Paulina Ochoa Espejo
@pochoaespejo.bsky.social
Political Theorist. University of Virginia.
Mexicana de acá de este lado, como dice el corrido.
All opinions here are only mine
Mexicana de acá de este lado, como dice el corrido.
All opinions here are only mine
After being told repeatedly (by us) that “Latinx” “Hispanic” and “Latin American” is *not* a race. They even invented a new category in bureaucratic forms to force us to say that it *is* a race— and now they cancel the scholarship because “Hispanic” looks like a race to them…
Lawsuit Challenges a Nonprofit’s Scholarships for Hispanic Students
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After being told repeatedly (by us) that “Latinx” “Hispanic” and “Latin American” is *not* a race. They even invented a new category in bureaucratic forms to force us to say that it *is* a race— and now they cancel the scholarship because “Hispanic” looks like a race to them…
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Need a break from the news?
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Need a break from the news?
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
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In response, @pochoaespejo.bsky.social doubts that appeals to fundamental values can build solidarity and defeat resurgent xenophobia.
Instead, she argues, institutions in local communities “are our best hope for motivating workers to join with others, locally and abroad”:
Instead, she argues, institutions in local communities “are our best hope for motivating workers to join with others, locally and abroad”:
Appealing to philosophical values won’t build solidarity, but local communities might. - Boston Review
Paulina Ochoa Espejo responds to Lea Ypi’s “The Real Border Crisis.”
www.bostonreview.net
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In response, @pochoaespejo.bsky.social doubts that appeals to fundamental values can build solidarity and defeat resurgent xenophobia.
Instead, she argues, institutions in local communities “are our best hope for motivating workers to join with others, locally and abroad”:
Instead, she argues, institutions in local communities “are our best hope for motivating workers to join with others, locally and abroad”:
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Our latest forum is now online.
@leaypi.bsky.social opens with a critique of our broken politics of immigration, with responses from @pochoaespejo.bsky.social, @daralind.bsky.social , @danieldenvir.bsky.social, Alex Aleinikoff, Chandran Kukathas, and Ayelet Shachar:
@leaypi.bsky.social opens with a critique of our broken politics of immigration, with responses from @pochoaespejo.bsky.social, @daralind.bsky.social , @danieldenvir.bsky.social, Alex Aleinikoff, Chandran Kukathas, and Ayelet Shachar:
The Real Border Crisis - Boston Review
The problem isn't immigration. It's the failure of liberal democracy itself.
www.bostonreview.net
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Our latest forum is now online.
@leaypi.bsky.social opens with a critique of our broken politics of immigration, with responses from @pochoaespejo.bsky.social, @daralind.bsky.social , @danieldenvir.bsky.social, Alex Aleinikoff, Chandran Kukathas, and Ayelet Shachar:
@leaypi.bsky.social opens with a critique of our broken politics of immigration, with responses from @pochoaespejo.bsky.social, @daralind.bsky.social , @danieldenvir.bsky.social, Alex Aleinikoff, Chandran Kukathas, and Ayelet Shachar:
Es fascinante ver como viajan las ideas. Eso de “tierra despojada”puede ser revolucionario, pero está tan importado de Estados Unidos o Canadá como los tacos vegetarianos de la Roma. ¿No?
Mexico City Citizens Ask President Sheinbaum to Expropriate Water Well Granted to Televisa
Residents of Santa Ursula Coapa protested at Estadio Azteca against 2026 World Cup construction work & the privatized well which threatens public access to water.
Residents of Santa Ursula Coapa protested at Estadio Azteca against 2026 World Cup construction work & the privatized well which threatens public access to water.
Mexico City Citizens Ask President Sheinbaum to Expropriate Water Well Granted to Televisa
Residents of Santa Ursula Coapa protested at Estadio Azteca against 2026 World Cup construction work & the privatized well which threatens public access to water.
mexicosolidarity.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Es fascinante ver como viajan las ideas. Eso de “tierra despojada”puede ser revolucionario, pero está tan importado de Estados Unidos o Canadá como los tacos vegetarianos de la Roma. ¿No?
The new Boston Review Forum is out!
With a lead essay by Lea Ypi, and responses by Alexander Aleinikoff, Dara Lind, Daniel Denvir, Chandran Kukathas and Ayelet Shachar and me.
@bostonreview.bsky.social
@leaypi.bsky.social
@danieldenvir.bsky.social
@daralind.bsky.social
With a lead essay by Lea Ypi, and responses by Alexander Aleinikoff, Dara Lind, Daniel Denvir, Chandran Kukathas and Ayelet Shachar and me.
@bostonreview.bsky.social
@leaypi.bsky.social
@danieldenvir.bsky.social
@daralind.bsky.social
The Real Border Crisis - Boston Review
The problem isn't immigration. It's the failure of liberal democracy itself.
www.bostonreview.net
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The new Boston Review Forum is out!
