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O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · 20h

The next colloquium session explores Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a pivotal case testing the future of private enforcement in constitutional & civil rights law.
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O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · 3d

New podcast 🎧
The Long Way Home is a five-part limited series that journeys into the heart of substance use disorders and recovery. Hosted by @michelebgoodwin this series features members from O'Neill's Center on Addiction & Public Policy.
https://msmagazine.com/drug-recovery-democracy/

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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 7d

@azizaahmed.bsky.social delivered an amazing talk today at @auwcl.bsky.social about her impactful book “Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS”. @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social beautifully summarized that Prof. Ahmed “practices her brilliance with grace.”

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 11d

And listen to The Long Way Home with @michelegoodwin.bsky.social, a five-part limited series that journeys into the heart of substance use disorders and recovery, with a focus on women and marginalized communities.

The Long Way Home Archives - Ms. Magazine

Welcome to The Long Way Home, a five-part limited series that journeys into the heart of substance use disorders and recovery, with a focus on women and marginalized communities.

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 14d

As victims continue to come forward, and new evidence continues to emerge, the questions and demands for justice are growing louder and louder. @gtconway.bsky.social joins @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social on the latest #OnTheIssuesPod to discuss the Epstein files:

Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: What's In The Epstein Files? Republicans and Democrats Want to Know (with George Conway)

Background reading: LISTEN: "‘Not My Type’: How Two Women Took Down Trump on Sexual Assault (With E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan)" "The Part of the Epstein Story We Keep Ignoring? Survivors." — Ke...

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · 21d

Love you back!! @mclemoremr.bsky.social!!🙏🏿🙏🏿🧡🧡

The Monica @mclemoremr.bsky.social · 21d

I can’t find words to state how deeply I love, admire and respect these folx @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social

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O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · 22d

"What we need are the resources that the United States has historically provided both directly and in support of the World Health Organization."

O'Neill experts from the Center for Transformational Health Law respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC.

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · 22d

Looking forward to seeing you with @politicsprose.bsky.social at the Kind Library in Washington, DC! @oneillinstitute.bsky.social

Irin Carmon @irincarmon.bsky.social · 22d

And because we all need to touch grass, would love to see you at any of these events (details on Queens and Alabama events coming very soon.) excited to sit down with some incredible people like @rtraister.bsky.social @michelegoodwin.bsky.social @azizaahmed.bsky.social

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The Monica @mclemoremr.bsky.social · 29d

My current situation. @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social

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O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · 28d

Our plenary lunch is underway with a conversation moderated by Faith Fletcher, @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, Evelyn Hammonds, and Alfred Lacks-Carter. Together they are exploring the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.

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O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · 29d

“You cannot take away someone’s humanity. But you can devalue it.”

Dorothy Roberts reflects on what inspired her watershed book Killing the Black Body at our keynote armchair conversation with @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thinking about this tonight, from 20 years ago: "Senator McConnell spoke on the Senate floor on the 50th anniversary of the polio vaccine and his childhood experience with polio."
www.c-span.org/clip/senate-...

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 25

LSA Past President @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) spoke at the Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop on May 21, 2025 in Chicago. Watch the video to learn more about personal integrity in #AcademicCareers: bit.ly/3HCQ1Q9

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · Aug 19

“It’s a time in which people are feeling overwhelmed with just the last six months... But this is a victory, and it’s an incredibly important victory.”

How E. Jean Carroll Fought Trump in Court—And Won

Author and longtime Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll said Trump sexually assaulted her in Bergdorf, New York City, mid 1990s

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you. @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social 🙏🏿

Gregory Shaffer @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social · Aug 13

A powerful address of @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social‬ It is important for all law students and those in the academy, and indeed for everyone, given at the graduate students luncheon at this year's meeting of LSA in Chicago @lawandsociety.bsky.social‬. Pass it on: www.lawandsociety.org/2025/08/06/l...

LSA 2025 Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop: Keynote Address with Michele Goodwin - Law and Society Association

Georgetown Law Professor Michele Goodwin gave a keynote address at the LSA2025 Graduate Student Early Career Workshop in Chicago.

