Libby Adler
@libbyadler.bsky.social
Professor of Law and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Northeastern University.
I'm in Paris where the restrooms seem to be predominantly all-gender and everyone appears to be surviving it.
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I'm in Paris where the restrooms seem to be predominantly all-gender and everyone appears to be surviving it.
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J. D. Vance has “clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid,” Franklin Foer argues.
J. D. Vance Fails a Simple Moral Test
The vice president welcomes anti-Semites into the Republican coalition.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
J. D. Vance has “clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid,” Franklin Foer argues.
The FDA is going after the company TomboyX, which makes underwear, swim suits, etc. for trans, nonbinary, etc. folks claiming that compression bras are medical devices. Laughing and crying.
December 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The FDA is going after the company TomboyX, which makes underwear, swim suits, etc. for trans, nonbinary, etc. folks claiming that compression bras are medical devices. Laughing and crying.
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Thank you so much to the @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social for posting my book! legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ahme... 🙏🏽
Ahmed, "Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS"
Cambridge University Press has published Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS , by Aziza Ahmed (Bosto...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Thank you so much to the @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social for posting my book! legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ahme... 🙏🏽
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It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
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I have friends everywhere.
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I have friends everywhere.
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So that was a lie. Fenway health in Boston just eliminated access for trans youth.
Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.
Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.
Massachusetts is standing strong. While many states across the country have restricted or even banned access to healthcare, Massachusetts has not backed down.
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So that was a lie. Fenway health in Boston just eliminated access for trans youth.
Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.
Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.
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WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
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Murder is wrong.
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
September 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Murder is wrong.
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
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If Kraft is this far behind after spending tons of his own born rich money on ads that offer nothing positive to Bostonians, maybe he should get the hint. Boston likes its mayor and doesn't need another entitled gazillionaire who thinks he knows better. #Boston #WuTrain
If Kraft is this far behind after spending tons of his own born rich money on ads that offer nothing positive to Bostonians, maybe he should get the hint. Boston likes its mayor and doesn't need another entitled gazillionaire who thinks he knows better. #Boston #WuTrain
Boston mayor race expected to narrow to Trump adversary Michelle Wu and son of Patriots owner Kraft
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected to take a crucial step to securing a second term when voters go to the polls.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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If Kraft is this far behind after spending tons of his own born rich money on ads that offer nothing positive to Bostonians, maybe he should get the hint. Boston likes its mayor and doesn't need another entitled gazillionaire who thinks he knows better. #Boston #WuTrain
If Kraft is this far behind after spending tons of his own born rich money on ads that offer nothing positive to Bostonians, maybe he should get the hint. Boston likes its mayor and doesn't need another entitled gazillionaire who thinks he knows better. #Boston #WuTrain
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In one of the debates in New York mayor's race, Mamdani (and Lander) both praised Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She has been one of the most passionate voices defending cities and urban life as Trump trashes them. And she's stayed popular in way Brandon Johnson has not. newrepublic.com/article/1997...
This Democrat Proves You Can Be Principled, Effective—and Popular
Zohran Mamdani has pointed to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as a model. There are many good reasons why.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In one of the debates in New York mayor's race, Mamdani (and Lander) both praised Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She has been one of the most passionate voices defending cities and urban life as Trump trashes them. And she's stayed popular in way Brandon Johnson has not. newrepublic.com/article/1997...
When I'm in a Francophone jurisdiction I don't know what restroom to use because I'm not a dude, but also not a "femme."🤨
August 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When I'm in a Francophone jurisdiction I don't know what restroom to use because I'm not a dude, but also not a "femme."🤨
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for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them
After a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor refused to sell to him, Epstein’s lawyer plans to sue a farmer’s market so that they must sell to him.
Alan Dershowitz Takes on His Greatest Challenge Yet: A Farmers Market
After a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor refused to sell to him, Epstein’s lawyer plans to sue a farmer’s market so that they must sell to him.
nymag.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them
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July 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Senate Democrats could have united behind Mangi and called out the GOP smear against him as religious bigotry. Instead, ~3 Dems decided to buy into that smear (and Schumer declined to fight), and now Bove has a 3d Circuit seat.
There's an obvious lesson here...
There's an obvious lesson here...
Emil Bove's confirmation was only possible because Democrats caved to a vile right-wing smear campaign of Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim appeals court judge, when Biden nominated him for the same seat last year. Absolutely disgraceful. Bove's confirmation is on them, too.
The Cowardice of Senate Democrats Made Emil Bove’s Confirmation Possible
Senate Democrats could have confirmed Biden nominee Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit last year. They caved to a disgraceful right-wing smear campaign instead.
ballsandstrikes.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Senate Democrats could have united behind Mangi and called out the GOP smear against him as religious bigotry. Instead, ~3 Dems decided to buy into that smear (and Schumer declined to fight), and now Bove has a 3d Circuit seat.
There's an obvious lesson here...
There's an obvious lesson here...
Climate deniers have made summer suck.
July 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Climate deniers have made summer suck.
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This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee
How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.
www.newyorker.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
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If the Trump administration wants more than another temporary cease-fire, "it needs to stop feeding the Israeli right’s dream of conquest," @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues. "It must make clear that neither nation is going anywhere":
The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The president opened the door to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. He needs to close it.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If the Trump administration wants more than another temporary cease-fire, "it needs to stop feeding the Israeli right’s dream of conquest," @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues. "It must make clear that neither nation is going anywhere":
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"Palestinians face a Hobson’s choice between starvation and the real possibility of being shot down for no intelligible reason."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Food Aid in Gaza Has Become a Horror
In the scramble for sustenance, Palestinians are gunned down for no reason, with no excuse.
www.theatlantic.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Palestinians face a Hobson’s choice between starvation and the real possibility of being shot down for no intelligible reason."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to massively reduce the size of the Department of Education
Amy Howe has the context:
Amy Howe has the context:
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump administration to massively reduce the size of the Department of Education
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would require the Department of Education to reinstate […]
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July 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to massively reduce the size of the Department of Education
Amy Howe has the context:
Amy Howe has the context:
Bostonians! Help Kraft to learn what Cuomo learned the hard way. Mayorship cannot be bought. @wutrain.bsky.social
Josh Kraft Hopes Billionaires’ Help Can Unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu - Bloomberg share.google/60KsMOORBMKl...
Josh Kraft Hopes Billionaires’ Help Can Unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu - Bloomberg share.google/60KsMOORBMKl...
Josh Kraft Helped by Dad, Rich Pals in Bid to Oust Boston Mayor
Josh Kraft is a political novice seeking to become the first person in 76 years to unseat an incumbent mayor in Boston — and a popular one at that. Yet the money is flowing in.
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July 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Bostonians! Help Kraft to learn what Cuomo learned the hard way. Mayorship cannot be bought. @wutrain.bsky.social
Josh Kraft Hopes Billionaires’ Help Can Unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu - Bloomberg share.google/60KsMOORBMKl...
Josh Kraft Hopes Billionaires’ Help Can Unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu - Bloomberg share.google/60KsMOORBMKl...
