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allisonburtka.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor in metro Detroit. Words in Outside, National Geographic, the Guardian, Audubon, Harvard Public Health, Well+Good, WebMD & more. writing portfolio: https://atburtka.journoportfolio.com/
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OK, everybody! Time to build our own bananas.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I need you all to see the hype video that this person made to sell their 1994 Geo Metro

submitted 10 days ago • 376 comments

“Our family loves the outdoors. We just don’t like sleeping in it.” This is what I heard my 11-year-old daughter telling another girl on our camping trip, who had asked where else we’d been camping. The answer: Nowhere. I wrote this for NatGeo Travel. www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

New Mexico is called the "Land of Enchantment." After my first visit last year, I can see why! Here's @allisonburtka.bsky.social writing about our road trip there, including visits to state & national parks and other public lands. extendedweekendgetaways.com/destination/... #NewMexico #ParkChat

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Sure you’ve lost your life savings but hey at least you can say all the slurs you want in the break room of the job you no longer have

submitted 67 days ago • 28 comments

They handcuffed a third grader. Then threw the third grader, older siblings, and their mom into a detention facility in Texas.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

This is an attack on international students AND higher ed. "Students stripped of their entry visas are receiving orders from the [DHS] to leave the country immediately—a break from past practice that often permitted them to stay and complete their studies." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

So much punching down today. The highest tariffs imposed today were on Lesotho, a tiny mountainous African country whose primary wage industry is making clothes for Levi, Gap, Walmart and other brands. I’ve spent a lot of time in those factories, and let me tell you…

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

The op-ed that Rümeysa Öztürk wrote was criticizing the Tufts University president--WHO WROTE THIS DECLARATION defending her. It's a lesson in doing the right thing and standing up for students against this fascist administration. Take notes, University of Michigan and Columbia.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

submitted 72 days ago • 228 comments

Imagine being this motivated by fear and hatred.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Disney adults, it’s your time to shine and go to bat for democracy

submitted 77 days ago • 10 comments

"At the University of Michigan, our dedication to academic excellence for the public good is inseparable from our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion." INSEPARABLE, they said. This is what the university is killing.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

As a @umich.edu alum, I'm disgusted by this. A university that calls itself the Leaders and Best, and that once was a leader in DEI, should not be capitulating in advance to fascists. And where does this end? What courses or areas of study will be cut? www.chronicle.com/article/afte...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

I am disgusted w/ my alma mater for rejecting its history of admitting students (like Arthur Miller) who other schools rejected bc of their race/religion. Some words Miller wrote about #umich that I found true, but that ring hollow today. It is a tragedy. #diversity #GoBlue #ArthurMiller #michigan

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

This is terrifying because we've been here before. Compare Vance's thoughts about German civilization and "incompatible migrants" to Hitler's own words. If we were a decent country, Vance would be forced to resign today. Instead, the GOP will praise him. www.yadvashem.org/docs/extract...

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

This is astoundingly stupid. "Women" is a term to avoid? And words like "exclude," "institutional," and "status" are used all day every day to talk about things that these fascists aren't trying to erase.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

This was my jam in the late 1900s!

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

😂 then 😢

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

This will be true for a lot of people.

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

It was fun to catch up with Aliphine Tuliamuk for @outsiderun.bsky.social last month, who confirms her career is far from over and that she’ll be scared for her competition when she’s back on the roads:

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

I wrote 2 stories in this book, and I'm so happy to have it in print. These women--breast cancer survivors who row with Recovery on Water, and Indigenous women runners and advocates--are amazing, and they're making space for others, inviting them in. www.chroniclebooks.com/products/pla...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Designating English as the official language helps no one--not even the most racist, anti-immigrant Felon Trump followers. Not even a little bit.

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments