eli
@eeveekay.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Gender Studies ~ Star Trek nerd ~ mother nature's kid ~ neurodivergent ~ intersectional feminist
Abolish ICE | Free Palestine | Trans Rights are Human Rights
Abolish ICE | Free Palestine | Trans Rights are Human Rights
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January 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
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Claudette Colvin has passed at the age of 86.
At fifteen years old, in 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman and was arrested for it. She became a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, which made Jim Crow laws illegal.
At fifteen years old, in 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman and was arrested for it. She became a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, which made Jim Crow laws illegal.
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Claudette Colvin has passed at the age of 86.
At fifteen years old, in 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman and was arrested for it. She became a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, which made Jim Crow laws illegal.
At fifteen years old, in 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman and was arrested for it. She became a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, which made Jim Crow laws illegal.
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I just wanna say -- because it can't be said enough -- Renee Good's queerness is an enormous factor in the justification of her murder. It is as important as anything else about her. Anyone who is not in line with the program must be eliminated. That is the point.
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I just wanna say -- because it can't be said enough -- Renee Good's queerness is an enormous factor in the justification of her murder. It is as important as anything else about her. Anyone who is not in line with the program must be eliminated. That is the point.
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ICE’s public violence should be a reminder that they commit brutal acts in private facilities too.
Every report has been horrific and we only have the smallest glimpse into the horrors.
Every report has been horrific and we only have the smallest glimpse into the horrors.
2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody
The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
ICE’s public violence should be a reminder that they commit brutal acts in private facilities too.
Every report has been horrific and we only have the smallest glimpse into the horrors.
Every report has been horrific and we only have the smallest glimpse into the horrors.
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As we head into a new year - one likely to be worse - remember this: solidarity is power. ✊🔥
Graphic from @inthesetimes.com on IG.
Graphic from @inthesetimes.com on IG.
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
As we head into a new year - one likely to be worse - remember this: solidarity is power. ✊🔥
Graphic from @inthesetimes.com on IG.
Graphic from @inthesetimes.com on IG.
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Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution:
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution:
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
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2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks.
My case for hope for 2026.
My case for hope for 2026.
The Case For Hope: Transgender Rights Going Into 2026
This last year has been one of the hardest years for transgender people in memory. Somehow, though, I'm feeling hope going into 2026.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks.
My case for hope for 2026.
My case for hope for 2026.
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Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
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Before Bari Weiss was silencing journalists at CBS for segments that were critical of Trump, she waged a war to get college professors fired for expressing concerns about Christian and Muslim Palestinians. This is who Bari Weiss is: theintercept.com/2018/03/08/t...
NYT's Bari Weiss Falsely Denies Her Years of Attacks on the Academic Freedom of Arab Scholars Who Criticize Israel
The New York Times columnist and editor spent years crusading for the type of censorship she claims to loathe. Instead of acknowledging this, she denies it.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Before Bari Weiss was silencing journalists at CBS for segments that were critical of Trump, she waged a war to get college professors fired for expressing concerns about Christian and Muslim Palestinians. This is who Bari Weiss is: theintercept.com/2018/03/08/t...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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OPINION by @katelynburns.com:
“The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/tran...
“The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/tran...
Opinion | The looming disaster for trans health care
Katelyn Burns: How the GOP is using its anti-abortion playbook against trans health care.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
OPINION by @katelynburns.com:
“The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/tran...
“The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/tran...
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I'm sure everyone with the ACA (including me) would appreciate calls to House and Senate members right now! Please call!
🚨 BREAKING: We now have 218 signatures to force a vote to extend the ACA subsidies for 3 years.
Healthcare is a human right.
Speaker Johnson must bring this to a vote NOW.
Healthcare is a human right.
Speaker Johnson must bring this to a vote NOW.
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm sure everyone with the ACA (including me) would appreciate calls to House and Senate members right now! Please call!
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
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An HIV doctor quit the CDC when they insisted on censoring his research by removing data on trans people. This interview peels back the curtain of how anti-trans ideology figured into the Trump administration's war on science.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
This HIV Expert Refused To Censor Data on Trans Patients, Then Quit the CDC — Assigned
John Weiser, a doctor and researcher, has treated people with HIV since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
An HIV doctor quit the CDC when they insisted on censoring his research by removing data on trans people. This interview peels back the curtain of how anti-trans ideology figured into the Trump administration's war on science.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
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“This is not just survival; it is a relentless fight to hold onto life, care for loved ones, & be seen as human.”
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been cruel to disabled people, whose disabilities have been exacerbated by inadequate access to food, medicine & support, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been cruel to disabled people, whose disabilities have been exacerbated by inadequate access to food, medicine & support, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi.
The hidden struggles of people with disabilities in Gaza
Israel’s genocide has been cruel to disabled people, whose disabilities have been exacerbated by inadequate access to food and medicine
prismreports.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“This is not just survival; it is a relentless fight to hold onto life, care for loved ones, & be seen as human.”
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been cruel to disabled people, whose disabilities have been exacerbated by inadequate access to food, medicine & support, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been cruel to disabled people, whose disabilities have been exacerbated by inadequate access to food, medicine & support, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi.
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"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
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NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds
A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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@parkermolloy.com has a great (if depressing) rundown on the well-oiled, well-scripted, and lavishly funded machine targeting trans people for simply living. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
Same Script, Different Target
A trans instructor in Oklahoma gave a bad essay the grade it deserved. What happened next follows a formula the right has perfected.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@parkermolloy.com has a great (if depressing) rundown on the well-oiled, well-scripted, and lavishly funded machine targeting trans people for simply living. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
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one day people will look back at the term “biological women” the same way we look back at racist terminology from the 1910s. a euphemistic anti-science phrase with no actual meaning other than indicating an intent to discriminate against a group based on the circumstances of their birth
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
one day people will look back at the term “biological women” the same way we look back at racist terminology from the 1910s. a euphemistic anti-science phrase with no actual meaning other than indicating an intent to discriminate against a group based on the circumstances of their birth
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"Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Trump regime."
"[A] single cis student who objects to sharing restrooms with trans students in a Northwestern dormitory is enough to trigger a bathroom ban."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Healthcare #Bathrooms #Sports #Housing
"[A] single cis student who objects to sharing restrooms with trans students in a Northwestern dormitory is enough to trigger a bathroom ban."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Healthcare #Bathrooms #Sports #Housing
Northwestern Folds to Pressure, Betraying Trans Students
Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Department of Education on Friday to restore federal funding which would remove virtually all protections for transgender students.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Trump regime."
"[A] single cis student who objects to sharing restrooms with trans students in a Northwestern dormitory is enough to trigger a bathroom ban."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Healthcare #Bathrooms #Sports #Housing
"[A] single cis student who objects to sharing restrooms with trans students in a Northwestern dormitory is enough to trigger a bathroom ban."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Healthcare #Bathrooms #Sports #Housing