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Kate Pennington

Having once dreamed of being a starship captain, Kate grudgingly accepts that she is in fact a Disney Princess. She grew up running wild in a classical repertory theater, joined a circus after college, almost became a marine biologist, and formed a ritual-theatre company. Now adult-ish, she studies cetaceans, practices witchcraft, figured out she’s asexual, and negotiates life as a fat cis-woman with a collection of chronic illnesses. She has an amazing husband who listens to her wild ideas, bakes tasty things, and leaves her to write. And of course there are cats. She can be found as callmeglitter on most of the socials.

Whale Tales and Glitter No. 9: Earth Day and Save the Whales! A short history of both and their impact on my life.

Apr 7, 2026

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20 min read

Whale Tales and Glitter No. 9: Earth Day and Save the Whales! A short history of both and their impact on my life.

Plus where and how to celebrate Earth Day, Spotlight on Katy Payne: the bioacustian who’s work changed how we listen to whales and elephants, the Naming of Whales and Good Ocean News!

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington
WTG No. 8 - All about baby whales!

Jan 29, 2026

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17 min read

WTG No. 8 - All about baby whales!

How big are baby whales? How do they drink milk underwater, and more. Plus: Spotlight on RADM Evelyn Fields of NOAA, and Good whale news!

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington
WT&G No. 7: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on three recent trips

Sep 9, 2025

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13 min read

WT&G No. 7: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on three recent trips

Plus updates on my whereabouts, a new website, and Mary Anning: the woman who discovered the 1st marine reptile!

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington
Whale Tales and Glitter No. 6: Whale watching: the why, what, where, and how of seeing whales in the wild

May 16, 2025

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18 min read

Whale Tales and Glitter No. 6: Whale watching: the why, what, where, and how of seeing whales in the wild

Plus: this month’s marine biologist spotlight: Professor Idelisa Bonnelly, Two ways to help whales this month, and which up coming conferences I’ll be attending.

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington
Issue No. 5: Eating while you swim Pt 2

Mar 18, 2025

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21 min read

Issue No. 5: Eating while you swim Pt 2

How Baleen Whales eat without teeth

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington
Issue No. 4 - Eating while you swim

Feb 13, 2025

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21 min read

Issue No. 4 - Eating while you swim

Part One: Whales with Teeth!

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington

Whale Watching

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Whale Tales and Glitter No. 3: Meet the Humpbacks!

Jan 16, 2025

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19 min read

Whale Tales and Glitter No. 3: Meet the Humpbacks!

Our long winged, playful, cetacean friends

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington

Pacific Whale Foundation

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Whale Tales and Glitter No. 2: Swimming with whales...

Dec 1, 2024

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13 min read

Whale Tales and Glitter No. 2: Swimming with whales...

The trip that changed my life

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington

Whale Watching

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Welcome to Whale Tales and Glitter’s very first issue!

Nov 1, 2024

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11 min read

Welcome to Whale Tales and Glitter’s very first issue!

Or... how I fell down the cetacean rabbit hole.

Kate Pennington
Kate Pennington
Whale Tales and Glitter

Whale Tales and Glitter

An exploration of all things whales, the oceans, and writing

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