N.L. Bates
@nlbateswrites.bsky.social
Canadian author of SFF stories, sometime accidental filker, frequent tabletop gamer. Dancer, cyclist, boxer. Segue incarnate. I am also the musician Natalie Lynn. She/her. Find me at https://nlbates.com/
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I have always told my white students that they can acknowledge the harm that white supremacy has done, and choose to repair that harm, but I've advised them not to stay there.
You do have some fierce AF ancestors, too. It's just that we don't learn about them or what we learn is lies *on purpose.*
You do have some fierce AF ancestors, too. It's just that we don't learn about them or what we learn is lies *on purpose.*
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I have always told my white students that they can acknowledge the harm that white supremacy has done, and choose to repair that harm, but I've advised them not to stay there.
You do have some fierce AF ancestors, too. It's just that we don't learn about them or what we learn is lies *on purpose.*
You do have some fierce AF ancestors, too. It's just that we don't learn about them or what we learn is lies *on purpose.*
Post-pandemic travel has definitely attained new levels of misery, alas.
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Post-pandemic travel has definitely attained new levels of misery, alas.
Ooof. Hang in there.
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Ooof. Hang in there.