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Jessica Luther

@jessicawluther.com
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Investigative journalist, mainly sports. Wrote a couple books. PhD in Sports Studies. Dissertation on U Texas women's bball team in the 1970s. Co-host @burnitalldownpod.com. Tall. Tired. She/Her. Austin, TX www.jessicawluther.com

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 1h
I’m always in favor of a collective reckoning around gendered violence but also, it’s fucking exhausting. The sheer tsunami of stories of harm. The desperation from women and survivors that men listen, for once, and learn and change. The force of the righteous and correct anger. Phew.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 4h
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Valerie Valkyrie @beezygrey.bsky.social · 3h
Love a WNBA where random shitheads can harass a Black woman at her job with impunity and she's the only one who suffers consequences for it
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Matthew Jackson @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 3h
bsky.app/profile/cjze...
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Loomin' Onion™ @buckrawheat.bsky.social · 3h
Got fouled by Sophie and then a fan was mouthing off at her in the crowd and she went straight at him. He got removed to the tunnel but came back, she got a T
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 3h
what happened with A’ja?????
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 6h
The “appeared to” here kills me. why??
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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 6h
god bless student journalists
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 8h
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 17h
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 14h
This civilization? This hellscape we are in now???? You should thank the self-righteous crones for bringing on its fall.
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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 15h
our culture i think has more visibility and consequence for gender based violence than most throughout human history, but we have allowed the ugliness that feeds it to thrive unabated in tandem
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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 15h
dave portnoy sexual "misconduct," barstool as commodification and expansion of frat culture...it's obviously not everything but it's also not nothing
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Jennifer Doyle @fromaleftwing.bsky.social · 22h
This book is about the administration of harassment complaints on campuses, our ideas about campus safety/security, sexual vulnerability and the institution. It's out of print so, with the publisher's permission, I am sharing a PDF. drive.google.com/file/d/1S5vE...
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Doyle Campus Sex Campus Security.pdf
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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I was given some feedback that this thread is really long. so for my visual learners... pictures!
Direct
Direct is best for those who can confront people but remain calm
Intervention is meant to deescalate, not raise tension
Direct is exactly what it sounds liRe; if it
is safe to directly interact with the
person causing a disturbance you
address them.
Direct is not an opportunity to join a
fight.
An example of a good time to use direct
would be if you hear problematic
language such as slurs being used.
If it is safe for you to do so
addressing the person and saying "you're
really maRing me uncomfortable, please
stop" is direct intervention.
Direct worRs really well with a buddy. If
one person tells the person that they're
maRing them uncomfortable and don't
st o p, ha vi n g a friend o r two c h i me i n to
say that they're a Is o u n co m f o rt a b I e does
wonders. Big mouths are easily shamed
when told they're being a problem.
@rachaelt.bsRy.socia IDelegate
Delegate is best for those who Rnow what needs to get done
but maybe aren't as confrontational or it's not safe to be direct
Delegate is good for when you can see a
problem and can identify what needs to
be done to deescalate.
Take the loud mouth scenario, maybe
you delegate by getting your
confrontational friend to go ask them to
stop using dangerous language. Maybe it
looks like going and finding security and
asking them to tell them to stop.
Delegation is great for when it's not safe
to jump into the conflict yourself.
Delegate is also fantastic in a first aid
situation. Maybe you see someone in
need of medical care but you aren't
qua Ii fie d to do it. You can ca 11 9 11, you
can get others to get involved if needed.
Intervention isn'tjust about conflict,
sometimes it's about assembling a team.
@rachae lt.bsRy .socia IDistract
Distract is probably the most fun of the three d's
Distract is for those who see a conflict, Rnow something needs to be
done, and can tap into their class clown tendencies to pull attention
LiRe the other two, distract is exactly
what it sounds liRe. You are going to
become a distraction.
Do you have a bag you can drop and
then clean up? Can you trip and fall? Do
you liRe to dance in public?
These are all excellent ways to distract
and d if fuse tensions.
A great example of distraction as a
dee s ca I at ion are the Po rt I and frogs o r
TUrRiye PiRachu. They were able to join
large scale protests and destroy the
message that protesters were dangerous
and destructive.
The point of distract is to pull attention
off of the conflict giving the person
being harassed a chance to get away.
If you don't mind Io o Ring a Ii tt I e s i 1y1 in
public, this one is for you.
@rach aelt. bsRy .social
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Kevin Morris @socceralt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Welp, it was a good run here in the second half of the season Austin FC. But "we offered her a complimentary t-shirt" is not quite doing it for me here for some reason. If she's banned for 12 months, maybe the rest of us should take a 12-month break too. www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...
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Woman banned from Austin FC games after wearing anti-ICE T-shirt on Hispanic Heritage night
The incident came less than a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Austin shot Venezuelan migrant Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez in the back.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 29/09/2026
re: that last RT — I always have a plan for intervention that I think through before I ever have to do it. Don’t wing it! It helps you be more brave if you have a plan to execute.
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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
He’s awful at this; his success so far and the idea that he could possibly be a Senator is a mark of just how far one-party rule can degenerate any critical or political skill in a political system.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 28/09/2026
"Schools now must go back to the Title IX code as held under the previous Trump administration in 2020. ... Opponents of the move say it will harm transgender athletes and weaken protections for sexual assault victims."
