Janette Kirchner
@janette.bsky.social
SAHM to 2 & 1 in heaven. Reader & Writer of romance novels, poetry, fan fiction. Demisexual & Bi. She/Her. Xbox/twitch: isiswings1592
Website: https://janettekirchnercom.wordpress.com/
Website: https://janettekirchnercom.wordpress.com/
Pinned
Janette Kirchner
@janette.bsky.social
· Oct 17
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
Excerpts from Virginia Giuffre's book.
TW: child sexual assault, gas lighting, threats, exploitation, trafficking, abuse (throwing it in there because many red flags popped up for me)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
TW: child sexual assault, gas lighting, threats, exploitation, trafficking, abuse (throwing it in there because many red flags popped up for me)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode*: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
(* I haven't seen any of those 6 times)
(* I haven't seen any of those 6 times)
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode*: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
(* I haven't seen any of those 6 times)
(* I haven't seen any of those 6 times)
It's not a ceasefire when only one side stops firing.
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's not a ceasefire when only one side stops firing.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
We are trying to survive 🕊️
If you reply with three comments, you will help me a lot in making my post visible to everyone, even just with a dot. 🙏😭
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
If you reply with three comments, you will help me a lot in making my post visible to everyone, even just with a dot. 🙏😭
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We are trying to survive 🕊️
If you reply with three comments, you will help me a lot in making my post visible to everyone, even just with a dot. 🙏😭
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
If you reply with three comments, you will help me a lot in making my post visible to everyone, even just with a dot. 🙏😭
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
Carceral psychiatry is an extension of the carceral state. Cops & law (or lack thereof) included. That's what everyone needs to know about carceral psychiatry. The mad are designated subjects of state violence. Which our whole society enforces by how we're treated.
The social construction of disease especially mental disease and the social construction of medicine in the west are never more present than when you look within the walls of psychiatric care facilities
Power, domination, medicalization and criminalization are all part of the same symptomatology
Power, domination, medicalization and criminalization are all part of the same symptomatology
Remember how Alexander Morris was held in a psych ward & they thought he was delusional when he said he was a member of the Four Tops & tortured him? It's not singular. Folks need to know, that is the system of carceral psychiatry. You can't argue your way out or prove you're sane. Lots get clapped.
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Carceral psychiatry is an extension of the carceral state. Cops & law (or lack thereof) included. That's what everyone needs to know about carceral psychiatry. The mad are designated subjects of state violence. Which our whole society enforces by how we're treated.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
Gene and Paul consider themselves to be KISS. Anyone and everyone else was just hired help (that wrote hit songs).
They tried to kick drummer Eric Carr off the band's insurance while he was being treated for cancer. Carr's family had to sell his belongings to cover the medical debt.
They tried to kick drummer Eric Carr off the band's insurance while he was being treated for cancer. Carr's family had to sell his belongings to cover the medical debt.
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Gene and Paul consider themselves to be KISS. Anyone and everyone else was just hired help (that wrote hit songs).
They tried to kick drummer Eric Carr off the band's insurance while he was being treated for cancer. Carr's family had to sell his belongings to cover the medical debt.
They tried to kick drummer Eric Carr off the band's insurance while he was being treated for cancer. Carr's family had to sell his belongings to cover the medical debt.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
I shouldn't be talking out of school, but if you ever find yourself in a similar case, you can still ask for a special character agreement post-hoc. Helps if your editor will back you.
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I shouldn't be talking out of school, but if you ever find yourself in a similar case, you can still ask for a special character agreement post-hoc. Helps if your editor will back you.
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
Similar to what they're doing to Wendy Williams: www.vibe.com/news/enterta...
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Similar to what they're doing to Wendy Williams: www.vibe.com/news/enterta...
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
I'm saying people were really shocked at that, but a psychiatric survivor would not be shocked by that. This has happened to thousands more people, it's happening right now, who aren't important soul music stars.
I hadn’t heard of this. The article I found says he was offered a $25 gift card as an apology??? What the actual fuck.
And in 2023 with Google at the fingertips of everyone, like, they couldn’t take a second to independently verify his ID. OMFG.
And in 2023 with Google at the fingertips of everyone, like, they couldn’t take a second to independently verify his ID. OMFG.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm saying people were really shocked at that, but a psychiatric survivor would not be shocked by that. This has happened to thousands more people, it's happening right now, who aren't important soul music stars.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
Remember how Alexander Morris was held in a psych ward & they thought he was delusional when he said he was a member of the Four Tops & tortured him? It's not singular. Folks need to know, that is the system of carceral psychiatry. You can't argue your way out or prove you're sane. Lots get clapped.
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Remember how Alexander Morris was held in a psych ward & they thought he was delusional when he said he was a member of the Four Tops & tortured him? It's not singular. Folks need to know, that is the system of carceral psychiatry. You can't argue your way out or prove you're sane. Lots get clapped.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
i think need to forestall what i charitably call a misunderstanding. “I call bullshit. How do you know what to order if you don’t know what people are reading??”
*anonymized circ stats.* we don’t need to know WHO is requesting or borrowing a book to know THAT it’s getting requested & borrowed. 📚
*anonymized circ stats.* we don’t need to know WHO is requesting or borrowing a book to know THAT it’s getting requested & borrowed. 📚
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
i think need to forestall what i charitably call a misunderstanding. “I call bullshit. How do you know what to order if you don’t know what people are reading??”
*anonymized circ stats.* we don’t need to know WHO is requesting or borrowing a book to know THAT it’s getting requested & borrowed. 📚
*anonymized circ stats.* we don’t need to know WHO is requesting or borrowing a book to know THAT it’s getting requested & borrowed. 📚
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
❤️🔥TILTIFY open until DEC 18th!❤️🔥
Tons of AWESOME REWARDS are still available!
Like SIGNED COMICS or a PRIVATE Q&A with Nunzio & Christina!
You're an artist and wanna get into Comics or you're just curious?! NOW is the BEST CHANCE!
💚Tiltify: tilt.fyi/Ch03n3Zdkj
#DragonAgeDay
Tons of AWESOME REWARDS are still available!
Like SIGNED COMICS or a PRIVATE Q&A with Nunzio & Christina!
You're an artist and wanna get into Comics or you're just curious?! NOW is the BEST CHANCE!
💚Tiltify: tilt.fyi/Ch03n3Zdkj
#DragonAgeDay
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
❤️🔥TILTIFY open until DEC 18th!❤️🔥
Tons of AWESOME REWARDS are still available!
Like SIGNED COMICS or a PRIVATE Q&A with Nunzio & Christina!
You're an artist and wanna get into Comics or you're just curious?! NOW is the BEST CHANCE!
💚Tiltify: tilt.fyi/Ch03n3Zdkj
#DragonAgeDay
Tons of AWESOME REWARDS are still available!
Like SIGNED COMICS or a PRIVATE Q&A with Nunzio & Christina!
You're an artist and wanna get into Comics or you're just curious?! NOW is the BEST CHANCE!
💚Tiltify: tilt.fyi/Ch03n3Zdkj
#DragonAgeDay
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
The Lebanese would like a word also
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The Lebanese would like a word also
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
16/ Woven throughout the series is our managing editor and reporter @gingerthompson.bsky.social's pursuit of one question: If Anthony Parker couldn’t get good care at Phoebe, then who could?
Read the rest of the story, starting here 👇
Read the rest of the story, starting here 👇
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
16/ Woven throughout the series is our managing editor and reporter @gingerthompson.bsky.social's pursuit of one question: If Anthony Parker couldn’t get good care at Phoebe, then who could?
Read the rest of the story, starting here 👇
Read the rest of the story, starting here 👇
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging they failed to stop Sean Gardner from preying on girls despite repeated complaints about the coach's behavior.
Olympics Sports Watchdog Failed to Stop Mississippi Coach's Sexual Abuse, Women Allege
Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies.
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging they failed to stop Sean Gardner from preying on girls despite repeated complaints about the coach's behavior.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
They ain't pronatalist, they're just racist. The global population is still increasing and is projected to reach 10 billion by 2050. In what sense is a 40% increase in the population of our species in 50 years "doomed" unless what they really mean is "why don't I have grandkids yet?!"
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
They ain't pronatalist, they're just racist. The global population is still increasing and is projected to reach 10 billion by 2050. In what sense is a 40% increase in the population of our species in 50 years "doomed" unless what they really mean is "why don't I have grandkids yet?!"