With a lead essay by Lea Ypi, and responses by Alexander Aleinikoff, Dara Lind, Daniel Denvir, Chandran Kukathas and Ayelet Shachar and me.
@bostonreview.bsky.social
@leaypi.bsky.social
@danieldenvir.bsky.social
@daralind.bsky.social
With a lead essay by Lea Ypi, and responses by Alexander Aleinikoff, Dara Lind, Daniel Denvir, Chandran Kukathas and Ayelet Shachar and me.
@bostonreview.bsky.social
@leaypi.bsky.social
@danieldenvir.bsky.social
@daralind.bsky.social
Genuinely sad. I was hoping for one more play. He is one of the few people who has made me happy every time I had something to do with him (including the many times I’ve read Arcadia and the million times I’ve watched Shakespeare in Love).
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Genuinely sad. I was hoping for one more play. He is one of the few people who has made me happy every time I had something to do with him (including the many times I’ve read Arcadia and the million times I’ve watched Shakespeare in Love).
Lots of water news this morning (TLDR: we’re all running out).
My take: The fights over immigration are mostly about sublimating anger and fear over the environment.
My take: The fights over immigration are mostly about sublimating anger and fear over the environment.
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Lots of water news this morning (TLDR: we’re all running out).
My take: The fights over immigration are mostly about sublimating anger and fear over the environment.
My take: The fights over immigration are mostly about sublimating anger and fear over the environment.
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Even areas getting wetter may experience water shortage as the intense, sudden rainfall that climate change drives leads to flash floods + runoff which don't replenish groundwater.
3/6
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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Even areas getting wetter may experience water shortage as the intense, sudden rainfall that climate change drives leads to flash floods + runoff which don't replenish groundwater.
3/6
share.google/0eyMBdzbmWkA...
3/6
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Welcome new followers!
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
Paulina Ochoa Espejo | Abolish ICE! – Abolition 13/13Paulina Ochoa Espejo | Abolish ICE! – Abolition 13/13
blogs.law.columbia.edu
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Welcome new followers!
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
Welcome new followers!
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
Paulina Ochoa Espejo | Abolish ICE! – Abolition 13/13Paulina Ochoa Espejo | Abolish ICE! – Abolition 13/13
blogs.law.columbia.edu
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Welcome new followers!
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
I post mostly about rivers, but if you are interested in immigration politics, here’s an article that I wrote in 2020 where I was already calling to abolish ICE.
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
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Book launch next week for Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory (OUP 2025) by Yann Allard-Tremblay. Wednesday December 3, 5-7 pm, Paragraphe
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Book launch next week for Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory (OUP 2025) by Yann Allard-Tremblay. Wednesday December 3, 5-7 pm, Paragraphe
And if a law is by definition a command issued by the sovereign, and the sovereign is the president, and if outside the law there’s no justice and injustice…
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
And if a law is by definition a command issued by the sovereign, and the sovereign is the president, and if outside the law there’s no justice and injustice…
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
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People keep talking about this happening to Mexico City within a couple of decades and it’s the sort of thing that you hear and think, no, that won’t happen, people will take action before it does. But what if they don’t?
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep talking about this happening to Mexico City within a couple of decades and it’s the sort of thing that you hear and think, no, that won’t happen, people will take action before it does. But what if they don’t?
Note to self: “navigate messy dynamics” means “hanging out with other people is hard.” “Community” requires close relationships, and if you want the joy of being together, you cannot run away and hide from people’s quirks, fears, jealousy, envy, and resentment.
Our ability to critique the system & to identify all that is failing around us only the tip of the iceberg.
Developing the skills to bypass the system, build community infrastructure & navigate messy dynamics/contentious relationships is the bulk of the work.
Developing the skills to bypass the system, build community infrastructure & navigate messy dynamics/contentious relationships is the bulk of the work.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Note to self: “navigate messy dynamics” means “hanging out with other people is hard.” “Community” requires close relationships, and if you want the joy of being together, you cannot run away and hide from people’s quirks, fears, jealousy, envy, and resentment.
Water
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Water
Now, what are the best explanations for what *all this* has 40 and some percent approval rate?
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Now, what are the best explanations for what *all this* has 40 and some percent approval rate?
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asfalto intenseando
![Foto de un grafiti sobre una barra blanca de paso peatonal sobre el asfalto, dice “lo que me falta por llorar”, y abajo se alcanza a leer “grupo pro [ilegible]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z3qcarbmcmnly3fdfkhaqxpz/bafkreicckf72ev2fkbuszp3qhgw2zwzc4jxg6hqdkunmncve2gf6lthduu@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
asfalto intenseando
I just opened the app, read for 3 minutes, and this came to my mind.
Old people may get the reference…
Old people may get the reference…
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I just opened the app, read for 3 minutes, and this came to my mind.
Old people may get the reference…
Old people may get the reference…
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
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Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
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The only actual law in political science is that when a candidate running on economic justice wins an election, the rich go to Miami…
Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The only actual law in political science is that when a candidate running on economic justice wins an election, the rich go to Miami…