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Lauren
@tinydancer84.bsky.social
Therapist
Dancer
Abolitionist
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." - Lilla Watson
Dancers, a cat, and the ocean. Alex Steed, we might be soulmates. 😆🩵
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
February 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Even if they release body cam footage, take off their masks, get more training, they are still responsible for detaining and deporting thousands of our family, friends & neighbors every day.

ICE doesn't need new rules. It needs to be dismantled entirely.
Contracted ICE employee pleads guilty to sexual abuse of female detainee
An contracted employee has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a female detainee at a Louisiana ICE processing center. He now awaits sentencing.
www.shreveporttimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Ah! That makes sense.
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Human beings.
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 AM
As a sexual abuse survivor this stuff has had me spiraling and your post just made me laugh for the first time today. Thank you. 🩵
February 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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This.

Not to mention:

The Nazis learned so, so many lessons and tips and tricks from American white supremacists.
White Americans keep looking to 1930s Germany for lessons on authoritarianism, but they ignore Black Americans who have survived it here.

Slavery, Jim Crow, and racialized state violence are forms of American authoritarianism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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As @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social observes, below, this is a needed coda:
White Americans keep looking to 1930s Germany for lessons on authoritarianism, but they ignore Black Americans who have survived it here.

Slavery, Jim Crow, and racialized state violence are forms of American authoritarianism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Sounds familiar....
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 AM
YES!!!!!!!!!
January 9, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Dude....I can't even imagine still being there. I feel like it's just going to get harder for people to realize something is rotten in Denmark because they won't see opposing thoughts.
September 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM