Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC
@lauritadianita.bsky.social
I ✍️ about AK politics, health equity, feminism, advocacy 4 kids, documentary films, 🎨, 🎶, 🥘,🌱 , ADHD, synesthesia. Social worker, public health professional, & lactation counselor raising Alaskan-🇨🇴 kids on Dena’ina ełnena. www.lauranortoncruzconsulting.com
Alaska Earthquake BlueSky activate! That was a good one.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Alaska Earthquake BlueSky activate! That was a good one.
That would be me 👋🏻!
Funny how these are almost entirely female-dominated professions who will now face extra barriers to loans and therefore to education & careers.
Funny how these are almost entirely female-dominated professions who will now face extra barriers to loans and therefore to education & careers.
If you’re a social worker helping those in poverty or other marginalized groups, you’re not a professional in the eyes of Donald Trump & JD Vance.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
That would be me 👋🏻!
Funny how these are almost entirely female-dominated professions who will now face extra barriers to loans and therefore to education & careers.
Funny how these are almost entirely female-dominated professions who will now face extra barriers to loans and therefore to education & careers.
My social worker/youth violence prevention perspective on how to help teens in light of all this Epstein files news will be published on Tuesday!
I'm exercising self-control, so instead of QTing everything I see about Epstein & Trump like I want, I'm writing the essay I've been meaning to write & submit to @mississippifreepress.org re how we can meet this moment w/ appropriate education about sexual violence for the young people in our lives.
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My social worker/youth violence prevention perspective on how to help teens in light of all this Epstein files news will be published on Tuesday!
Every bit of news I see about how North Carolina is resisting ICE, is banding together in protest, is organizing and protecting neighbors from being kidnapped, puts this song in my head. 💙
12:33am, and I’m in…
NORTH CAROLINA COME ON A RAISE UP TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF TWIST IT ROUND YOUR HEAD SPIN IT LIKE A HELICOPTER…
NORTH CAROLIIIIIIIIIINNNNNAAA
NORTH CAROLINA COME ON A RAISE UP TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF TWIST IT ROUND YOUR HEAD SPIN IT LIKE A HELICOPTER…
NORTH CAROLIIIIIIIIIINNNNNAAA
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every bit of news I see about how North Carolina is resisting ICE, is banding together in protest, is organizing and protecting neighbors from being kidnapped, puts this song in my head. 💙
Reposted by Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
Will you permit me a more-personal-than-usual 🧵 based on recent news?
For some reason this infuriating Nuzzi-Lizza-RFK-Olberman-Sanford story has me bemusedly re-thinking my 20's. Like, what if instead of all the school & growth & social justice, I'd focused instead on being pretty & a sugar baby?
For some reason this infuriating Nuzzi-Lizza-RFK-Olberman-Sanford story has me bemusedly re-thinking my 20's. Like, what if instead of all the school & growth & social justice, I'd focused instead on being pretty & a sugar baby?
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Will you permit me a more-personal-than-usual 🧵 based on recent news?
For some reason this infuriating Nuzzi-Lizza-RFK-Olberman-Sanford story has me bemusedly re-thinking my 20's. Like, what if instead of all the school & growth & social justice, I'd focused instead on being pretty & a sugar baby?
For some reason this infuriating Nuzzi-Lizza-RFK-Olberman-Sanford story has me bemusedly re-thinking my 20's. Like, what if instead of all the school & growth & social justice, I'd focused instead on being pretty & a sugar baby?
This is who the President today said “had it coming” regarding his torture & dismemberment.
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is who the President today said “had it coming” regarding his torture & dismemberment.
Yes yes yes; this is so important for those of us who are pro-human rights, pro-democracy, pro-justice.
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yes yes yes; this is so important for those of us who are pro-human rights, pro-democracy, pro-justice.
Reposted by Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC
I’m so MAD on behalf of all the writers, esp writers from marginalized communities, who don’t get lucrative book deals & spreads in magazines & profiles in newspapers, despite having actual writing talent & professional ethics & insight. I’m so mad at what’s awarded to the undeserving privileged.
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’m so MAD on behalf of all the writers, esp writers from marginalized communities, who don’t get lucrative book deals & spreads in magazines & profiles in newspapers, despite having actual writing talent & professional ethics & insight. I’m so mad at what’s awarded to the undeserving privileged.
