Nicole Bedera
@nbedera.bsky.social
Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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You really do have to be willing to be part of making the thing that you say other people must make or do. That's just basic at this point. [feel free to rage about this on your own timeline not in my mentions]
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You really do have to be willing to be part of making the thing that you say other people must make or do. That's just basic at this point. [feel free to rage about this on your own timeline not in my mentions]
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NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
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During his first term, Trump’s version of “Title IX rights” was literally allowing rapists to remove their confessions from evidence in disciplinary proceedings.
It makes me sick to see the media describe this as an “interpretation of civil rights” instead of as a transparent violation of the law.
It makes me sick to see the media describe this as an “interpretation of civil rights” instead of as a transparent violation of the law.
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
During his first term, Trump’s version of “Title IX rights” was literally allowing rapists to remove their confessions from evidence in disciplinary proceedings.
It makes me sick to see the media describe this as an “interpretation of civil rights” instead of as a transparent violation of the law.
It makes me sick to see the media describe this as an “interpretation of civil rights” instead of as a transparent violation of the law.
“Accepting the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights” means trading away students, faculty, and staff’s civil rights.
The idea that you can have academic freedom without civil rights is absurd and enraging.
The idea that you can have academic freedom without civil rights is absurd and enraging.
Cornell University announces deal with Trump administration to restore withheld federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Accepting the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights” means trading away students, faculty, and staff’s civil rights.
The idea that you can have academic freedom without civil rights is absurd and enraging.
The idea that you can have academic freedom without civil rights is absurd and enraging.
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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 9:00 PM
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
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
In light of today’s discourse, a reminder:
Women have always worked. The big shift from feminism was women getting access to all types of workplaces with an expectation of equal compensation.
When they say they want to kick us out of the workplace, they actually mean they want us to work for free.
Women have always worked. The big shift from feminism was women getting access to all types of workplaces with an expectation of equal compensation.
When they say they want to kick us out of the workplace, they actually mean they want us to work for free.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In light of today’s discourse, a reminder:
Women have always worked. The big shift from feminism was women getting access to all types of workplaces with an expectation of equal compensation.
When they say they want to kick us out of the workplace, they actually mean they want us to work for free.
Women have always worked. The big shift from feminism was women getting access to all types of workplaces with an expectation of equal compensation.
When they say they want to kick us out of the workplace, they actually mean they want us to work for free.
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Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari
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This is who your subscription dollars are going. For the New York Times to launder conservative talking points designed to limit where and how women work to force dependency on men. They want us back to before women could own their own bank account. But sure.
women, are they bitches?
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is who your subscription dollars are going. For the New York Times to launder conservative talking points designed to limit where and how women work to force dependency on men. They want us back to before women could own their own bank account. But sure.
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"Having somebody who is hungry and worried about feeding their own children is an enormous amount of stress that will impact anybody’s ability to do their job well."
I spoke with @aijenpoo.bsky.social about the issues domestic workers face at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I spoke with @aijenpoo.bsky.social about the issues domestic workers face at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Domestic workers count on SNAP. Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.
Cleaners, nannies, and home health aides work full-time—and still disproportionately rely on food stamps.
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Having somebody who is hungry and worried about feeding their own children is an enormous amount of stress that will impact anybody’s ability to do their job well."
I spoke with @aijenpoo.bsky.social about the issues domestic workers face at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I spoke with @aijenpoo.bsky.social about the issues domestic workers face at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
This is exhausting. But telling.
Whenever you hear someone attacking feminists, you should know they’re attacking women and they’re too chickenshit to admit they’re attacking women.
Whenever you hear someone attacking feminists, you should know they’re attacking women and they’re too chickenshit to admit they’re attacking women.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is exhausting. But telling.
Whenever you hear someone attacking feminists, you should know they’re attacking women and they’re too chickenshit to admit they’re attacking women.
Whenever you hear someone attacking feminists, you should know they’re attacking women and they’re too chickenshit to admit they’re attacking women.
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I do wonder what it was like to be a woman working at the NYT and wake up to the “Did Women Ruin the Workplace” headline.
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I do wonder what it was like to be a woman working at the NYT and wake up to the “Did Women Ruin the Workplace” headline.
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A big part of the right’s reaction to Mamdani’s victory is the idea that “mass migration” has transformed NYC and threatens to transform America.
But if foreigners are ruining America, then women, whose tender disposition favors so much immigration to begin with, are accomplices in that ruination.
But if foreigners are ruining America, then women, whose tender disposition favors so much immigration to begin with, are accomplices in that ruination.
