Zinzi Clemmons joins us here tomorrow! We love this interview with her and @lesbrains.bsky.social for @literaryhub.bsky.social. Event details in the thread. lithub.com/grief-rage-a...

“It’s one of the only things that gets people like me out of bed: the knowledge that one day your enemies will be facedown in the pile of shit they’ve created. It will happen, and when it does, I will laugh, either here or in heaven.” Brilliant stuff with Zinzi Clemmons and @lesbrains.bsky.social.

According to @lesbrains.bsky.social, Zinzi Clemmons has “major literary guts.”

Deepfakes were normalized through the violent sexualization of women, but we’re always a stepping stone on the way to other forms of exploitation.

Well, it’s tomorrow, anyway. And my wish is that you buy my books, share that you’ve read them with people you know, let me know if you’ve taught them or been in classes where they were taught…I used to receive selfies of women in bathtubs reading my books and I’m not asking for that but you do you.

"The United Nations estimates that 50,000 women & girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024, which breaks down to about 1 every 10 minutes..., so I know that prioritizing men's hurt feelings over our use of the term, "patriarchy" will only result in more [of our] deaths..."💔💔💔

My ancestors practiced matriarchy. We were governed by women. And women will govern again.

We told you it wasn’t funny when you were doing it… because it wasn’t funny variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Cacaloxuchitl! 💚

Psychopathy, indeed, which is no longer in technicality considered mental illness. He is not mentally ill & I'll block anyone who insists otherwise.

“Society would be better off…if more women were willing to engage in justified violence against men, and fewer men were willing to engage in unjustified violence against women. To that end, women's justified violence against men should be encouraged, protected, and publicized.” -Mary Anne Franks

One of the most powerful things that women can do to keep one another safe is gossip about men who rape/abuse. That's how we tell each other who is safe to be in relationship with and who is dangerous. Chisme can be powerful community care.

A lot of survivors will wind up in the court system regardless of whether they report because perpetrators use litigation abuse now more than ever. Defamation lawsuits and custody disputes are completely legal ways perps torture and abuse their victims even more, and the court enables it.

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This is, by the way, a part of how all men benefit from rape culture. As long as a Weinstein exists, their everyday misogyny and abuse of women will be dismissed as “not that bad.” Even though all of it contributes to gender inequality and creates a society that is hostile to women.

This is your reminder to look out for the Weinstein Effect. Which is when the extreme horrors committed by men become the new bar for immorality. Anything “less than a Weinstein” is now tolerated, even if everyone agrees a man was violent or exploitative. Don’t let abuses of power become the norm.

Folks would be surprised to learn that often I hear accounts from witnesses *first*, and it’s the victim herself who isn’t willing to come forward because it’s a very, very painful process. That may persist for YEARS of leads. Again: Reporters have no story until we get consent to tell one.

Anyone who has ever reported a story about sexual abuse knows it’s way worse than what’s actually written. Because what’s written is just what is unimpeachable. I won’t be surprised if there isn’t a lot more and not just about Sawell.

The USA is one of the femicide capitals of the global north…

In a new report, Doctors Without Borders says sexual violence is the ‘defining feature’ of the conflict in Sudan. aje.news/ky2foo

I don't know if the public is fully aware of the totally unhinged way that DHS interacts/corresponds with reporters--reporters who are engaging in basic functions of their job by reaching out for comment/clarification. These exchanges don't always make it into reporting.

The revelations regarding César Chávez’s abuse of girls and women has sparked a Chicane #Metoo.

“While I’m often tempted to kill rapists, I make art instead.” If you truly care about all the survivors in your midst (we’re here, we’re everywhere), read this and act on it.

I wrote this as a call to care and a call to arms. 💚 lataco.com/survivor-sup...

Overheard in the grocery store: "My grandmother buried more men than she kept, you sure you want me to be like her?" I don't know what he did, but he might want to go ahead and move on out. Just a thought.

An estimated 26% of U.S. farmworkers are women, and they face disproportionate risk of sexual harassment and assault in their workplaces. In an industry where their income, housing or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence, reporting abuse can seem like a trap.

The only thing that I want to learn during a sexual harassment prevention training workshop is how many abusers have been fired by the org. If they don’t fire people, then they’re not serious.

Political leaders almost never bring up sexual violence in good faith. They reject the political interventions that would reduce violence and instead objectify victims to convince voters to accept state actions we would reject otherwise—like censorship, discrimination, and war.

When I used to teach Econ, people would ask me for stock tips. 🥴

Lots of talk of teaching children cursive as a way for them to learn fine motor skills, no talk ever of teaching them them to draw. Like to really draw.

they aren't.

I wonder how much of some people's discomfort with "eugenics was a science, and framing it as outside the histories of science is dangerous" is because they need to believe in science as moral/good. Ive yet to meet a historian who would believe this, though (I am happy to be corrected).

listened to @lesbrains.bsky.social read POPPY STATE while potting up some violas I started in the hallway and a few striving borage

Fascinating new study about men’s friendships. There’s a lot of evidence here that the “male loneliness crisis” is actually a white, wealthy man problem. Other men are building friendships with similar depth to women’s friendships.

Chávez didn’t do that shit by himself. I want the names of the living people who helped that POS. And don’t you dare invoke DH. That’s not who I’m talking about.

TODAY: @lesbrains.bsky.social in conversation with scientist Dr. Jessica Hernandez. “My cultures have taught me to look at plants as relatives. This is different from how a Western environmentalist might look at a banana tree.” flaminghydra.com/r/60ba7cae?m...

Rare perspectives from Indigenous scientist Jessica Hernandez. I had never in my life thought about how non-native plants are like immigrants to a new land, like relatives, neighbors. There is nobody like @lesbrains.bsky.social, here interviewing Dr. Hernandez. flaminghydra.com/issue-528/#i...

Just when I think I couldn’t care less about a white man’s opinion, one will show me that yes, I can care less.

Putting ICE in TSA positions is going to make so many racially minoritized people, especially women, reconsider air travel. I’ve already heard some mention cancelling travel plans. The goal of all this shit is to shrink our socio-political world.

“Lo cierto es que los civilizadores han amontonado más mentiras que arenas amontonaron los siglos…” Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza

Them Europeans cannot be your standard for beauty… they almost died because they wouldn’t wash their hands

I’ve had this debate in class with STEM students before. They NEED to believe that eugenics and scientific racism etc are things of the past and are ‘pseudosciences’ because ‘science is objective’ and the ‘scientific method defends from bias.’ It’s a dangerous way to think.

I describe it as such as a historian of disability because I want to remind scientists and the world that the history of science IS the history of eugenics, scientific racism and medical racism, and more. I’m not comforting them with the idea that it was a ‘pseudoscience.’ This is your history.

Fuck both parties. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Thousands of people detained by ICE are actually held in local, publicly operated jails. These facilities–run by elected sheriffs–are making money off of the federal government's deportation agenda.

Imagine the worst landlord you ever had. Then, make it worse. The landlord sells off the wood floor in your dining room, turns a herd of cattle loose on your front lawn and digs up your back yard looking for oil. Now, say hello to Trump’s Bureau of Land Management.

this made me check. 11/16 books i've read so far this year were written by women 🙂‍↕️

Women are writing and publishing so many amazing books right now.