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j.j. johnson, unruly Quaker & author
@unrulyquaker.bsky.social
Restorative justice facilitator. Prison & ICE abolitionist. Roller skater.

Harsh on systems, soft on living things.

“Notes from an Unruly Quaker” on Substack.

I write y.a. novels too: Believarexic, The Theory of Everything, This Girl is Different.
Thank you for this essay, and I am SO sorry this happened to you. We don’t have this exact law in NC but we have SO many women in a similar situation: getting arrested & charged for fighting back against serial abusers / gendered assault. And then having to do time, sometimes a lot. Awful.
April 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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A different angle showing the kidnapping of Runeysa Ozturk by U.S. secret police in Massachusetts.

(via Daniel Boguslaw on Twitter) x.com/DRBoguslaw/s...
March 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“Letter from a Region in My Mind” by James Baldwin. November 17, 1962
March 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM