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spooki•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"…

"Violence" in Social Movements • 111
They Will Call You Violent
If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because "violence" is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent.
Even as people experience the violence of poverty, the torture of im-prisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to "peaceful protest," they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.

Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

“Intervening into Burnout: An Article on Career Discernment by Beth Godbee, Ph.D.” → youtu.be/w26WpyJH4kA?... This is the last (for now) in the career discernment playlist, sharing in audio form articles previously published in Inside Higher Ed. This one appeared on July 7, 2023. I argue: +

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Intervening into Burnout: An Article on Career Discernment by Beth Godbee, Ph.D.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

We’re just a week away from the summer writing group! If you’ve been curious about or wanting to join a #writinggroup, maybe now is the time? There are still spaces to join us on Fridays 10am-1pm ET: heart-head-hands.com/product/onli...

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Writing Group: Meets Weekly Online | Heart - Head - Hands

If you’re seeking accountability and support for your writing, consider joining this online weekly writing group.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I've been writing and sharing poetry more since Helene, because sometimes all I feel are the same lines welling up again and again. Here’s one of those poems. And so much gratitude for each of you writing and finding ways forward in (m)any shapes and ways. <3

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

To this day, I wish we'd use the language of "burn up" instead of "burn out," since burnout is really about the oppressive systems burning us up. But, alas, here is a new read-aloud of my article from 2022 about how burnout/-up is a collective experience and needs collective intervention as well. +

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

May always feels like a time for recommitting -- recommitting to creative work, to writing projects (especially those set aside), and to ourselves and the people we write with and for. There's an invitation to start again as spring is in full bloom and the promise of summer awaits. +

This photo, a mural in downtown Raleigh (from my recent visit to Candace Epps-Robertson) shows writing out in the world --> a combination of eyes, plants, and a butterfly, along with the text: "There is beauty in the mundane" and "slow down and look inwards." The colorful mural by @nadasink sits alongside street signs, stickers, and the alphabet written in the upper right-hand corner.

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Israel is starving and bombing Palestinians to wipe Gaza off the map. Now more than ever, Americans must speak out against Israel’s genocide. Call your lawmakers. Demand an arms embargo. Don’t stay silent.

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Americans have tuned out Gaza at the worst possible moment

Israel has a horrifying new plan for “the concluding moves” of the Gaza war. Yet it’s flying under the American radar.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

For May Day and International Workers Day, I want to share the career discernment article "What I Learned as I Was Leaving." Here's a new read-aloud of this article previously published in Inside Higher Ed: youtu.be/rWoDKJa3-qs?...

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What I Learned as I Was Leaving: An Article on Career Discernment by Beth Godbee, Ph.D.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I'm so grateful for Alice Ragland writing and sharing "Not All Opinions Deserve a Microphone in the Classroom": www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/arti...

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Not All Opinions Deserve a Microphone in the Classroom

We should be teaching students how to evaluate evidence, not how to politely entertain lies.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I'm emotional as writing groups are ending this week, surely because these past few months have been such a brutalizing time and because the people and community co-created have meant the world to me. +

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 20/04/2025

Not even the dead are safe in Gaza. Palestinians fear Israel has bulldozed Gaza’s largest cemetery—erasing generations, even in death. Graves destroyed. Bones scattered. This is not war. It’s genocide. mondoweiss.net/2025/04/pale...

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Palestinians fear Gaza’s largest cemetery has been destroyed. Not even our dead can have peace.

Al-Sharqiya Cemetery, near Gaza City, is the largest cemetery in Gaza. It has been inaccessible since the genocide began and many fear it has been bulldozed and destroyed, along with the remains of…

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YK Hong @ykhong.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

While taking in this administration’s actions, as anyone who has ever been bullied knows all too well, just because they are using intimidation tactics, threatening, being abusive, harmful, or exerting oppression, this does not at all mean that they have prevailed. It just means they are bullies.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I am repeating to myself often "give it to the water" and imagining that I can pour out and offer up what I can't carry alone. Here's a view of Beaver Lake on a recent evening walk. I am so grateful to live here, near water and surrounded by mountains. Sending love on this spring weekend. <3

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This new read-aloud shares the article “Planning to Leave?" which was published in Inside Higher Ed (IHE) back in 2018: youtu.be/h2AzR8xsq6g?...