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Gregory Shaffer @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social · Aug 13

A powerful address of @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social‬ It is important for all law students and those in the academy, and indeed for everyone, given at the graduate students luncheon at this year's meeting of LSA in Chicago @lawandsociety.bsky.social‬. Pass it on: www.lawandsociety.org/2025/08/06/l...

LSA 2025 Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop: Keynote Address with Michele Goodwin - Law and Society Association

Georgetown Law Professor Michele Goodwin gave a keynote address at the LSA2025 Graduate Student Early Career Workshop in Chicago.

www.lawandsociety.org

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · Aug 8

I had a blast with @skyeperryman.bsky.social this week. She joined me to unpack the first 200 days of the second Trump administration. Tune in here: msmagazine.com/series/fifte... More @msmagazine.com @democracyforward.org @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @georgetownlaw.bsky.social

Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · Aug 8

In the first 200 days of the Trump-Vance administration, we’ve used every legal tool available to defend the rights of people and communities across the country.

@skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social for @msmagazine.com to discuss the path ahead.

Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: 200 Days of Trump 2.0 (with Skye Perryman)

Background reading: "Rolling Up Our Sleeves, Part 1: Fighting the New Trump Administration’s Wave of Extremist Actions" — Carrie Baker LISTEN: "Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Next President Will Sha...

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Professors Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Lawrence O. Gostin on the Trump Administration’s Termination of Key Health Advisory Committees and Members - O'Neill : O'Neill oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/profes...

Professors Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Lawrence O. Gostin on the Trump Administration’s Termination of Key Health Advisory Committees and Members - O'Neill

At the O’Neill Institute, our mission is to build fairer systems, uphold human rights, and protect the health of every community. This commitment is rooted in our Jesuit values at

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O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 1

O'Neill's co-faculty directors, @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social and @gostin.bsky.social, respond to the widespread starvation and malnutrition in Gaza.

Read their full statement: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/statem....

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · Jul 23

It was such a joy & honor to help produce this episode.
#OnTheIssuesPod @ejeancarroll.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social @robbiekaplan.bsky.social

"Robbie and I are here to show you he can be beaten...I’m an old, 81-year-old woman, and we beat him twice. It can be done..." - E. Jean Carroll

'Not My Type': How Two Women Took Down Trump on Sexual Assault (With E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan)

Background reading: 'The False Tropes About Rape We Must Destroy' — Amy L. Bernstein LISTEN: 'Fifteen Minutes of Feminism—The Trump Indictments: Unpacking the E. Jean Carroll Litigation (with Moira Do...

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · Jul 23

My thanks to @ejeancarroll.bsky.social and @robbiekaplan.bsky.social for joining me @msmagazine.com for #OnTheIssues. Tune in wherever you listen to your podcasts. Much respect to these amazing women. @georgetownlaw.bsky.social

Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · Jul 23

It was such a joy & honor to help produce this episode.
#OnTheIssuesPod @ejeancarroll.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social @robbiekaplan.bsky.social

"Robbie and I are here to show you he can be beaten...I’m an old, 81-year-old woman, and we beat him twice. It can be done..." - E. Jean Carroll

'Not My Type': How Two Women Took Down Trump on Sexual Assault (With E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan)

Background reading: 'The False Tropes About Rape We Must Destroy' — Amy L. Bernstein LISTEN: 'Fifteen Minutes of Feminism—The Trump Indictments: Unpacking the E. Jean Carroll Litigation (with Moira Do...

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · Jul 22

"When we tell the story of American slavery, most of it is told through the lens of forced labor and not forced sexual labor. We ignore terminologies that are really important." @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social

Attacks on Abortion Access Are as Old as White Supremacist Patriarchy Itself. Here’s How We Fight Back.

What really underlies attacks on our bodily autonomy isn’t a devotion to “life,” but a desire for dominance. “In the history of abortion, every single time there is a wave of criminalization of aborti...

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Abortion Access Front @abortionfront.bsky.social · Jul 22

🥼 The Doctor's In!
BIG LOVE to our AAF bestie Dr. @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social 🎤👑. She’s out here getting the love and 💐she deserves in @MsMagazine.com for dropping knowledge on how the 13th & 14th Amendments were always about BODILY FREEDOM—especially for Black women. Duh. buff.ly/bmnj9VK

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@michelebgoodwin @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies

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