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Mia Brett

@queenmab.bsky.social
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Your neighborhood legal historian with a focus on constructions of race & antisemitism in US law. She/her (was @queenmab87 at the other place) open.substack.com/pub/miabrett

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 23/09/2026
Lindsey Clancy’s criminal trial for allegedly killing her children has sparked debate about postpartum psychosis. Some feel a new mom who tried futilely to get mental health care deserves mercy; others condemn her as a killer. The law tends to judge mothers harshly, writes @queenmab.bsky.social.
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Lindsay Clancy Case Exposes How We Criminalize the Tragedies of Motherhood: Analysis
A mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they've done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil...
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Lindsay Clancy trial should have been an open & shut case of insanity but the prosecution exposed the way the legal system criminalizes motherhood when tragedies happen as a result of psychosis, accident, or illness. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/09/23/l...
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Lindsay Clancy Case Exposes How We Criminalize the Tragedies of Motherhood: Analysis
A mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they've done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil...
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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mia also wrote this month's Fallout newsletter about the Clancy case, which is about to hit inboxes, so sign up now to get her legal analysis and more in your inbox.
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Rewire News Group Newsletters – Rewire News Group
Sign up here for RNG's newsletters: AngryBlackLady Chronicles by Imani Gandy, Rewire Weekly, the Fallout, and the Uplift (because, yes, good reproductive justice news still exists).
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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I couldn't handle watching the Clancy trial. I'm a mom not so far out from postpartum, and I just...couldn't. But I also run a newsroom that covers reproductive justice and knew we had to cover this tragic case--properly. I knew @queenmab.bsky.social would bring the necessary nuanced & critical eye
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Lindsay Clancy Case Exposes How We Criminalize the Tragedies of Motherhood: Analysis
A mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they've done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil...
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote about positive masculinity with Mamdani, Ossoff, Warnock, Lander, & Talarico for @rewirenewsgroup.com last week. El Sayed was originally included but sadly his section was one of the ones cut for length! rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/08/04/e...
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What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Funny you should mention: @queenmab.bsky.social did for @rewirenewsgroup.com
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What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I originally included El-Sayed in my piece on political masculinity for @rewirenewsgroup.com but it didn’t make the cut. Chris Hayes being impressed by his 315 bench press shows the appeal to men. But its interesting El-Sayed hasn’t been touted as masculine by pundits
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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Max Miller & Graham Platner are edgelords, writes @queenmab.bsky.social -- and the Dems don't need to echo the GOP's embrace of toxic masculinity. After all, the left has its own election-winning brand of masculinity: the "Mamdani man." Another 🔥 take on the dumpster fire that is modern politics
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What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 04/08/2026
New domestic violence accusations against Rep. Max Miller come just weeks after the scandal that ended Graham Platner's Senate race. As more young men run for office, @queenmab.bsky.social explains why we need to talk about "edgelord" politics, and how Dems keep flirting with it.
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What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Max Miller & Graham Platner are examples of men who perform masculinity in ways that men drool over even if it harms women. Democrats don’t need to follow the republican masculinity playbook to win men. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/08/04/e...
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What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
From Andrea Yates to Lindsay Clancy society refuses to help mothers which causes these tragedies. Instead our forced birth culture relies on dismissing the difficulties and telling women pregnancy & motherhood is easy and natural. My latest substack open.substack.com/pub/miabrett...
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I can’t believe we’re reliving Andrea Yates. Lindsay Clancy begged for help. She didn’t want to kill her children. And everyday I swear people questioning if this can really be blamed on post partum psychosis. The response to this tragedy is connected to our forced birth culture
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
My classics major filmmaker brother wrote about Emily Wilson’s translation and #TheOdyssey open.substack.com/pub/davidbre...