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Planning to Leave? An Article on Career Discernment by Beth Godbee, Ph.D.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The U.S. pays 17,900,000,000 in federal tax dollars for the Israeli military’s weapons, but could instead fund:

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Across higher ed, “I have never seen a climate of fear like this in my life" Todd Wolfson & @chenjerai.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social tell me. "But I’m seeing something else too... that fear is turning into anger & that anger is turning into action" Listen to our vital conversation @therealnews.com

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‘People are hiding in their apartments’: Inside Trump’s assault on universities

by Maximillian Alvarez
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“I have never seen a climate of fear like this in my life anywhere. We’re getting hundreds of emails every single day from faculty, staff, and students [saying], ‘I need a safe place to stay.’”

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AK Press @akpress.org · 04/04/2025

Watch the full conversation between @blackquantum.bsky.social & Fred Moten, talking about Dismantling the Master's Clock here www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdR-.... Thanks to the legendary @citylightsbooks.bsky.social for this meeting of minds! Purchase your copy at www.akpress.org/dismantling-... 5/5

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CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Rasheedah Phillips with Fred Moten

AK Press and City Lights celebrate the publication of Dismantling the Master’s Clock On Race, Space, and Time By Rasheedah Phillips Published by AK Press Pur...

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NPR @npr.org · 03/04/2025

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

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Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

My weekly curated list of must-reads and some final thoughts for the week. "I believe we can do better. I see better every day in the decency of people who choose to act, defy authority, and care for each other. I know we can amplify that spirit and create more safety and justice in this world."

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Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on the Consequences of Trying

I believe in our potential and creativity, even in the face of the mess this country has made.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/03/2025

ICE has already moved Rumeysa Ozturk to Louisiana in violation of a court order signed last night ordering her not to be removed from Massachusetts. This is rendition to avoid legal process and to torture detainees in Louisiana. apnews.com/article/tuft...

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Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

With gratitude, I share a new article: “‘Because We’re Going to Mess Up’: Practices for Accountability—Not a Piecemeal Approach” co-authored with Rasha Diab and published in CCC. Here's a post sharing more about the article, including how to get a copy: heart-head-hands.com/new-article-...

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New Article: “Because We’re Going to Mess Up”: Practices for Accountability—Not a Piecemeal Approach | Heart - Head - Hands

This post shares a new article: “‘Because We’re Going to Mess Up’: Practices for Accountability—Not a Piecemeal Approach” (with Rasha Diab).

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It's the spring equinox, and I want to send blessings on this day of new beginnings. But I've also been struggling. Collectively, there's so much violence & so much heartbreaking. I'm full of rage and certainly cursing a lot. Personally, I'm trying to say hard things & to stay with hard emotions. +

Photo shows me with tired eyes and sharp teeth, near a small lake surrounded by mountains. Some trees have red buds, and some pops of green appear against the mostly brown landscape.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I've found myself writing today about what times we're living and writing and attempting to intervene in! There's so much day to day ... and I'm finding myself so grateful for each person in my life, each bit of correspondence. +

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

ALL EYES ON PALESTINE: The Israeli military is resuming its all-out assault on Palestinian families in Gaza, drastically escalating its violations of the ceasefire, killing and wounding hundreds.

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Let this be known: Detaining & attempting to deport Mahmoud Khalil & threatening that i’d be first of many were all timed to occur a week before Israel’s cruel attack on Gaza this night It is an aggressive message to those on campuses and elsewhere who may want to protest the new cycle of genocide.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/03/2025

“When you allow the rule of law to disappear for one group of people in the country, it will soon disappear for everybody. And then we lose everything we believe the US should stand for.” As Trump invokes the same statute to justify mass deportations, consider these messages a critical warning.

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The US used the Alien Enemies Act to detain their families. Now, they are watching history repeat.

The statute justified the imprisonment in World War II of thousands like Heidi Gurcke Donald. She is horrified as Trump invokes it for mass deportation.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Many of you know Candace Epps-Robertson, Ph.D., a collaborator with Heart-Head-Hands. In January, Candace made a career transition, leaving her faculty position and launching Full Circle Writing, LLC. Now, this blog post shares her business launch: heart-head-hands.com/candace-epps...

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Q&A with Candace Epps-Robertson, Ph.D.: Introducing Full Circle Writing, LLC | Heart - Head - Hands

This interview shares Candace Epps-Robertson's launch of Full Circle Writing, LLC, which supports writers with care and connection.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

From September 2023: "According to Musk’s philosophy, most of us are non-player characters (NPCs). That gamer mindset, which labels most of us as lacking independent thought, purpose, or agency, is a fascistic worldview that effectively classifies the majority of humanity as subhuman."

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Firehoses and Snow Globes: The Politics of Obfuscation and Overwhelm

"The point is not to debate reality but to dominate it."

