Martha Crawford
@whatashrinkthinks.com
focused on dreams, mysticism, mortality, community resilience and the psychologies/theologies of liberation
Essays in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine
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Website: whatashrinkthinks.com
Essays in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine
Crone
Quaker-ish
She/Her
Website: whatashrinkthinks.com
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Martha Crawford
@whatashrinkthinks.com
· Jul 17
What A Shrink Thinks
Martha Crawford offering workshops, consultations, and essays on dreams,
death, contemplation, community resilience and psychologies of liberation
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
A thread to pin to my feed about the different kinds of work that I do around something central that feels whole to me:
Almost everything is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis
Upcoming events and workshops are a good place to start
Almost everything is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis
Upcoming events and workshops are a good place to start
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A big thing that was intensely evident while I was reporting this piece:
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
A big thing that was intensely evident while I was reporting this piece:
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
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This is the safest, most moderate course of action that offers some prospect of de-escalation. It is the only way for Democrats.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
This is the safest, most moderate course of action that offers some prospect of de-escalation. It is the only way for Democrats.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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"Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota.
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
"Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota.
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
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My god today.
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
My god today.
Nope.
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Nope.
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you can’t shoot people for running away from you!
this shit is horrifying and unsustainable, man
this shit is horrifying and unsustainable, man
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 AM
you can’t shoot people for running away from you!
this shit is horrifying and unsustainable, man
this shit is horrifying and unsustainable, man
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I just found this: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Shooting reported in Minneapolis allegedly involving federal agents
Gov. Tim Walz address Minnesotans in a live broadcast Wednesday night on the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota. A federal judge has declined to immediately rule on the ICE surge in Minn...
www.startribune.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I just found this: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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As long as I'm sharing Tony's non-writing work, these are two of my favorites--a birthday present he made for me in 2018. Needless to say, I treasure these.
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
As long as I'm sharing Tony's non-writing work, these are two of my favorites--a birthday present he made for me in 2018. Needless to say, I treasure these.
Gorgeous!!
He needlepointed this himself. It's a needlepoint pillow of the actor Ernest Thesiger needlepoint. It took forever and is awesome.
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Gorgeous!!
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Reposted by Martha Crawford
We need honesty about what US policing actually is or there's no possible way to something different.
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
We need honesty about what US policing actually is or there's no possible way to something different.
EEEWWWW
Why are the absolute ICKIEST people in charge of this planet?
ITS SO GROSS.
Why are the absolute ICKIEST people in charge of this planet?
ITS SO GROSS.
Jesse Watters Scolds Europeans for Rejecting Trump: ‘Why Won’t They Give Daddy What He Wants?’
Jesse Watters Scolds Europeans for Rejecting Trump: ‘Why Won’t They Give Daddy What He Wants?’
Fox News host Jesse Watters scolded Europeans for refusing to give Greenland to President Donald Trump, questioning, "Why won't they give daddy what he wants?"
The post Jesse Watters Scolds Europeans for Rejecting Trump: ‘Why Won’t They Give Daddy What He Wants?’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
EEEWWWW
Why are the absolute ICKIEST people in charge of this planet?
ITS SO GROSS.
Why are the absolute ICKIEST people in charge of this planet?
ITS SO GROSS.
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Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
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You know who else starved the people of his own nation
The Trump administration said that it would suspend funding of food stamps and other hunger relief programs in Minnesota just as a federal judge blocked a similar effort to freeze funding for social services amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state.
Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota
The move was part of a broader effort to to freeze social services to some Democratic-led states amid a fraud investigation in Minnesota.
nyti.ms
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 AM
You know who else starved the people of his own nation
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Which is exactly why I do this
Next session in April
By donation. Free seats available (4)
Next session in April
By donation. Free seats available (4)
Mortality Workshop | Explore Mortality Mindfully — Martha Crawford - What a Shrink Thinks
Join our online interactive workshop to deepen your understanding of
mortality and develop healthier responses to the life's existential
realities.
