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Erika Johansson Lunding

@bluetit24.bsky.social

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Independent scholar / Writer. Research on fashion and the modeling profession in girls’ series fiction. Fashion Studies - girls’ series books - doll studies - girl studies - feminism M.A. Fashion Studies/B.A. Literature, Stockholm Univ. Member PCA / ACA.

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Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you @Jessica Valenti - I totally agree. I appreciate your daily reminders

In 2025, after following the discussion on abortion all throughout my adult life, I am convinced of certain things.

Abortion equals healthcare. Access to medical care is crucial to girls and women for numerous reasons.

Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 15d

To single out abortion as the place for compromise is to ignore the political reality of the last three years.

And in a moment when the stakes are so high—as women are literally dying—being both confidently wrong and hugely influential is straight up dangerous. jessica.substack.com/p/ezra-klein...

Ezra Klein is Wrong About Abortion

Abortion *is* a big tent issue

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Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 27m

Comments to @nytimes.com article, see below.

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 41m

”For anyone reading this, or if ICE is in your city, please get a whistle. 5 blasts means ICE is nearby,
continuous means a kidnapping is going on.
The community is not standing by and turning on our neighbors. We will not allow this domestic terrorism campaign to become normal.”
Kommentar NYT 15/10

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 43m

Kommentar till artikeln nedan:
”I am a resident of Logan Square, Chicago and have witnessed firsthand the random violence and chaos this federal siege is creating. We are distributing whistles and creating an alert system to ensure people can hear and be warned of ICE activity.”

Forts:

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 55m

Chicago - Rapporteras detta i svensk media?

Har pågått i veckor nu. Är det fler än jag som är intresserade av att stärka demokratin världen över, i Sverige också?

@donlemonofficial.bsky.social

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

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Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 55m

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

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Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com · 5d

This week’s episode of Assembly Required is out now! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/FljWwM3T

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 3d

This evening, I listened to this 15-minute bonus episode of NPR #podcast Code Switch in which Stacey Abrams discusses voting rights. What’s stayed with me: Abrams breaking down the “10 steps from democracy to autocracy.” Because we are IN IT. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... #fascism #CivilRights

Stacey Abrams on how voter suppression threatens democracy

Podcast Episode · Code Switch · 10/11/2025 · Bonus · 15m

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Father Anne @fatheranne.bsky.social · 1d

@staceyabrams.com breaks it down on very clearly for us to see how far down the track of authoritarianism we have already traveled in these short months. #resist

🔊 Listen Now: Stacey Abrams on how voter suppression threatens democracy

Code Switch on NPR One | 15:05

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Earth Regalia @earthregalia.bsky.social · 18h

Stacey is right. We don't have to do everything, but we ALL need to do at least one thing to save our democracy. For instance, I'm doing 3 simple things most of you are: Protesting, donating to pro-democracy legal orgs, and sharing information. Check out The 10 Steps to Freedom and Power. 🗽💙

Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com · 29d

We're Taking the 10 Steps Everywhere: bit.ly/3VRwheW

We’re Taking the 10 Steps Everywhere

Why We Need a Framework to Confront Authoritarianism and Reclaim Our Democracy

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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 13h

The #ClayCaneShow welcomes Stacey Abrams- Voting rights activist, author, creator of the 10 Steps Campaign

@claycane.bsky.social @staceyabrams.com #ClayNation

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Assembly Notes by Stacey Abrams | Substack

Assembly Notes is where I share ideas, stories, and strategies—from politics to writing to the work of building a better world. Click to read Assembly Notes by Stacey Abrams, a Substack publication…

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Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com · 6h

Instead of working to reopen the government, Trump is using his spare time to go after his political enemies. We need to speak up.

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Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 1h

The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 13h

Sweden sees migrant 'return hubs' as crucial for voters' trust in EU

The European Union should forge ahead with plans to boost migrant deportations and set up return centres outside the bloc or risk losing European voters' trust, Sweden's migration minister said Tuesday.

www.thelocal.se

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 1h

Viktigt.

Viktigt också hur politiska debatter presenteras och modereras i media.

Politiker: använd era plattformar väl vid debatter. The only way is up, @svtnyheter.bsky.social m fl

Sveriges riksdag @sverigesriksdag.bsky.social · 1h

Klockan 9 väljs ledamöter till Nordiska rådets svenska delegation. Direkt efter debatterar riksdagsledamöterna flera förslag, bland annat ett förslag om stärkt säkerhet och tillgänglighet vid val. Följ sändningen via riksdagens webb-tv. www.riksdagen.se/sv/webb-tv/

Webb-tv

Här publiceras video från alla riksdagens öppna sammanträden och seminarier. Du kan även söka bland tusentals klipp i arkivet.

www.riksdagen.se

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 1h

… and it continues.

Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 8d

Sorry, but desecrating Chicago is an unforgivable moral and spiritual transgression.

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 1h

Firm favorite - I hope for more, @buzzkillprof.bsky.social 🎊❤️📖📚

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Home Professor Buzzkill

The Professor Buzzkill podcast is a weekly romp through some of the history myths that are most deeply embedded in our culture.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

If the media won't report on it, we need to personally tell everyone we know. The msm is making themselves obsolete, and it's time we learned to bypass them.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20h

This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Congrats to Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern in IL, on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.

His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ

3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18h

Health insurance companies are finalizing their rates RIGHT NOW.

Doesn't matter if you're in a red or blue state, your premium might skyrocket.

And somehow, Republican senators are okay with throwing thousands of their own constituents under the bus.

Republican senators are okay with throwing thousands of their own constituents under the bus.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to American Campus, the podcast about the history of higher education, for featuring my book. We talk about how NPR and PBS emerged from equal access to education discourses. And how Media Studies originated as a strategy of public media activism.

How universities created NPR and PBS with Josh Shepperd - American Campus Podcast

How public universities gave rise to public mediaReferences and suggested readings:Josh Shepperd. 2023. Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting. University of Illinois Press.Laura G...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17h

The Very Big Novel is a problem men have. The Great American Novel never existed and was a terrible category and aspiration. When people inflate successful essays into books, just read the essay. Not sure of the hinge status of those but....

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.

We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.

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Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 17h

Danmark - en källa till inspiration 🇩🇰

Camilla @camillamalm.bsky.social · 23h

Även läkarmottagningar har reglering av ägarskap i DK, kan inte köpas upp av koncerner. Man kan heller inte driva vc utan att vara läkare
(Sanning med modifikation och ja det funkar inte klockrent men inte helt knäppt som i Sverige)

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 17h

Jag har skrivit under. Mycket viktigt om vi vill ha en trovärdig demokrati och rättsstat.

#migration #rättssäkerhet #demokrati #humanism #politik

The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 23h

Petition to stop move to revoke permanent residence gets 40,000 backers

A petition calling on the Swedish parliament to reject a "deeply unjust and damaging" proposal to revoke permanent residence permits has received 40,000 signatures in just two weeks.

www.thelocal.se

Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 17h

Den här frågan är viktig för mig – skriv gärna under: www.mittskifte.org/petitions/st...

Stoppa förslaget om att omvandla permanenta uppehållstillstånd till tillfälliga

• Permanenta uppehållstillstånd har getts som ett löfte om trygghet – det löftet får inte brytas. • Människor behöver stabilitet för att kunna integreras och bygga sina liv i Sverige. • Att göra perma...

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Erika Johansson Lunding @bluetit24.bsky.social · 17h

The Swedish migration system is a disgrace.

www.thelocal.se/20251014/par...

Parents of Malmö's hummus bar owner given weeks to leave country

Ibra Idrees set up Malmö’s first hummus bar, Hummusson, after applying for countless jobs in Sweden with no success. He even managed to employ his parents in the company. Now, however, a decision from...