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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · Jul 31

My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it.
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On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

“The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5m

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 3h

If you’re a parent of a child with a disability, you’re worried about how your family will be impacted by SpecEd Department of Education layoffs and you want to talk to a journalist about it, please DM, email (sluterman at 19thnews dot org) or Signal (slooterman.18).

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 7h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was finishing his studies to be a civil engineer in Rafah. His home and the small farm that him and his family had were destroyed. He’s now trying to survive with his large family, including many small children, in tents.

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 16h

the students at the encampments were right

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16h

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 21h

“Every Native American is a survivor, an anomaly, a surprise on earth. We were all slated for extinction before the march of progress. But surprise, we are progress.”

(Louise Erdrich, Chippewa, 1997)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 19h

This is a great reaction lol

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a thing for @writersdigest.bsky.social about why I will never stop writing dark humor, sorry to everyone (except those who also claim BoJack Horseman as their favorite TV show of all time)

On Being an Unreformed Writer of Dark Humor

Author Amber Sparks shares her love of dark humor and how it featured in her youth and adulthood as a writer (and consumer of media).

www.writersdigest.com

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 22h

Love so many of these shows and writers

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 22h

I love her. I look up her little interview sometimes just to feel a little spark of joy. I hope she’s thriving

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 22h

I’m never answering this question lol

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 22h

A still from the infamous “my ex cheated on me so I fucked his mom” TikTok, which as you well know, means that you should be careful about what kinds of questions you ask because you got no idea how truly unhinged people are out here.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“Virtue signaling” has been an all-purpose tool to invalidate any form of advocacy which isn’t centered around selfishness.

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 3d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 1d

And the creator is fannybroholm on IG. I don’t endorse her whole account - just this one video. I think white ppl need to hear this perspective more often

Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not going anywhere. I have to stay, for a host of reasons. I’m just asking other white ppl, especially well-off white ppl, to please stay. We cannot leave the most vulnerable behind. We need, for a change, to do our best to keep other ppl safe instead of always putting our own needs first

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing this for white ppl - this is the biggest demographic I see talking about leaving the U.S., and in most cases, we’re the safest here. Please consider sticking it out here for these reasons.

I am fully supportive of anyone from a marginalized group who feels like they need to flee

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 1d

Just watched a reel worth discussing: a Danish woman who moved from Denmark to Costa Rica is moving back, in great part because she is seeing how her presence fuels gentrification. Her final thoughts:

“Real freedom might come through commitment to our roots, not from escaping them”

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

That's all I'll say. Palestine deserves to be FREE.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli settlers continue to wage war on Palestinians in the West Bank and elsewhere. They are breaking into people's homes, stealing their stuff, trashing their homes and sometimes kidnapping and killing people. This is happening NOW. People should know this.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 1d

Two frames from The Good Place:

“Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.”

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

It’s worth noting that when he decided to speak out about his unconstitutional ICE detainment, DHS accused him of assault.

They lie.

They blame the victims.

George did nothing wrong. He was just trying to get to work and was hit with chemical munitions and detained for three days.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 1d

The problem with this discourse is that it reveals something that nobody with a stake in their own academic or professional discipline wants to own up to, which is there is no particular educational paradigm that automatically makes you a good person

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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