ChaeRan Yoo Freeze
@chaeranyoofreeze.bsky.social
WGS and Jewish Studies Prof at Brandeis U on unceded Massachusett, Nipmuc, and Pawtucket homelands. Grew up in Ethiopia and Kenya (1975-1987)
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Imperiled Bodies John E. Sawyer Mellon Seminar
www.brandeis.edu
Anita Hill, Harleen Singh, Carmel Ohman, and I are now editing a volume based on our Mellon Sawyer Seminar on gender-based violence and the abiding fiction that it is a natural and inevitable facet of the family, state, and nation, to envision a future without it.
www.brandeis.edu/womens-gende...
www.brandeis.edu/womens-gende...
Give Bad Bunny the Nobel Peace Prize already!❤️
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Give Bad Bunny the Nobel Peace Prize already!❤️
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Is she pitching you a new Korean book about Yerin Ha to translate for Bridgerton fans?😃
February 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Is she pitching you a new Korean book about Yerin Ha to translate for Bridgerton fans?😃
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i wrote a collection with my bestie and it’s gonna be out in the world soooooon. like, actually.
Coming March 6th, 2026, LOVE THAT FOR US by Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) and Sam Herschel Wein (@samforbreakfast.bsky.social) is now available for pre-order!!
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/love...
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/love...
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
i wrote a collection with my bestie and it’s gonna be out in the world soooooon. like, actually.
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This is so real but also the “we” doesn’t include Black and brown faculty teaching in ethnic and feminist studies… Because we been knowing this. The university been doing this to us 4 a while. Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
This is so real but also the “we” doesn’t include Black and brown faculty teaching in ethnic and feminist studies… Because we been knowing this. The university been doing this to us 4 a while. Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
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A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback. n.pr/4rxZWrE
Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians
A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback.
n.pr
February 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM
A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback. n.pr/4rxZWrE
I miss you my dearest baby pups. Thank you for the best 16 years of snuggles and playfulness.
youtu.be/g7LmWweh0aM
youtu.be/g7LmWweh0aM
Shih Tzu 2
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February 1, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I miss you my dearest baby pups. Thank you for the best 16 years of snuggles and playfulness.
youtu.be/g7LmWweh0aM
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Rest in peace my sweet little friend. You grew up with my kids and brought so much joy to our lives. I can’t stop crying. I can’t believe you are gone forever.
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Rest in peace my sweet little friend. You grew up with my kids and brought so much joy to our lives. I can’t stop crying. I can’t believe you are gone forever.
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“What message are we sending about who gets to report and who gets silenced? A free press, not a penalized one, is essential to democracy; especially, when coverage intersects with contentious public issues.” nabjonline.org/blog/nabjout...
NABJ OUTRAGED AT ARRESTS OF DON LEMON, GEORGIA FORT ‘THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL’
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and […]
nabjonline.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM
“What message are we sending about who gets to report and who gets silenced? A free press, not a penalized one, is essential to democracy; especially, when coverage intersects with contentious public issues.” nabjonline.org/blog/nabjout...
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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
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Yolanda Smith, chief of the university’s police department, told students and staff in an email that the campus’ Department of Public Safety was “actively monitoring the situation in coordination with our municipal partners in Medford and Somerville.”
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Tufts urges community to report sightings of immigration officials after agents spotted near campus
The chief of the university’s police department warned students and staff to stay vigilant in light of the recent sightings.
www.boston.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Yolanda Smith, chief of the university’s police department, told students and staff in an email that the campus’ Department of Public Safety was “actively monitoring the situation in coordination with our municipal partners in Medford and Somerville.”
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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on Saturday morning i will be living out of a 21-year-old car.
i worry as a first gen immigrant, woman of color, queer femme, and without cert of sit ih zen ship.
i need mutual aid to survive, avoid tickets and arrest for being homeless.
on Saturday morning i will be living out of a 21-year-old car.
i worry as a first gen immigrant, woman of color, queer femme, and without cert of sit ih zen ship.
i need mutual aid to survive, avoid tickets and arrest for being homeless.
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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on Saturday morning i will be living out of a 21-year-old car.
i worry as a first gen immigrant, woman of color, queer femme, and without cert of sit ih zen ship.
i need mutual aid to survive, avoid tickets and arrest for being homeless.
on Saturday morning i will be living out of a 21-year-old car.
i worry as a first gen immigrant, woman of color, queer femme, and without cert of sit ih zen ship.
i need mutual aid to survive, avoid tickets and arrest for being homeless.
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Two books we used to talk through Frankenstein are Capitalism: A Horror Story by @thelitcritguy.bsky.social (from @horrorvanguard.bsky.social) and Skin Shows by Jack Halberstam, both excellent reference books for your horror theory library!
This week on @tendersubject.bsky.social, we are joined by comedian @feraljokes.bsky.social
and writer @raygonne.bsky.social to talk Frankenstein. We dissect the book and the 2025 film through queer and Marxist theory and get into why the film often let us down.
and writer @raygonne.bsky.social to talk Frankenstein. We dissect the book and the 2025 film through queer and Marxist theory and get into why the film often let us down.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Two books we used to talk through Frankenstein are Capitalism: A Horror Story by @thelitcritguy.bsky.social (from @horrorvanguard.bsky.social) and Skin Shows by Jack Halberstam, both excellent reference books for your horror theory library!
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After the killing of Alex Pretti by CBP agents, Chuck Schumer announced "Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included."
Now we must ensure Democrats hold the line to block more funding for ICE and CBP. You know what to do. 👇
Now we must ensure Democrats hold the line to block more funding for ICE and CBP. You know what to do. 👇
Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible
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January 27, 2026 at 1:22 PM
After the killing of Alex Pretti by CBP agents, Chuck Schumer announced "Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included."
Now we must ensure Democrats hold the line to block more funding for ICE and CBP. You know what to do. 👇
Now we must ensure Democrats hold the line to block more funding for ICE and CBP. You know what to do. 👇
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The disparities in these numbers are fucking terrible. A quantification of how much more valuable a white and then American life is than an immigrant POC.
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The disparities in these numbers are fucking terrible. A quantification of how much more valuable a white and then American life is than an immigrant POC.
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
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We are all drowning in a pool of systemic propaganda so I understand why the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti feel esp shocking and I think it is important to do the internal work of asking yourself, if this applies to you, why the deaths of immigrants/Black folks don't shock in the same way
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
We are all drowning in a pool of systemic propaganda so I understand why the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti feel esp shocking and I think it is important to do the internal work of asking yourself, if this applies to you, why the deaths of immigrants/Black folks don't shock in the same way
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🚨THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Here's the tragic truth: According to the CDC, Native American and Alaska Native people are DYING at the highest rates from pregnancy-related causes in the U.S.
bit.ly/3NDjPPf
Here's the tragic truth: According to the CDC, Native American and Alaska Native people are DYING at the highest rates from pregnancy-related causes in the U.S.
bit.ly/3NDjPPf
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
🚨THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Here's the tragic truth: According to the CDC, Native American and Alaska Native people are DYING at the highest rates from pregnancy-related causes in the U.S.
bit.ly/3NDjPPf
Here's the tragic truth: According to the CDC, Native American and Alaska Native people are DYING at the highest rates from pregnancy-related causes in the U.S.
bit.ly/3NDjPPf
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Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.
She’s 14 and she’s moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers ‘running in place’
Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.
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This statement is worth 5000 prayers and sermons combined.
Thank you, Chaplain Moberg. ❤️🔥
Thank you, Chaplain Moberg. ❤️🔥
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 AM
This statement is worth 5000 prayers and sermons combined.
Thank you, Chaplain Moberg. ❤️🔥
Thank you, Chaplain Moberg. ❤️🔥
I asked Jearica Foundation for permission to post her brilliant poster on Bluesky. You can download and print it for free using the link below but she welcomes donations.
www.mnmad.org/art-for-advo...
Venmo: @Jearica-Fountain , Cashapp: $Jearicafountain , PayPal: Jearica Fountain for donations.
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Venmo: @Jearica-Fountain , Cashapp: $Jearicafountain , PayPal: Jearica Fountain for donations.
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I asked Jearica Foundation for permission to post her brilliant poster on Bluesky. You can download and print it for free using the link below but she welcomes donations.
www.mnmad.org/art-for-advo...
Venmo: @Jearica-Fountain , Cashapp: $Jearicafountain , PayPal: Jearica Fountain for donations.
www.mnmad.org/art-for-advo...
Venmo: @Jearica-Fountain , Cashapp: $Jearicafountain , PayPal: Jearica Fountain for donations.
Jearica Fountain’s Native anti-Ice art from Mni Sóta Makoce is incredible! www.instagram.com/p/DTbS4OGDwF...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Jearica Fountain’s Native anti-Ice art from Mni Sóta Makoce is incredible! www.instagram.com/p/DTbS4OGDwF...
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need some kimchi fried rice and an overthrow of the federal government
January 19, 2026 at 12:34 AM
need some kimchi fried rice and an overthrow of the federal government