The academy's white supremacist, colonial patriarchy pits Black women against one another. Lorde was rewarded for her silence. Jordan was punished for her voice. And in the end, two women lost an invaluable bond in an inherently violent space. lareviewofbooks.org/article/movi...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsj... m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsj... Take a look at the comments. They delve into the issues of the SciShow video. The SciShow knitting video represents the many problems with Western academic/mainstream science writ large. Hint: it's deeply patriarchal and colonial

When was the last time you saw a Black teen love story that didn’t end in trauma? When did we stop believing our kids deserved romance, joy, and emotional education? Let’s bring it back, for them and for us, and for the generations still learning how to hold each other softly.

We honor the women, queer folks, poor people, and disabled folks who were experimented on, sterilized, or denied choice. Their survival made our access possible. And we acknowledge that birth control isn’t the enemy. Control is.

I went to the book launch of Gendertrash from Hell in Toronto a few nights ago. It was magical. Mirha Soleil-Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay really said "fuck this!" and owned who they were/are. Get a copy of this iconic zine through @littlepuss.net: www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/gende...

Indigenous folks are sex workers Indigenous folks with disabilities are sex workers Trans folks (who might also be Indigenous and have disabilities) are sex workers That is all ☂️ #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth (US) #NationalIndigenousDisabilitiesMonth #TransAwarenessMonth

"Forgetting requires maintenance. It is engineered...When politicians claim that teaching truth will make children uncomfortable, what they mean is: the truth will disrupt the comfort of the powerful." americahates.us/articles/202...

We can also include anti-Asian and anti-Arab racism as well

I'm late to this but...get him, Kristine! Not only was SciShow's video misinformed, it was sexist, ageist, ableist (plenty of folks knit for their physical and mental health), and racist (esp. of the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous variety). www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx1o...

I thought TikTok was already like a Vine reboot? Also, don't trust Jack Dorsey. He sold Twitter to a Nazi and barely did anything about them on that site. His Vine will neither be Nazi nor AI-free. If Bluesky is better, it's b/c a lot of folks here are actively making this a safe/safer space.

Change the legal term from sex trafficking to rape trafficking, victims of trafficking cannot consent to sex while being trafficked. It is rape.

"First They Came": www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2019-0... 1) I recommend researching Martin Niemöller for necessary historical context. 2) I'll add this to the poem: "First, they came for the sex workers. But they still spoke up for you. Because they knew. They've always seen you."

"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor"- Ginetta Sagan

(1/4) Nov. 13 to 19 is #TransAwarenessWeek. Transgender Awareness Week is a week when trans folks & their allies take action by educating folks about who trans people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around issues of anti-trans prejudice, discrimination, and violence.

#activism Link to PDF of paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1... [h/t @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social ]

EVENT ALERT! Zine Workshop! 🕰️Nov 22, 1- 4 pm EST 📍The ArQuives, 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, ON arquives.ca/event/zine-w... #TransAwarenessMonth 💙💗🤍💗💙 #SexWork ☂️

"Fact Sheet #8: Learn More About: Transgender & Gender Diverse Sex Workers" livingincommunity.ca/wp-content/u... #TransAwarenessMonth

"Disability and sex work: developing affinities through decriminalization" www.powerottawa.ca/wp-content/u... If this article mentioned the need to decolonize the current structures creating ableism + Indigenous folks writ large, it would be on to something #NationalIndigenousDisabilitiesMonth

A lot of what's said here applies to the US: "Decolonizing Sex Work: Developing an Intersectional Indigenous Approach" by Sarah Hunt (in Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy and Research on Sex Work in Canada [2013]) www.antiviolenceproject.org/wp-content/u... #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth (US)

Update: it seems like bell hooks did indeed change her stance ❤️

Interested in people's thoughts on this as well. hooks is not someone i associate with transphobia, and i say that as someone who's been troubled by people lauding Adrienne Rich without acknowledging her seeming transphobia. But if there is indeed transphobia in hooks' work, i want to know about it.

(1/5) I'll be honest, I'm struggling a bit with this and would like to hear folks' opinions: www.blackagendareport.com/cautionary-t...

(1/7) Genuine question, was bell hooks transphobic? I think her potential transphobia has occupied a liminal space within the realm of academic critique for a while. But it resurfaced with her passing in 2021. I genuinely want to hear folks' thoughts.

Don't forget the White poppy which many prefer as alternative www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-...

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www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/w... #RemembranceDay #Veterans

(1/4) This #RemembranceDay, let us remember that, globally and historically, many non-white, queer, and sex working folks are veterans, and that many marginalized folks have engaged in war work that often goes unrecognized.

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Im also here to remind yall that JOHN FETTERMAN was hand selected by Bernie Sanders and won his primary over a Black millennial gay man who was already working in congress because leftists couldnt vote for a Black gay Millennial man born in 1990——

globalnews.ca/news/8903907... #TransAwarenessMonth

CW: death, medical violence, racism, (covert) whorephobia: www3.ohrc.on.ca/en/news-cent... #NationalIndigenousDisabilitiesMonth

www.hrc.org/news/two-spi... #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth (US)

FSC has released an updated edition of the Age Verification Toolkit for adult websites, with new guidance on Missouri’s regulation taking effect Nov 30 and recently filed enforcement actions and lawsuits. www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/fsc-rel...

translifeline.org/the-limits-o... #TransAwarenessMonth

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/06/18/i... #NationalIndigenousDisabilitiesMonth

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Xt... #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth (US)

#RockYourMocs (November 9-15) www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead The 1% want you dead THE👏1👏%👏WANT👏YOU👏DEAD👏 (but only after they're done exploiting your body & mind)

(1/7) Happy #SexWorkSaturday! Here's your weekly thread of reading/viewing/other materials ❤️☂️

EVENT ALERT! This event is exclusively in-person. But if you're in the Toronto area, I recommend going ❤️ 🕰️Nov. 13, 12:10-2 pm EST 📍100 St George St, Toronto, ON (Sidney Smith Hall Room 2098) 🔗 www.eventbrite.ca/e/whorestory... #SexWorkSaturday

(1/3) November 8 is also #IntersexDayofRemembrance. Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Solidarity Day, is an important day of acknowledgement. It is designed to highlight issues faced by intersex people across the globe.

(1/5) #IndigenousVeteransDay is a complex and multifaceted day of remembrance. It acknowledges the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people who served in Canada’s military during WWI and WWII.

Bonus video for today 🍉: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_hx... m.youtube.com/watch?v=r_hx...

(1/16) Guess what I did instead of sleeping last night? Scrolled my YouTube feed! I let the algorithm take over and was, for once, actually happy with the results. Here are some highlights from my after midnight video essay doom-scrolling, haha!

(1/3) “Inuit Day was first celebrated on November 7th, 2006, when the General Assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) was instructed to ‘annually proclaim this day as Inuit Day and conduct appropriate ceremonies and celebrations’.”

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www.bbc.com/news/article... .....Told you so. I'd recommend reading between the lines on these budget takeaways (esp. regarding increased military spending). Canada's slowly letting its mask off even more.

CW: "...racist, ableist, misogynist police state violence...colonial and anti-black violence...trans and queer[phobia]." thefeministwire.com/2013/11/addr... #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth (US- *note: much of this piece has global applications) #NationalIndigenousDisabilitiesMonth #TransAwarenessMonth

I don't know who needs this, but Miranda Pietzsch's video just unlocked countless of my early childhood memories. Talk about a piece of children's media history! 🕷️☀️🌺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHOZ... m.youtube.com/watch?v=kHOZ...