Kay Whitlock
@kwhitlock.bsky.social
Writer. Activist. Co-author "Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States"
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Kay Whitlock
@kwhitlock.bsky.social
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This Is How You Win the Culture Wars | Kay Whitlock | INQUEST
Faced with violence and authoritarianism, survival demands prioritizing relationship building over reactivity and solidarity over silence.
inquest.org
My latest for @inquest.bsky.social ...and yes, we can ultimately win, if we are willing to work in transformative ways. It will require the best we have in ourselves, but along the way, we may become quietly courageous in ways that will surprise and energize us. inquest.org/this-is-how-...
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Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
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The only thing the ADL’s ‘Mamdani Monitor’ documents is their own racism, Islamophobia, and defense of the genocidal Israeli government. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The only thing the ADL’s ‘Mamdani Monitor’ documents is their own racism, Islamophobia, and defense of the genocidal Israeli government. 🧵
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“I assure you I will — steal your lunch money again! Har-de-har-har!”
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“I assure you I will — steal your lunch money again! Har-de-har-har!”
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If you already know how to register your work with the U.S. Copyright Office, the importance of retaining copyright ownership, how to get your rights back when a book is out of print, and what constitutes fair use… this webinar is NOT for you!!
But for everyone else please join us Thursday!
But for everyone else please join us Thursday!
Must-Know Copyright Basics for Authors - The Authors Guild
Copyright law is the foundation for authors’ ability to get paid for their work. Your copyright is perhaps your most valuable asset as a working writer, so it behooves all writers to understand the in...
authorsguild.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If you already know how to register your work with the U.S. Copyright Office, the importance of retaining copyright ownership, how to get your rights back when a book is out of print, and what constitutes fair use… this webinar is NOT for you!!
But for everyone else please join us Thursday!
But for everyone else please join us Thursday!
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As I explained when Davis' lawyers filed this petition, there was virtually no chance that the Supreme Court would seriously consider her case. I doubt there are five votes to overturn Obergefell—but if there were, this case does not present a clean vehicle for doing so. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Sudden Panic That SCOTUS Might Overturn Marriage Equality Misses the Real Threat
Kim Davis’ case will not be the vehicle the court uses to eradicate the equal dignity of same-sex couples.
slate.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As I explained when Davis' lawyers filed this petition, there was virtually no chance that the Supreme Court would seriously consider her case. I doubt there are five votes to overturn Obergefell—but if there were, this case does not present a clean vehicle for doing so. slate.com/news-and-pol...
1/ Thread. I've been actively fighting the Right since 1967. Although we're in a time of rising fascist nightmare, I am heartened to see that so many more people are becoming aware of the dangers. But suggestions like creating a "blue" Project 2028 or a progressive Tea Party are off the mark.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
1/ Thread. I've been actively fighting the Right since 1967. Although we're in a time of rising fascist nightmare, I am heartened to see that so many more people are becoming aware of the dangers. But suggestions like creating a "blue" Project 2028 or a progressive Tea Party are off the mark.
Decades of exceptional research and analysis from @prisonpolicy.org are why I donate annually to this wonderful organization.
The U.S. spends $13.6 billion every year locking people up who haven't even been convicted of a crime.
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Decades of exceptional research and analysis from @prisonpolicy.org are why I donate annually to this wonderful organization.
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Contact info for Senators who appear to be caving.(found on Senator Schumer's Bluesky page)
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Contact info for Senators who appear to be caving.(found on Senator Schumer's Bluesky page)
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The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
Thread. Erasure, both literal and figurative, of realities they despise, is a central tactic/goal of the current administration. This is only one of countless examples.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thread. Erasure, both literal and figurative, of realities they despise, is a central tactic/goal of the current administration. This is only one of countless examples.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
To really understand why James Watson arouses so much antipathy, be sure to read the piece linked below. In the meantime, partner and I are toasting his demise tonight.