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Do you think they're worried about the political consequences of poor, elderly, and disabled people dying? Our 2020 COVID losses happened and Trump is back. Preventable mass death was further normalized, which further normalized mass murder, which made genocide background noise for most people here.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

With so much badness these days, I have been especially grateful for turkeys who remind me of abundance and community care. It's amazing to witness how turkeys communicate and coordinate with each other, even in large and dispersed groups. +

Photos show around 10 and 15 turkeys, part of a much larger group, in the street, sidewalk, and front yards.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I am so grateful to have a poem included in the collection “From the Holler to the Sea: Hurricane Helene Survivors Speak Out”—a collaboration of the Appalachian poetry space Dandelion Scribes and local organizing collective Rednecks Rising. +

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AK Press @akpress.org · 27/02/2025

Dismantling the Master's Clock 🕰️🔨 author Rasheedah Phillips will be in conversation with Fred Moten on Monday, March 3rd! RSVP for the virtual event hosted by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social and check out all of Rasheedah's upcoming Northeast events here: revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/2025/01/dism...

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

For those interested in building pods, registration for the March 15th Pod Greenhouse will be sent to the SOIL **email list** this coming Monday, March 3rd. Register as an individual OR with a group. (More info here www.soiltjp.org/events) www.soiltjp.org/our-work/gre...

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SOIL Greenhouses — SOIL: A Transformative Justice Project

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Movement Generation @movementgeneration.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

We’re new here, and it seems like a good time to share radical independent media. Read our latest Murmurations column in @yesmedia.bsky.social : Climate Solutions Require Black Ecology Thanks @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social ! www.yesmagazine.org/environment/...

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Murmurations: Climate Solutions Require Black Ecology

Slavery and genocide fueled climate destruction. Black liberation will fuel regeneration.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

In this week’s writing group, one member said that they’re having to make decisions about how to show up at their institution, and this question aligned with questions I’m hearing in coaching as well. More about the questions raised in recent coaching sessions: heart-head-hands.com/coaching-as-...

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Coaching as a Way of Working with Fears | Heart - Head - Hands

Recent coaching sessions have been addressing fear in one way or another. Surely, fear is pronounced in these times.

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YK Hong @ykhong.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

For liberation to happen we have to pull the rug out from underneath ourselves. It’s imperative to understand the reality of liberation. You can’t only love the struggle, the fight, or even the fall.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

@candacewrites.bsky.social has opened registration for her first offering, a 21-day practice "Spring into Writing" -- with early bird registration through February 28th. I've signed up. I'd love to write alongside you! So I hope you'll join too: full-circle-writing.com/2025/02/21/s...

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Spring Into Writing: A 21-Day Journey to Connect with Your Writing

Winter feels incredibly long and, for many of us, heavy. It’s easy to feel disconnected from creativity during times like this—projects get set aside, writing routines stall, and inspiration can fe…

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

History shows that repression thrives when fear dictates action, and resistance is silenced by self-censorship. It’s on all of us to remain clear-eyed and stay strong to counter the repression tactics of the far-Right.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

My weekly list of must-read articles, some organizing resources, and a reflection on the ascent of Kash Patel. What should we expect from an FBI headed by a Trump acolyte? How can our communities prepare? I have some thoughts, history, and resources to share on the subject.

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Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on the FBI

We must prepare ourselves and our communities for the escalating threats we face.

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The next writing retreat (this Monday, February 24th) comes just as snow has fallen here in North Carolina and many places throughout the United States. Consider joining, along with a warm candle and cup of tea, for a cozy day of being tucked in and curled up for writing. +

Photo shows trees and houses in the fore and mountains in the distance -- all with a dusting of snow.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I talked with Live Like the World is Dying host @margaret.bsky.social about preparedness, collective survival, and challenging ourselves "to let people be better."

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Let’s Learn and Live Lessons in Collective Survival Together

“We are really good at finding what’s wrong with each other,” says author and podcaster Margaret Killjoy.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 18/02/2025

If you missed tonight’s town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts, you can watch the video here:

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The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town Hall

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The richest men in the world have decided to undermine NC's Hurricane Helene recovery and destroy the lives and livelihoods of ordinary people doing some of the most important and humbly-compensated work being done today. www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Join me and Kai Cheng Tom online with @firestorm.coop on March 31st at 7pm EST for a convo about Love in a F*cked Up World! In lieu of buying a ticket, make a donation for families in Gaza ❤️

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Hooking Up & Raising Hell: A Conversation with Dean Spade and Kai Cheng Thom

A virtual conversation between two of our favorite authors tackles how our interpersonal relationships are connected to our politics of liberation and resistance!

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

We need an outline of crisis scenarios in which everyday people will be fucked over (and how) because of the evisceration of government agencies. Most people have no idea what any of these cuts or firings mean for them.

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