Kay Whitlock
@kwhitlock.bsky.social
Writer. Activist. Co-author "Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States"
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Kay Whitlock
@kwhitlock.bsky.social
· Feb 11
This Is How You Win the Culture Wars | Kay Whitlock | INQUEST
Faced with violence and authoritarianism, survival demands prioritizing relationship building over reactivity and solidarity over silence.
inquest.org
My latest for @inquest.bsky.social ...and yes, we can ultimately win, if we are willing to work in transformative ways. It will require the best we have in ourselves, but along the way, we may become quietly courageous in ways that will surprise and energize us. inquest.org/this-is-how-...
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The anti-woke Wikipedia alternative aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
interc.pt
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The anti-woke Wikipedia alternative aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
Add Venezuela to the list. Again. Shameful. Corrupt. Rooted in greed and insatiable desire for domination.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Add Venezuela to the list. Again. Shameful. Corrupt. Rooted in greed and insatiable desire for domination.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
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Oh my goodness, please encourage the white and otherwise respectability-pilled protesters in your life to read Chapter 6 of Let This Radicalize You! It’s available to read for free through the generosity of @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social!
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh my goodness, please encourage the white and otherwise respectability-pilled protesters in your life to read Chapter 6 of Let This Radicalize You! It’s available to read for free through the generosity of @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social!
A gentle, important reflection. Remember, friends, that some white nationalist/MAGA Christians argue against empathy and compassion, framing it is a left-wing con to pull people into support for such heresies as equality, inclusion, fights against structural violence, reproductive justice, and more.
How have we managed to come so far away from compassion? from empathy?
Déjà vu: Do we learn empathy?
Or is it always there and some of us manage to unlearn it?
judithmcdaniel.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A gentle, important reflection. Remember, friends, that some white nationalist/MAGA Christians argue against empathy and compassion, framing it is a left-wing con to pull people into support for such heresies as equality, inclusion, fights against structural violence, reproductive justice, and more.
Formerly with Teen Vogue. A brilliant writer/editor.
redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
Lex McMenamin
Lex McMenamin is a writer, editor, and organizer from Philadelphia, based in New York.
lexmcmenamin.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Formerly with Teen Vogue. A brilliant writer/editor.
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"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
Gmail privacy has always been a misnomer.
This is a crisis.
This is a crisis.
FBI Caught Spying on Signal Group Chat of Immigration Activists
Keep a close eye on who’s joining your group chats.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
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"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
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We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Useful 🧵and gift link
Anne Applebaum nails it in this analysis of the horrendous Trump "peace plan," which she correctly points out is not a peace plan at all but instead a plan to weaken Ukraine and divide the US from Europe.
"Gift" article attached, so no subscription needed.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Gift" article attached, so no subscription needed.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Useful 🧵and gift link
Because we also need beauty in our lives.
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Because we also need beauty in our lives.
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We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
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My mom said from Raleigh that people there were squaded up against ICE & ICE is leaving Raleigh & Durham tomorrow. She said there were trainings at churches for ICE watch & all kinds of things. She said "these are our people & ICE is not welcome." Alright mommy!
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My mom said from Raleigh that people there were squaded up against ICE & ICE is leaving Raleigh & Durham tomorrow. She said there were trainings at churches for ICE watch & all kinds of things. She said "these are our people & ICE is not welcome." Alright mommy!
Lynching takes many forms: "An autopsy report seen by Newsweek showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position." This is what has been described as a suicide. #abolishICE
A Chinese immigrant detained by ICE was found hanged to death with his hands and feet tied and Newsweek runs the article with a trigger warning about “descriptions of suicide”?
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Lynching takes many forms: "An autopsy report seen by Newsweek showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position." This is what has been described as a suicide. #abolishICE
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Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This has won the National Book Award. This is a deserving, necessary win. His words need to be on all of our minds and in all of our hearts.
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This has won the National Book Award. This is a deserving, necessary win. His words need to be on all of our minds and in all of our hearts.
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
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A lot of the people lamenting Marjorie Taylor Greene’s departure from Congress—and celebrating her as some kind of principled maverick—are going to end up eating their words when she reemerges in 2028 to help lead a pro-groper, pro-Fuentes “America First” faction of the GOP.
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A lot of the people lamenting Marjorie Taylor Greene’s departure from Congress—and celebrating her as some kind of principled maverick—are going to end up eating their words when she reemerges in 2028 to help lead a pro-groper, pro-Fuentes “America First” faction of the GOP.
For so so so many reasons, I always hear Bob Dylan's classic "Masters of War" when contemplating the latest cruelty from the current current fascist administration. Always willing to sacrifice the lives that are not their own.
youtu.be/JEmI_FT4YHU?...
youtu.be/JEmI_FT4YHU?...
Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
For so so so many reasons, I always hear Bob Dylan's classic "Masters of War" when contemplating the latest cruelty from the current current fascist administration. Always willing to sacrifice the lives that are not their own.
youtu.be/JEmI_FT4YHU?...
youtu.be/JEmI_FT4YHU?...
Please support the strike.
BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Please support the strike.
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🇨🇦😡Canadians can NOT afford to IGNORE and underestimate Jamil Jivani. He is BFFs with JD Vance and MapleMAGA to the core.😡
📰 Today's top stories:
▶️ Conservative MPs intensify anti-DEI campaign
▶️ Washington links F-35s to future trade talks
▶️ Chrystia Freeland named CEO of Rhodes Trust
open.substack.com/pub/canadano...
▶️ Conservative MPs intensify anti-DEI campaign
▶️ Washington links F-35s to future trade talks
▶️ Chrystia Freeland named CEO of Rhodes Trust
open.substack.com/pub/canadano...
Daily News Brief: Maple MAGA rally against "Liberal racism"
Plus: Chrystia Freeland lands a new job
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🇨🇦😡Canadians can NOT afford to IGNORE and underestimate Jamil Jivani. He is BFFs with JD Vance and MapleMAGA to the core.😡
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I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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*people they define as Americans
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
a lot of you are probably too young to remember this but presidents dont normally wage war against americans
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
*people they define as Americans
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
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Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
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"The River and the Falls have always been sources of power and abundance; it is time to honor the water as a relative, rather than a resource, once again." owamniyomni.org/design/
Design - Owámniyomni Okhódayapi
owamniyomni.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"The River and the Falls have always been sources of power and abundance; it is time to honor the water as a relative, rather than a resource, once again." owamniyomni.org/design/
This is why for years many of us and the ACLU warned of the dangers of adopting “domestic terrorism” as a frame for responding violence against vulnerable groups in the US. It’s so readily used against us, as is the rhetoric (and expansion of police powers) of “hate crimes.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is why for years many of us and the ACLU warned of the dangers of adopting “domestic terrorism” as a frame for responding violence against vulnerable groups in the US. It’s so readily used against us, as is the rhetoric (and expansion of police powers) of “hate crimes.”