represent everything he used to care about.[8/9]

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

In fact, Corbin's portrayal of the "bullish" business mogul is meant to mirror the younger persona of David's father Max, in what would be Jackie Gleason final film role. Max is effectively "Willie Loman once everyone has left him & his body is giving up too." [7/9]

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Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

3rd - As you can see, Corbin's character doesn't just repeatedly demand David come along. He throws a fucking temper tantrum, hits him, and counts like a scolding parent, until being silenced by a trademark Hanks "I said that's enough of your BS!" outburst. It's epic. [6/9]

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Nothing in Common (1986) - I'm Staying With My Father Scene (9/10) | Movieclips

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Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

His dad doesn't move in but each parent increasingly leans on David for support, and while struggling to cope, he eventually learns his dad is diabetic and refused to manage it. His necrotic feet now require surgery (they amputate toes & part of one foot) - THAT is why David refuses NY trip. [5/9]

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

His boss Charlie (the brilliant Héctor Elizondo) is entirely sympathetic to what Hanks' character (David) is going through and gives him NO grief over this outburst. 2nd, when David's mom suddenly leaves his dad, the unspoken anger and neglect in their marriage/the family is finally revealed. [4/9]

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

Then: IMO "Nothing in Common" is one of Tom Hanks' most incredible and strangely forgotten films. It's funny & heartwarming w/an astonishingly good cast. But this context is about why & how Hanks delvers the 'fucking line.'

1st and foremost, Corbin is NOT playing his boss. He IS the client. [3/9]

Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social · 1d

Now: I'm watching the excellent Netflix series, "History of Swear Words" and for some reason, hearing Nikki Glaser say that Fuck is the "Tom Hanks of curse words" got me thinking of how infrequently I can remember Hanks saying Fuck in a film. The article's existence suggests I'm not the first. [2/9]