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Victoria Law

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Freelance journalist & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket, 2024). https://linktr.ee/victorialaw

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · Nov 15

Welcome new (and not-so-new) followers. I’m an author & freelance journalist focusing on incarceration, particularly women’s incarceration. My latest book, CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION, examines the Covid-19 pandemic behind bars—and the continuing fallout of prisons’ punitive responses.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 1d

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Zora Neale Hurston’s Play Comes Alive for the First Time

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 2d

Your reminder—or maybe no one ever told you—that complications from a measles infection include immune amnesia (where you lose immunity to everything), vision and hearing loss, brain damage, and a fatal brain disease called Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis that can show up years later.

Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 3d

Hundreds of children in multiple states are in quarantine and on remote learning due to measles outbreaks.

The decline in MMR vaccinations has resulted in the US experiencing an increase of measles cases with 1563 total cases & 3 deaths since January.

#Pinks

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 2d

A new City Council bill suggests the biggest city in the U.S. is once again capable of eating outside in March.

Is Year-Round Outdoor Dining Coming Back to NYC?

A new City Council bill suggests the biggest city in the U.S. is once again capable of eating outside in March.

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Selena Larson @selenalarson.bsky.social · 1d

Know Your Rights canvassing and education at work!!! Knowing the difference between a judicial warrant (that has to be filled out correctly!) and a nonsense DHS warrant (that is useless for entering private property) can save lives.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 5d

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New York’s Biggest ICE Detention Center Bans Book Deliveries

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage…

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 7d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 8d

I'm so looking forward to this conversation on KING OF THE NORTH with the great @sifill.bsky.social with @zinnedproject.bsky.social & @jessehagopian.bsky.social on Monday October 27 at 7:00 EST. All are welcome to tune in: www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...

King of the North: Part Two

Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 12d

Back to burning my lunch while writing #writerslife

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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 18d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 19d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20d

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.

The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 21d

To @prisonculture.bsky.social’s point, imagine if you could do your work without constant threats of imprisonment, deportation, harassment, policing, and surveillance. That’s what the so-called Right has. Then add funders who don’t hem them up.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22d

A friend of mine is an incredible artist who recently spent over 25 years incarcerated. He has created a wonderful work of art that has already been exhibited once and he would love to loan it to others who might want to exhibit it. When it is mounted, the entire piece with the frame is 48"x 67"

A colorful painting shows three abstract, expressive faces framed at an angle with chicken wire and shells, set against a vivid floral and green patterned background. The style is bold and textured, with strong lines and vibrant colors.

A vibrant mixed media artwork on wood featuring large eyes, hands, colorful dots, flowers, and text reading "MENTAL HEALTH." The background is dark with bright, expressive details and textured materials around the edges.

A close-up of a red metal structure holding a textured, abstract painting with chains and clasps. The hooks are handcuffs. In the background, there are sketches on a door, a Yale tote bag, and various art supplies.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 21d

Three U.S. states incarcerate women at a rate higher than El Salvador, a country that's been described as an authoritarian police state.

The rest are not far behind – take a look at who holds the top 10 spots for women’s incarceration around the world:

Graph showing the women's incarceration rate for SD, MT, ID, KY, OK, WY, AR, TN, and ND

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 22d

A key reminder right now, from @prisonculture.bsky.social:

"We are actually in a consistent battle to unleash and free our imaginations in the face of unrelenting oppression... Imagination is an important terrain of struggle."

prisonculture.substack.com/p/abolition-...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22d

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“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement - Bolts

Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country’s prisons and jails, even though the United Nations defines the... Read Mo...

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 23d

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The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents

StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 23d

Is your organizing meeting at the Brooklyn bookfair to cover the entirety of its offerings?

Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks!! I need a rabbit hole today…

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23d

You don't have to mourn people who despised you and wanted terrible things to happen to you. Hard to believe that this needs to be said but apparently it does.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23d

You can spend today seeking a way to support and uplift the many marginalized groups that Kirk demonized and harmed.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 28d

Reading June Jordan yesterday and this made me think of your post.

"It's on you, whoever you are... It's your responsibility to make yourself knowledgeable about where you are in this very complicated world right now, to the best of your knowledge and capacity to understand things. Then, to act."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28d

I think quite a few of us [the us is specific] actually have to reclaim our time for our health and in order to also continue to have the energy to keep struggling for different/better.

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you for that reminder.