Amita Swadhin (they/them)
@amitaswadhin.bsky.social
Storyteller. Organizer. Strategist.
Founder: mirrormemoirs.org
Queer, Non-binary, S Asian (roots: Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, W Bengal).
Born: Ohio. Raised: NYC + NJ. Reside: Los Angeles
❤️: abolitionist praxis to end child sexual abuse.
Founder: mirrormemoirs.org
Queer, Non-binary, S Asian (roots: Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, W Bengal).
Born: Ohio. Raised: NYC + NJ. Reside: Los Angeles
❤️: abolitionist praxis to end child sexual abuse.
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I live in the San Gabriel Valley of LA County. Near, not in, evac zone of Eaton Fire.
w/Mimi Kim & Enji Chung, I’m fundraising for BIPOC/low-income renters to clean ash and/or move after the fire. To be clear, I’m not a beneficiary.
Please donate and circulate.
tinyurl.com/firepoppypro...
w/Mimi Kim & Enji Chung, I’m fundraising for BIPOC/low-income renters to clean ash and/or move after the fire. To be clear, I’m not a beneficiary.
Please donate and circulate.
tinyurl.com/firepoppypro...
May 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’ll be in DC next Tuesday to co-host @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social ‘s film screening with our DC-based board members @queenadesuyi.bsky.social @ahmadgreene.com @its-mbwende.bsky.social at @festivalcenter.bsky.social - I hope to see our DMV community members there!
Folks in or near DC: join us next Tuesday, May 20 at the Festival Center in Adams Morgan for a screening of our filmed theater project, “Transmutation: A Ceremony”
Doors at 5:00pm
Program 6:00-8:30pm
Refreshments served.
Tickets are free, donations encouraged.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/TRANSMUTATIO...
Doors at 5:00pm
Program 6:00-8:30pm
Refreshments served.
Tickets are free, donations encouraged.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/TRANSMUTATIO...
Transmutation: A Ceremony (Washington DC Film Screening)
"Transmutation: A Ceremony" (Washington DC Film Screening) Please join us Tuesday, May 20 evening to witness our pre-recorded theater project, "Transmutation: A Ceremony."
tinyurl.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ll be in DC next Tuesday to co-host @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social ‘s film screening with our DC-based board members @queenadesuyi.bsky.social @ahmadgreene.com @its-mbwende.bsky.social at @festivalcenter.bsky.social - I hope to see our DMV community members there!
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Our deepest gratitude to everyone who has donated to Transmutation: A Ceremony since 2021. Please help this sacred production cross the finish line 🖤
You can become a sponsor via the RSVP pages or by emailing us.
Please spread the word!
You can become a sponsor via the RSVP pages or by emailing us.
Please spread the word!
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Our deepest gratitude to everyone who has donated to Transmutation: A Ceremony since 2021. Please help this sacred production cross the finish line 🖤
You can become a sponsor via the RSVP pages or by emailing us.
Please spread the word!
You can become a sponsor via the RSVP pages or by emailing us.
Please spread the word!
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We still need to raise $65,000 to produce this film screening and live performance series!
If you or your workplace are interested and able to support, we have sponsor levels ranging from $500 to $25,000. Seats are free, donations are encouraged and welcome.
If you or your workplace are interested and able to support, we have sponsor levels ranging from $500 to $25,000. Seats are free, donations are encouraged and welcome.
April 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We still need to raise $65,000 to produce this film screening and live performance series!
If you or your workplace are interested and able to support, we have sponsor levels ranging from $500 to $25,000. Seats are free, donations are encouraged and welcome.
If you or your workplace are interested and able to support, we have sponsor levels ranging from $500 to $25,000. Seats are free, donations are encouraged and welcome.
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In 2025, we celebrate 4 years of our theater project, “Transmutation: A Ceremony,” supporting 4 Black & Afro Latina trans women sharing their survivorship, resistance & resilience.
We’re taking this show on the road!
🎥 DC: May 20
🎥 Oakland: June 5
🎥 Long Beach CA: June 11
🎭 NYC: October 10 & 11
We’re taking this show on the road!
🎥 DC: May 20
🎥 Oakland: June 5
🎥 Long Beach CA: June 11
🎭 NYC: October 10 & 11
April 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In 2025, we celebrate 4 years of our theater project, “Transmutation: A Ceremony,” supporting 4 Black & Afro Latina trans women sharing their survivorship, resistance & resilience.
We’re taking this show on the road!
🎥 DC: May 20
🎥 Oakland: June 5
🎥 Long Beach CA: June 11
🎭 NYC: October 10 & 11
We’re taking this show on the road!
🎥 DC: May 20
🎥 Oakland: June 5
🎥 Long Beach CA: June 11
🎭 NYC: October 10 & 11
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NYPD officers attended a training telling them that Palestinian symbols like the watermelon & the keffiyeh, as well as phrases such as “settler colonialism” & “all eyes on Rafah," were antisemitic.
Shameful that so many pushed the IHRA definition of "antisemitism," which was used in this training.
Shameful that so many pushed the IHRA definition of "antisemitism," which was used in this training.
Training for NYPD Officers Categorized the Keffiyeh and Watermelon as…
Experts say the training reinforced a police culture that treats Palestinians and their supporters with suspicion and brutality.
jewishcurrents.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
NYPD officers attended a training telling them that Palestinian symbols like the watermelon & the keffiyeh, as well as phrases such as “settler colonialism” & “all eyes on Rafah," were antisemitic.
Shameful that so many pushed the IHRA definition of "antisemitism," which was used in this training.
Shameful that so many pushed the IHRA definition of "antisemitism," which was used in this training.
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For a lot of trans Catholics, Pope Francis offered hope for acceptance and at a minimum, dignity for us. He was a good man in a deeply flawed institution and it was clear he was always trying his best to move the church in a better direction.
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to trans sex workers - The Washington Post
As Pope Francis moves to cement his legacy, he has opened the Vatican to a new community – transgender sex workers. It is a part of a broader outreach toward the LGBTQ+ community that has stirred ange...
www.washingtonpost.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
For a lot of trans Catholics, Pope Francis offered hope for acceptance and at a minimum, dignity for us. He was a good man in a deeply flawed institution and it was clear he was always trying his best to move the church in a better direction.
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
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DO NOT RANK CUOMO, WHO WILL LET ICE KIDNAP YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND MAYBE YOU OFF THE STREET.
DO RANK:
1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Brad Lander
3. Jessica Ramos
4. Zellnor Myrie
5. Adrienne Adams
DO RANK:
1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Brad Lander
3. Jessica Ramos
4. Zellnor Myrie
5. Adrienne Adams
As our neighbors are being kidnapped off the street and shipped to Louisiana or further afield to foreign gulags, without so much as the pretense that they've broken any law, this mealy mouthed response is the most Cuomo can muster.
April 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
DO NOT RANK CUOMO, WHO WILL LET ICE KIDNAP YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND MAYBE YOU OFF THE STREET.
DO RANK:
1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Brad Lander
3. Jessica Ramos
4. Zellnor Myrie
5. Adrienne Adams
DO RANK:
1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Brad Lander
3. Jessica Ramos
4. Zellnor Myrie
5. Adrienne Adams
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In April 1983, Reagan declared the first Child Abuse Prevention Month as he slashed social programs & expanded the family policing system that itself abuses children. 42 yrs later, the gov is STILL using this playbook.
So let’s be clear about what child abuse prevention really IS & what it IS NOT ⬇️
So let’s be clear about what child abuse prevention really IS & what it IS NOT ⬇️
April 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In April 1983, Reagan declared the first Child Abuse Prevention Month as he slashed social programs & expanded the family policing system that itself abuses children. 42 yrs later, the gov is STILL using this playbook.
So let’s be clear about what child abuse prevention really IS & what it IS NOT ⬇️
So let’s be clear about what child abuse prevention really IS & what it IS NOT ⬇️
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Engineers in Chicago have created carbon-negative building materials using seawater, electricity, and CO2. The technique mimics how corals build reefs, and generates substances similar to concrete while permanently sequestering carbon dioxide. buff.ly/Dn8EiXA
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
New Carbon-Negative Material Could Make Concrete and Cement More Sustainable
The innovative process developed by Professors Alessandro Rotta Loria and Jeffrey Lopez converts CO2 into solid, durable, carbon-trapping materials.
buff.ly
April 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Engineers in Chicago have created carbon-negative building materials using seawater, electricity, and CO2. The technique mimics how corals build reefs, and generates substances similar to concrete while permanently sequestering carbon dioxide. buff.ly/Dn8EiXA
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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we’re so grateful for the strong reaction people are having to Vivian Wilson’s convo w Ella Yurman ❤️🔥 @teenvogue.com
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.
www.teenvogue.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
we’re so grateful for the strong reaction people are having to Vivian Wilson’s convo w Ella Yurman ❤️🔥 @teenvogue.com
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Musk ran with the fact that some of the people charged with the Tesla vandalism may be gender non-conforming, suggesting that it pointed to a larger phenomenon of violence perpetrated by trans people.
Tesla's in trouble. Elon blames...trans people?
Musk and his acolytes blame the massive protests on transgender people's supposed penchant for violence.
www.motherjones.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Musk ran with the fact that some of the people charged with the Tesla vandalism may be gender non-conforming, suggesting that it pointed to a larger phenomenon of violence perpetrated by trans people.
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New research confirming what was anticipated: abortion bans have been more likely to force Black, Hispanic, and poor people to give birth www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
The Women Most Affected by Abortion Bans
After the Dobbs decision, births rose in states with bans, but more for some women than others.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New research confirming what was anticipated: abortion bans have been more likely to force Black, Hispanic, and poor people to give birth www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
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#OtD 20 Mar 1927 2500 Dalits (sometimes called "untouchables") marched in Mahad, India, to claim their right to use public water tanks. The protesters drank from the tank and left. In response to this peaceful protest, a mob of caste Hindus attacked them stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
#OtD 20 Mar 1927 2500 Dalits (sometimes called "untouchables") marched in Mahad, India, to claim their right to use public water tanks. The protesters drank from the tank and left. In response to this peaceful protest, a mob of caste Hindus attacked them stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
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This case should be a wake up call. Our client has been disappeared and locked up solely based on his tattoos. It is naive to think this kind of incarceration with no chance to refute the charges against you will be limited to asylum seekers. If this goes unchallenged, who could be next?
March 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This case should be a wake up call. Our client has been disappeared and locked up solely based on his tattoos. It is naive to think this kind of incarceration with no chance to refute the charges against you will be limited to asylum seekers. If this goes unchallenged, who could be next?
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#Druids survived the Christianization of #Ireland & the notion that #StPatrick driving snakes out of Ireland represents the violent suppression of #paganism is among many other myths that need to be debunked & #StPatricksDay is actually an Irish American creation...
irishpagan.school/saint-patric...
irishpagan.school/saint-patric...
March 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#Druids survived the Christianization of #Ireland & the notion that #StPatrick driving snakes out of Ireland represents the violent suppression of #paganism is among many other myths that need to be debunked & #StPatricksDay is actually an Irish American creation...
irishpagan.school/saint-patric...
irishpagan.school/saint-patric...
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The second @genderlib.com mass call is tonight at 7pm ET. If you’re interested in our work, what we’re hearing about the state of gender-based threats, and what’s ahead for Trans Week of Visibility & Action. Register and join us at bit.ly/GLMCALL2
March 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The second @genderlib.com mass call is tonight at 7pm ET. If you’re interested in our work, what we’re hearing about the state of gender-based threats, and what’s ahead for Trans Week of Visibility & Action. Register and join us at bit.ly/GLMCALL2
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The Trump administration deported Brown University assistant professor and surgeon Rasha Alawieh to Lebanon, despite a Massachusetts court having ordered the administration not to remove her from the state that same day. Alawieh has a valid H-1B visa and has lived in the U.S. since 2018.
Trump Officials Deport Brown University Doctor, Seemingly Defying Court Order
The administration has been ordered at least twice to respond to allegations that it has openly defied court orders.
truthout.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Trump administration deported Brown University assistant professor and surgeon Rasha Alawieh to Lebanon, despite a Massachusetts court having ordered the administration not to remove her from the state that same day. Alawieh has a valid H-1B visa and has lived in the U.S. since 2018.
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Researchers have reported a link between cardiovascular issues and hot weather, forecasting that heart disease could double or triple in the next 25 years if current climate trends continue ⤵️
Report forecasts climate change to drive rise in heart disease
Researchers say 50,000 years of healthy life lost annually in Australia to weather-linked cardiovascular disease.
aje.io
March 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Researchers have reported a link between cardiovascular issues and hot weather, forecasting that heart disease could double or triple in the next 25 years if current climate trends continue ⤵️