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Which is exactly why I do this
Next session in April
By donation. Free seats available (4)
Next session in April
By donation. Free seats available (4)
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A population that knows what it is willing to die for, that has goals and values beyond their own individual longevity and fantasies of immortality
A population that has faced down their death denial is a population that no regime can control.
A population that has faced down their death denial is a population that no regime can control.
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A population that knows what it is willing to die for, that has goals and values beyond their own individual longevity and fantasies of immortality
A population that has faced down their death denial is a population that no regime can control.
A population that has faced down their death denial is a population that no regime can control.
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Our emotions are susceptible to manipulation, can limit our effectiveness or can help us transform the world.
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?
What are the functions of our emotional responses in collective crises?
How might we be overtaken, undermined by them?
How do we tend to their call with discernment, prudence and respect for their embodied demands?
By donation. Seats open
Scholarships available.
How might we be overtaken, undermined by them?
How do we tend to their call with discernment, prudence and respect for their embodied demands?
By donation. Seats open
Scholarships available.
Riding the Roller Coaster Workshop: — Martha Crawford - What a Shrink Thinks
or grown-ups who have feelings
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Our emotions are susceptible to manipulation, can limit our effectiveness or can help us transform the world.
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?
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"When the tribe requested more info, leaders were told the tribe wld need to enter into an immigration agreement w/ICE." The tribe refused.
"We will not enter an agreement that would authorize or make it easier for ICE or DHS to come onto our tribal homeland to arrest or detain our tribal members."
"We will not enter an agreement that would authorize or make it easier for ICE or DHS to come onto our tribal homeland to arrest or detain our tribal members."
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
"When the tribe requested more info, leaders were told the tribe wld need to enter into an immigration agreement w/ICE." The tribe refused.
"We will not enter an agreement that would authorize or make it easier for ICE or DHS to come onto our tribal homeland to arrest or detain our tribal members."
"We will not enter an agreement that would authorize or make it easier for ICE or DHS to come onto our tribal homeland to arrest or detain our tribal members."
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The MAHA stuff is so wild because they'll have a press conference about how they're gonna make everyone immortal where at least 3 people look like they have OD'd on 3 different hardcore drugs
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The MAHA stuff is so wild because they'll have a press conference about how they're gonna make everyone immortal where at least 3 people look like they have OD'd on 3 different hardcore drugs
Its not reasonable
But nothing makes me madder, more frustrated and more irritated than my basic capacities and knowledge from lived experience being underestimated and low-balled
Especially when a man attempts it.
Like every single day of my life.
But nothing makes me madder, more frustrated and more irritated than my basic capacities and knowledge from lived experience being underestimated and low-balled
Especially when a man attempts it.
Like every single day of my life.
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Its not reasonable
But nothing makes me madder, more frustrated and more irritated than my basic capacities and knowledge from lived experience being underestimated and low-balled
Especially when a man attempts it.
Like every single day of my life.
But nothing makes me madder, more frustrated and more irritated than my basic capacities and knowledge from lived experience being underestimated and low-balled
Especially when a man attempts it.
Like every single day of my life.
Our emotions are susceptible to manipulation, can limit our effectiveness or can help us transform the world.
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?
What are the functions of our emotional responses in collective crises?
How might we be overtaken, undermined by them?
How do we tend to their call with discernment, prudence and respect for their embodied demands?
By donation. Seats open
Scholarships available.
How might we be overtaken, undermined by them?
How do we tend to their call with discernment, prudence and respect for their embodied demands?
By donation. Seats open
Scholarships available.
Riding the Roller Coaster Workshop: — Martha Crawford - What a Shrink Thinks
or grown-ups who have feelings
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Our emotions are susceptible to manipulation, can limit our effectiveness or can help us transform the world.
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?
Do you know what your emotions do? What they are for? How they work? How they can inform and guide you? When to disengage from them?