Megan Goodwin
@mpgphd.bsky.social
✏️ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America
🙄 also "cults"
💻 senior editor @religiondispatches.org
🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF
📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020)
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🙄 also "cults"
💻 senior editor @religiondispatches.org
🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF
📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020)
pitch me! https://tinyurl.com/mpgphd
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Megan Goodwin
@mpgphd.bsky.social
· Jun 26
if this post confuses you or makes you upset: I get it
but also I'm right
and if you want to learn more about religion and how it shapes our whole world (especially but not exclusively through empire): good news!
we wrote a book about that
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...
but also I'm right
and if you want to learn more about religion and how it shapes our whole world (especially but not exclusively through empire): good news!
we wrote a book about that
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...
just watched *The Smashing Machine* in its entirety
and my question is:
why
and my question is:
why
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 AM
just watched *The Smashing Machine* in its entirety
and my question is:
why
and my question is:
why
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
Israel torched UNWRA Headquarters in Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem
"There are no limits to the defiance of the United Nations & international law...After having been stormed and demolished by the Israeli authorities, the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem has now been set on fire."
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Israel torched UNWRA Headquarters in Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
Sharing from Alice Wong's IG account. Alice's Celebration of Life will be on March 25, 2026.
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Sharing from Alice Wong's IG account. Alice's Celebration of Life will be on March 25, 2026.
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
is it too late to call Bryan Fuller's Hannibal "Eated Rivalry"
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
is it too late to call Bryan Fuller's Hannibal "Eated Rivalry"
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
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There's no denying, however, that the vast majority of white Americans were unopposed (at the very least) to racial fascism for most of this country's history. For centuries, that racial fascism was built on a foundation of deadly state & private violence. bsky.app/profile/bost...
Speaking in Paris at the Second International Writers Congress in 1937, Langston Hughes declared: “We Negroes in America do not have to be told what fascism is in action. We know.”
January 26, 2026 at 1:19 AM
There's no denying, however, that the vast majority of white Americans were unopposed (at the very least) to racial fascism for most of this country's history. For centuries, that racial fascism was built on a foundation of deadly state & private violence. bsky.app/profile/bost...
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The Supreme Court literally just heard oral argument in a case poised to further limit states' ability to enact gun control laws
The GOP's position is 'we need to be able to take guns anywhere, but if you take guns anywhere you can and should be killed on sight'
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/wolfo...
The GOP's position is 'we need to be able to take guns anywhere, but if you take guns anywhere you can and should be killed on sight'
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/wolfo...
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The Supreme Court literally just heard oral argument in a case poised to further limit states' ability to enact gun control laws
The GOP's position is 'we need to be able to take guns anywhere, but if you take guns anywhere you can and should be killed on sight'
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/wolfo...
The GOP's position is 'we need to be able to take guns anywhere, but if you take guns anywhere you can and should be killed on sight'
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/wolfo...
wait until he hears about getting a cancer diagnosis if you're broke in the US
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
wait until he hears about getting a cancer diagnosis if you're broke in the US
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
Win or lose, Patriots suck 💃
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Win or lose, Patriots suck 💃
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Bread and Roses and Smut
"I can think of no better excuse for New Yorkers to stay home, take a long nap, or take advantage of our public libraries offer of free access to 'Heated Rivalry' on eBook or audio book for anyone with a library card."
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, at his snow press conferece today.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, at his snow press conferece today.
January 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Bread and Roses and Smut
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someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
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Of course no one should assume Signal is perfectly secure, and yes, for certain extreme circumstances, you should use no electronic comms.
But for 99.9% of Americans right now? “Signal is just as insecure as other forms of comms” is utterly irresponsible and counterproductive advice.
But for 99.9% of Americans right now? “Signal is just as insecure as other forms of comms” is utterly irresponsible and counterproductive advice.
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Of course no one should assume Signal is perfectly secure, and yes, for certain extreme circumstances, you should use no electronic comms.
But for 99.9% of Americans right now? “Signal is just as insecure as other forms of comms” is utterly irresponsible and counterproductive advice.
But for 99.9% of Americans right now? “Signal is just as insecure as other forms of comms” is utterly irresponsible and counterproductive advice.
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There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
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No words
“As the Michigan-based attorney walked toward his car…he heard what sounded like “100s of children” shouting, with voices he described as "high-pitched" and "urgent.”…he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting “Libertad."
shorturl.at/yOXfh
“As the Michigan-based attorney walked toward his car…he heard what sounded like “100s of children” shouting, with voices he described as "high-pitched" and "urgent.”…he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting “Libertad."
shorturl.at/yOXfh
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
shorturl.at
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
No words
“As the Michigan-based attorney walked toward his car…he heard what sounded like “100s of children” shouting, with voices he described as "high-pitched" and "urgent.”…he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting “Libertad."
shorturl.at/yOXfh
“As the Michigan-based attorney walked toward his car…he heard what sounded like “100s of children” shouting, with voices he described as "high-pitched" and "urgent.”…he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting “Libertad."
shorturl.at/yOXfh
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
Abolish the border
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Abolish the border
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This bookstore is a *dream* of resistance-themed books. Can't wait for this classic to arrive.
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This bookstore is a *dream* of resistance-themed books. Can't wait for this classic to arrive.
they are not from the gores
and they should not come to the gores
and they should not come to the gores
MAGA absolutely does not want to force the heavily armed and overwhelmingly Democrat-voting denizens of Vermont to retreat to the sheltering silence of the hills and hollers
hobbits are some country ass mutherfuckers man. getting all hopped up on reefer setting off fireworks and shit. the central theory of this story is that the greatest and cruelest army in all history can be defeated by a passel of pothead hillbillies
January 25, 2026 at 4:37 PM
they are not from the gores
and they should not come to the gores
and they should not come to the gores
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The "outside agitator" narrative pre-dates the Civil Rights Movement as well. It was supposedly outside agitators who were responsible for filling the otherwise docile and grateful slaves' heads with all that crazy talk of freedom, causing drapetomania.
Selma, 1964:
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The "outside agitator" narrative pre-dates the Civil Rights Movement as well. It was supposedly outside agitators who were responsible for filling the otherwise docile and grateful slaves' heads with all that crazy talk of freedom, causing drapetomania.
Reposted by Megan Goodwin
Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
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"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
time.com/7357635/more...
time.com/7357635/more...
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials
According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.
time.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
time.com/7357635/more...
time.com/7357635/more...