This Nuzzi-Lizza-Olberman-Sanford-Kennedy news cycle feels as though it were specifically designed to drive real writers crazy. Especially ethical, talented, non-racist POS women writers who do everything right & still can’t get published & who are now are burdened w/ even more sexist stereotypes.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This Nuzzi-Lizza-Olberman-Sanford-Kennedy news cycle feels as though it were specifically designed to drive real writers crazy. Especially ethical, talented, non-racist POS women writers who do everything right & still can’t get published & who are now are burdened w/ even more sexist stereotypes.
What’s sad is that as horrific as this Summers-Epstein chat is, it’s so common.
Almost every woman you know — myself included — has been on her side of this situation at some time or another in her career (minus the seeking advice from Epstein part, probably).
That’s why all this hits us so hard.
Almost every woman you know — myself included — has been on her side of this situation at some time or another in her career (minus the seeking advice from Epstein part, probably).
That’s why all this hits us so hard.
Summers said this woman saw him as a mentor. To try to manipulate that into sex is so horrifically predatory…
And then you add the wild power imbalance given his professional standing. And the 20+ year age difference.
And THEN you add that he sought advice on this from Epstein. In 2018.
Hideous.
And then you add the wild power imbalance given his professional standing. And the 20+ year age difference.
And THEN you add that he sought advice on this from Epstein. In 2018.
Hideous.
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What’s sad is that as horrific as this Summers-Epstein chat is, it’s so common.
Almost every woman you know — myself included — has been on her side of this situation at some time or another in her career (minus the seeking advice from Epstein part, probably).
That’s why all this hits us so hard.
Almost every woman you know — myself included — has been on her side of this situation at some time or another in her career (minus the seeking advice from Epstein part, probably).
That’s why all this hits us so hard.
Este sábado pasado, estuve en el programa “Charlas Sin Filtro,” un Facebook Live de 907 Alaska Espacio Para Latinos. Hablamos de la importancia de la infancia y el cuidado de niños, mis documentales 🎥, y de ACEs (experiencias adversas de la infancia). Vamos a seguir la conversación el 10 de enero.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Este sábado pasado, estuve en el programa “Charlas Sin Filtro,” un Facebook Live de 907 Alaska Espacio Para Latinos. Hablamos de la importancia de la infancia y el cuidado de niños, mis documentales 🎥, y de ACEs (experiencias adversas de la infancia). Vamos a seguir la conversación el 10 de enero.
Reposted by Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC
The undergrads at the Crimson has consistently done a better job at investigating stories--big and small--than some of the legacy papers. Go college journalism.
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The undergrads at the Crimson has consistently done a better job at investigating stories--big and small--than some of the legacy papers. Go college journalism.
All other conspiracies aside, the conspiracy of silence, of male journalists just joshing it up w/ a known trafficker & rapist of little girls & covering for the crimes of his famous clients — including A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & later PRESIDENT — is what gets me. Solidarity w/ predators > all of us
Exchanges about Trump between a reporter and Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
All other conspiracies aside, the conspiracy of silence, of male journalists just joshing it up w/ a known trafficker & rapist of little girls & covering for the crimes of his famous clients — including A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & later PRESIDENT — is what gets me. Solidarity w/ predators > all of us
In non-terrible news, I finally pushed to make a long-held life goal happen & move towards food sustainability — I got 4 chickens! Pullets from a hatchery in Butte. My dad helped me transport & do some work on a free coop from a neighbor & the yard I bought. Lots of work but I’m glad to be here.
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
In non-terrible news, I finally pushed to make a long-held life goal happen & move towards food sustainability — I got 4 chickens! Pullets from a hatchery in Butte. My dad helped me transport & do some work on a free coop from a neighbor & the yard I bought. Lots of work but I’m glad to be here.
I just found out when Josh & my film "ILP" is playing at the Anchorage International Film Festival! It'll be Sunday, Dec 7th at 10:00 am at the Anchorage Museum. I hope you can join us for this film & for more of the wonderful festival. anchoragefilmfestival.org/festival-sch...
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I just found out when Josh & my film "ILP" is playing at the Anchorage International Film Festival! It'll be Sunday, Dec 7th at 10:00 am at the Anchorage Museum. I hope you can join us for this film & for more of the wonderful festival. anchoragefilmfestival.org/festival-sch...
Even more fun with the right wax on my skis!