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
This, with one exception: Individuals who fixate on (White) birth rates to the extent that they seriously consider using coercive measures to mandate reproduction need to change their views both because that's disgusting and also a massive, counterproductive turn-off.
There is no progressive or feminist case for pronatalism because pronatalism involves changing women’s (and men’s) preferences and behaviour. If you care about birthrates, focus on changing society not individuals
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This, with one exception: Individuals who fixate on (White) birth rates to the extent that they seriously consider using coercive measures to mandate reproduction need to change their views both because that's disgusting and also a massive, counterproductive turn-off.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
It's day TWENTY-FIVE of our national ULP strike.
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's day TWENTY-FIVE of our national ULP strike.
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
Ariana and Cynthia both seem really frail and in need of mental health intervention. But the way femininity is racialized it's set up to deny Cynthia's frailty and hone in on Ariana. Both these ladies need help and support.
Why is this reporter obsessed with forcing Cynthia Erivo to agree that she's 'tough'? SIX times in 30 seconds. And then randomly 'protector'? Protecting who? Would he ascribe the word 'tough' repeatedly to Ariana Grande too? Or would she be 'delicate' and in *need* of protection? We know why.
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Ariana and Cynthia both seem really frail and in need of mental health intervention. But the way femininity is racialized it's set up to deny Cynthia's frailty and hone in on Ariana. Both these ladies need help and support.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
This is a fun holiday read. Who made Rudolph happen? A Jewish copy writer; his Jewish composer brother-in-law; the BIL’s neighbor who happened to be Arthur Rankin; and a Japanese animator who had pioneered new stop motion techniques. Now that’s an American Christmas
The Magical Animation of 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'
The Christmas television special—the longest running in history—was groundbreaking in its use of stop-motion animation with puppets
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is a fun holiday read. Who made Rudolph happen? A Jewish copy writer; his Jewish composer brother-in-law; the BIL’s neighbor who happened to be Arthur Rankin; and a Japanese animator who had pioneered new stop motion techniques. Now that’s an American Christmas
Whole thread.
Poor families are priced out of going to movie theatres now. The theatre closest in distance to us charges $20 per ticket. That’s $80 for a family of 4 to watch an hour & half movie. Then add in drinks, snacks and that family is easily spending $200.
Poor families are priced out of going to movie theatres now. The theatre closest in distance to us charges $20 per ticket. That’s $80 for a family of 4 to watch an hour & half movie. Then add in drinks, snacks and that family is easily spending $200.
I mean, screw monopolies. But as someone who avoids movie theaters for disability reasons I actually agree that exclusivity periods for films are bad for consumer choice
Watching in theaters being a different experience is not an argument for exclusivity. It's the opposite.
Watching in theaters being a different experience is not an argument for exclusivity. It's the opposite.
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Whole thread.
Poor families are priced out of going to movie theatres now. The theatre closest in distance to us charges $20 per ticket. That’s $80 for a family of 4 to watch an hour & half movie. Then add in drinks, snacks and that family is easily spending $200.
Poor families are priced out of going to movie theatres now. The theatre closest in distance to us charges $20 per ticket. That’s $80 for a family of 4 to watch an hour & half movie. Then add in drinks, snacks and that family is easily spending $200.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
Um mapa interessante.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Um mapa interessante.
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
Reposted by Janette Kirchner
"On Friday, US Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley from Boston gave a powerful address to Congress, calling on the State Department to urgently deliver humanitarian aid, including baby formula, and to facilitate medical evacuations for Gaza’s children, warning that words alone are deadly."
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"On Friday, US Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley from Boston gave a powerful address to Congress, calling on the State Department to urgently deliver humanitarian aid, including baby formula, and to facilitate medical evacuations for Gaza’s children, warning that words alone are deadly."
Distrust of a gleeful genocidaire that steals money from his own constituents to upgrade his private residence and fly all over the U.S. and protects his staff members from facing consequences for sexual harassment?
Weird how that works.
Weird how that works.
Josh Shapiro believes he is uniquely suited to win over Trump voters—but he’ll need to overcome distrust among some in his own party first, Tim Alberta reports: theatln.tc/mR9AHSG4
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Distrust of a gleeful genocidaire that steals money from his own constituents to upgrade his private residence and fly all over the U.S. and protects his staff members from facing consequences for sexual harassment?
Weird how that works.
Weird how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM