Sylvia Perry

@sylviapperry.bsky.social

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Assoc. Prof of Social Psych & Institute for Policy Research Fellow @NorthwesternU; Director of the Northwestern SCIP Lab

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · Feb 24

I wrote a piece for @sciam.bsky.social about why White parents should be talking to their kids about race and racism. It was so great to work with @megha.bsky.social on this piece! Please share! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Why It’s Important to Talk about Race with Children

Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist

www.scientificamerican.com

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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 4d

So true! Didn’t realize how much I needed it.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

every week just gets weirder tbh

Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 4d

I would feel similarly if Mamdani were saying something different in person vs on the campaign trail. The fact that he stands 10 toes down in this interaction makes me hopeful that he'll be different. We'll see.

Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 4d

If someone told me this were AI, I would believe it, because, wut?!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”

TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”

ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

Donald Trump for Zohran Mamdani

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 4d

After that meeting, I'm never playing poker against Zohran Mamdani.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”

TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”

ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 4d

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jonathan Doriscar @jonds7.bsky.social · 8d

New preprint out 📄
“Why Reform Stalls: Justifications of Force Are Linked to Lower Outrage and Reform Support.”

Why do some cases of police violence spark reform while others fade? We look at how people explain them—through justification or outrage.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 9d

Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 9d

I mean

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 9d

I mean

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 10d

Here's @npr.org's Obituary of Alice Wong:
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social me...

www.npr.org

Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 11d

Wow, Veena--this is amazing! Congratulations!

Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 11d

Perfection!

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!

We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 16d

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d

I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit

this should not be controversial 🫠

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17d

“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba

In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together

"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18d

Here's the promised longer explainer:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

190. SNAP WTF?

A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

www.stevevladeck.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 18d

NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.