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Kim Haas

@kimhaaswriter.bsky.social

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Writer, reader, yoga teacher, showing up daily to my messy, perfectly imperfect life. I want all of us to write anyway, create anyway. Now more than ever the world needs our words, our art. www.kimhaaswriter.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Aug 2

What kind of asshole still supports a politician after it becomes glaringly obvious they’re a pedophile?

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Jul 12

Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 10

Leaning into the freedom of summer…How do the different seasons impact your creative endeavors?

The Lush Whimsy of Summer.

Flowing creatively with the seasons.

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 8

What I’ve been reading lately. How about you? ❤️📚

Books Read in May + June, 2025.

She takes us deep into the experience of being ill then stepping back into the world of the well but never feeling fully present in either world.

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 7

The delay is deliberate. It’s strategy. Let’s make sure it absolutely backfires on them.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 2

Everyone has “access” to healthcare but not everyone can afford it. 🤦‍♀️

Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 2

These are the most vile, trash humans ever.

Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 2

It’s been a brutal day for anyone with a moral compass or empathy. I felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin so I put on my sneakers, leashed the pup and headed to park. No podcast, no music, no audiobook. Just some peace.

Peace of trees.
Peace of water.
Peace of movement.
Peace of breath.

Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 1

She looks positively haunted by her vote. As she should. It should haunt her for the rest of her life. Even Susan F*cking Collins did the right thing for once.

Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jul 1

I am floundering. I searched for tips on revising a novel and came across this spreadsheet based on the snowflake method. It’s helping me carve out some clarity. Onward!

Share any novel revising tips. I haven’t yet outlined anything. I am generally a pantser who later turns toward plotter🤷‍♀️

Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jun 28

My heart❤️ One of the main reasons I don’t sink into a pit of absolute despair and depression every single day 🥺

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · Jun 28

As a rule I avoid commenting on anyone’s appearance but I am so sick to death of Kardashian Mar-a-Lago face. The aspirational conformity of the plastic surgery work is a whole form of violent oppression as farmed out to the masses, and particularly young women. No one needs a fucking lip flip.

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Jun 28

Ok now I understand. Anna Wintour took one look at this and quit.

Vogue cover with Lauren Sanchez on tbe cover, in her wedding dress. Not to be unkind, but it's a fashion nightmare.

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jun 26

So did I! You’re so welcome. Grateful the words found you💕

Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Is it because she actually is a heinous loser?

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Read this in the latest issue of “Writer’s Digest.” Needed to read her take on writing amidst chaos. Words are healing. The right words reach me exactly when I need them. Words are magic.

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · Jun 26

I have to say yes or no to my writing every single day. Maybe days are a hard pass.

Avoiding the Muck of Maybe Days.

Maybe is a slippery slope into inertia.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 16

We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 2

my takeaway from this feature is that in a functioning political system there would be televised congressional hearings over the fact that one of the most influential people in the white house is a total maniac www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America

The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

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Shel Schneider - Author @shelschneider.gay · May 28

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To What End?

Understanding Trump’s endgame

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · May 23

This is an absolutely critical read. Please take a few minutes and do so.

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Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real

If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · May 19

All.
The.
Time.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · May 16

Marissa Rothkopf @marissarothkopf.bsky.social shared this green sauce recipe on her Substack a year ago—before The Contrarian even existed.
It’s simple, adaptable, and turns even the dullest dinner into something worth craving.

Try it yourself:

Transformation sauce

A gift from me to you: Awesome green sauce that just makes everything better.

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · May 14

I love a good reframe!

Leia BlueSkywalker @blueskye2025.bsky.social · May 14

It takes many, many hours to get good at something- don’t let it stop you!

Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · May 12

Exactly.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · May 12

Taking a bribe in a very public way doesn't mean you aren't corrupt, it means your corruption is shameless.