We truly are lucky in Anchorage to have amazing trails for every kind of activity, maintained by small non-profits & by the public-private partnership of our parks dept & parks foundation.
(Handheld 📱 🎥 w/ my poles in the other 🤚🏼, kind of high risk 😝)
We truly are lucky in Anchorage to have amazing trails for every kind of activity, maintained by small non-profits & by the public-private partnership of our parks dept & parks foundation.
(Handheld 📱 🎥 w/ my poles in the other 🤚🏼, kind of high risk 😝)
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Even more fun with the right wax on my skis!
We truly are lucky in Anchorage to have amazing trails for every kind of activity, maintained by small non-profits & by the public-private partnership of our parks dept & parks foundation.
(Handheld 📱 🎥 w/ my poles in the other 🤚🏼, kind of high risk 😝)
We truly are lucky in Anchorage to have amazing trails for every kind of activity, maintained by small non-profits & by the public-private partnership of our parks dept & parks foundation.
(Handheld 📱 🎥 w/ my poles in the other 🤚🏼, kind of high risk 😝)
Pedo is not the right word. It’s predator, child sexual abuser, child rapist.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
& I will reiterate something I’ve said before: trying to parse whether they are clinically a pedophile or not as relevant as the fact that THEY COMMITTED SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, AGAINST LEGAL MINORS.
Young people lack power, & sexual violence is about power & control. That’s what matters.
Young people lack power, & sexual violence is about power & control. That’s what matters.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Pedo is not the right word. It’s predator, child sexual abuser, child rapist.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
This is why the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee needs to immediately take up the Age of Consent law introduced by Rep. @andrewgrayak.bsky.social & passed unanimously in the #akleg House & PASS IT. B/c too many people think it’s okay to prey on teens & our current law lets off creeps like this.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is why the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee needs to immediately take up the Age of Consent law introduced by Rep. @andrewgrayak.bsky.social & passed unanimously in the #akleg House & PASS IT. B/c too many people think it’s okay to prey on teens & our current law lets off creeps like this.
I'm exercising self-control, so instead of QTing everything I see about Epstein & Trump like I want, I'm writing the essay I've been meaning to write & submit to @mississippifreepress.org re how we can meet this moment w/ appropriate education about sexual violence for the young people in our lives.
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm exercising self-control, so instead of QTing everything I see about Epstein & Trump like I want, I'm writing the essay I've been meaning to write & submit to @mississippifreepress.org re how we can meet this moment w/ appropriate education about sexual violence for the young people in our lives.
Yeah this is unconscionable. For a major newspaper like NYT to have this kind of evidence about Trump BEFORE HE WON THE 2016 PRIMARY and to just sit on it this long…
Imagine what could have potentially been prevented?
(Read @datadrivenmd.social’s 🧵)
Imagine what could have potentially been prevented?
(Read @datadrivenmd.social’s 🧵)
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Yeah this is unconscionable. For a major newspaper like NYT to have this kind of evidence about Trump BEFORE HE WON THE 2016 PRIMARY and to just sit on it this long…
Imagine what could have potentially been prevented?
(Read @datadrivenmd.social’s 🧵)
Imagine what could have potentially been prevented?
(Read @datadrivenmd.social’s 🧵)
Oh Alaska, we are so lucky to live here.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Oh Alaska, we are so lucky to live here.
The ease of access to trails & ways to exercise in nature during (almost) every season of the year & every time of day or night — & w/o paying an arm & a leg — was a significant reason why I moved back home to Anch in my late 20’s.
I hope we can keep this.
🎥 from today
(Skis needed wax tho 😬)
I hope we can keep this.
🎥 from today
(Skis needed wax tho 😬)
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The ease of access to trails & ways to exercise in nature during (almost) every season of the year & every time of day or night — & w/o paying an arm & a leg — was a significant reason why I moved back home to Anch in my late 20’s.
I hope we can keep this.
🎥 from today
(Skis needed wax tho 😬)
I hope we can keep this.
🎥 from today
(Skis needed wax tho 😬)
Reposted by Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
Seriously. When I got to this episode I thought “Ooh this resonates with a lot of Dem elected behavior” but I did not anticipate it fitting the moment as much as it does right now 🤦🏻♀️.
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Seriously. When I got to this episode I thought “Ooh this resonates with a lot of Dem elected behavior” but I did not anticipate it fitting the moment as much as it does right now 🤦🏻♀️.