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UCW-Kentucky member. Scholar of late antique Christianity interested in asceticism, gender, and historical ethics. She/her. 🖤🩶💜
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I’m crying, this is so funny WEAPONIZED MANSPLAINING FOR ESPIONAGE ☠️☠️

EXCLUSIVE: This just happened onstage in front of 6,000 Bostonians at the Dropkick Murphys concert. "This is America, no kings here!" @dropkickmurphys.com nails it again!!

Punk is political ✊

❗️URGENT ❗️At 10am ET the KY House gavels in to vote on anti-LGBTQ "Conversion Torture" & BAN Trans Medicaid coverage. There's still time to ACT NOW! Message your state lawmakers: Fairness.org/HB495 CALL 1-800-372-7181 to tell your Rep NO on HB495!

After the vote

Peak white supremacy is the desire for “intellectual diversity” and not *actual* diversity of people. Looking at you KY Legislature. #HB4 #KY25

This is the Orders of the Day in the Kentucky Senate. #kyga25

Yesterday, the KY senate voted to place a copy of the 10 Commandments on the Capitol lawn. Sen. Robbie Mills, R-Henderson, called them “a secular code of conduct.” He’s not lying. A 🧵 www.courier-journal.com/story/opinio...

While winning is always preferrable, you don't fight fascists to win, you fight because they're fascists.

We're posting live as the Senate Education Committee convenes. House Bill 4, the anti-diversity bill lawmakers have chosen to prioritize, is on the agenda. #KYGA25 #HB4

This case is about showing everyone that political protest and speech the government dislikes can get you arrested and kicked out of the country. It’s blatant authoritarianism.

Let it be know that Senators explained their “yes” votes by criticizing the raised fist on UCW shirts and by saying *out loud* that they didn’t want increased enrollment in universities and instead just want people to learn to build houses.

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

Today’s the day! Let’s pack the Senate Ed meeting and defend higher ed against these hateful anti-dei and anti-tenure bills! Senate Ed meeting starts at 3:00 in Frankfort. See you there! #KYForHigherEd #kfhe #UCW

I have never seen my own index mentioned on social media. I may be having some feels right now. #Indexer

Genuinely don’t understand how reading gender-expansiveness into history is considered anachronistic, but assuming cis-ness as a timeless category is not. Have some readings on this, but would love more if others have suggestions. #academidsky #LateAntiquity #queersky

Nice run down from @goldenleafbooks.bsky.social on Threads www.threads.net/@goldenleafb...

Ping-pong paddle signage won’t beat back the techno-fascist revolution. To fight Musk’s vision, we need something deeper—solidarity, mutual aid, and a refusal to abandon each other. My latest:

Heinous

Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Finding moments of joy in gumbo and king cake 💜💚💛

PSA: You can get plan B at Costco. Also Costco supports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.

HELL YES! This is how you do it! You won’t make time for us during the hearing? Fine! We will corner you after and make SURE you hear us! So proud of these incredible students! #KyForHigherEd #UCW

This bill passed committee with a vote of 11-4 on party lines. The meeting had some tense moments though out. Chair Tipton threatened audience members who clapped after one of the Dem’s comments with possible removal from the room if they did it again.

While our national and state electeds continue to embarrass us, our students are not! Specifically our students in Kentucky. I’m so damn proud of them. www.insightintodiversity.com/kentucky-stu...

Well, Bluesky…you know what to do. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A student at IU Bloomington opposes a bill that'd ban student IDs for voting: "At best, it's a misguided policy that is building on anti-student sentiment; at worst, it's a targeted form of voter suppression to try to make it harder for students to vote." boltsmag.org/indiana...

Time to update my office door

Rep. Tipton is now moving to pass HB424 which I wrote about earlier this year. He is adding a small floor amendment, removing a 4-year limit on employment contracts www.lpm.org/news/2025-02...

One of the best texts on organizing I have ever read. Movements with just *3.5% participation* have toppled regimes. Organising needs: trust, creativity and tactical planning. @theradr.bsky.social www.lifeisasacredtext.com/organize/

grateful to be among the collaborators in this timely teach-in event against transphobia on March 4, co-organized by Karri Whipple Alldredge @karrialldredge.bsky.social and Lynn Huber @lhuber.bsky.social !! please share, circulate, sign-up, and strategize!!

Cannot wait to hear how hyped @joeclowery.bsky.social is over Lily Yohannes after tonight’s 🔥 performance. #TSS # USWNT

This is my building this morning. The windows leak. The walls leak. The ceilings leak. And all we can afford to do is cover it with paper towels. But please, tell me again why DEI is the main problem facing universities today.