Hillary Ostermiller
@bibliotetchy.bsky.social
Academic librarian, erstwhile editor, perpetual media reader. I have a very rich interior life.
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Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
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Women’s oppression is so pervasive as to be rendered invisible, so intimate as to infect our very sense of self, so violent that many of us do not survive it. This remains true, and wrong, matter how many people of status or authority tell you otherwise.
February 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Women’s oppression is so pervasive as to be rendered invisible, so intimate as to infect our very sense of self, so violent that many of us do not survive it. This remains true, and wrong, matter how many people of status or authority tell you otherwise.
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Backlash politics are frequently deployed to urge caution to those working against injustice: Be careful, demanding too much equality will hurt you. I think its lesson should instead be for maximalism: even small gains will be resented, so aim for the big ones—the ones that will be hardest to undo.
I am worried this is going to become the conventional wisdom over the next four years: If those pesky college students and activists and SJWs hadn't over-reached, Trump II never would have happened.
It is nonsense.
It is nonsense.
February 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Backlash politics are frequently deployed to urge caution to those working against injustice: Be careful, demanding too much equality will hurt you. I think its lesson should instead be for maximalism: even small gains will be resented, so aim for the big ones—the ones that will be hardest to undo.
I did a rage room yesterday and one new thing I learned about myself is that I really like crowbars
February 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I did a rage room yesterday and one new thing I learned about myself is that I really like crowbars
“Another humiliation of our era: that to merely state what is happening sounds hyperbolic, even unhinged. Musk is such a morally small man – so transparent in his corrupt self-interest, so childish in his peevish self-regard – that it is hard to countenance him as such a profound agent of history.”
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump | Moira Donegan
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump | Moira Donegan
A foreign billionaire is running the state through a shadow government without formal checks – the constitutional order, now, is largely window dressing
It’s one of the humiliations of our historical moment that the constitutional order has been…
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February 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Another humiliation of our era: that to merely state what is happening sounds hyperbolic, even unhinged. Musk is such a morally small man – so transparent in his corrupt self-interest, so childish in his peevish self-regard – that it is hard to countenance him as such a profound agent of history.”
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i honestly thought this book was maybe played out but now the exact same young male 4chan nazis i spent a year+ embedded with are running amok looting the government, so
Re-reading this 2020 book by @swordsjew.bsky.social and finding it just as timely as it was the day it came out. Which is depressing tbh, but if we don't understand what we're up against, we can't fight it. And that's why this book is essential. (it's also wonderfully written)
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
i honestly thought this book was maybe played out but now the exact same young male 4chan nazis i spent a year+ embedded with are running amok looting the government, so
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According to a study by the survivor advocacy group Know Your IX, 40% of women students who report sexual violence to their schools wind up dropping out, transferring, or taking a prolonged leave of absence. 40%.
This will force so many girls and young women out of their schools and universities which is, of course, the point.
Donald Trump has ordered schools and universities to be even more deferential to male students accused of sexual violence. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders...
February 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
According to a study by the survivor advocacy group Know Your IX, 40% of women students who report sexual violence to their schools wind up dropping out, transferring, or taking a prolonged leave of absence. 40%.
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To brighten your day, here are some unrelenting existential jokes by real high school students from Chicago:
Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
No one. Never. You’re alone in life. No one cares about you.
Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
No one. Never. You’re alone in life. No one cares about you.
After Studying Existentialism for a Semester, We Have Jokes
These jokes were written by students in Shannon Barker’s high school English class in Chicago, Illinois. - - -1. DAD JOKES Knock Knock. Who’s ther...
buff.ly
January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
To brighten your day, here are some unrelenting existential jokes by real high school students from Chicago:
Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
No one. Never. You’re alone in life. No one cares about you.
Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
No one. Never. You’re alone in life. No one cares about you.
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I’m kidding (sort of), but I don’t think enough men are asking *why* they think they need visions of moral aspiration that they don’t have to share with us.
January 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’m kidding (sort of), but I don’t think enough men are asking *why* they think they need visions of moral aspiration that they don’t have to share with us.
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The judge ultimately ruled that the teen was mature enough to raise two children, but not mature enough to decide if she was ready to be a mother.
(Published 2022 in partnership with The New York Times Magazine)
(Published 2022 in partnership with The New York Times Magazine)
She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Make That Decision.
As abortion access dwindles, America’s “parental-involvement” laws place further restrictions on teenagers — who may need to ask judges for permission to end their pregnancies.
propub.li
January 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The judge ultimately ruled that the teen was mature enough to raise two children, but not mature enough to decide if she was ready to be a mother.
(Published 2022 in partnership with The New York Times Magazine)
(Published 2022 in partnership with The New York Times Magazine)
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Since a white man with a felony conviction is about to *be* president, I wrote about the millions of disproportionately Black people with felony convictions who aren't even legally permitted to *vote* for president
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Donald Trump’s Sentencing Lays Bare the Injustice of Felony Disenfranchisement
In many states, the president-elect would now be ineligible to vote in the election he just won.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Since a white man with a felony conviction is about to *be* president, I wrote about the millions of disproportionately Black people with felony convictions who aren't even legally permitted to *vote* for president
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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After Roe v. Wade fell, President Biden directed the CDC to measure “the effect of access to reproductive healthcare on maternal health outcomes.”
