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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow
@esharrow.bsky.social
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Scholar of gender politics + Title IX // Coauthor, Equality Unfulfilled (Cambridge UP) // APSA, AERA & Choice ALA book awards

Professor of Public Policy & History at UMass Amherst +Dir of Faculty Research, UMass Institute for Social Science Research .. more

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Aleesa @akuzee.bsky.social · 1d
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4d
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."

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ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 6d
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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alison says reinstate Link! @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 12d
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.

I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.

May we live up to her example.

(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 12d
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 14d
Join us in Springfield next Tuesday!
umassissr.bsky.social UMass ISSR @umassissr.bsky.social · 27d
Join us for this free talk by Timothy Black (PhD, UMass Sociology) on his 30 year study tracking the life experiences of a network of Puerto Rican men and women in social conditions that have severely limited them. This talk is open to the public! www.umass.edu/social-scien...
Graphic promoting upcoming ISSR event

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 16d
2. Trump pardoned dozens of individuals today who tried to overturn the 2020 election. A healthy democracy calls attempts to overturn the democratic process what they are: Treason. This should raise concerns even higher about this administration's commitment to democratic processes in 2028 / 2029.
Trump pardons Giuliani and other allies who worked to overturn his 2020 election loss
The federal pardon, which is largely symbolic, covers the so-called fake electors, some of whom still face state charges.
www.votebeat.org

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 18d
This is a time to love fiercely.
mskellymhayes.bsky.social Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d
I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
" I thought I knew what it meant to love Chicago—to feel something settle inside of me when I saw her skyline from the expressway, or her lights from the window of an airplane, after crossing the cloud line. I thought I knew what it meant to love her brick and steel towers, her annoying street preachers, her chorus of accents and the poetry of her activists, the grit of her workers, awaiting buses and trains in icy air, her guerrilla gardens, bookshops, bucket boys, and crashing winter waves becoming shelves of ice—so many corners that feel like home, even though you’ll never live there. I know this place. I love this place, and I thought I knew how much, until you made me love it more." - Kelly Hayes

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 18d
“Transgender people are more than just a political issue, and we're in danger. We need all the help we can get from friends, neighbors, politicians, and school administrators.. trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity…

Help us.”
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18d
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 18d
“To be a good citizen of a bad state, one has to do scary things… It is weighing leaving against staying, moral obligation against fear, flying under the radar against taking a risk — and opting for the risk.” —M. Gessen

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen When Your Country Does Bad Things
www.nytimes.com

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 18d
This is really good.
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18d
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com

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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 18d
“What was once a reliable, repeatable pillar of her life was ripped away from her, first because she felt like an outlier among her peers, and then..the powers that be took away her right to be on the team.” The government has “targeted the fundamental social pillars upholding trans lives”. so cruel
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18d
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18d
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d
I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
" I thought I knew what it meant to love Chicago—to feel something settle inside of me when I saw her skyline from the expressway, or her lights from the window of an airplane, after crossing the cloud line. I thought I knew what it meant to love her brick and steel towers, her annoying street preachers, her chorus of accents and the poetry of her activists, the grit of her workers, awaiting buses and trains in icy air, her guerrilla gardens, bookshops, bucket boys, and crashing winter waves becoming shelves of ice—so many corners that feel like home, even though you’ll never live there. I know this place. I love this place, and I thought I knew how much, until you made me love it more." - Kelly Hayes

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21d
A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!

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UMass ISSR @umassissr.bsky.social · 27d
Join us for this free talk by Timothy Black (PhD, UMass Sociology) on his 30 year study tracking the life experiences of a network of Puerto Rican men and women in social conditions that have severely limited them. This talk is open to the public! www.umass.edu/social-scien...
Graphic promoting upcoming ISSR event

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 27d
Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?

$2733.15 a month.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27d
While hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers are going without pay, SNAP benefits are due to run out on Saturday.

