Diana Johns
@crimsonchat24.bsky.social
Twitter refugee @unimelbcrim • prison/post-prison • children/young people + ‘justice’ • relationality • ubuntu • coproduction • @JYPnetwork • @DurhamIAS Fellow • @IncarcerationJ
I live, work & play on Bunurong/Boonwurrung & Wurundjeri lands, Kulin Country
I live, work & play on Bunurong/Boonwurrung & Wurundjeri lands, Kulin Country
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Diana Johns
@crimsonchat24.bsky.social
· Jan 12
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To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
(From In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver)
To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
(From In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver)
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From Disposable Human @haveachattabs
March 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
From Disposable Human @haveachattabs
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New article on utopia, abolition and science fiction published open access @thesociologicalreview.org! If you want to read the creative writing by the project's (brilliant) participants which I discuss in the paper, the eBook is free to download at abolitionscifi.org
“Fiction is an important space where activists reckon with the complexity of their hopes about distant futures.”
@philcrockettthomas.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social on what science fiction teaches us about the struggle for prison abolition.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/xw5UXjJ
@philcrockettthomas.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social on what science fiction teaches us about the struggle for prison abolition.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/xw5UXjJ
July 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New article on utopia, abolition and science fiction published open access @thesociologicalreview.org! If you want to read the creative writing by the project's (brilliant) participants which I discuss in the paper, the eBook is free to download at abolitionscifi.org
Reposted by Diana Johns
Reposted by Diana Johns
Being self-employed is hard graft at the best of times, and @gailmyerscough.bsky.social is (like many of us) feeling the pinch at the minute. If you like her amazingly brilliant designs please spread the word on here with a RePost, thank you xx 👍👍
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Use code SPRING20 at the checkout
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March 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Being self-employed is hard graft at the best of times, and @gailmyerscough.bsky.social is (like many of us) feeling the pinch at the minute. If you like her amazingly brilliant designs please spread the word on here with a RePost, thank you xx 👍👍
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Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today. Praying for peace, happiness and prosperity for all ✨️
#EidMubarak #EidAlFitr
#EidMubarak #EidAlFitr
March 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today. Praying for peace, happiness and prosperity for all ✨️
#EidMubarak #EidAlFitr
#EidMubarak #EidAlFitr
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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“The Israeli apartheid regime has resumed its genocide, carrying out airstrikes all across Gaza and killing hundreds of Palestinians. This comes after a complete blockade of food, electricity, and aid. They will never stop until there are sanctions and an arms embargo,” Rashida Tlaib warned.
As Israel Bombs Gaza, Tlaib, Sanders Plead: “NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL”
“They will never stop until there are sanctions and an arms embargo,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib warned.
truthout.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“The Israeli apartheid regime has resumed its genocide, carrying out airstrikes all across Gaza and killing hundreds of Palestinians. This comes after a complete blockade of food, electricity, and aid. They will never stop until there are sanctions and an arms embargo,” Rashida Tlaib warned.
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Regarding the bail laws “It feels like this has been packaged up very quickly in response to commercially driven histrionics by media outlets” @denhamsadler piece in @crikey_news
The legislation is a political fix. Nothing more.
x.com/fchralph/sta...
The legislation is a political fix. Nothing more.
x.com/fchralph/sta...
Felix Ralph on X: "Regarding the bail laws “It feels like this has been packaged up very quickly in response to commercially driven histrionics by media outlets” @denhamsadler piece in @crikey_news citing @mdstanton @NeritaWaight @ReintegrationAu and myself. The legislation is a political fix." / X
Regarding the bail laws “It feels like this has been packaged up very quickly in response to commercially driven histrionics by media outlets” @denhamsadler piece in @crikey_news citing @mdstanton @NeritaWaight @ReintegrationAu and myself. The legislation is a political fix.
x.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Regarding the bail laws “It feels like this has been packaged up very quickly in response to commercially driven histrionics by media outlets” @denhamsadler piece in @crikey_news
The legislation is a political fix. Nothing more.
x.com/fchralph/sta...
The legislation is a political fix. Nothing more.
x.com/fchralph/sta...
“The attempt to turn Zionism into an attribute with protected status is somewhat akin to considering the criticism of China’s colonisation of the nation of Tibet as a type of racial prejudice against Chinese people.”
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x.com/paulrgregoir...
x.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“The attempt to turn Zionism into an attribute with protected status is somewhat akin to considering the criticism of China’s colonisation of the nation of Tibet as a type of racial prejudice against Chinese people.”
x.com/paulrgregoir...
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We allow #children to be #terrorised by the State on our behalf.
We must confront our complicity in this injustice.
Demand the end of #ChildImprisonment & #YouthDetention #ShutYouthPrisons
#RaiseTheAge Too young to drive = too young to be criminalised
We must confront our complicity in this injustice.
