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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 13h

Talking to folx in prison reminds me that people have been living with extreme authoritarian conditions, including censorship and denial of trans health care, prior to this moment. Let's listen when they tell us how to get through it and what they need. #solidarity truthout.org/articles/bei...

Being Trans Behind Bars in Florida Was Already Hard. Under Trump, It’s Worse.

Trans people in prison are at the front lines of the increased targeting that trans people are facing under Trump.

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 7d

We will be holding a CaRNiVAL of UnLEaRnING to launch my new book in Durham on November 2, 2-5 p.m. Come for the whack-a-mole, stay for the community building towards radical change! Other events to be announced soon! More information here: www.lewispants.com

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 7d

🗓️ Oct. 15 at 3-4 PM ET online: Please join us for a discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social, @lewispants.bsky.social, and @deanspade.bsky.social!

Register: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/f...

Event graphic for "Fighting Copaganda Under Authoritarianism: How to Advance Narratives That Undermine Authoritarianism & Increase Solidarity," taking place place on October 15, 3-4 PM ET, virtual, with Andrea J. Ritchie, Lewis Raven Wallace, and Dean Spade. The event information is in black text on a background of a collage of a thick red pain mark, tape, cutouts of a hand writing, an eye with electricity coming out of it, and a crossed-out mouth, as well as yellow and black scribbles.

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 7d

Join me, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social for a discussion on criminalization, copaganda, and narratives of solidarity. Oct 15 on the Zooms. 3 EST. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/f...

Fighting Copaganda Under Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization

A discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring Interrupting Criminalization's Andrea Ritchie, Abolition Journalism Fellow Lewis Raven Wall...

www.interruptingcriminalization.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 11d

"It's easy to feel powerless in here. I try to fight that."

"We aren't the monster in the dark that people need to fear. The monster people need to fear walks in the light and sits in a White House. History will reflect the veracity of my words."
#Florida #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration

Being Trans Behind Bars in Florida Was Already Hard. Under Trump It’s Worse.

Trans people in prison are at the front lines of the increased targeting that trans people are facing under Trump.

truthout.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14d

I assume that we won't get Surgeon General reports about the epidemic of white men shooting people and sociological studies about where their fathers are?

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you Evan. It was such a pleasure to talk to you, in spite of the terrible context.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 16d

After the death of Charlie Kirk Wall Street Journal ran with an unverified law enforcement bulletin and amplified a right-wing narrative.

I wrote about what they did wrong and why it matters for @objectivejournos.bsky.social.

objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...

Wall Street Journal shirks apology for anti-trans misinformation

As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence escalate, journalists must be rigorous when covering anti-trans rhetoric.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20d

This forthcoming book by my comrade and friend @lewispants.bsky.social is so good and it's so timely. People should pre-order 2 copies one for yourself and another for a friend or ask your local library to purchase it. www.beacon.org/Radical-Unle...

Beacon Press: Radical Unlearning

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · Sep 8

September 15 at 3 PM ET: If you're a journalist or media maker concerned about criminalization, join us and IC Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social at our next online space to share strategies, connect, and build networks of support: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/m...

Black text on a beige background, made to look like the cover of a newspaper. The masthead features the text: "February 24, May 19 & September 15. VIRTUAL MEETUP. bit.ly/JournalistsMeetupReg"

Below is a headline, text, and black and white photo of handcuffed hands: "Journalists and Media Makers Concerned About Criminalization.

We are in a time of escalating criminalization, targeting Black and Brown people, migrants, trans people, poor people, and those involved in resistance movements, as well as media makers and journalists.

We cannot be neutral on the question of our own safety and humanity, and more and more journalists are joining the effort to resist criminalization.

Our power in this resistance comes from the connections we have to one another.

IC invites journalists and media makers concerned about criminalization to come together to better establish networks of mutual support, and share strategies for combating criminalization through media."

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you're a journalist, media maker, or communicator looking for one-on-one support or thought partnership, we also offer Abolition Media Office Hours (available on Wednesdays and Thursdays this fall) staffed by @lewispants.bsky.social! Learn more and make an appointment:

Office Hours — Interrupting Criminalization

Office Hours are for journalists, communicators, and media makers who want to challenge "copaganda," shift narratives about Palestine, and integrate harm reduction and community safety in their work.

www.interruptingcriminalization.com

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Sep 7

Really interesting new research from Pew about how U.S.-ians view journalists. I'm fascinated by the tension between "advocating for communities" and "political beliefs"...https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/08/20/how-do-americans-think-journalists-should-act/

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is a book for our times! I am so proud of what Lewis had created and cannot recommend this book any more highly! Preorder this book. You will not be sorry. Ask your public libraries to do so too.

Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Sep 5

I have been learning and unlearning from and with @prisonculture.bsky.social for over a decade; I'm so grateful to have her endorsement of my latest endeavor, an in-depth inquiry into what creates the conditions for people to let go of deeply held beliefs and ideologies. Pre-order now!

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Sep 5

Everything might *feel* terrible, but we absolutely have the power to create change in our own communities. That's what Radical Unlearning proposes, and demonstrates through contemporary stories of people changing their minds (and ways) against the odds. Order now! allgoodbooks.com/item/VdT28uS...

Radical Unlearning by Lewis Raven Wallace | All Good Books

The Art and Science of Creating Change from Within

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Sep 5

I have been learning and unlearning from and with @prisonculture.bsky.social for over a decade; I'm so grateful to have her endorsement of my latest endeavor, an in-depth inquiry into what creates the conditions for people to let go of deeply held beliefs and ideologies. Pre-order now!

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ever had that "make it make sense?!" feeling when you're reading the news? Yeah. Me too. Conceiving of journalism as political education -- as the @kcdefender.bsky.social does so well -- is one solution and way forward. @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2025/08/make...

Make it make sense: movement media as political education

Even when our stories herald bad news, they can also help people make meaning and figure out our role in responding.

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Aug 25

I did go away. Now I am back. And starting a PhD program in history! And still working at @interruptcrim.bsky.social of course, offering office hours (free!) Wednesdays and Thursdays for movement journalists, communicators, anyone with a liberatory journalism question or problem.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · Aug 1

"The kinds of articles that really help people are not PR releases for organizations but real breakdowns of tactics that have and haven’t worked, real descriptions of the ins and outs of a given strategy or approach. With stories like these, we don’t need doomscrolling." — @lewispants.bsky.social

Stories are an “arrow in a quiver”

How movement journalists share strategy and inspire action.

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Aug 25

Super cool!

Aaron Hood @aaronhood.bsky.social · Aug 6

We read and discussed a really great report from Interrupting Criminalization and @lewispants.bsky.social

Interdependent Study Podcast @interdependentstudy.com · Aug 6

🆕 EPISODE 212! 🆕

In today’s episode, we discuss the report “Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism” by Lewis Raven Wallace and produced by @interruptcrim.bsky.social.

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Jul 30

Finished recording the audio book of Radical Unlearning! Cruising towards October publication...preorder now (a big help to getting the book out into the world)! allgoodbooks.com/item/VdT28uS...

Radical Unlearning by Lewis Raven Wallace | All Good Books

The Art and Science of Creating Change from Within

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Lane @heylookatlane.bsky.social · Jul 29

As a former President of a law school chapter of the Federalist Society, I just want to say how important it is that we are naming the lower-level functionaries in government and pinning their unethical and immoral behavior specifically to organizations like the Federalist Society.

Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Jul 29

A new strategy from Federalist Society lawyers at the DOJ uses “false claims” to target trans health care providers. They are already serving subpoenas to intimidate people out of providing this care. @wallace.bsky.social @interruptcrim.bsky.social @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/doj...

DOJ Memo Lays Out New Ways to Attack DEI, Trans Care, Palestine, and Immigrants

A new strategy from Federalist Society lawyers at the DOJ uses “false claims” to target trans health care providers.

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Jul 29

A new strategy from Federalist Society lawyers at the DOJ uses “false claims” to target trans health care providers. They are already serving subpoenas to intimidate people out of providing this care. @wallace.bsky.social @interruptcrim.bsky.social @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/doj...

DOJ Memo Lays Out New Ways to Attack DEI, Trans Care, Palestine, and Immigrants

A new strategy from Federalist Society lawyers at the DOJ uses “false claims” to target trans health care providers.

truthout.org

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · Jul 29

Join us online for this resource launch and discussion with IC co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social and Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social of @convergencemag.com, and Vivian Anderson of Every Black Girl.

Learn more and register:

Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization

An online launch of a new report from Interrupting Criminalization on Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism. This event also features a discussion about building inf...

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · Jul 29

Without the performance of objectivity, we can create journalism that is purposeful and even inspiring. Honored to interview @erininthemorning.com @mayaschenwar.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social for @objectivejournos.bsky.social about how it's done objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/stor...

Stories are an “arrow in a quiver”

How movement journalists share strategy and inspire action.

objectivejournalism.org

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