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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 2d

I am Black American. My people were enslaved, segregated, and degraded for hundreds of years. There was a time when it was considered politically untenable to abolish slavery and legally dismantle Jim Crow. It got done. So, yes, a free Palestine is a political possibility. It is inevitable.

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 2d

I have been clear about Palestinian liberation for a long time. I wrote this in Harper’s Bazaar in 2017: “The occupation of Palestine harms Palestinian women—period. If Zionism is harmful to some women, then it cannot, at any point, be considered a feminist commitment.” Play with somebody else.

If Your Beliefs Are Oppressive, You Are Not a Feminist

“Everything a woman does is not inherently feminist because she deems it so."

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, white Jewish folks, don’t message me when I post about the right for Palestinians to be free, unless you are also interested in visioning and organizing that future into reality. Other than that … get away from me with this, Apollo.

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Say that again! It is an honor to work alongside @nicolefroio.bsky.social.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 3d

I am so proud to call @nicolefroio.bsky.social a comrade, friend, and colleague; her reporting and cultural criticism on the harms of colonialism and how they're deeply woven into Western society is incredible. Go read this on the suppression of pro-Palestine speech in music @theflytrapmedia.com!

Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech in the Music Industry Shows the Power of Demands for Decolonization

The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

NEW! from @nicolefroio.bsky.social: The reason governments, universities, and other public institutions across the world want to quash pro-Palestine speech—including art and music—is because they understand the danger it poses to life as we know it. Which is all the more reason to say it louder.

Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech in the Music Industry Shows the Power of Demands for Decolonization

The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

For my newsletter, I wrote about how wantonly illegal and unconstitutional ICE is, how it must come to a stop now, how it's up to all of us to stop it, and how we will need to develop a way so the federal government can never do this to us again.

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We Can't Live Like This

Trump's ICE agents are wantonly breaking the law across the country, while he sends the national guard to forcibly occupy blue states. It's up to the good citizens of this country to oppose this uncon...

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5d

On Friday, we brought back Spooky Flytrap Fridays, and @sesmith.lol dug into the recent growth in queer and trans horror that explicitly explores the experience of living in a marginalized body--and what that has to do with millenials' inability to buy homes.

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Housing Haunts Me

If only getting a mortgage was as easy as opening a book.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5d

Best cure for Sunday Scaries? Catching up on what The Flytrap has been up to. First up, @sesmith.lol on how talking about mentally ill people in the wake of mass shootings is a feature of eugenics and populational control: the-flytrap.ghost.io/mental-illne...

Will the Real Crazy Ones Please Stand Up

Dismissing things we don’t like as ‘insane’ is doing the oppressors’ work for them.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5d

In light of the sentencing of P. Diddy, I want to re-share @freeblackgirl.bsky.social's piece on how the court case would've gone differently if we valued sex workers as a society:

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If We Valued Sex Workers, the Outcome of the Diddy Trial Would Have Been Different

What if Diddy’s victims were protected by labor laws instead of relying on the lack of justice of a sexist trial?

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7d

Happy Spooky Flytrap Friday!! You know what's spooky? The housing market! @sesmith.lol writes about how they are haunted by buying somewhere to live and how that millenial trend has spawned a new housing-related horror genre in literature: the-flytrap.ghost.io/housing-haun...

Housing Haunts Me

If only getting a mortgage was as easy as opening a book.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 8d

There are 4 major patterns within media coverage of GLP-1s in the US, including:
🚫 fat people being made invisible by not being interviewed by the news media
🚫 fatness being treated as a monolith
@freeblackgirl.bsky.social

If Fat Bodies Are ‘Problems,’ Then We Need New Equations

‘The Biggest Loser’ was the worst vision of a fat future. Fat liberationists are done losing that fight.

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 8d

Rather than “declaring war” on cartels, @chantalflores.bsky.social reported long ago for @yesmedia.bsky.social that the U.S. should follow the lead of the madres buscadoras, or searching mothers, who are leading a movement to combat cartel violence.

To Solve Mexico’s Cartel Problem, Look To the “Searching Mothers”

“Madres buscadoras” advocate for strategies, laws, and actions to locate their loved ones and prevent future disappearances.

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you!

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! I have a meeting with them on Friday. 😊

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 9d

YAY! Congratulations Kate! 🥂

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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 9d

The fun thing about moving off S*bst*ck is that due to the increased deliverability of Beehiiv, my transition to a new platform has been met with a rash of unsubscribes & canceled paid subs.

If you wanna support an independent trans journalist by subscribing, I’d appreciate it!

Out of Your League

Dispatches from the intersection of queer sports and pop culture.

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 9d

I have ✨some news✨! Today is my first day co-leading the writing for liberation program at Empowerment Avenue, a nonprofit that helps incarcerated people publish their work.

I believe storytelling advances justice. And I am honored to do this work on behalf of justice-impacted journalists. Cheers!

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 10d

It's Flytrap Tuesday! co-founder @sesmith.lol writes about gun violence, the continued insistence that mass shootings are about mental illness, and how that supports eugenics approaches to neurodivergent and mentally ill people:

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Will the Real Crazy Ones Please Stand Up

Dismissing things we don’t like as ‘insane’ is doing the oppressors’ work for them.

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12d

Twenty-five years ago today, the FDA approved mifepristone for abortions.

Now, it's more under threat than ever. I took a look at its history and the current efforts to restrict access to the abortion pills for @motherjones.com:

On its 25th birthday, mifepristone is more under attack than ever

The FDA's approval of the revolutionary drug in 2000 helped change abortion access nationwide.

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 15d

Come hang out with us!

AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 15d

you wanna:

- fund anti-fascist, feminist journalism
- hang out with some total weirdos
- hear about some BIG NEW PLANS from the Flytrap

So how about: grab a discounted Flytrap subscription ASAP (w/a free gift sub for a bud!) and join me + Flytrap cofounders for a virtual hang this evening >>>

The Flytrap

Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 15d

Incredibly proud that we got to run this in the Flytrap.

Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 16d

La Chicharra, a feminist community-run radio station in Corrientes, a rural province of Argentina, has helped empower women.

Now, President Milei's government poses as a major threat.

Story by grantees @nataliealcoba.bsky.social & Anita Pouchard Serra for @theflytrapmedia.com. bit.ly/46T6rxt

Eladia Fernández is shown with her daughter during the radio program Sapucai at La Chicharra, a community radio station for women, on December 17, 2024, in Goya, Corrientes Province, Argentina. Image by Anita Pouchard Serra.

Estela Maris Ojeda is shown at her farm in San Isidro, Goya, Corrientes Province, on December 15, 2024. Image by Anita Pouchard Serra. Argentina.

Eladia Fernandez walks outside the La Chicharra radio station with her daughter on December 17, 2024, in Goya, Corrientes Province. Image by Anita Pouchard Serra. Argentina.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 15d

Is it really any surprise that shows like THE BIGGEST LOSER, which trafficked in the idea that humiliating fat people can be both inspirational and lucrative, exacerbated anti-fat attitudes? @freeblackgirl.bsky.social

If Fat Bodies Are ‘Problems,’ Then We Need New Equations

‘The Biggest Loser’ was the worst vision of a fat future. Fat liberationists are done losing that fight.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 16d

I want to do a little breakdown of this investigation I published today for @prismreports.org about gender-based violence in the H-2A agricultural visa program.

She managed to get a farmworker visa. Once in the U.S., she endured abuse.

A Prism investigation reveals that women are routinely shut out of the H-2A program. Those who get in report doing non-agricultural labor and facing sexual violence and trafficking

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