Julia Figliotti Riley (she/her)
@juliafigliotti.bsky.social
writer, poet, singer, songwriter, optimist, activist
"#Poetry is one of the most beautiful shadows a civilization can cast across time."
- Tamsyn Muir
- Tamsyn Muir
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
"#Poetry is one of the most beautiful shadows a civilization can cast across time."
- Tamsyn Muir
- Tamsyn Muir
Write yourself a love letter.
Write yourself a sonnet.
Write yourself a thank-you note.
Love yourself—and put it in writing.
Write yourself a sonnet.
Write yourself a thank-you note.
Love yourself—and put it in writing.
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Write yourself a love letter.
Write yourself a sonnet.
Write yourself a thank-you note.
Love yourself—and put it in writing.
Write yourself a sonnet.
Write yourself a thank-you note.
Love yourself—and put it in writing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Keep going
Keep growing
Keep glowing
Keep growing
Keep glowing
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Keep going
Keep growing
Keep glowing
Keep growing
Keep glowing
walking out of the polling place
her child looked up at her and asked
"who did you vote for?"
and she picked up her sticker
with a smile
and said
"the good guys"
her child looked up at her and asked
"who did you vote for?"
and she picked up her sticker
with a smile
and said
"the good guys"
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
walking out of the polling place
her child looked up at her and asked
"who did you vote for?"
and she picked up her sticker
with a smile
and said
"the good guys"
her child looked up at her and asked
"who did you vote for?"
and she picked up her sticker
with a smile
and said
"the good guys"
Reposted by Julia Figliotti Riley (she/her)
Interested in expanding your community? We hold regular orientations to onboard new pen pals, so we can match more people inside and outside the prison system to connect through letter-writing. No registration required — check out our website (linked below) for the details on how to join the call!
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Interested in expanding your community? We hold regular orientations to onboard new pen pals, so we can match more people inside and outside the prison system to connect through letter-writing. No registration required — check out our website (linked below) for the details on how to join the call!
Reposted by Julia Figliotti Riley (she/her)
"The Alabama Solution" is an essential new documentary that dives deep into the realities of Alabama's #prison system. These horrors are not unique to one state in our nation's 50.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
October 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Alabama Solution" is an essential new documentary that dives deep into the realities of Alabama's #prison system. These horrors are not unique to one state in our nation's 50.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
When you run social media for an organization/band, you do a lot of liking/commenting/sharing of your own content to feed into the algorithm and boost engagement.
Maybe try treating yourself that way, too.
👍 Like what you put into the world
💬 Talk to yourself (nicely)
🔁 Share what you care about
Maybe try treating yourself that way, too.
👍 Like what you put into the world
💬 Talk to yourself (nicely)
🔁 Share what you care about
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
When you run social media for an organization/band, you do a lot of liking/commenting/sharing of your own content to feed into the algorithm and boost engagement.
Maybe try treating yourself that way, too.
👍 Like what you put into the world
💬 Talk to yourself (nicely)
🔁 Share what you care about
Maybe try treating yourself that way, too.
👍 Like what you put into the world
💬 Talk to yourself (nicely)
🔁 Share what you care about
Mary Oliver’s questions have been on my mind.
#acrostic #poem #poetry #MaryOliver #Poem133 #TheSummerDay
#acrostic #poem #poetry #MaryOliver #Poem133 #TheSummerDay
October 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Mary Oliver’s questions have been on my mind.
