Martha Crawford
@whatashrinkthinks.com
focused on dreams, mysticism, mortality, community resilience and psychologies of liberation
Essays in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine
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Website: whatashrinkthinks.com
Essays in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine
Crone
Quaker-ish
She/Her
Website: whatashrinkthinks.com
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Martha Crawford
@whatashrinkthinks.com
· Jul 17
What A Shrink Thinks
Martha Crawford offering workshops, consultations, and essays on dreams,
death, contemplation, community resilience and psychologies of liberation
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
A thread to pin to my feed about the different kinds of work that I do around something central that feels whole to me:
Almost everything is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis
Upcoming events and workshops are a good place to start
Almost everything is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis
Upcoming events and workshops are a good place to start
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You can’t pour from an empty cup.
Take your meds. Drink your water. Do your dishes. Make a comfort food. Watch a little trash tv. Talk to your friends. Disconnect for a bit when you need to. Find the ways to sustain yourself. We need you.
Take your meds. Drink your water. Do your dishes. Make a comfort food. Watch a little trash tv. Talk to your friends. Disconnect for a bit when you need to. Find the ways to sustain yourself. We need you.
January 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
You can’t pour from an empty cup.
Take your meds. Drink your water. Do your dishes. Make a comfort food. Watch a little trash tv. Talk to your friends. Disconnect for a bit when you need to. Find the ways to sustain yourself. We need you.
Take your meds. Drink your water. Do your dishes. Make a comfort food. Watch a little trash tv. Talk to your friends. Disconnect for a bit when you need to. Find the ways to sustain yourself. We need you.
This is such an intense symbolic/archetypal moment.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
January 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
This is such an intense symbolic/archetypal moment.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
So:
First we scheduled the chimney cleaner.
Second- we lit a fire and all the carbon monoxide detector alarms went off in sequence.
The first one I thought was the battery. The second one I believed.
First we scheduled the chimney cleaner.
Second- we lit a fire and all the carbon monoxide detector alarms went off in sequence.
The first one I thought was the battery. The second one I believed.
January 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
So:
First we scheduled the chimney cleaner.
Second- we lit a fire and all the carbon monoxide detector alarms went off in sequence.
The first one I thought was the battery. The second one I believed.
First we scheduled the chimney cleaner.
Second- we lit a fire and all the carbon monoxide detector alarms went off in sequence.
The first one I thought was the battery. The second one I believed.
My husband and I both let out heavy sighs multiple times a day. Like double digits both.
But:
He only sighs in response to something he finds an annoyance and I only sigh continuously for no reason at all.
I find his kind of sighs are worse than my kind - but of course he believes the reverse
But:
He only sighs in response to something he finds an annoyance and I only sigh continuously for no reason at all.
I find his kind of sighs are worse than my kind - but of course he believes the reverse
January 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
My husband and I both let out heavy sighs multiple times a day. Like double digits both.
But:
He only sighs in response to something he finds an annoyance and I only sigh continuously for no reason at all.
I find his kind of sighs are worse than my kind - but of course he believes the reverse
But:
He only sighs in response to something he finds an annoyance and I only sigh continuously for no reason at all.
I find his kind of sighs are worse than my kind - but of course he believes the reverse
Also: McCulloch has different size tanks- I got the medium/small one just because I wanted to stow it in a closet instead of the garage.
January 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
By the way, for once I heard that Walz had called in the National Guard under his command from a human being before I heard it online.
January 10, 2026 at 11:40 PM
By the way, for once I heard that Walz had called in the National Guard under his command from a human being before I heard it online.
Border Patrol has been hideously evil and violent for MUCH longer than ICE
I learned this fully FIFTY YEARS AGO.
I learned this fully FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Weird for the whole world to understand how violent Border & immigration police are when I’ve been terrified my whole life.
Listen: when I was 11-14 years old I lived in a safe house for undocumented workers, mostly hosted teenagers
At 12 I saw for the first, and not the last time, a 16 year old farm worker who had been beaten to a horrific pulp by US Border Patrol- under the Carter Adm.
I see the enemy and it is us
At 12 I saw for the first, and not the last time, a 16 year old farm worker who had been beaten to a horrific pulp by US Border Patrol- under the Carter Adm.
I see the enemy and it is us
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Border Patrol has been hideously evil and violent for MUCH longer than ICE
I learned this fully FIFTY YEARS AGO.
I learned this fully FIFTY YEARS AGO.
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I saw a ~70 year old white woman completely dripped out in sage green technical hiking clothing, apple green hair, neon green Hokas, and bottle green sunglasses holding a FUCK ICE sign on the train and she is my new personal style role model.
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I saw a ~70 year old white woman completely dripped out in sage green technical hiking clothing, apple green hair, neon green Hokas, and bottle green sunglasses holding a FUCK ICE sign on the train and she is my new personal style role model.
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just said 'oh noooo' aloud
before I started cackling, that is
before I started cackling, that is
Would y’all believe me if I said i’m in an uber rn with a white man playing me and my sister his country mixtape he made with AI
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
just said 'oh noooo' aloud
before I started cackling, that is
before I started cackling, that is
“These Nazis need better training!”
Whole lotta “I sure think these Nazis could be doing their jobs better!” Rhetoric coming from people who’d like your vote and your money
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
“These Nazis need better training!”
