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Letta Page

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(all pronouns welcome, but please don’t ma’am me) Disarmingly earnest independent sociology editor. pagesmithing.com @contexts.org @standuprecords.bsky.social

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Jan 4

Excellent #askaneditor question! I’ll answer in a few replies, focusing on what I (try to) do and knowing that you’ll get slightly different answers from different editors, editrixes, and word-nerds of all sorts.

Noah Grand @noahgrand.bsky.social · Jan 3

For folks who don’t know all the things an editor does, when do you typically get involved in the process?

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 8d

Strawberry rhubarb milkshake. That’s really it. Just wanted to make sure you knew about this possibility. It’s bringing me joy, filling my cup, and all the other word-art gerunds, even in the midst of *waves hands* everything.

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 9d

🚨Academic friends: My editing schedule in October has opened up--and I have room for 3 journal article edits this month! Let me know if you or a colleague is in need of my services 📝

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 10d

Good data says they’re tragedies.

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 11d

Grateful in this moment for Maria Bamford and Josh Gondelman, dogs (in general and specific), La Croix Pamplemousse sparkling water, good in-laws, zazen in 20 min., and the color yellow!

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Stand Up! Records @standuprecords.bsky.social · 12d

For those of you that like free samples, we put a track from our recent Dick Davy release up on our #soundcloud page (produced by @jasonklamm.com). We're particularly proud of this record, and hope that you pick up a digital, or even better, a #vinyl copy.

Look to comments for guidance.

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 11d

Donated today to @ienearth.bsky.social in honor of Simone Senogles, Indigenous climate justice and #MMIW activist. Founded in 1990, the IEN works on environmental and EJ issues; it'll make good use of your $ if you want to join me! www.ienearth.org
www.startribune.com/simone-senog...

Simone Senogles, Indigenous feminist and environmental advocate, dies at 54

Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral service Friday in Red Lake.

www.startribune.com

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 27d

Saying “I got so many vaccines both arms hurt” is basically the new “I ate so much shrimp, I got iodine poisoning.”

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 27d

Current projects: @contexts.org’s last 2 print issues, injection assistance providers, Catholic rebels, sovereignty in the Marshall Islands, social media polarization, Chicago and gangs, talking about guns, skulls and statistics. My job keeps it interesting! What are you working on?

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Sep 4

Excellent earlybird vibes at Berlin for the Children of Incarcerated Caregivers fall fundraiser! Learn more and, if you’re inspired and able, join us in donating at cicmn.org

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Aug 29

It's also beautifully written!

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tiny writing tip: Avoid starting paragraphs with discounting words like while, although, and despite. They subtly signal that the reader doesn't need to care about the first part of the sentence/entirety of the paragraph, and avoiding them makes your writing more confident. #writeon

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Aug 29

I shall take one!

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · Aug 29

Human Rights Watch is hiring a senior researcher for its U.S. immigrant rights program.

Not many non-newsroom jobs are this similar to the day to day work of journalism. If you’re a journalist and considering getting out, seriously take a look. job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...

Senior Researcher, Immigrants Rights

Multiple Locations Considered

job-boards.greenhouse.io

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Aug 29

Grateful for smart people writing actionable books, brave people running for office, and organized people showing us ways forward. Smaller gratitudes include my supercharged zinnia bed, reconnecting with my therapist, jumpsuits, and the sounds of my neighborhood drifting through open windows.

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Aug 28

I met my dearest friend Shanna on the first day of the 7th grade. I was wearing a shirt that said, on one side, "Youth Against Fascism," and, on the other, "I Believe Anita Hill." Who ever would have thought the shirt would remain as relevant as the friendship in 2025?

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hot damn! @uchicagopress.bsky.social is now shipping @joshpage.bsky.social and @joesoss.bsky.social's lively and incisive new book on the reorientation of US policing and punishment toward the relentless extraction of resources from America's most vulnerable. Only $26! tinyurl.com/LegalPlunderBook

Book Cover for "Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice" by Joshua Page and Joe Soss. The design is a reddish orange background with two white lengths of barbed wire running top-to-bottom.

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Aug 27

BTW, commercial cash bail systems? Only the U.S. and the Philippines have those.

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Aug 27

What? This is super cool and super timely: on Monday, Trump signed EOs targeting jurisdictions curbing cash bail, a predatory CJ practice that makes billions for private industry but does nothing to increase safety or ensure court appearance. tinyurl.com/BailEO Glad you're running for office, Chris!

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just finished the intro to this book (Legal Plunder) and I can already tell it’s gonna be a good one. @joshpage.bsky.social & @joesoss.bsky.social are diving deep into how the government and businesses use policing, punishment, and immigrant detention to extract revenues from communities.

The cover for Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice, by Joshua Page and Joe Soss

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Aug 10

Can you believe there are even more @contexts.org editors ready to talk to prospective authors? And while @sethabrutyn.bsky.social, @lettapage.bsky.social, and @aminghaziani.bsky.social are the “exiting team”, our incoming editor David Grazian is also at #ASA2025 and eager to meet you! #sociology

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Aug 8

These are the faces of @contextsmag editors who can’t wait to hear your ideas, #ASA2025 @sethabrutyn.bsky.social @lettapage.bsky.social

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Aug 3

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Jul 11

Into books about social (in)justice and saying goodbye to landmark bars of Minneapolis's West Bank? Join me to celebrate the release of @joshpage.bsky.social and @joesoss.bsky.social's book Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice at ‪@palmersman.bsky.social! #sociology #booksky

A party flyer with a reddish-orange background and two strips of white barbed wire running vertically down its right-hand side reads: Book Party. Palmer's Bar. 4-8pm. 500 Cedar Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN. Monday August 25. "Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice."

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · Jul 17

Since this was written, the "B" representing bisexual Americans in the remaining "LGB" acronym has also been removed from the national memorial literature. It is difficult to keep up with the damage being done. @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social @contexts.org @lettapage.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

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