#acrostic #poem #poetry #MaryOliver #Poem133 #TheSummerDay
#acrostic #poem #poetry #MaryOliver #Poem133 #TheSummerDay
No one cares about your shitty green lawn. Leave the leaves. 🍂
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
No one cares about your shitty green lawn. Leave the leaves. 🍂
Sometimes it's a roller coaster, sometimes it's a fright fest. You're still the one I wanna go through time with <3
October 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Sometimes it's a roller coaster, sometimes it's a fright fest. You're still the one I wanna go through time with <3
If no one told you that you did a great job today, tell yourself! It's a really nice thing to hear, especially when it comes from one of your toughest critics <3
October 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
If no one told you that you did a great job today, tell yourself! It's a really nice thing to hear, especially when it comes from one of your toughest critics <3
Requesting all platforms immediately stop autocorrecting <3 to an emoji heart thxxx
October 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Requesting all platforms immediately stop autocorrecting <3 to an emoji heart thxxx
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I just
want my friends
to take care of themselves
the way I would take care of them
with none of the societal expectations
to work harder and longer and faster
and only rest when it's time to sleep
I just
want my friends
to find peace in quiet
the way we were all meant to
want my friends
to take care of themselves
the way I would take care of them
with none of the societal expectations
to work harder and longer and faster
and only rest when it's time to sleep
I just
want my friends
to find peace in quiet
the way we were all meant to
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I just
want my friends
to take care of themselves
the way I would take care of them
with none of the societal expectations
to work harder and longer and faster
and only rest when it's time to sleep
I just
want my friends
to find peace in quiet
the way we were all meant to
want my friends
to take care of themselves
the way I would take care of them
with none of the societal expectations
to work harder and longer and faster
and only rest when it's time to sleep
I just
want my friends
to find peace in quiet
the way we were all meant to
October 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This change of seasons is a big one for me. After 8 years in many roles, I'm leaving the Americans of Conscience Checklist. Gratitude to the wonderful folks I’ve volunteered with, the celebrations & rages we’ve shared, & the countless actions we’ve crafted & amplified to empower a kinder nation. (🧵)
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This change of seasons is a big one for me. After 8 years in many roles, I'm leaving the Americans of Conscience Checklist. Gratitude to the wonderful folks I’ve volunteered with, the celebrations & rages we’ve shared, & the countless actions we’ve crafted & amplified to empower a kinder nation. (🧵)
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Our favorite season is the fall 🍂 of the prison-industrial complex.
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our favorite season is the fall 🍂 of the prison-industrial complex.
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
The way the U.S. government is upending our already precarious #immigration system is inhumane and heartless.
I encourage you to learn the truth of these changes. And for the love of all things, I beg you to care.
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
I encourage you to learn the truth of these changes. And for the love of all things, I beg you to care.
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
The Hand That Rocks The Gavel - This American Life
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.
www.thisamericanlife.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The way the U.S. government is upending our already precarious #immigration system is inhumane and heartless.
I encourage you to learn the truth of these changes. And for the love of all things, I beg you to care.
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
I encourage you to learn the truth of these changes. And for the love of all things, I beg you to care.
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
This is the affirmation that opens Assata Shakur's brilliant and lyrical autobiography, "Assata."
May she rest in power. May we continue to believe.
May she rest in power. May we continue to believe.
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is the affirmation that opens Assata Shakur's brilliant and lyrical autobiography, "Assata."
May she rest in power. May we continue to believe.
May she rest in power. May we continue to believe.
September 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"to love oneself enough to change is a higher form of living than obstinate stagnation"
You matter more than they could ever understand <3
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLivesMatter #poetry #poem
You matter more than they could ever understand <3
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLivesMatter #poetry #poem
September 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"to love oneself enough to change is a higher form of living than obstinate stagnation"
You matter more than they could ever understand <3
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLivesMatter #poetry #poem
You matter more than they could ever understand <3
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLivesMatter #poetry #poem
Today I was nominated as best Rock Lead Female Vocalist in my region, and my Fleetwood Mac tribute band received a nomination in its category, too 🕊
And still, it's amazing that my mom telling me how much she loves my poems and how deeply they reach her feels better than any of it 💚
And still, it's amazing that my mom telling me how much she loves my poems and how deeply they reach her feels better than any of it 💚
September 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Today I was nominated as best Rock Lead Female Vocalist in my region, and my Fleetwood Mac tribute band received a nomination in its category, too 🕊
And still, it's amazing that my mom telling me how much she loves my poems and how deeply they reach her feels better than any of it 💚
And still, it's amazing that my mom telling me how much she loves my poems and how deeply they reach her feels better than any of it 💚
Aw, hbd LJ <3 (even if I totally forgot about you)
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Aw, hbd LJ <3 (even if I totally forgot about you)