Reposted by Liara RouxEdward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com · 08/04/2025I wrote about the 23andMe bankruptcy, the failure of personalized medicine, and the real value of genetic data: bolstering surveillance and phrenology. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/dnas-real-...thetechbubble.substack.comDNA's real value: advertising, authoritarianism, apartheidOr how to re-legitimize "natural" hierarchies and their politics 123963
Reposted by Liara RouxACLU @aclu.org · 14/04/2025Detaining and attempting to deport someone for writing an op-ed the government disagrees with is a blatant violation of the First Amendment. We’re in court today in Vermont to demand that ICE immediately releases Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk.acluvt.orgWriting an op-ed is not grounds for deportationThe U.S. government’s escalating attacks on noncitizens’ right to free speech should scare us all. 131104275
Reposted by Liara RouxACLU @aclu.org · 04/04/2025If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights when interacting with law enforcement, including immigration agents. 3743292754
Reposted by Liara Rouxscari @cari.bsky.social · 03/04/2025been watching this guy on Bloomberg who is experiencing clinical depression 894084588
Reposted by Liara RouxMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19/03/2025New York legislator Brian Maher (R) has introduced a bill banning the term "sex worker." www.nysenate.gov/legislation/... 1810546
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Disappointing and troubling given the current political climate and this administration's apparent disregard for first amendment rights!! 120
Reposted by Liara RouxDr Carolina Are / Blogger On Pole @bloggeronpole.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Really hate to be *that* girl but if anyone had any hope Zuckerberg’s “less censorship, more freedom” turn was gonna help s*x-positive creators or indeed anyone who isn’t a cishet white tech dudebro, I present you my Instagram account status: 59525
Reposted by Liara RouxThe Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Etel Adnan knew that words could bear witness to the unspeakable, even when the world looked away. In the face of Palestinian genocide, Isabella Hammad turns to her as a model of defiance. buff.ly/C5Ndatkbuff.lyIsabella Hammad: “Reading Etel Adnan During a Genocide”Isabella Hammad reckons with literature’s role in witnessing war and genocide, tracing how Sitt Marie-Rose speaks to the present crisis. 0103
Reposted by Liara RouxShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 10/03/2025“‘Columbia has worked overtime to appease,’ wrote Layla, a student at Columbia’s School of Social Work, who asked to withhold her last name having faced doxxing attacks and harassment from Zionist groups. ‘Students are miserable. Campus is a panopticon. And their funding was still cut.’”theintercept.comColumbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — And Trump Still Cut Federal FundingColumbia bent over backward to appease right-wing, pro-Israel attacks on Gaza protesters — and Trump still cut the school’s federal funding. 15110
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 03/03/2025This fantastic article goes over a brief history of obscenity law in America. Some real gems in there. 0100
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The idea that pornography would not be protected by the First Amendment is ridiculous. The founding fathers did not condemn pornography; Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin collected it. The first time someone was charged with obscenity was in 1815. scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcont...scholarship.law.unc.edu 1162
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The insinuation that physical abuse is associated with poverty is a bit bizarre. I have so many friends from wealthy families who experienced severe physical abuse that was simply never reported, should have been caught by doctors in x-rays, etc, but was ignored because of $$ 021
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I wrote something in defense of humanism for Laguna~B's new magazine. A brief look at a very fascinating company, Olivetti! lagunab.com/magazine/the...lagunab.comSign up to keep up with the Magazine and never miss a release. 091
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 16/01/2025This case will have profound implications for the future freedom of speech of all kinds online, not just pornography. The same laws that protect sexual expression also protect political expression. I hope everyone's paying close attention. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...supremecourt.gov 081
Reposted by Liara RouxJessie Sage @sapiotextual.bsky.social · 08/01/2025They say that sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine, what happens to everyone happens to us first. For this reason, you should stop what you're doing & read this interview I did with Stormy (yes, that one!) about the impact of shadowbanning. www.pghcitypaper.com/columns/excl...pghcitypaper.comExclusive Interview: Stormy Daniels says she’s “screaming into the void.” I might know whyIf and when City Winery reschedules Stormy Daniels' tour, we can buy tickets, show up, and make it clear that she didn’t storm the castle in vain. 724697
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 20/12/2024He lives in Alabama, owns 10 guns, and the only political donation he ever made was $1000 to Sanders in 2016! I always have my beliefs about Trump voters challenged by him lol 010
Reposted by Liara RouxEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024THREAD: There is a new version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) that was apparently negotiated by Sen Blackburn with help from Elon Musk's X. Surprising no one: the new version does not fix the fundamental problem with the bill: it gives the FTC authority to dictate what young people see online 2194103
Reposted by Liara RouxHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 09/12/2024As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...hellgatenyc.comTwo Very Different Manhattan Murder InvestigationsThe NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen. 173104064001
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Thank you so much ^-^ Wark’s concept of vectoralists was totally mind blowing to me, especially give that a hacker manifesto was written two decades ago - so prescient!! 110
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Yes it’s here online for free, along with the rest of the articles mentioned! ♥️ www.e-flux.com/journal/146/...e-flux.comPussy Capital - Journal #146Liara Roux explores how AI has impacted online sex workers. 120
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 06/12/2024my essay "pussy capital" is featured in e-flux index #4 if you prefer to read in print! also featured are @mckenziewark.bsky.social @janus.bsky.social @xychelsea.tv @oritgat.bsky.social @slavojiek.bsky.social & many other cool ppl available for purchase now: www.e-flux.com/shop/605705-...e-flux.come-flux Index#4 - Indexe-flux Index is a new print journal surveying the breadth of contemporary culture through e-flux’s publishing on art, theory, architecture, f… 1150
Reposted by Liara RouxTricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I tuck all my limbs in lightly and go rolling with perfect grace and velocity down a hill that lasts forever. haha — Yes! it will be the job of sisyphus, my sexual partner, to roll me up again. 736839
Reposted by Liara RouxJames Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I think an important (and difficult) thing in tech criticism today is accepting that the following things can both be true: that openAI et al are exaggerating their products’ capabilities and using AGI mythology as marketing, AND that these systems are dangerous in a way that overlaps with AI myths 1277
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 25/11/2024@anniefinch.bsky.social taught a wonderful class on meter yesterday, such an honor to be a part of it 💐 1110
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 19/11/2024wrote about project 2025's plan to outlaw pornography and the surprisingly recent history of sexual content being censored in the US for Dazeddazeddigital.comSex workers are warning us about Project 2025 – we all need to listenThe American right’s plans for banning pornographic content will effect everyone, not just sex workers, writes Liara Roux 081
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Wrote about hot girls, AI, and the attention economy for e-flux www.e-flux.com/journal/146/...e-flux.comPussy Capital - Journal #146Liara Roux explores how AI has impacted online sex workers. 0223
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Hugely honored that my short story "Cantalope Tits" appears in the incredible anthology SLUTS, edited by @michelletea.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978163590212...mitpress.mit.eduSLUTSWhat it means to be sexually promiscuous in contemporary American culture, edited by cult-favorite author Michelle Tea.SLUTS, the first publication from vulg... 061
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Interviewed @emilyennui.bsky.social for @thecreativeindependent.com - we spoke about her memoir, A MATTER OF APPEARANCE, and the challenges of writing about pain, trauma, hysteria. thecreativeindependent.com/people/write... 010
Liara Roux @liararoux.bsky.social · 10/04/2024im glad you are calling yourself an ASTROLOGER in your bio now... pleased NASA is finally embracing the esoteric arts... 120