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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 21h

There was a similar dynamic covering repro. For how many years did abortion workers scream that the end of Roe was coming, and that Roe was never enough in the first place? They were screaming into a void.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 21h

I cannot stand to hear/read the “how did we get here” and “this is “un-American” crowds. It actually makes me feel like I’m going fucking crazy.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 21h

Sometimes (like tonight) I cannot sleep thinking about all of the immigrants who over the years told me we were headed to the place our country currently finds itself, and how little people seemed to care because it was immigrants saying it.

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 2d

This week, I wrote about how the liberation of Palestine would require widespread decolonial action. Through an analysis of Kneecap's body of work and their unapologetic solidarity, I write about how Palestine challenges the very world we live in today, for @theflytrapmedia.com (free post):

Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech in the Music Industry Shows the Power of Demands for Decolonization

The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her) @kleonardphd.bsky.social · 2d

GET OFF SUBSTACK

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that Substack helped launch Bari Weiss into CBS takeover position and the precarious media position in which we find ourselves generally. (And this is only one of multiple Bad Things about them!) The best time to have left there is, like, a couple years ago, but the second best time is now.

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHhHHhhh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 2d

anyway yes obviously you can get it as a poster

Saoirse Don Phalaistín 12x16 Poster

The official shop of The Flytrap Media. Buy merch, and support your favorite feminist media collection!

theflytrapmedia-shop.fourthwall.com

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHhHHhhh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 2d

wherein @nicolefroio.bsky.social brings it yet AGAIN on the topic of music + colonization, and don't even get me started on the art this week -- this illo is phenomenal, just LOOK AT THE TEXTURE

Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech in the Music Industry Shows the Power of Demands for Decolonization

The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Kat Stafford @katstafford.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: A Democrat-led civil rights watchdog agency opened a sweeping investigation into the federal gov’s response to allegations of antisemitism on college campuses. The review may bring a rare dose of official scrutiny to Trump’s confrontations w/ universities. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: US civil rights agency opens sweeping antisemitism probe

A Democrat-led civil rights watchdog agency opened a sweeping investigation into how the federal government has responded to allegations of antisemitism on college campuses, a review that could bring a rare dose of official scrutiny to the Trump administration’s confrontations with Columbia and other universities.

www.reuters.com

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 4d

I really enjoyed working on this piece on horror, the haunted house, and the politics of housing with @freeblackgirl.bsky.social for @theflytrapmedia.com; what makes it even better is this KILLER illustration from @meowwwls.bsky.social

This is the kind of cultural criticism I love doing!

Housing Haunts Me

If only getting a mortgage was as easy as opening a book.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 2d

Early @theflytrapmedia.com this week: The outstanding @nicolefroio.bsky.social on censoring bands who speak out about Palestine by an establishment terrified of decolonization.

Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech in the Music Industry Shows the Power of Demands for Decolonization

The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll share more soon about some wild records I obtained, but for now, I’m resharing my recently-published H-2A investigation about gender-based violence in the program.

She managed to get a farmworker visa. Once in the U.S., she endured abuse.

A Prism investigation reveals that women are routinely shut out of the H-2A program. Those who get in report doing non-agricultural labor and facing sexual violence and trafficking

prismreports.org

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

This reporting takes a very long time to produce, to ensure the safety of migrant workers. I am grateful that they stay in touch with me and entrust me with their questions and concerns, but most of all that they see journalism as a useful tool.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

I am already working on another story about wage theft in the H-2A program that will publish by the end of the year, and I’m mapping out stories for next year based on concerns and information provided by H-2A workers and farmworker organizers and advocates.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

What we can know for certain is that the presence of federal immigration agents means there will be a mind boggling level of surveillance at the event.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

We are obviously dealing with ICE unleashed under Trump 2.0, and we’ve all now seen videos of CBP agents in neighborhoods violently detaining immigrants and American citizen onlookers. So, I understand the concern and it’s very hard to gauge what will happen.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

In the past (even under Trump), CBP has said they attend the event to provide extra security and the arm of ICE known as Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has said it’s there to crackdown on the sale of counterfeit items.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen a lot of people posting about their concern regarding DHS presence at the Super Bowl. I wrote this piece in 2018 about this very thing. Essentially, there is a long practice of federal immigration agencies having a presence at the sporting event.

ICE Says It Won't Round Up Immigrants at the Super Bowl. Should Minnesotans Believe Them?

Although ICE claims it will not be in Minnesota to conduct immigration enforcement and Minneapolis is designated as a so-called sanctuary city, residents say there is still cause for concern.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5d

Happy Spooky Flytrap Friday!! You know what's spooky? The housing market! @sesmith.lol writes about how they are haunted by buying somewhere to live and how that millenial trend has spawned a new housing-related horror genre in literature: the-flytrap.ghost.io/housing-haun...

Housing Haunts Me

If only getting a mortgage was as easy as opening a book.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 5d

Mario is our colleague; someone who has spent years reporting critical stories about immigrant communities. His deportation is Unconstitutional, but make no mistake, it is VERY American. Where are the free speech warriors when a journalist is fucking deported for working in the field?

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 5d

Journalist Mario Guevara is reporting that he will be deported to El Salvador today, after spending more than 100 days in detention after he was arrested on June 14 while covering a "No Kings" protest near Atlanta, GA. The charges against him were dropped, but DHS pursued deportation anyways.