James Watson, the sexist racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s ground breaking research on DNA, created his own (sadly widely believed) genius mythology with a popular book, is dead.
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
To really understand why James Watson arouses so much antipathy, be sure to read the piece linked below. In the meantime, partner and I are toasting his demise tonight.
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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LET'S GET LOUD! 🗣️
On Starbucks's busiest sales day of the year, workers are holding rallies in 16 cities. And we need YOU there!
When customers and community members speak out, the company listens. Let's stand together against corporate greed and union-busting!
RSVP: bit.ly/redcuprallies
On Starbucks's busiest sales day of the year, workers are holding rallies in 16 cities. And we need YOU there!
When customers and community members speak out, the company listens. Let's stand together against corporate greed and union-busting!
RSVP: bit.ly/redcuprallies
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
LET'S GET LOUD! 🗣️
On Starbucks's busiest sales day of the year, workers are holding rallies in 16 cities. And we need YOU there!
When customers and community members speak out, the company listens. Let's stand together against corporate greed and union-busting!
RSVP: bit.ly/redcuprallies
On Starbucks's busiest sales day of the year, workers are holding rallies in 16 cities. And we need YOU there!
When customers and community members speak out, the company listens. Let's stand together against corporate greed and union-busting!
RSVP: bit.ly/redcuprallies
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As civil rights groups warned 7 years ago.
Facial recognition errors can have life-altering consequences. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, CDT’s @jakelaperruque.bsky.social warns that ICE’s new approach — treating AI matches as definitive IDs — violates currently-understood DHS policy and endangers civil liberties.
ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger | TechPolicy.Press
Jake Laperruque raises the alarm on ICE’s reckless use of facial recognition and its risks for wrongful detainment.
www.techpolicy.press
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As civil rights groups warned 7 years ago.
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, reports Reuters. www.reuters.com/investigation...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, reports Reuters. www.reuters.com/investigation...
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"should women work" but it really means "should men have to ever answer to or even encounter women who are not their wives, offspring, and/or other servile figures"
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"should women work" but it really means "should men have to ever answer to or even encounter women who are not their wives, offspring, and/or other servile figures"
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People are wondering what has happened to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
People are wondering what has happened to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
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Nothing to this one but venting: The transphobes are the most cowardly of bigots, people so terrified of what's in their pants & what's not in their hearts that they make it a calling to terrorize those who've done the work to know who they are. Mice have more courage, slugs have more grace.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nothing to this one but venting: The transphobes are the most cowardly of bigots, people so terrified of what's in their pants & what's not in their hearts that they make it a calling to terrorize those who've done the work to know who they are. Mice have more courage, slugs have more grace.
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A monster who inflicts this on the world is not peaceful, FIFA.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A monster who inflicts this on the world is not peaceful, FIFA.
Loss of SNAP benefits is actually a government-sponsored weight loss program.
"Hey, man, what message should we push today as we deliberately deny millions of Americans their food benefits?"
Dr Oz: "Americans will lose 135 million pounds by the midterms"
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Loss of SNAP benefits is actually a government-sponsored weight loss program.
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got to post-Zohran blog @thecut.com — multiple election outcomes on Tuesday showed that refusing to fold on trans people, migrants, Muslims, and marginalized communities while pushing kitchen table issues is a winning strategy. the pundit class’s “Decision to Win”-style arguments can be put to bed
Welcome to Woke 2.0
Democrats won by running on kitchen-table issues and accepting or embracing trans people and immigrants.
www.thecut.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
got to post-Zohran blog @thecut.com — multiple election outcomes on Tuesday showed that refusing to fold on trans people, migrants, Muslims, and marginalized communities while pushing kitchen table issues is a winning strategy. the pundit class’s “Decision to Win”-style arguments can be put to bed
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
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Subway should absolutely create a sandwich combo meal called The Dunn Deal.
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Subway should absolutely create a sandwich combo meal called The Dunn Deal.