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A Complicated Question
An Educated Amateur Looks at The Odyssey
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Any editors want to hire me to write about the cast of #TheUltimatum being more MAGA and Christian and reliant on ChatGPT is a sign of societal regression
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🌬️Doctrix Snow • NYC/FMTY @mistresssnowphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
for over 5 years, I, @adrierising.bsky.social, @roslyn.bsky.social, & others, primarily women of color, have been relentlessly stalked by caitdissociates @moderation.bsky.app has punished me & adrie for talking about our own harassment bc our stalker is successfully abusing the reporting system
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heads up, my most relentless stalker caitdissociates appears to be on this website under fashfinder dot bsky dot social 🤡 ** they’ve found many additional targets in my friends & colleagues so I’d advise blocking since catching their attention is extremely unpleasant!

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absolutely incredible irony here

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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Out here microwaving cherry tomatoes so I can keep making tomato spritzes
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ICE is just going to keep murdering people with impunity and no oversight. How can anyone say the call to abolish ICE is extreme. It’s the bare minimum
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 09/07/2026
Last night, Maine Democratic nominee Graham Platner suspended his campaign for Senate following sexual assault allegations. Back in May, @queenmab.bsky.social wrote about how women’s safety has routinely been sacrificed to protect the political careers of powerful men.
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Women Have Sacrificed Too Much for the Careers of Powerful Men: Analysis – Rewire News Group
Cesar Chavez, Eric Swalwell, Justin Fairfax, and the gender politics of keeping their dirty secrets.
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 09/07/2026
Democrat Graham Platner has pulled out of Maine's Senate race after allegations of sexual assault and rape. This latest scandal comes after Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress and his California governor bid earlier this year. Mia Brett writes on why women keep secrets and when they come forward.
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Women Have Sacrificed Too Much for the Careers of Powerful Men: Analysis – Rewire News Group
Cesar Chavez, Eric Swalwell, Justin Fairfax, and the gender politics of keeping their dirty secrets.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Women often downplay sexual violations when we’re assaulted by men we know. We say it was a bad hookup, an uncomfortable sexual experience, it was our fault. That we do this doesn’t mean we weren’t assaulted. It means it’s difficult to admit a man we trusted did this
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I never claimed to help victims in court. I have helped many victims access legal help & resources. I’ve interviewed & advocated for victims. I’ve written countless articles on sexual abuse. And I’ve experienced sexual abuse
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I couldn’t care less if you kiss my ass. I care a lot that you’re claiming a woman wasn’t raped because she didn’t call the police in a timely manner & chose to date an alcoholic
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A woman who apparently counsels rape victims is saying that if you date an alcoholic it’s your fault if your boyfriend rapes you
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It’s misogyny to erase the multiple examples I’ve given of the work I do, presume you know better, and suggest women are only caring about democrats committing sexual assault out of political bias. Calling out your misogyny isn’t name calling.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I’ve listed multiple things I’ve done to stand against sexual abusers across political parties but this man presumes to lecture women that were not doing anything. Abusers being in power is not the fault of women who are doing everything we can. This is pure misogyny
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I already told you why the Republican men are still in office. Because Republicans don’t care about sexual assault
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I ran a political advocacy group from 2017-2020 that was involved in supporting Christine Blasey Ford and educating people about sexual abusers in office. I’ve written articles, called reps, protested
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ah yes I’m either biased or a coward because despite my standing against all sexual abusers regardless of party affiliation I can’t get republicans to care no matter how much we scream
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What would you like us to do? We supported Christine Blasey Ford, E Jean Carroll. We can’t make the Republican Party care.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I will keep writing about patriarchy and sexual abuse until we end it. I don’t care how many people have talked about it before or how tired you are of hearing it. Voting is wholly insufficient in addressing these problems. If you don’t want to hear about it don’t listen
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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This story on the dirty secrets of powerful men almost didn’t get done bc the list kept getting longer. The list grows again now.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In May I wrote for @rewirenewsgroup.com abt the sacrifices women make in politics. We’re expected to stay silent abt sexism & assault. Many of us knew who Platner was & were told to be quiet to beat Collins. Jenny Racicot’s story shows we were right rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/05/12/e...
