So often survivors are told that forgiving perpetrators is a mandatory step to healing. Forcing people to give grace is an extension of the abuse and a wound to the survivor’s sovereignty…

racism and rape culture are so intertwined in this US and they're frequently treated as separate issues

I don’t think you can root out the corruption, racism, sexism and graft produced by settler colonial occupation. Those are the purposes of the occupation that’s dominated since 1492. The occupation needs to end…

When it’s revealed that “ordinary people” abuse kids, seldom do they receive consequences. But somehow, if we keep repeating Epstein’s name, Trump will receive consequences? Make it make sense.

Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying

It would be amazing if the people demanding the release of the Epstein files dedicated that same energy to preventing and combatting CSA.

it's the ultimate flex of power and privilege. they largely escaped consequences for abuse, so why be careful about what's in writing?

I am exhausted of hearing about Jeffrey Epstein and seeing a bunch of men and women use the memory of a dead pedophile for political expediency. I wanted to hear it all from the mouth of his most outspoken victim, and, frankly, one of the bravest women who ever lived. Please read this book.

Othered bodies are just a stage for their masculinity.

BS. I taught in CA for over a decade and in EVERY school where I worked, ppl of all genders perpetrated against pre-teens and teens. When they got caught, they moved to new school sites. The U.S. public school system parallels the Catholic Church and the district where I worked is proudly “blue.”

I live in LA County and was discussing this with someone recently. They asked what happens to unhoused people who are “swept away.” My answer was that they die. Unhoused people are ki!!ed by government “clean up” projects. On average, 7 unhoused people die every day here…

This thing y’all do where you flatten every issue down to capitalism (forgetting that racism, sexism, imperialism, etc. all 3 heads of the same snake) is extremely annoying because any discussion about the real life harms caused by each is dismissed

For every thousand sexual assaults in the United States, there are eleven (11) convictions. And about three of those are incorrect and based on racial profiling. So please miss me with the "we need the carceral state because of all the rapists" line. It's a myth.

Democrats play good cop and Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.

Closed primaries and similar nomination processes are another way that the duopoly coercively maintains its chokehold on us.

There’s no need to feed the trolls, and by trolls I mean the NYT.

I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college: “What did Watson and Crick discover?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”

Currently reading: Poppy State by Myriam Gurba

I’ll be at Cal State Long Beach in November 13 reading from Poppy State and talking plants! Hope to see you there! 🤓🌿

Tomorrow Nov 8 at the Altadena Public Library: Myriam Gurba, Carla Rachel Sameth, Angela Peñaredondo, Veronica Reyes, and others! 2 - 4pm 600 E. Mariposa Street Altadena, California 91001 @lesbrains.bsky.social

Man really do wake up in the morning and then leave the house to go harass women. Knowing that some of us are out here angry, powerlifting, maybe even packing. Wow.

I am loving the new @lesbrains.bsky.social book so much, this is exactly what I need to be reading right now.

Looks like Alan Dershowitz lied. Again.

Second-highest number of rabid bats ever recorded in L.A. County, officials say

There were people who experienced serious and devastating repercussions as a result of #metoo. Those people are the survivors who were encouraged to disclose harm to the public and led to believe that they would be protected. Instead, many of us were punished, discarded and shunned.

What’s even scarier is that there are actual officers who carry out robberies, kidnappings and assaults across the United States…

Listen. I’m so thrilled that one of the very, very few #MeToo perpetrators to face any accountability didn’t weasel his way back into political power.

Also it was racism

What a great big beautiful fuck you to Cuomo.

I hope Ezra Klein will finally STFU

Straight up ? Bad boundaries, religious trauma, and generational issues They desire control in all aspects. So they want public control of the “other” AND interpersonal relationships where the object has the least power possible

i spent today in the hospital. my long covid turned lupus is now eating my kidneys. the pain is awful, do not recommend. please wear a mask.

Dick who?

incredible that the same party that argued rape victims cannot speak out without "due process" for their perpetrators are just...murdering fishermen.

my high school teacher mom is individually raising money to help cover the expense for the kids who are losing SNAP coverage at her school and members of Congress make roughly 2-4 times the income of the average high school teacher in America

In colonial New Spain, those Franciscan mf’ers enslaved Indigenous people and forced them to make wine that they weren’t allowed to taste.

The greatest threat to the Indigenous nations resisting the Mexican state is no longer Spain. The Mexican government is what threatens our Indigenous nations with genocide. This shit is so disingenuous. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Hotcakes de alforfón con chocolate y fresa

I'm not offended easily. Birth rate talk pisses me off. Humanity is in NO danger of extinction because of the birth rate. Capitalism, climate change, nuclear proliferation, and humans' addiction to killing each other? THAT should be the concern.

Always honored to serve my ancestors 🕯️♾️🕯️

Ready to receive my muertos 🌹

Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do. Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.

Let's get some mad folks in charge of this world. Whip you sane folks into shape.

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Y'all need to stop conflating "evil" with "mentally ill"

Does anyone else remember the talking sandwich episode of the Cosby Show?

Okay but this one goes hard. The creativity some of yall have!

Happy Halloween from my neighbors

NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.