Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
LightNews LightNews
banner
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
@mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
310 followers 390 following 93 posts
Professor of Geography, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center. Co-author of Solidarity Cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation. Love making maps of diverse and solidarity economies.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · Dec 10
Our #SolidarityCitiesBook just arrived! 10 years of work and writing with @craigborowiak.bsky.social @stephenhealy72.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social. A critical but hopeful study of #SolidarityEconomy, past and present. Cool maps, new data, many stories. See ordering info below.
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Much appreciation to Flandrine Lusson for reviewing our Solidarity Cities book in the Canadian Geographer!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Solidarity cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation By Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2025. pp....
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
‪Also huge thanks to Penn Loh for a thorough review of our book "Solidarity Cities" in Economic Geography
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

My co-authors are @msafri.bsky.social
@craigborowiak.bsky.social, and
@stephenhealy72.bsky.social
Published by
@uminnpress.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Thanks to Nick Clare and Joe Kearsey for a generous review and appreciation of the use of mapping as an ontological practice in Solidarity Cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation.
academic.oup.com/cdj/advance-...
Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation
Capitalism reproduces and relies upon racism. This much we know. But what if our efforts to push back against and move beyond capitalism do the same? This
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Grateful to Jay Cephas for a brief but incisive review of our book at Places. "Solidarity cites" collectively written by @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @craigborowiak.bsky.social, and myself. Published by @uminnpress.bsky.social.
placesjournal.org/article/book...
Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal
A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.
placesjournal.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
craigborowiak.bsky.social
Our book SOLIDARITY CITIES made the long list for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award.

It's exciting to be selected alongside these other cool books!

#solidaritycities @uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
10 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer | Metropolis
The 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List Books have the power to transform how cities are understood, governed, and experienced. The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities...
www.metropolis.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
craigborowiak.bsky.social
Feels more urgent than ever to support cities as bulwarks against the storm. Very excited to have this new podcast drop with me and coauthors about our #SolidarityCities book!
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
New Books: Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation — Urban Affairs Review
Featuring Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Craig Borowiak, and Stephen Healy, authors of Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation , published by University of Minne...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Thanks to Nick Clare and Joe Kearsey for a generous review and appreciation of mapping that we used as an ontological practice for landscapes of solidarity economy in Solidarity Cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation.

academic.oup.com/cdj/advance-...
Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation
Capitalism reproduces and relies upon racism. This much we know. But what if our efforts to push back against and move beyond capitalism do the same? This
academic.oup.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
This original reading of human history resonates with our “Solidarity Cities”book’s argument that people have built cities with the solidarity economy as both the collective means of resistance and a human way of life rooted in solidarity,

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
I love this video! Right to the point. #SolidarityCities
msafri.bsky.social msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · May 10
New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)
What is the Solidarity Economy?
https://youtube.com/shorts/6TQZhHNBe74?si=3mzLVa7e-wM6XGlE From @theconciouscitizens and @raytrospectively, also on Instagram
ussen.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Would be eye opening to many US parents. No federally funded parental leave - shockingly. It is time to go back to the 1971 Comprehensive Child Development Act, passed by congress and killed by Nixon. We could have had federally subsidized daycare. Also note that corporations resent this idea.
She compared motherhood in four countries. The US isn’t looking good
A new book examines childcare policies across the globe – and asks whether parenthood in the US needs to be so hard
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Interesting historical connections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt
A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Interesting historical connections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt
A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
Would be eye opening to many US parents. No federally funded parental leave - shockingly. It is time to go back to the 1971 Comprehensive Child Development Act, passed by congress and killed by Nixon. We could have had federally subsidized daycare. Also note that corporations resent this idea.
She compared motherhood in four countries. The US isn’t looking good
A new book examines childcare policies across the globe – and asks whether parenthood in the US needs to be so hard
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
I love this video! Right to the point. #SolidarityCities
msafri.bsky.social msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · May 10
New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)
What is the Solidarity Economy?
https://youtube.com/shorts/6TQZhHNBe74?si=3mzLVa7e-wM6XGlE From @theconciouscitizens and @raytrospectively, also on Instagram
ussen.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
rbreich.bsky.social
The mayor of Newark was arrested today while protesting at a federal immigration detention center operated by GEO Group — a private prison company and major Trump donor.

Kudos to Ras Baraka for standing up to this authoritarian regime.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · May 9
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
I hear that the mapping workshop with my #SolidarityCities book co-authors Craig @craigborowiak.bsky.social and Maliha @msafri.bsky.social was awesome. Great job and thank you!
May 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
alisonstenning.bsky.social
Prompted by conversations on here, I asked ChatGPT what my most recent book was - sounds like a great book, but I did not (yet!) write it...
“Play, Space, and the Politics of Urban Life” (published in 2016). In this book, Stenning looks at the intersection of play and urban space, focusing on how people—especially in post-socialist contexts—engage in playful activities in the city. She examines play not just as a recreational activity but as a social and political practice that can reveal deeper truths about how space is used, contested, and lived. It's a fascinating exploration of how informal, often unregulated spaces in cities provide opportunities for resistance, creativity, and expression, especially in rapidly changing political and economic environments. In this book, she argues that play and leisure activities aren't just passive or frivolous—they're deeply connected to broader social dynamics and the ways people make sense of the spaces around them. This can include everything from informal games to larger cultural movements in the city.
May 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
edzitron.com
I want to give credit to Metz/Weise here for stating plainly that LLMs cannot decide that something is or isn't true or false. Stating the actual, real limitations of these models is necessary, and it's good to finally see this happening in the mainstream media without any throat clearing
Today’s A.I. bots are based on complex mathematical systems that learn their skills by analyzing enormous amounts of digital data. They do not — and cannot — decide what is true and what is false. Sometimes, they just make stuff up, a phenomenon some A.I. researchers call hallucinations. On one test, the hallucination rates of newer A.I. systems were as high as 79 percent.
May 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
yesmedia.bsky.social
Thank you to all of our readers, viewers, and followers for your support over the years.

In the coming days, we'll share how you can support each of our staff members in their next adventures—because the industry needs them.

Stay tuned. And never forget that a better world is possible. 🥹 💔
May 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
alexvitale.bsky.social
Broken Windows/ Quality of Life policing is making a come back. We should keep in mind it's toxic origins. www.gothamgazette.com/authors/130-...
The Neoconservative Roots of the Broken Windows Theory
Professor Alex Vitale traces the neoconservative roots of Broken Windows policing, a philosophy and practice championed by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.
www.gothamgazette.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
rikjaz.bsky.social
Very lovely to work on this with @lbnaylor.bsky.social & great to see this conversation taking stock on decolonizing geography now published in @acme-geography.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
joelhs.bsky.social
This is an open plan for genocide. Call it what it is. www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-say...
Smotrich says Gaza to be ‘totally destroyed,’ population ‘concentrated’ in small area
Ultranationalist minister says population will be 'totally despairing' and want to leave the Strip, also predicts West Bank will be annexed before end of government's term
www.timesofisrael.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
hypervisible.blacksky.app
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
writingcentergc.bsky.social
Important conversations about academia are happening @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social ! Hear from some key leaders and scholars at tomorrow's event on "The Future of Higher Education," co-hosted by Public Programs, @futuresed.bsky.social , and @humanitiescuny.bsky.social : buff.ly/KwjL15A
May 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her)
craigborowiak.bsky.social
This was fun! New book podcast on #solidaritycities with my coauthors. Thanks to Elena Sobrino for great interview!! elenasobrino.site

@uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social
Maliha Safri et al., "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation" (U of Minnesota Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM