Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Ph.D.,

@jeffersonlenskyj.bsky.social

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Toronto Canada/Sydney Australia. Activist, author, researcher, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto helenlenskyj.ca
My next book: *THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SPORT*
Emerald Publishing, 2025

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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is a Canadian sociologist and historian. Born and raised in Australia, she did graduate studies at the University of Toronto, where she then became a professor. A scholar of Olympic studies, she wrote several sport history books such as Out of Bounds: Women, Sport and Sexuality (1986), Olympic Industry Resistance (2008), Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics (2014), and Gender, Athletes' Rights, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (2018), as well as an autobiography called A Lot to Learn (2005). .. more

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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Ph.D., @jeffersonlenskyj.bsky.social · Aug 26

PUBLISHED TODAY!!!
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The Quest for Social Justice in Sport - Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Applying an intersectional analysis, the book examines issues of sex/gender/sexualities, disability, Global North/Global South disparities, doping, and violence in all its forms.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 3d

Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.

TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.

Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.

Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.

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Ian Kennedy @iankennedyck.bsky.social · 6d

Britta Curl-Salemme recently collaborated on a video with anti-trans organization FIERCE Athlete, a video liked and commented on by members of the PWHL and Minnesota Frost. The video was in part shot on PWHL ice and utilized in-game footage.

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Britta Curl-Salemme Partners With Anti-Trans Organization FIERCE Athlete, Video Liked My Many PWHL Players

Britta Curl-Salemme, a member of the PWHL's Minnesota Frost who received public backlash, issued a public apology, and who continues to be booed in every PWHL market, has partnered with anti-Trans org...

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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Ph.D., @jeffersonlenskyj.bsky.social · 7d

Could FIFA really move the 2026 World Cup out of the U.S.? www.fieldofschemes.com/2026/01/27/2...

Could FIFA really move the 2026 World Cup out of the U.S.?

Ever since the Donald Trump administration started ordering immigration officers to abduct people who don't look like Donald Trump and the Supreme Court said "cool, cool," questions have been raised a...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

Who in their right mind believes statements from the Department of Homeland Security?

Who believes anything Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller or Trump might say about what has just happened in Minneapolis?

They no longer have any credibility. That should be clear by now.

They lie like they breathe.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 10d

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Bless The Minneapolis General Strike Against ICE in -10°F

Bless these heroes!

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10d

As a fuck you to the orange felon for withdrawing the United Stares from the World Health Organization, California has joined instead thanks to Governor Gavin Newsome.

Good, love that.

MinnMax @minnmax.com · 11d

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 12d

"Gaza is being discussed as an investment and a planning site, rather than as a place where people are being killed on a daily basis."

'New Gaza' Plan by Far-Right Zionist Jared Kushner Decried as 'Ethnic Extermination'

Jared Kushner's presentation on Gaza at Davos painted a glossy picture of luxury and development, ignoring the suffering and devastation caused by US-backed policies. Is this plan really about peace and prosperity, or just a facade for profit and further displacement? #GazaUnderAttack

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12d

She will literally lie about anything.

Karoline Leavitt Brutally Fact-Checked After Denying That Trump Confused Iceland With Greenland In Davos Speech

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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Ph.D., @jeffersonlenskyj.bsky.social · 12d

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yonat.bsky.social @yonat.bsky.social · 12d

Immigration is a resonant theme of Jewish life in the U.S. So it’s no surprise about 100 rabbis are headed for Minneapolis to protest the ICE raids there. religionnews.com/2026/01/21/t...

US rabbis head to Minneapolis to join protests to counter ICE raids

(RNS) — At least 100 rabbis and other Jewish leaders are expected in Minneapolis on Thursday and Friday (Jan. 22-23) for massive coordinated action by clergy in response to violent Minneapolis ICE rai...

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 13d

Beautiful, historic speech by our Prime Minister. It heralds the end of the post war order and, in the long term, the American empire. Its a serious, sad speech. But an essential one.

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The Carney doctrine

Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13d

"Every one of these individuals is a person of color," said Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley—whose own department has been criticized for racial policing.

Minnesota Police Chief Says Off-Duty Officers Racially Profiled by ICE

"Every one of these individuals is a person of color," said Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley—whose own department has been criticized for racial policing.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 13d

A jury within 35 mins returned a not guilty verdict for a homeless man who was charge with flashing cat toy laser at the Convicted FElon's helicopter.
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Jeanine Pirro suffers ULTIMATE HUMILIATION in court

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 14d

We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.

It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.

This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 14d

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 14d

Today the Coalition and One Nation have shown they have no interest in keeping our community safe, only in playing culture wars and pushing their own ideologies to divide us.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15d

If senior officers carry out what Trump is threatening against NATO, “the officers and enlisted people below them will likely obey the chain of command”—and “such an outcome would be a tragedy, and potentially a global catastrophe,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.

The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal

Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.

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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Ph.D., @jeffersonlenskyj.bsky.social · 15d

Pro-Greenland demonstrators mock Trump with ‘Make America Go Away’ hats - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1161955...

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Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 15d

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:

"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 15d

Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 15d

Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game

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"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick.
"I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day."
Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton
Man of the Year nominee.

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 18d

Read @awalkerinla.bsky.social on the politics & perils of trying to buy tickets to the LA2028 Olympics & 2026 men's World Cup in LA. The lede alone is pure 🔥!

screen shot of the lede of an essay by Aliisa Walker. It reads, "
Here's one thing I would not want to be doing this month: trying to get someone to buy tickets to international sporting events hosted by an authoritarian government where some participating countries are banned from entering, other participating countries are being actively invaded by said authoritarian government, and still other participating countries are watching people of their nationality be brutalized, kidnapped, and murdered by a heavily militarized federal police force that's set to receive billions more in funding specifically to patrol those international sporting events."

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 19d

Today, it’s not your vote that determines whether the government brutalizes you or sends officers to your door. It’s your neighbors’ vote.

If you’re ok with this happening to Minnesotans, don’t get comfortable. You won’t be exempt for long.

In the end, a lawless administration comes for everyone.