Lisa Biggs
@lisabiggs.bsky.social
Author of The Healing Stage: Black Women, Incarceration & the Art of Transformation (OSU Press 2022); Theatre maker, performance studies scholar; Associate Professor, Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre @ Brown University
Pinned
Lisa Biggs
@lisabiggs.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
It's time to hold ppl accountable for their racism
September 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's time to hold ppl accountable for their racism
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
My Saturday read this week is DISTRIBUTED BLACKNESSS: AFRICAN AMERICAN CYBERCULTURES by Andre Brock Jr.
#Blackademic #BlackStudy #BlackStudies
#Blackademic #BlackStudy #BlackStudies
September 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My Saturday read this week is DISTRIBUTED BLACKNESSS: AFRICAN AMERICAN CYBERCULTURES by Andre Brock Jr.
#Blackademic #BlackStudy #BlackStudies
#Blackademic #BlackStudy #BlackStudies
I'm in bed by 930!@!
August 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm in bed by 930!@!
When an audio book narrator is trying to do a Spanish accent but sounds like Dracula
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
When an audio book narrator is trying to do a Spanish accent but sounds like Dracula
Random: How have the purity culture pundits addressed the "falling" white American birthrate? Have they taken any responsibility?
August 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Random: How have the purity culture pundits addressed the "falling" white American birthrate? Have they taken any responsibility?
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
Join and support DC residents in resisting occupation. Here are a few ways:
✅ Call/write your members of Congress using this toolkit and/or the action alert below from @freedcproject.bsky.social: docs.google.com/document/u/0...
✅ Call/write your members of Congress using this toolkit and/or the action alert below from @freedcproject.bsky.social: docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Tell Congress to stand down federal forces and respect DC — Free DC
freedcproject.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Join and support DC residents in resisting occupation. Here are a few ways:
✅ Call/write your members of Congress using this toolkit and/or the action alert below from @freedcproject.bsky.social: docs.google.com/document/u/0...
✅ Call/write your members of Congress using this toolkit and/or the action alert below from @freedcproject.bsky.social: docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Thought cutting of sugar was dramatically impacting my weight. Turns out the 5lbs(!) i thought i was down last week was due to a broken scale
August 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thought cutting of sugar was dramatically impacting my weight. Turns out the 5lbs(!) i thought i was down last week was due to a broken scale
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
Everyone who was wrong about Trump — please say so openly to those who trust you and follow you. You have influence and thus bear responsibility.
August 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Everyone who was wrong about Trump — please say so openly to those who trust you and follow you. You have influence and thus bear responsibility.
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
August 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
The people that always complain I don’t talk enough never seem to actually listen when I do speak
August 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The people that always complain I don’t talk enough never seem to actually listen when I do speak
Look back, retrospect, & process. If you don't like what you see, be gentle on yourself & work to understand the context & why you responded the way you did
#StudySlavery
#StudySlavery
August 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Look back, retrospect, & process. If you don't like what you see, be gentle on yourself & work to understand the context & why you responded the way you did
#StudySlavery
#StudySlavery
Replaced wine with hot chocolate to sleep better
This is bs
This is bs
August 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Replaced wine with hot chocolate to sleep better
This is bs
This is bs
I just quit like 20 meetings!!!!
August 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I just quit like 20 meetings!!!!
Time to walk the dog
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Time to walk the dog
Reposted by Lisa Biggs
🔥 MUST-WATCH: “And that’s why it’s important to teach ALL history, Jillian — not just cherry-pick certain % when they work for your argument.”
@debunktionjunction.bsky.social fires Jillian Michaels’ claim “only 2% of whites owned slaves” into the sun
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNdRlSB...
@debunktionjunction.bsky.social fires Jillian Michaels’ claim “only 2% of whites owned slaves” into the sun
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNdRlSB...
August 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🔥 MUST-WATCH: “And that’s why it’s important to teach ALL history, Jillian — not just cherry-pick certain % when they work for your argument.”
@debunktionjunction.bsky.social fires Jillian Michaels’ claim “only 2% of whites owned slaves” into the sun
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNdRlSB...
@debunktionjunction.bsky.social fires Jillian Michaels’ claim “only 2% of whites owned slaves” into the sun
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNdRlSB...
Every $ spent hunting & detaining people is a $ stolen from safe water, comprehensive education, affordable health care, housibg, parks & other infrastructure projects, artists & arts institutions, and everything else that enriches life & community
August 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Every $ spent hunting & detaining people is a $ stolen from safe water, comprehensive education, affordable health care, housibg, parks & other infrastructure projects, artists & arts institutions, and everything else that enriches life & community
Impeach & convict him
August 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Impeach & convict him
Public pool follies-- the old adage to wait an hour before swimming & to put a waterproof diaper on the baby hold up! We lost 90 mins of precious swim time today to poop (2 incidents) & vomit 🤢 💩 💩
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Public pool follies-- the old adage to wait an hour before swimming & to put a waterproof diaper on the baby hold up! We lost 90 mins of precious swim time today to poop (2 incidents) & vomit 🤢 💩 💩
Obama was coming to get their guns
SMH
SMH
August 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Obama was coming to get their guns
SMH
SMH