ICE, DHS, CBP, prisons. police, all of it. Happy Valentine’s Day. Abolition now.

Instead of that one gofundme, please drop the ones for people who really need our support below. Families impacted by ICE/DHS/CBP, those who need help accessing gender affirming care, those trying to survive in Gaza, anything.

Come see me tonight, Richmond! 7pm at Shelf Life Books 🩷

The absolute last thing this country needs right now is Cory Booker on book tour.

ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week. Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.

Another thing: I’m sure this has happened to many of us, but I assume people don’t like to talk about it because it feels vulnerable and weirdly embarrassing when you’re trying to make it as a public figure/writer/whatever!

I’ve had an IG platform since 2018, building up to 250k followers at peak and hovering now around 210k. That sounds like a huge reach, right? Well, it’s not. People who OPTED IN to see my abortion affirming content don’t see it. Less than 1%. I don’t care about growth, show my followers my stuff!!!

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift

Repost if you love people who have abortions 🩷 (that’s all of you)

DC: tell your friends!

There's more controversy about an impending population crisis due to lower birth rates than Ross Douthat would have you believe katemanne.substack.com/p/dear-mr-do...

DC: tell your friends!

I really want to complain about something but it’s too niche!!!!

It's so important to understand that fake clinics (crisis pregnancy centers) are NOT regulated by HIPAA. They can and do share your private information - health and otherwise.

It’s okay to choose abortion care. “Despite being quite common… abortion is incredibly stigmatized,” writes advocate @thesweetfeminist.bsky.social. “We’re told that we must have a very specific reason, under a very specific set of circumstances, to deserve care.”

Free them all. Free their families. Free everyone. Abolish ICE, DHS, and CBP. We cannot allow this evil to continue.

what he should hear every day for the rest of his godforsaken life

No thanks, but join me on tour for The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice & Your Journey instead! Richmond: 2/13 7pm Shelf Life Books DC: 2/17 7pm Lost City Books KC: 2/20 530pm Equal Minded Cafe Chicago: 3/11 7pm Women & Children First Boston: 3/26 6pm All She Wrote Books

Richmond: Shelf Life Books on Friday 2/13 7-9pm! Tickets here: shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2026-0...

I just can’t with this Ballerina Farm raw milk thing. It’s poetic to see a brand built on purity aesthetic/culture mired in literal poop bacteria controversy.

I’m so proud to be taking ReproTLC’s abortion doula training this session - check out all their workshops/trainings here! reprotlc.org/programs/pce...

And specifically, it was Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Again: Dr. Sella's teaching is a gift, and students deserve to learn. Including those in the @msfchoice.bsky.social chapter, a recognized student organization, that invited her.

Texas Tech canceled a planned lecture by Dr. Shelley Sella on abortion care later in pregnancy and I am *so mad* about it, y’all. Dr. Sella is the first woman to openly practice third trimester abortion care in the US. Her teaching is a gift, and students deserve to learn. Shameful. Unacceptable.

CORRECTION: It is now 10 states that do not restrict care! Welcome, Wyoming! Thank you @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social!

The 9 states that do not restrict care are: Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, + DC

There are no “reasonable” restrictions on abortion care. Abortion care is restricted or banned in *41 states* - probably yours!

Richmond friends: I hope you can join me and Blue Ridge Abortion Fund @shelflifebooksrva.bsky.social on Friday 2/13 at 7pm for a night of affirming abortion conversation, care kit packing, and cake! Let us know you’re coming below. I can’t wait to see y’all! 🩷 shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2026-0...

I regret to inform y’all that I have finally been taken down by my toddler’s cold

ICE must be abolished, and its abolition is possible. We fight for abolition and the end of family separation because we know that state violence is not inevitable. buff.ly/zNmmB93

Join my book swap! It is so easy! If you have ever dated one of my friends, I’m talking to you. Fill out the form below and I’ll match make 🩷 Note: now we’re at 248 copies distributed across 64 organizations, with *102* donors participating so far. Thank you, thank you. forms.gle/By6KpDaXBhg7...

Don’t talk to me until you’ve been unfollowed by both Reese Witherspoon and Nancy Meyers (this did not happen recently, it just pops up as an intrusive thought sometimes).

We cannot allow the temporary relief felt from Liam and Adrian’s release to make us complacent

Free every single family, child, and person imprisoned at the Dilley detention camp. Free every single family, child, and person imprisoned at ANY detention camp. Free them all.

DC friends, come see me and @renee.bsky.social (author of Liberating Abortion) at Lost City Books on Tuesday 2/17! We'll also hear from DuPont Clinic's Chief of Staff about their vital work to support people who have abortions in DC. There are rumors there will be dessert (the rumors are from me).

Of particular note: they joined in 2014 and 2018. Certainly not untrained! As we know, this violence is what they’re trained and meant to do. Abolish CBP, abolish DHS, abolish ICE. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

Richmond friends: Please join me and Blue Ridge Abortion Fund at Second Shelf Books on Friday 2/13 at 7:00pm for a very special event. There will be cake! Tickets here: shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2026-0...

PSA: You don’t have to be fearless to be courageous!

one of the better reports I've seen in a long time from the star tribune. it's crystal clear evidence that the whipple building is a human rights crisis that has to be shut down immediately. not surprisingly it is on the Dakota concentration camp site. like the Shining basically

“We can’t live like that” No, we actually can’t live like this.

It’s abolish ICE, CBP, DHS, police, and prisons. We can do this. Please join us.

I made this cake almost a decade ago, but now it’s time (once again!) to repost it. Abolish ICE, DHS, and CBP. Abolish police. Abolish prisons. Abolition is the *only* way forward - there is no amount or type of reform that is going to protect all of us. Please join us.

I’m so, so grateful they’re going home. But this isn’t justice. Any form or length of detention causes immeasurable trauma.

Jane is the blueprint for me

Abolish ICE Abolish DHS Abolish CBP Abolish the police Abolish prisons There is no reform that will keep our neighbors safe. It doesn’t exist. We need each other, not ICE.

Now is the time for those of us who can to get louder, not quieter. Let’s rise to the occasion.

DC friends, come see me and @renee.bsky.social (author of Liberating Abortion) at Lost City Books on Tuesday 2/17! We'll also hear from @dupontclinic.bsky.social Chief of Staff, Karishma! There are rumors there will be dessert (the rumors are from me).

The incredible, @thesweetfeminist.bsky.social wrote an op-ed on Literary Hub. We completely agree -- we are working together to make a better world, we have to use our imagination and creativity to get there, and it takes resilience to remain optimistic. bit.ly/4qQh0cj

Abolishing ICE is a reproductive justice value. It’s a reproductive rights value. It’s a family value. It’s a human value. Please join us.