My Books Save Lives Act makes it clear: discriminatory book bans are a violation of federal civil rights law. I held a read-in at All She Wrote Books in Somerville to announce this bill to fight book bans and emphasize the importance of inclusive literature.

At the @pressley.house.gov event, Somerville MA bookstore @allshewrotebks.bsky.social owner Christina Pascucci Ciampa read from Susan Orlean's 'The Library Book.' Christina and I both support MA legistation H.3594 that fights book bans. Learn how to help this cause at www.massfreedomtoread.org

Thrilled to hear my rep @pressley.house.gov read from 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' at Somerville MA bookstore @allshewrotebks.bsky.social as she prepares to reintroduce her Books Saves Lives Act. Pressley says: "Everyone has a right to read, learn, & see themselves reflected in our literature."

Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women." 😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that! "Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate." Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!

🧵 (1/4) On Transit Equity Day I want to make sure we're telling a fuller story of the fight for justice and better transit. 100 years before Rosa Parks, there was Elizabeth Jennings Graham and months before Rosa, there was Claudette Colvin.

Jean Appolon Expressions, the Haitian folkloric and contemporary dance group, celebrated the grand opening of its new dance center in Roxbury’s Nubian Square on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The studio and black box performance space is the group’s first permanent location. bostonhaitian.com/content/jean...

A good time to recommend one of my favorite books ever: "Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge" by historian Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar. Beautifully written, deeply researched. There is also a young reader's edition that would make a great gift for kids.

This is fantastic!

I created a spreadsheet to track the endorsements for the large field of Somerville Councilor at Large candidates (12!). I'll update this as new endorsements come in, and if I've missed any, please let me know docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #SomervilleMA #MApoli

on this day in 1892: white Memphians destroyed the printing press and offices of the newspaper owned and operated by Ida B. Wells, a threat meant to stop her from reporting on lynching. They failed.

This is excellent. Getting around Boston with a stroller was tough - and, if needed, a stroller can be folded up and carried! For people with other mobility aids or disabilities, it would be even more difficult. This is a lovely use of the Mayor's platform.

Actor Jennifer Coolidge (Emerson College class of 1985, Norwell Mass native) returned to give the class of 2025 commencement address, telling students to ignore their critics and embrace unrealistic dreams. She also gave special thanks to her gay fans!

USDOT is proposing to prioritize areas with high marriage & birth rates for funding. Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this approach would produce a massive redistribution of transportation funding to rich, car-dependent, high white population areas. www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...

Thank you to @everylibrary.bsky.social for creating a legislation tracker for the 26 book banning bills already up for 2025. Check this list to see if your state is on it, and if it is then use the @5calls.org app to call your state reps to yell about it. www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...

Very interesting post on the (ignored) importance of masculinity and male flight in the discussion about college enrollment. Highly recommended reading. 👇

An interesting read, particularly in how it relates to #kidlit. If white men (and the boys who grow up to become them) are largely considered the "problem"--as they seem to be in many circles--the solution isn't to ignore them or wave them off, saying they can just read books by and for women. 1/

This list of 96 programs dropped by the University of North Texas because of the anti-DEI SB 17 is infuriating: Program for Counseling Diverse Students, Membership in Women in Business Education, Participation in Black Doctoral Network, Fem Flicks, Queer/Trans Disability Event, HIV & STI Testing...

very good thread

This list of 96 programs dropped by the University of North Texas because of the anti-DEI SB 17 is infuriating: Program for Counseling Diverse Students, Membership in Women in Business Education, Participation in Black Doctoral Network, Fem Flicks, Queer/Trans Disability Event, HIV & STI Testing...

🚨Job alert! Emerson College in Boston is hiring an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares. You'll also become a faculty member in the Dept of Writing, Literature & Publishing, teaching 1 course/year. #AcademicSky 💙📚 #BookIndustryNews emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...

Lorena shared this pic from where she was harvesting apples in WA State. Filling these 900 lb bins full of fresh apples is hard work and she only earns $32/bin. She wishes farm workers had better labor protections as there is a lot of discrimination and intimidation. #WeFeedYou

Big congrats to my Emerson College colleague and poetry professor Porsha Olayiwola, whose bookstore Just Book-ish opened this weekend in Boston (Fields Corner). On hand were @reppressley.bsky.social & @wutrain.bsky.social Shop local, folks! #booksky #amreading

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🚨Job alert! Emerson College in Boston is hiring an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares. You'll also become a faculty member in the Department of Writing, Literature & Publishing, teaching 1 course/year. #AcademicSky #BookSky #amwriting emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...

I'm so fascinated by this study. It almost seems to suggest that a big part of the reason men harass women online is to perform for their peers.

Until circa 1980, elite colleges were actually getting more economically diverse. Kids from poor families were getting in at increasing rates, and the advantages of wealth were shrinking. Then it all went into reverse.

Tomorrow! @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social, one of the smartest legal writers working, talks us through the courts and what we’re up against. Join us! 3 PM Eastern/Noon Pacific on Zoom. gender.stanford.edu/events/femin...