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Women Have Sacrificed Too Much for the Careers of Powerful Men: Analysis
Cesar Chavez, Eric Swalwell, Justin Fairfax, and the gender politics of keeping their dirty secrets.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It has not been 250 years of freedom. It has been 400 years of colonialism and racism. There have been moments of the possibility of something better. Small promises of improvement. But the current moment is showing the worst of our legacy
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Hey y’all my brother wrote a review of Supergirl that doesn’t sound like an incel! Check it out open.substack.com/pub/davidbre...
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Going Somewhere with Supergirl
Supergirl is enjoyable but disappointing.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Too hot to do anything but make gazpacho and tomato spritzes
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I just breathed the biggest sigh of relief. Birthright Citizenship is safe
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026
As in the Supreme Court's opinion in the TPS cases, this is just a wild, wilful mischaracterization of the racism against Haitians fomented by the powerful ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mulli...
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The Republican Justices Are Pretending They’ve Never Heard Donald Trump Speak
No comment about “shithole countries” is too racist for this Supreme Court to decide that it might be legally significant.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026
Kav has the opinion for the majority and tries to minimize it like We're just saying states *may legally keep trans girls off girls' *sports teams but it accepts and advances the absurd idea that there's no constitutional discrimination problem w/ laws that clearly discriminate against trans people
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I fully expect the Supreme Court to allow Texas to teach the Bible as required reading under some ridiculous claim that it isn’t forcing “belief” or it’s just teaching “American values” or some other bullshit like that.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I wrote about the ridiculous hysterics claiming Jews are in danger from the NYC Dem Primary results. The results actually show a mix of Jews with different political opinions winning the night. open.substack.com/pub/miabrett...
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is such a disingenuous framing of my posting the stat from the “key findings” section of the study & instead saying I’m “cherry picking” to score rhetorical points. I also posted a link showing pregnant ppl are 2x more likely to die in abortion ban states.
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In the 4 years since Roe v Wade was overturned there have been over 400 pregnancy related prosecutions. Maternal mortality is up 33% nationwide and 50% in some states. We are being criminalized and murdered. That’s the legacy of Dobbs
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great pitch call! I'm a regular contributor to @rewirenewsgroup.com and they're a great outlet to write for!
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Went to see the new MissRepresentation doc today w/ @mistresssnowphd.bsky.social to support Safiya Noble & was struck by how Hillary & others on stage during the panel were conflating laws to rein in tech companies w/ age verification laws which would increase surveillance
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 13/05/2026
ICYMI: @queenmab.bsky.social wrote about Cesar Chavez, Eric Swalwell, Justin Fairfax, and the politics of how these men retained power at women’s expense.
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Women Have Sacrificed Too Much for the Careers of Powerful Men: Analysis
Cesar Chavez, Eric Swalwell, Justin Fairfax, and the gender politics of keeping their dirty secrets.
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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Women Have Sacrificed Too Much for the Careers of Powerful Men: Analysis rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/05/12/e...
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Women Have Sacrificed Too Much for the Careers of Powerful Men: Analysis
Cesar Chavez, Eric Swalwell, Justin Fairfax, and the gender politics of keeping their dirty secrets.
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Marie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I know women sacrificing themselves now for cis white men running for office who have done harm. When can the silence be broken? How can we help women share their truth & be cared for? How many people truly support the silencing of women for the cause?
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026
A few Dem Senators are (still!!) occasionally voting yes on Trump's nominees for lifetime federal judge positions in the name of their "qualifications" but these people are not qualified! securing a nomination from Donald Trump is disqualifying in and of itself! ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/...
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There’s an Easy Way to Tell That Trump’s Judicial Nominees Don’t Belong On the Bench
Previously, loyalty to his agenda was an implicit requirement for Trump judicial nominees. On Sunday, he decided to make it even clearer.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We did this at Swarthmore when I was an undergrad there, and I am glad to see other Jewish students doing the same: forward.com/news/824410/...
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Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel
Hillel International said it is reviewing its affiliation with the Vermont liberal arts college in response
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Jessie Losch @jessielosch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Oof. This from @queenmab.bsky.social hurts to read. And is even more important because of that. How much has been lost because we’re forced- and force ourselves- to protect abusers?
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