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 28/09/2026
🧵 This is what I remember about that time period. This NYT article: www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/u.... I remember it viscerally because if you CTRL+F for "Mock," you'll find a sympathetic, short bit on what happened to C.D. Mock's son.
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Campus Rape Policies Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos’s Ear (Published 2017)
Betsy DeVos’s Education Department is re-evaluating the get-tough policies on campus sexual assault that were enforced by the Obama administration.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 28/09/2026
It's too grim to face the situation we are in, every time these cases come out in the news, which is there there is no law, policy, or policing remedy to sexual violence, and definitely not one that is capable of ending sexual violence.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you want to read more about just how much worse schools handle sexual violence than you ever imagined, I wrote a book about it:
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On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop...
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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm so grateful for @jessicawluther.com and BIAD inviting me on their show!! She's been a model for me for years and I'm honored. Here's a primer on everything I've reported this year, and how you can help support what im after with [eyeblack] www.readeyeblack.com/p/investigat...
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Help us investigate how pro sports responds to victims of abuse
We've extensively detailed MLB's dysfunctions, and we're starting to look at the NBA and NFL. Take our survey to help.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 28/09/2026
I'm mad that I have to have a cable subscription to watch the Wings/Valkyries game.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 28/09/2026
A note: this is the new and improved version of LSU's Title IX process. We reported about a bunch issues at the school back in Nov 2020 that led to the school hiring an outside law firm, which confirmed our reporting, and allegedly instituting a bunch of changes www.usatoday.com/in-depth/spo...
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LSU mishandled sexual misconduct complaints against students, including top athletes
A USA TODAY investigation found LSU mishandled abuse allegations against top athletes and other students and subjected victims to further harm.
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Kavitha A. Davidson @kavithad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
2) I was even less prepared for the full photoshoot
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Kavitha A. Davidson @kavithad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Giants just signed a backup quarterback and 1) I was not prepared for this to be his photo
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Local police forces use the Olympics like their own private cash machine, and the LA28 Games will be no exception. LAPD “is anticipating a $375.4 million price tag for officer overtime alone” during the period of the Olympics.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 26/09/2026
My family of 3 showed up to get our flu and COVID shots at the CVS, and we’ve had to wait for the 3 people in line in front of us. Love seeing people get their vaccines!
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Ben Natan @thebennatan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ever consider that Colin Simmons was promoting the benefits of being hydrated???
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 26/09/2026
The Lincoln commercial using Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls — whut
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 26/09/2026
“They won’t show that again, right????” [ESPN shows it in slo-mo]
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When are people in the sports world going to stand up and say “we would prefer the openly evil 28% approval rating president not attend our game in-person because it is a massive inconvenience for our in-person fans, a strain on local law enforcement, and harms the television product”
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 26/09/2026
a real-life jump scare
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 25/09/2026
I like when someone starts a new Instagram account so they can message me about being a feminist POS and it's like, thanks, babe, for caring that much about my politics
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 25/09/2026
I'm ignoring that list because it has no Deadloch or We Are Lady Parts and GOT at 6. SIX???? Did we watch the same show?
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 25/09/2026
The student paper editorial board: "We refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story. Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force."
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NOLA.com @nolanews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
LSU decided to change the football player’s punishment from a two-semester suspension to a four-semester disciplinary probation, without restrictions, to conclude on May 31, 2028. bit.ly/4hkKZp7
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LSU found a football player raped a student in Title IX hearing, then reduced his punishment
LSU decided to change the football player’s punishment from a two-semester suspension to a four-semester disciplinary probation, without restrictions, to conclude on May 31, 2028.
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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WE'RE PHONEBANKING AGAIN. you should join us!
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They ended shared governance, a hallmark of academic freedom, and replaced it with ruling party edicts and forced compliance. All while they babble about “Liberty”
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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 23/09/2026
As pro sports teams and the media ecosystem around them contend with the pitfalls of private equity involvement, how can women’s leagues avoid the same fate as they continue to grow? Lindsay, Amira, and Jessica discuss on our latest episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7pfm...
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tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It was the dedicated work of lifetimes, pushing against constant misogyny, to get these courses and centers established. It’s deeply sad.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 24/09/2026
this makes me angry. But more than that, even, this makes me so sad in a way I find hard to articulate.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 24/09/2026
I will use literally any mention of Weezer to tell someone about one of my favorite SNL skits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab5W...
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Weezer - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tomorrow is Nneka Ogwumike's last WNBA game. For @latimes.com I spoke with her and other WNBA players about what the moment will feel like. www.latimes.com/sports/spark...
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Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike 'grateful' for her 15-year career
The franchise's all-time leader in points and rebounds is a former WNBA champion, MVP and rookie of the year. She's still focused on playing last game.
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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I wrote this to try and bear witness; I hope you'll read it. If you do, I hope you'll later find some quiet to think about this man, pray for him if you'd like, and then find out what you can do to help those impacted by this violence and terror in your community.
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His car is still sitting there
An ICE kidnapping in Austin
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 23/09/2026
They really do just want an electronic wife / secretary
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