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Sarah Kaplan
@sarahkaplan.bsky.social
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Public speaker, board director. Author: The 360º Corporation. Professor and Founding Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) at University of Toronto. WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · 13d
i”It means believing that racism is not a natural condition of poverty but a political weapon that rich men use to constrain poor people’s political power.”

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · 13d
“Their rhetoric — and the conventional wisdom that flows from it — suggests that we cannot talk about economic solutions without abandoning our commitment to the Black, Latino, gay, transgender and female poor that are the lifeblood of the Democratic Party’s base.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 16d
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · 16d
“The only thing we should fear is that we will surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. That we will surrender, without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and that of our children.”

Alexei Navalny prison diary 01/17/22

lucid.substack.com/p/why-we-res...
Why We Resist
For the Country, For Each Other, For Ourselves, for the World
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Oct 12
If you weren't as lucky as me to know the incomparable Urvashi Vaid, you can still be part of her aura. She knew there was a place for everyone in the movement, that we had to build bridges to make change, that we didn't have to compromise our values to get things done. www.pbs.org/video/there-...
GBH Documentaries | There Are Things To Do
A love story to Urvashi Vaid: a lesbian immigrant who helped shape the modern gay rights movement.
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Oct 10
Hey Toronto peeps! #NoKings www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO TYRANTS DAY - TORONTO, ON CANADA · No Kings
**We don’t put up with would-be kings in the US.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO TYRANTS” and "NO KINGS", born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on po...
www.mobilize.us

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Oct 9
This is so good. Creating magnetic messaging, not "pollingism" and what the Democrats could be doing that they mainly are not. (But exceptions! @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, @govpritzker.illinois.gov, @govandybeshear.bsky.social)Attract people and don't be afraid to repel!

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WATCH: What frog guy can teach Democrats -- and you
Anat Shenker-Osorio on Portland, Chicago, No Kings, and how you can start changing minds right now
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Oct 7
On top of everything else going on...Oppression and hate built into the algorithms. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/how-metas-...
How Meta's New Rules Are Putting LGBTQ People in Danger [Opinion]
The company's systematic dismantling of digital civil-rights protections has consequences that extend far beyond our screens.
www.unclosetedmedia.com

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Oct 7
Ugh.

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Aug 29
This was a fun and provocative conversation. Stephanie Wong asked great questions that allowed me to bust many myths! You'll hear a lot of "howevers" because there's nuance when it comes to understanding gender inequality and the parenthood penalty! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaaZ...
Women in the workplace - have we made progress? | IRL
YouTube video by In Real Life • Steph Wong
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Aug 20
"On the road to authoritarianism, this is a whole factory of red flags." #Texas #Resistance

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August 19, 2025
Yesterday, the 51 Democratic Texas state representatives who left the state for Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts on August 3 to prevent Republican lawmakers from redistricting Texas to give five ...
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Jun 28
People want to create a narrative that our movement is divided. It is not. Marriage Equality and Trans Rights Are Two Sides of the Same Coin for Many www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...
Marriage Equality and Trans Rights Are Two Sides of the Same Coin for Many
www.nytimes.com

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GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) @gladlaw.bsky.social · May 9
These transgender servicemembers and military candidates are ready and able to serve. Last night’s @thedailyshow.com segment highlights what’s at stake as legal challenges to Trump’s trans military ban continue.

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Apr 30
Important to call these things what they are: concentration camps.

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Apr 30
Canadians got the message.

Reposted by Lisa Hajjar, Sarah Kaplan

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Apr 30
This is a MUST READ. A tough read. But a MUST READ, nevertheless.
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Trump and Bukele’s Concentration Camp
CECOT is no regular prison. It is also a warning.
nymag.com

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📺~CRT~📺 @crtvheadvt.bsky.social · Apr 29
I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Apr 28
Voted! #ElectionsCanada
woman with red lipstick and white hair and sunglasses with maroon scarf

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Apr 10
"A dictator can never save himself with a golden gun" lucid.substack.com/p/when-a-tyr.... from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @marceldirsus.bsky.social
When a Tyrant Becomes Vulnerable
An excerpt from Marcel Dirsus, How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Apr 4
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Apr 4
Ok, this was a very, very good speech: The American era is over... In the past, from helping stranded passengers in Gander to fighting California fires, we have done extraordinary things for Americans. Now we need to do extraordinary things for ourselves. #Canada

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aaT...
LIVE: Canada PM Mark Carney speaks after Trump’s tariffs announcement
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Apr 1
Keep speaking. Keep fighting.
booker.senate.gov Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · Mar 31
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · Mar 31
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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Rotman School of Management @rotmanschool.bsky.social · Mar 15
Congratulations to Prof. @sarahkaplan.bsky.social who was selected to join The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program. During her residency, Prof. Kaplan will work on her forthcoming book, Products for the People, to be published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ow.ly/nIQe50VikpR
Blue text book on left with "Congratulations to Prof. Sarah Kaplan. She was selected to join The Bellagio Center Residency Program by The Rockefeller Foundation. Rotman. Here's where it change.

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Mar 7
Research: With all of the "back to the office" pressure, it it is worth considering that remote work has been a protective shield against harassment for women... pushing them back to the office is pushing them into hostile situations www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...
Remote work “a protective shield” against gender discrimination
Survey of more than 1000 women shows incidence higher on-site versus out of the office
www.rotman.utoronto.ca

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Mar 6
Tell me you're afraid of women without telling me you're afraid of women. Apple Erased Women’s Day—So We’re Taking Over the Whole Year

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Apple Erased Women’s Day—So We’re Taking Over the Whole Year
Tell me you're afraid of women without telling me you're afraid of women.
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Feb 21
Must watch: Illinois Governor Pritzker Warns Against Threats to American Democracy in State of the State Address citing just how few days it took the Nazis to dismantle a republic. | C-SPAN.org

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Feb 19
The purge of probationary Federal workers will undermine competency in these departments and agencies for years to come. open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
The probationary purge
What current and former federal probationaries need to know
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Feb 18
Re: DEI: “The retailer is currently being sued for allegedly hiding the risks of ending the company’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs after customers angry about the move started a boycott.” www.pride.com/gay-news/tar...
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan.bsky.social · Feb 17
Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won’t visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won’t visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says people entering the country must use proper documentation and Americans holding valid U.S. passports with a X gender marker will be processed as they had been p...
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