sara fran

The reason men don’t stand up against bad men is because they’re also afraid of bad men and they’re too scared to go to war. Which ironically makes them, guess what

Only place I don’t feel cringe when I post emojis is the clown group chat

“how can we further accelerate?” they discuss at corporate job as i cry inside, “opposite question! my kingdom for the opposite question!”

don’t gaslight yourself, baby! follow for more mental health tips for yourself and maybe babies depending how you read this

Two things about me are I love a pretty man and a woman who’s a little bit of a bitch

Wow. I love a universe.

the fact that he’s using it for propaganda makes me regret ever painting this

It looks how it looks but she’ll make it just fine!!!! Skrrrrt

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.

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I support women astronauts, but I also support sending way more dudes to space for a ritual majestic humbling

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

I’m sure everyone’s a little gay because every person on planet Earth has stood over a boiling pot excited for bubbles

Joke’s on all the Chappell Roan haters —- she could kick me in the face and dislocate my jaw and I’d just turn her music up louder and sing sideways.

I can say this about progress: 10 years ago, whenever I hopped my happy tail online to talk about children’s rights or children’s liberation, the response was mostly silence. Today, a lot more people understand what I’m talking about and how it’s tied to where we are today. That gives me hope.

“did i stutter”

okay but can you procrastinate life-altering administrative tasks like me

sex is great but have you ever stared into the void until it backed off a touch

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

Bernie... thank you

But my favorite pictures from Venice is not cats but this combination that I think of as “missed connections.”

gotta be another way to do this

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art are shuttering on Friday, January 23, joining hundreds of other Twin Cities businesses and organizations participating in a statewide economic blackout in protest of ICE operations.

calling all sexy jewesses! sisters - it is time to cabal up & use our cosmic tatas to space-laser-blast these losers’ scrota clean off — dong, sack, even anus & taint. leave them with the diabolical ghost itch of inaccessible pleasures & the hot-garbage stink of their own wretched company. dayenu.

You may have heard: Our editor-in-chief, @arielleangel.bsky.social, is moving into an editor-at-large role this spring. We are in an active search to find our next editor-in-chief—please pass this along to anyone you think may be a good fit for the position!

I’ve never seen Sunday in the Park with George, but the recording just came on. 1st — Steven fucking Sondheim, you bastard 😭. Second — from the few songs I’ve listened to (Mandy Patinkin & Bernadette Peters!), you really need two “Georges” for such a romance to work. And women need to be free.

zohran rly said it’s cuffing season (getting closer to your neighbors, making sure everyone is warm and fed, etc.)

same same saaame!!! 🫶

*muttering* Simpsons-ass clouds (Happy 2026! It’s a beautiful, unprecedented New Year’s Day in NYC!)

brilliant

this is the BEST idea for holiday gifts!!!

spotting a hot person: “hey baby, did you know that objects entail the possibility of every possible circumstance?” *slides Wittgenstein’s Tractatus- Logico-Philosophicus down the bar* …now the magic happens

how do you like them apples!!!

New illustrated piece by me! Last-Minute Halloween Costumes for the Thinking Man’s ICE Agent substack.com/@sarafranaga...

*Reporter asks NYC mayoral candidates a layup question about what transportation they use if the subway’s down:* “Cab” - Andrew Cuomo “Cab or bike” - Zohran Mamdani “I try to avoid Yellow Cabs. As you know, I was shot in the back of a Yellow Cab in 1992 by the Gottis and Gambinos” - Curtis Sliwa

“If Donald Trump comes after the city, I’ll boop him on the nose” - Andrew Cuomo