miranda
@mirandaafindlay.bsky.social
She/Her
Queer WOC in red territory (rural Wisconsin)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 👩🏽🎓
I have cats, I’m a Swiftie, and I watch a lot of T.V.
Queer WOC in red territory (rural Wisconsin)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 👩🏽🎓
I have cats, I’m a Swiftie, and I watch a lot of T.V.
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There are more kids with measles in Texas than there are Trans Athletes in the NCAA but you don’t hear MAGA out there talking about that now do you?
March 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There are more kids with measles in Texas than there are Trans Athletes in the NCAA but you don’t hear MAGA out there talking about that now do you?
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People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!
February 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!
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is it woke to want to end cancer?
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
is it woke to want to end cancer?
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UPDATE: My colleagues and I were locked out of the Dept. of Education and denied a meeting with Acting Secretary Carter.
February 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
UPDATE: My colleagues and I were locked out of the Dept. of Education and denied a meeting with Acting Secretary Carter.
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The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
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I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
February 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
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Everybody check on your group chats. It’s rough out here.
January 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everybody check on your group chats. It’s rough out here.
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Thoughts and prayers are back on the menu.
January 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thoughts and prayers are back on the menu.
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🗣️ @jimacosta.bsky.social’s CNN exit sign-off:
January 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🗣️ @jimacosta.bsky.social’s CNN exit sign-off:
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Breaking: DOJ freezes all cases in civil rights division. "It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, regardless of the ideology of any incoming president or administration." Story w/ @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division
The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Breaking: DOJ freezes all cases in civil rights division. "It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, regardless of the ideology of any incoming president or administration." Story w/ @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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According to a Tuesday memorandum from the US Office of Personnel Management, agencies are required to send in a plan for “executing a reduction-in-force action”—in other words, layoffs—against their DEI employees.
Trump shuts down diversity programs across government
The president is demanding that federal workers inform on colleagues who violate his decree.
www.motherjones.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
According to a Tuesday memorandum from the US Office of Personnel Management, agencies are required to send in a plan for “executing a reduction-in-force action”—in other words, layoffs—against their DEI employees.
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We must take back our reproductive freedom and rights!
now.org/media-center...
now.org/media-center...
January 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We must take back our reproductive freedom and rights!
now.org/media-center...
now.org/media-center...
This semester, I’m teaching a Queer Activism in the US and a Race, Class, & Gender in Dystopian Fiction class. Very different vibes in very important times 🤙🏽
January 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This semester, I’m teaching a Queer Activism in the US and a Race, Class, & Gender in Dystopian Fiction class. Very different vibes in very important times 🤙🏽