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I trot these two BdB examples out every time some couch critic says a mayor controls the cops. They do not. Every cop in this country works with impunity. If a mayor agrees with them, great. If a mayor doesn't, they'll sick out, harass, publicly disrespect them, or worse and still do what they do.
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I trot these two BdB examples out every time some couch critic says a mayor controls the cops. They do not. Every cop in this country works with impunity. If a mayor agrees with them, great. If a mayor doesn't, they'll sick out, harass, publicly disrespect them, or worse and still do what they do.
And many local police departments filled with Nazis.
There is only one terrorist organization running coordinated operations in U.S. cities, and it is the United States Federal Government.
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
January 10, 2026 at 11:16 PM
And many local police departments filled with Nazis.
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AND DOXXED her. ALSO: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Meet the men who scared de Blasio away from police reform
The average New Yorker may not know anything about unions representing NYPD officers, but they are arguably as responsible for the current state of New York City policing as Mayor Bill de Blasio and P...
www.cityandstateny.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
AND DOXXED her. ALSO: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Greasy two-shirted Bannon.
Gross.
Gross.
Bannon, MTG, and Tucker will reshape MAGA into "America First" - all white nationalist but anti-AI and military intervention (until of course they find an excuse to bomb some countries)
www.axios.com/2026/01/10/s...
www.axios.com/2026/01/10/s...
Scoop: Bannon quietly making moves toward 2028 run
Publicly, however, he's calling for a third term for President Trump.
www.axios.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Greasy two-shirted Bannon.
Gross.
Gross.
I went to this and walked many laps with people who were as distressed and enraged as I am
And its always so moving to see elders with canes and walking sticks and kids and families braving the icy conditions to stand for justice
And its always so moving to see elders with canes and walking sticks and kids and families braving the icy conditions to stand for justice
We'll be walking in vigil around the Roundhouse grounds. Join us 💙
indivisiblesantafe.org/2026-01-10-i...
indivisiblesantafe.org/2026-01-10-i...
January 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I went to this and walked many laps with people who were as distressed and enraged as I am
And its always so moving to see elders with canes and walking sticks and kids and families braving the icy conditions to stand for justice
And its always so moving to see elders with canes and walking sticks and kids and families braving the icy conditions to stand for justice
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What this administration is doing is accelerating and building on what already existed. This is disorienting, I know. We have to do what we can to protect each other locally while we also seriously address the foundational issues. This country has to disempower policing. I hope people understand now
January 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
What this administration is doing is accelerating and building on what already existed. This is disorienting, I know. We have to do what we can to protect each other locally while we also seriously address the foundational issues. This country has to disempower policing. I hope people understand now
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The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
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That actually kind of sounds like your fantasy, Naomi.
January 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
That actually kind of sounds like your fantasy, Naomi.
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It may not seem like it, but right now is a great time to think about the different world we want.
January 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
It may not seem like it, but right now is a great time to think about the different world we want.
Weird for the whole world to understand how violent Border & immigration police are when I’ve been terrified my whole life.
Listen: when I was 11-14 years old I lived in a safe house for undocumented workers, mostly hosted teenagers
At 12 I saw for the first, and not the last time, a 16 year old farm worker who had been beaten to a horrific pulp by US Border Patrol- under the Carter Adm.
I see the enemy and it is us
At 12 I saw for the first, and not the last time, a 16 year old farm worker who had been beaten to a horrific pulp by US Border Patrol- under the Carter Adm.
I see the enemy and it is us
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Weird for the whole world to understand how violent Border & immigration police are when I’ve been terrified my whole life.
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It wasn’t college that radicalized me. It was the Border Patrol and Harvey Milk.
November 4, 2023 at 1:54 AM
It wasn’t college that radicalized me. It was the Border Patrol and Harvey Milk.
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Folks.
I was literally raised in safe house for people living in the US without documentation.
I know what is happening with immigration.
I have been traumatized by the terrors I lived with, that I have born witness to, and the people who I could not protect my entire life.
I was literally raised in safe house for people living in the US without documentation.
I know what is happening with immigration.
I have been traumatized by the terrors I lived with, that I have born witness to, and the people who I could not protect my entire life.
May 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Folks.
I was literally raised in safe house for people living in the US without documentation.
I know what is happening with immigration.
I have been traumatized by the terrors I lived with, that I have born witness to, and the people who I could not protect my entire life.
I was literally raised in safe house for people living in the US without documentation.
I know what is happening with immigration.
I have been traumatized by the terrors I lived with, that I have born witness to, and the people who I could not protect my entire life.
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And I don’t mean to be dramatic - but I grew up in a safe house in Southern California in the Carter administration when people without documentation couldn’t go to the hospital without being deported-
I’ve seen what the feds and Border Patrol can do to people. The fear is in my bones.
I’ve seen what the feds and Border Patrol can do to people. The fear is in my bones.
November 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM
And I don’t mean to be dramatic - but I grew up in a safe house in Southern California in the Carter administration when people without documentation couldn’t go to the hospital without being deported-
I’ve seen what the feds and Border Patrol can do to people. The fear is in my bones.
I’ve seen what the feds and Border Patrol can do to people. The fear is in my bones.