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dr-hartley.bsky.social
Social scientist | Advocate for marginalized voices 🌍 | Founder of BIN | Fighting for inclusion, dignity & justice | Fat Ally | Justice is a practice.
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Through my doctoral research in social identity and structural power, I’ve come to a complicated but important conclusion: the way we perform “privilege acknowledgment” in modern discourse can be more harmful than helpful.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a while, I've been assisting with the immigration crisis happening in Venezuela as migrants from the US have been forced return home by Orange Hitler and ObergruppenfĂĽhrer Musk. It has been quite the heartbreaking battle. Keep them in your thoughts.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Do not despair. Goodnight and see you all tomorrow.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

There are good people on all sides of the political aisle. They may not be of your party, my party, or this, that, and the other, but as long as men and women of good morals and character are willing to work with and for us, we all will persevere.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

We have hope, we have resolve, we have something no election of any political candidate or appointed office will ever take, our indomitable spirit as Americans. The mourning and disillusionment must end and we must pull ourselves together and stand fast as a people.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

We will fight the fights that need fighting, and we will champion the rights of all Americans. For when the shroud of the dark side has fallen, a single spark ignites fires of hope.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

I had my moments of fear and I am not saying this will be an easy road ahead, far from it. But it is the path before us we must take, even if it is not our destination.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

I have never been more proud to be Gay, Liberal, Pro Choice, Pro Right to Bear Arms (deal with it people), Pro Equality, Pro Women's Rights, and more as I am right now. We will fight the fights that need fighting, and we will champion the rights of all Americans.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Friends, thank you for your patience during my recent silence. I’ve been deeply immersed in on-the-ground efforts to support marginalized BINs (Borderless Identity Networks) in crisis zones, addressing urgent needs and amplifying unheard voices. Your unwavering support fuels this work. This is Gaza.

submitted 149 days ago • 0 comments

The fires in LA are more than a natural disaster they expose deep inequalities in how we prepare and respond. Communities of color, BINs, and those experiencing CRFIs are hit hardest, with limited access to resources, evacuation options, and emergency care. Disaster doesn't impact everyone equally.

submitted 155 days ago • 1 comment

Medical racism is happening. Pulse oximeters fail non-white patients, just like CRFIs and systemic neglect harm our BINs. From Gaza to U.S. healthcare deserts, bias in medical tools and food access endangers lives. We fight for equity because being borderless shouldn’t mean being invisible.

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

I've been thinking a lot about how I engage with music—specifically, what I should do when the N-word comes up in a song. Should I mute it? Skip the track? But if I mute it, doesn’t that mean I anticipated it? And if I anticipated it, did I think it?

submitted 162 days ago • 1 comment

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on something that should have been obvious but somehow snuck up on me—does my enjoyment of rap music, as a white woman, blur the line between appreciation and appropriation?

submitted 162 days ago • 1 comment

As I engage in my work on BIN, I find myself enjoying music more and more as a way to help the time pass. As a midwest born female identifying person who grew up on country music, I recently began listening to rap music. I find myself conflicted over this the more I listen.

submitted 162 days ago • 1 comment