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Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · Mar 9

Airing tomorrow on @cspan Lectures in History 📺 at 8am, 11am, 8pm, & 11pm EST, I deliver a corrective lecture disrupting state narratives about the inner-workings of prisons—drawing from my research in my new book CARCERAL APARTHEID: How Lies & White Supremacists Run Our Prisons.

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Melina Edition @melinaedition.bsky.social · 18d

Good Sunday 🍂
Photo by Artem Saranin. @pexels #Photography

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 18d

it’s Sunday on bluesky so I am urging everyone to take care of themselves. Take a walk, have a second cup of coffee or tea, read a book, spend some time looking at small poems

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USC Sociology @uscsociology.bsky.social · 24d

USC Levan Book Chat: Join Professor Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of her new book, Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons
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Levan Book Chat—Brittany Friedman, Carceral Apartheid

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Aug 6

Congratulations to 2025-2026 ASA POP Fellow Brittany Friedman! @curlyprofessor.bsky.social‬ ‪ @uscsociology.bsky.social‬ @usc.edu‬ bit.ly/POPfellows%E...

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A Moment with Erik Fleming podcast @momenterik.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Carceral Apartheid Featuring Dr. Brittany Friedman

In this first episode of Season 12, Dr. Brittany Friedman, an American sociologist and author, discusses her book Carceral Apartheid and the fight against institutionalized racism in American prisons.

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A Moment with Erik Fleming podcast @momenterik.bsky.social · Jul 26

@curlyprofessor.bsky.social on the next episode of A Moment with Erik Fleming! #blacksky #politics #podcast

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Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · Jul 22

“WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO OBEY” - New writing from me @polrightsrev.bsky.social

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 17

“They don’t want anyone to see how they treat people. They want to be doing this”—their deportations—”with no witnesses.”

ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants

"They want to be doing this with no witnesses."

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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Prison is not a place that solves violence. Prison is a place that replicates that violence and extends it out." —Gina Dent ('Abolition. Feminism. Now.') helps us imagine an abolitionist future. A collab with ‪@ruwithsonali.bsky.social‬ and ‪@sevenstories.bsky.social‬ inquest.org/building...

Building Toward Abolition - Gina Dent & Sonali Kolhatkar - Inquest

Abolition wouldn’t guarantee a society free from harm—but it could create a society in which the ways we address harm actually help people rebuild their lives.

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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · Jul 15

"All these white people did not know each other personally, but they all knew what team they were on, and they all knew they were white, together, and that we were not." @curlyprofessor.bsky.social‬ on how racist solidarity works as a form of policing. inquest.org/united-i...

United in Hate - Brittany Friedman - Inquest

White civilians often spontaneously cooperate in acts of racial hatred. It’s a web of racist solidarity that Black people know all too well.

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Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · Jul 16

Appreciate @inquest.bsky.social publishing this excerpt from my book Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. @uncpress.bsky.social

Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · Jul 16

"We continually witness the power of white solidarity across class, law enforcement, and personal boundaries—even if the actors are complete strangers—in support of the collective decimation of Black people." @curlyprofessor.bsky.social w/ @uncpress.bsky.social‬ inquest.org/united-i...

United in Hate - Brittany Friedman - Inquest

White civilians often spontaneously cooperate in acts of racial hatred. It’s a web of racist solidarity that Black people know all too well.

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · Jun 16

“Everything from social media posts to metadata about phone calls to the purchase information collected by data brokers to location data showing every step taken is available to law enforcement… without a warrant.”

ALERT: The High-Tech Tools Police Use to Surveil Protesters

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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · Jun 6

@curlyprofessor.bsky.social joins me to take us inside her research process & unpack key themes of her new book Carceral Apartheid, from @uncpress.bsky.social.
🎧 Apple link below (w/ transcripts).
#EduSky #AcademicSky #BookSky
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The cover of the book Carceral Apartheid by Dr Brittany Friedman.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · May 25

For this long & commemorative holiday weekend, my super-sized 226th #ScholarSunday thread is full of thoughtful public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 226

Published on May 25, 2025

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Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social · May 20

@curlyprofessor.bsky.social’s CARCERAL APARTHEID delves into how prisons suppress Black political movements, revealing the broader themes of deception, empire, corruption, and white supremacy in American mass incarceration. #JPPseries

Carceral Apartheid | Brittany Friedman | University of North Carolina Press

It is impossible to deny the impact of lies and white supremacy on the institutional conditions in US prisons. There is a particular power dynamic of racist ...

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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 19

Prof. Brittany Friedman argues that carceral obedience is not natural but imposed. Her work traces how state violence shapes identity and suppresses authenticity. Abolition begins by rejecting obedience and reclaiming collective freedom. @curlyprofessor.bsky.social

We Were Never Meant to Obey: Weaving Abolitionist Constellations

Abolition is not obedience undone, but freedom reclaimed. This essay weaves abolitionist constellations as maps toward justice and inner truth.

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Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks so much for highlighting my recent interview with AAIHS!

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · May 9

Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) lays out what really happened at the ICE detention center in Newark NJ.

Menendez's statement is corroborated by video evidence.

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Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you!! 💜 I so appreciated your kindness and am excited to read your latest novel! 💫

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · May 8

I had the accidental but delightful pleasure of meeting Dr. Friedman last night while we were both waiting for a train home. What a lovely person, and her book sounds fascinating!

Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · May 7

📢 TONIGHT! NYC
Event has been moved to the Main Location of Word Up Community Books!
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Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · May 7

Countdown begins!
📍NYC - arrived ✅

Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you! @robgreeneii.bsky.social

Dr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · May 7

📢 TONIGHT! NYC
Event has been moved to the Main Location of Word Up Community Books!
See ⬇️

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · May 6

"My book uplifts the voices of Black political prisoners who saw clearly what the state was doing—and dared to resist."

@robgreeneii.bsky.social interviews @curlyprofessor.bsky.social, author of CARCERAL APARTHEID, for AAIHS Black Perspectives blog.

Read it now 👇
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Carceral Apartheid: An Interview with Brittany Friedman - AAIHS

In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, the President of AAIHS and Assistant Professor of History at Claflin University, interviews award-winning sociologist Dr. Brittany Friedman about her first book,...

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