“It’s hard to fathom this severe a blow to food security.”
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks—just as SNAP is set to expire
"There's absolutely more need, but less food. It's bad."
www.motherjones.com

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 27d
The Trump Administration's shutdown isn’t a game – it’s affecting the livelihoods of real people here in Massachusetts. People deserve better from their government.
A navy graphic with an image of a food pantry at the bottom, with title text that says "4 weeks into the government shutdown, here's how it's affecting Massachusetts" beneath the following bullets read, "- 1.1 million residents at risk of losing SNAP benefits by this weekend - UMass Memorial Health had to pause its Hospital at Home program which allows patients to receive adequate care at home - Over 25,000 federal employees in MA have either been furloughed or are working without pay - Hundreds of expected flight delays will occur at Logan International Airport during the busiest season - Historic sites, national parks and museums across the Commonwealth have been forced to close"

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 27d
City Lights, a San Francisco Institution founded by the late great Beat Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, has banners posted for this time in history
CITY LIGHTS Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco Current hanging banners -left to right: Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced and whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that praises conquerors and acclaimed the bully as hero Pity the nation that allows their freedoms to be eroded and their rights to be washed away My country tears of thee Sweet land of liberty! Rippling American flag spread across the bottoms of the banners

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 28d
I’ve had a note above my desk for 5 years that reads, “love trans people.” It’s not bc “love” is sufficient or bc I sometimes forget. It’s bc witnessing the dehumanization of trans people and trans dignity is stripping us all of our humanity and I refuse to let it also steal my heart.

To Lia 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍⚧️
aridrennen.bsky.social Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 29d
1/ In late October, Middlebury College announced that Lia Smith, a 21-year-old student and diver, had taken her own life. She was also a trans athlete in a country that often treats transgender participation in sports as a political controversy. 🧵

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 29d
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 29d
1/ In late October, Middlebury College announced that Lia Smith, a 21-year-old student and diver, had taken her own life. She was also a trans athlete in a country that often treats transgender participation in sports as a political controversy. 🧵

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New Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org · Oct 28
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.

If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate

We take care of each other ❤️
Graphic with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Apply: Food Assistance for Disabled People in the South.’ Text below explains that due to the government shutdown, people in the South will not receive their November SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments. New Disabled South is offering one-time payments to help people impacted by not receiving SNAP — $100 for individuals and $250 for households with two or more people. It notes that funding is first-come, first-served and that SSI or Medicaid recipients should read a disclaimer before applying. A call-to-action at the bottom reads: ‘Apply at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.’ There are small illustrations of a grocery bag and a grocery list. Graphic with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Donate to Support Food Assistance for Disabled People in the South.’ The message says that New Disabled South is raising money to provide direct payments to people impacted by loss of SNAP funds, and invites donations. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Donate at ndsdj.org/snapdonate.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag with food items is on the left. Graphic in Spanish with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Solicitar: Asistencia Alimentaria para Personas con Discapacidad en el Sur.’ The text explains that due to the government shutdown, people will not receive November SNAP payments and that New Disabled South offers one-time payments of $100 for individuals and $250 for households with two or more people, first-come, first-served. It also includes a note for SSI or Medicaid recipients. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Solicitar en ndsdj.org/snaphelp.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag and grocery list appears on the left. Graphic in Spanish with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Dona para apoyar la asistencia alimentaria para personas con discapacidad en el Sur.’ The text explains that New Disabled South is raising funds to make direct payments to people affected by the loss of SNAP funds and provides information on how to donate. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Dona en ndsdj.org/snapdonate.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag with food items appears on the left.

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Feeding America @feedingamerica.org · Oct 27
We join our CEO in urging federal leaders to protect SNAP and safeguard the health, stability, and dignity of communities.

Read our full statement here: bit.ly/49pxnXfbit.ly/49pxnXf

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Oct 27
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people? Does anyone work anymore?"

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mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · Oct 22
Whistle distribution is gearing up - learn the code and teach your friends, neighbors, and family.
Image of a card. On the left is the whistle logo with “ form a crowd. Stay loud. Protect each other.” Noise equals visibility Code 1: ICE Nearby Blow in a broken rhythm Pre-Pre-Pre-Pre Alerts the community ICE is in the area. Code 2: CODE RED Blow in a continuous steady rhythm ICE is detaining someone Form a crowd, stay loud Stay nonviolent Don’t stay silent

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · Oct 18
Amazing!