Amy Ferrell
@amyshadow.bsky.social
Associate Professor Special Education, School of Education and Human Development
CU Denver
Community, Wholeness, Literacy, Feminism, Shadow Work, Mysticism, Ex-Evangelical
CU Denver
Community, Wholeness, Literacy, Feminism, Shadow Work, Mysticism, Ex-Evangelical
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Amy Ferrell
@amyshadow.bsky.social
· Feb 13
If we can understand how the manipulation of truth contributes to social and political corruption, wouldn’t it follow that we’d want to attend to all the ways we twist our own truth, even just to ourselves? This is shadow work, the secret weapon in the revolution.
Sola Scriptura has everything to do with current frameworks for literacy instruction in education, which treat text and its meaning as objects to achieve and remove the interpretive meaning-making process highly influenced by culture.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Sola Scriptura has everything to do with current frameworks for literacy instruction in education, which treat text and its meaning as objects to achieve and remove the interpretive meaning-making process highly influenced by culture.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
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"Culturally we are seeing far more of the infantile than the Great. To meet someone in touch with the Great Self is to witness beauty. Not the beauty of Hollywood, but something leathery, troublesome, and honestly wild."~Martin Shaw
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"Culturally we are seeing far more of the infantile than the Great. To meet someone in touch with the Great Self is to witness beauty. Not the beauty of Hollywood, but something leathery, troublesome, and honestly wild."~Martin Shaw
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One Sunday you're winning the Grammy for Album or the year, the next you're performing at the Super Bowl. Gonna be a helluva week for Bad Bunny.
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 AM
One Sunday you're winning the Grammy for Album or the year, the next you're performing at the Super Bowl. Gonna be a helluva week for Bad Bunny.
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There’s a temptation to settle for less than abolishing ICE. The establishment certainly wants to stop at far less than abolishing ICE. But our future depends on its abolition. In Congress and in the streets we need to push harder than ever, not accept appeasement.
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-app...
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-app...
Reject appeasement. Reject counter-insurgency.
We can stop at nothing less that the total dissolution of ICE
www.jphilll.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
There’s a temptation to settle for less than abolishing ICE. The establishment certainly wants to stop at far less than abolishing ICE. But our future depends on its abolition. In Congress and in the streets we need to push harder than ever, not accept appeasement.
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-app...
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-app...
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Some people want to be lied to.
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Some people want to be lied to.
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Been neck-deep in evangelical pronatalist writing for months.
Becoming more convinced this genre serves the same purpose as apologetics. It's not *really* intended to convince the unconvinced, but rather to reinforce in-group identity & norms ("this is what WE think") as distinct from "the world."
Becoming more convinced this genre serves the same purpose as apologetics. It's not *really* intended to convince the unconvinced, but rather to reinforce in-group identity & norms ("this is what WE think") as distinct from "the world."
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Been neck-deep in evangelical pronatalist writing for months.
Becoming more convinced this genre serves the same purpose as apologetics. It's not *really* intended to convince the unconvinced, but rather to reinforce in-group identity & norms ("this is what WE think") as distinct from "the world."
Becoming more convinced this genre serves the same purpose as apologetics. It's not *really* intended to convince the unconvinced, but rather to reinforce in-group identity & norms ("this is what WE think") as distinct from "the world."
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There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
-Leonard Cohen
That's how the light gets in.
-Leonard Cohen
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
-Leonard Cohen
That's how the light gets in.
-Leonard Cohen
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You know, Helen of Troy was fathered by a swan and born from an egg but I’m not hearing any swan complaining she doesn’t represent them accurately. Probably because the swans are aware of how mythology works and that she is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
February 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
You know, Helen of Troy was fathered by a swan and born from an egg but I’m not hearing any swan complaining she doesn’t represent them accurately. Probably because the swans are aware of how mythology works and that she is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
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“A review of 47 victims’ full names on Sunday found that 43 of them were left unredacted in files that were made public by the government on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Several women’s full names appeared more than 100 times in the files. “
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | Epstein Files Release Exposes Names of at Least 43 Victims, WSJ Review Finds
The Justice Department was required to redact all victims’ names prior to releasing the files.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“A review of 47 victims’ full names on Sunday found that 43 of them were left unredacted in files that were made public by the government on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Several women’s full names appeared more than 100 times in the files. “
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
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“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”
There is a Leviathan deep within me preparing to surface and scream her holy rage.
No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
There is a Leviathan deep within me preparing to surface and scream her holy rage.
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No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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WHO THE FUCK COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
WHO THE FUCK COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
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Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
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“Light Melts Ice”, 24x24. Acrylic on canvas. Trying to express reactions to our current state of affairs. I want to be hopeful yet very aware of where we are. These are crude and I will probably continue on this after it dries. But it felt good to let anger and outrage flow.
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“Light Melts Ice”, 24x24. Acrylic on canvas. Trying to express reactions to our current state of affairs. I want to be hopeful yet very aware of where we are. These are crude and I will probably continue on this after it dries. But it felt good to let anger and outrage flow.
Epstein read and recommended Dobson to someone. Of course he did. Of course he did.
Then there is a really weird text convo between Jeffrey and someone (her name has been redacted). I am assuming she is young. Epstein yells at her bc she was nice to a guy with a small dick but complained about her dad. So he sent her a James Dobson article to read.
February 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Epstein read and recommended Dobson to someone. Of course he did. Of course he did.
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Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
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i love him
February 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
i love him
Just like Christian purity culture. Nothing says sexualization of girls and young women like telling them how wrong they are for eating a banana, being seen with wet hair, holding hands with interlocking fingers, for simply having breasts (aka stumbling blocks), or failing to stop men's advancements
The fetishization and abuse of girls and young women is just as normalized today as it was when Epstein got started. Look no further than the culture of exploiting child stars, who today are predominantly online influencers, followed by shaming and blaming them for their sexuality as young adults
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Just like Christian purity culture. Nothing says sexualization of girls and young women like telling them how wrong they are for eating a banana, being seen with wet hair, holding hands with interlocking fingers, for simply having breasts (aka stumbling blocks), or failing to stop men's advancements
May I one day possess the strength of this queen yelling at the (presumed) MAGA monster truck.
February 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM
May I one day possess the strength of this queen yelling at the (presumed) MAGA monster truck.
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One of the reasons the GOP is banning books, restricting teaching on accurate history, and destroying African American and Women’s Studies departments is to stop this response.
Learning about atrocities committed in our name makes (normal, good) people want to ensure it never happens again.
Learning about atrocities committed in our name makes (normal, good) people want to ensure it never happens again.
This is great. ICE thuggery is bringing out more ICE watchers
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
One of the reasons the GOP is banning books, restricting teaching on accurate history, and destroying African American and Women’s Studies departments is to stop this response.
Learning about atrocities committed in our name makes (normal, good) people want to ensure it never happens again.
Learning about atrocities committed in our name makes (normal, good) people want to ensure it never happens again.
Yes. And the academy gives predators continual access to young women.
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Yes. And the academy gives predators continual access to young women.