More than two years later, that hasn’t happened.
More than two years later, that hasn’t happened.
The CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans
The Biden administration hasn’t delivered on its goals of measuring the public health impact of abortion bans. Experts say it’s a missed opportunity to study how the laws may lead to deaths and…
propub.li
January 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
After Roe v. Wade fell, President Biden directed the CDC to measure “the effect of access to reproductive healthcare on maternal health outcomes.”
More than two years later, that hasn’t happened.
More than two years later, that hasn’t happened.
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There is no speech that is more dangerous and more reliably punished than that of sexual misconduct accusers, who should be foregrounded in every discussion of the state of free expression in America.
December 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM
There is no speech that is more dangerous and more reliably punished than that of sexual misconduct accusers, who should be foregrounded in every discussion of the state of free expression in America.
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I wrote about Texas’ lawsuit against a New York abortion provider, and the coming attacks on pro-choice states and the distribution of abortion pills by mail. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The legal battle over abortion-by-mail in the US has begun – and the stakes are high | Moira Donegan
This fight will test whether pro-choice states can protect providers who mail abortion pills to anti-choice states
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I wrote about Texas’ lawsuit against a New York abortion provider, and the coming attacks on pro-choice states and the distribution of abortion pills by mail. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Doing this is well within Biden’s power, and even if it doesn’t withstand judicial scrutiny, it would cost Republicans and conservatives time and money fighting.
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making an all-out push in the waning days of the Biden administration that she believes could bolster reproductive rights, calling on the president to certify the Equal Rights Amendment and enshrine its protections into the Constitution.
Gillibrand makes a last-minute White House push for women’s rights constitutional amendment | CNN Politics
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making an all-out push in the waning days of the Biden administration that she believes could bolster reproductive rights, calling on President Joe Biden to certi...
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December 17, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Doing this is well within Biden’s power, and even if it doesn’t withstand judicial scrutiny, it would cost Republicans and conservatives time and money fighting.
And again.
Me painstakingly trying to recreate my highly curated and once-immaculate twitter feed.
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 PM
And again.
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Oona loves you very much & checks often to make sure you’re not dead yet. This is a practice perfected by alive cats & dead dogs. She will be very happy when you can hang out again in person but would prefer for the meantime that you stick around down here. She is currently playing fetch with Plato.
It made me cry in a good way. What about my beloved Oona, who said goodbye this past April?
November 23, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Oona loves you very much & checks often to make sure you’re not dead yet. This is a practice perfected by alive cats & dead dogs. She will be very happy when you can hang out again in person but would prefer for the meantime that you stick around down here. She is currently playing fetch with Plato.
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The goal appears to be not to prevent the deaths caused by abortion bans, but to conceal them.
NEW: Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women. The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths.
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 3:57 PM
The goal appears to be not to prevent the deaths caused by abortion bans, but to conceal them.
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Look, I don't want to sound alarmist, but maybe we ask dudes to stop writing for a little while. Just a few months, maybe, until we get things figured out.
November 20, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Look, I don't want to sound alarmist, but maybe we ask dudes to stop writing for a little while. Just a few months, maybe, until we get things figured out.
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something I am justifiably hype about: I get to talk with @moiradonegan.bsky.social, students, and YOU on Tuesday about the courts + writing about the law from a feminist perspective at a moment when the law is being used as a weapon against women
Register here!
gender.stanford.edu/events/femin...
Register here!
gender.stanford.edu/events/femin...
November 15, 2024 at 5:40 PM
something I am justifiably hype about: I get to talk with @moiradonegan.bsky.social, students, and YOU on Tuesday about the courts + writing about the law from a feminist perspective at a moment when the law is being used as a weapon against women
Register here!
gender.stanford.edu/events/femin...
Register here!
gender.stanford.edu/events/femin...
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I wrote about “Your body, my choice” and the Trumpian right’s anti-abortion, pro-rape agenda of sexual force. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Your body, my choice’: what misogynistic Trump supporters feel about sexual power | Moira Donegan
Young pro-Trump men have rolled out a creepy, snide and all-too-revealing mantra
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I wrote about “Your body, my choice” and the Trumpian right’s anti-abortion, pro-rape agenda of sexual force. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The world does not need to be perfect before women deserve to take our equal place in it.
November 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM
The world does not need to be perfect before women deserve to take our equal place in it.
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I wrote about the different ways the coming Trump administration will restrict abortion access nationwide. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Make no mistake: this Trump presidency will continue to attack abortion rights | Moira Donegan
Just because Trump is publicly distancing himself from abortion does not mean Republicans won’t enact a national ban
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:14 PM
I wrote about the different ways the coming Trump administration will restrict abortion access nationwide. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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And look, sorry, it just can’t be that no one else gets rights unless those who formerly held them exclusively—white men—also receive constant emotional gratification. That’s not how a democracy works. It’s not fair that I lose my right to an abortion because someone more important than me is sad.
November 9, 2024 at 3:07 PM
And look, sorry, it just can’t be that no one else gets rights unless those who formerly held them exclusively—white men—also receive constant emotional gratification. That’s not how a democracy works. It’s not fair that I lose my right to an abortion because someone more important than me is sad.