Demand the end of #ChildImprisonment & #YouthDetention #ShutYouthPrisons
#RaiseTheAge Too young to drive = too young to be criminalised
November 23, 2024 at 9:03 PM
We allow #children to be #terrorised by the State on our behalf.
We must confront our complicity in this injustice.
Demand the end of #ChildImprisonment & #YouthDetention #ShutYouthPrisons
#RaiseTheAge Too young to drive = too young to be criminalised
We must confront our complicity in this injustice.
Demand the end of #ChildImprisonment & #YouthDetention #ShutYouthPrisons
#RaiseTheAge Too young to drive = too young to be criminalised
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
From the other app, def worth reading, pondering & acting on…
x.com/haveachattab...
x.com/haveachattab...
Disposable Human on X: "Start developing other ways to mediate your conflict so you can stop calling the cops on your friends and family!! There is no way to be a perfect abolitionist. It is a constant process of becoming, but here’s a few tips on how to get underway…things to do and things to stop https://t.co/bHadLJKT2A" / X
Start developing other ways to mediate your conflict so you can stop calling the cops on your friends and family!! There is no way to be a perfect abolitionist. It is a constant process of becoming, but here’s a few tips on how to get underway…things to do and things to stop https://t.co/bHadLJKT2A
x.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
From the other app, def worth reading, pondering & acting on…
x.com/haveachattab...
x.com/haveachattab...
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“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear.” —Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933
February 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear.” —Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933
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And "the failure to hear, and listen to the voices of others amounts to ‘testimonial oppression’ (Fricker, 2007). I propose that tackling epistemic injustice in confinement necessitates academic partnering with survivors, to coproduce new ways of knowing."
November 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM
And "the failure to hear, and listen to the voices of others amounts to ‘testimonial oppression’ (Fricker, 2007). I propose that tackling epistemic injustice in confinement necessitates academic partnering with survivors, to coproduce new ways of knowing."
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@IndigoDaya writes: "I bring a lived experience/survivor perspective ...[to] experiences of epistemic confinement, where people's personal truth can be locked up inside the dominance of biogenetic psychiatric narratives which frame distress as ‘mental illness’."
November 23, 2024 at 4:04 PM
@IndigoDaya writes: "I bring a lived experience/survivor perspective ...[to] experiences of epistemic confinement, where people's personal truth can be locked up inside the dominance of biogenetic psychiatric narratives which frame distress as ‘mental illness’."
Worth reposting…
So wonderful to see @IndigoDaya's powerful piece published in @IncarcerationJ: 'Russian dolls and epistemic crypts: A lived experience reflection on epistemic injustice and psychiatric confinement'
You can read it here:...
You can read it here:...
February 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Worth reposting…
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And a reassuring call for academics' role to "tell it like it is", to work continuously to expose injustice, "to find the militant middle between riots...and weak and timid supplication for justice", to “be aggressive but nonviolent".
November 24, 2024 at 12:13 AM
And a reassuring call for academics' role to "tell it like it is", to work continuously to expose injustice, "to find the militant middle between riots...and weak and timid supplication for justice", to “be aggressive but nonviolent".
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A nice reminder of #MLK’s call for #CreativeMaladjustment to refuse to normalize inequality: “We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few"...
November 23, 2024 at 11:59 PM
A nice reminder of #MLK’s call for #CreativeMaladjustment to refuse to normalize inequality: “We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few"...
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The root causes of Palestinian suffering - occupation, illegal settlements and apartheid policies - must be addressed if there is to be any hope for lasting peace in the region
From trauma to justice: Why Palestinians need more than a ceasefire
The root causes of Palestinian suffering - occupation, illegal settlements and apartheid policies - must be addressed if there is to be any hope for lasting peace in the region
www.middleeasteye.net
February 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The root causes of Palestinian suffering - occupation, illegal settlements and apartheid policies - must be addressed if there is to be any hope for lasting peace in the region
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This is precisely what genocide looks like, write Israeli historians Amos Goldberg and Daniel Blatman.
► Haaretz : archive.md/WGtkB
► Haaretz : archive.md/WGtkB
February 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is precisely what genocide looks like, write Israeli historians Amos Goldberg and Daniel Blatman.
► Haaretz : archive.md/WGtkB
► Haaretz : archive.md/WGtkB
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Israel has pounded Jenin refugee camp and destroyed residential buildings as part of its ongoing large-scale operations in the occupied West Bank.
Israel destroys neighbourhood in Jenin refugee camp, damaging hospital
Local reports said Israeli forces detonated 20 houses in the occupied West Bank camp
www.middleeasteye.net
February 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Israel has pounded Jenin refugee camp and destroyed residential buildings as part of its ongoing large-scale operations in the occupied West Bank.
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❝ I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t UK Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? ❞
As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode
I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? asks retired professor of transplant surgery Nizam Mamode
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
❝ I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t UK Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? ❞