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A big part of the right’s reaction to Mamdani’s victory is the idea that “mass migration” has transformed NYC and threatens to transform America.
But if foreigners are ruining America, then women, whose tender disposition favors so much immigration to begin with, are accomplices in that ruination.
But if foreigners are ruining America, then women, whose tender disposition favors so much immigration to begin with, are accomplices in that ruination.
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And, of course, the menace of rape looms over all of this.
If women need to be controlled for their own good, they also need violence and corrective punishment. It’s a harrowing line of thought.
If women need to be controlled for their own good, they also need violence and corrective punishment. It’s a harrowing line of thought.
![Far-right podcaster and alleged human trafficker Andrew Tate struck a similar, if somewhat more menacing, tone to Partridge. Back in September, he posted this screed to his X account, which is still followed by JD Vance:
Stop letting women vote, stop giving women position [sic] as judges, stop giving women political appointments. As soon as only men run government and law, all the problems disappear. Women now understand that without male
protection they're nothing but victims.
You are not a girl boss. There is no such thing. Crying for Iryana is a wake up call for females. GOOD. WOMEN: giving you political and societal power is how we ended up here. Liberalism is just girl feels.
If you really care about womens safety, drop all female ego and obey men. We built you a safe society, you ruined it with ego, we will build it again. Obey.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hafxlnw235qrcil2lpohp2ly/bafkreibtiujufyw4oipj7udimfbjxsooshifmzup5brht4nptiagmmf24y@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And, of course, the menace of rape looms over all of this.
If women need to be controlled for their own good, they also need violence and corrective punishment. It’s a harrowing line of thought.
If women need to be controlled for their own good, they also need violence and corrective punishment. It’s a harrowing line of thought.
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Lots of federal workers who have lost their jobs. Maybe this is you.
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Lots of federal workers who have lost their jobs. Maybe this is you.
I don’t have to read this piece to know that women are getting blamed for all the ways men made work worse to punish women for entering their workplaces.
Stagnated or declining wages? Gig work? Sexual harassment? All reflective of men’s hostility to women in public life.
Stagnated or declining wages? Gig work? Sexual harassment? All reflective of men’s hostility to women in public life.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I don’t have to read this piece to know that women are getting blamed for all the ways men made work worse to punish women for entering their workplaces.
Stagnated or declining wages? Gig work? Sexual harassment? All reflective of men’s hostility to women in public life.
Stagnated or declining wages? Gig work? Sexual harassment? All reflective of men’s hostility to women in public life.
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The right has spent years absolutely incensed that anyone would claim their views are grounded in bigotry rather than principled commitments to liberty because they wanted to put misogyny on the front page of the New York Times with no pushback.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The right has spent years absolutely incensed that anyone would claim their views are grounded in bigotry rather than principled commitments to liberty because they wanted to put misogyny on the front page of the New York Times with no pushback.
There’s no such thing as “conservative feminism.”
They’re co-opting the label “feminist” as a shield against critiques of their misogyny. But you can’t be a feminist if your entire platform is stripping rights from other women to hand them to men.
They’re co-opting the label “feminist” as a shield against critiques of their misogyny. But you can’t be a feminist if your entire platform is stripping rights from other women to hand them to men.
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s no such thing as “conservative feminism.”
They’re co-opting the label “feminist” as a shield against critiques of their misogyny. But you can’t be a feminist if your entire platform is stripping rights from other women to hand them to men.
They’re co-opting the label “feminist” as a shield against critiques of their misogyny. But you can’t be a feminist if your entire platform is stripping rights from other women to hand them to men.
Utah was the first state where a woman legally cast a vote and Utah was the only state to ever revoke that right.
The sentiments at the time were similar to the ones in this article—a sense that if women didn’t vote the way men wanted, then men didn’t think they should vote at all.
The sentiments at the time were similar to the ones in this article—a sense that if women didn’t vote the way men wanted, then men didn’t think they should vote at all.
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Utah was the first state where a woman legally cast a vote and Utah was the only state to ever revoke that right.
The sentiments at the time were similar to the ones in this article—a sense that if women didn’t vote the way men wanted, then men didn’t think they should vote at all.
The sentiments at the time were similar to the ones in this article—a sense that if women didn’t vote the way men wanted, then men didn’t think they should vote at all.
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The front page of the New York Times is asking if women belong the workplace and @aselrod.bsky.social and @liberalcurrents.com, come through with this.
Incredible timing.
Incredible timing.
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The front page of the New York Times is asking if women belong the workplace and @aselrod.bsky.social and @liberalcurrents.com, come through with this.
Incredible timing.
Incredible timing.