Emily Taylor
@profemily09.bsky.social
Independent scholar and writer of the newsletter Hot Feminism: Letters from South Carolina: https://hotfeminism.substack.com/.
SC Legislature is BACK, baby: Rep. Rob Harris and newly re-elected Sen. Lee Bright take to the podium to promise they'll do everything they can to punish women and healthcare providers. Special appearance by professional slut-shamer Abby Johnson 🤮🤮🤮
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Kicking Off the Legislative Session with an Abortion Abolitionist Press Conference
Lee Bright and Rob Harris take the podium to threaten women and healthcare providers
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January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
SC Legislature is BACK, baby: Rep. Rob Harris and newly re-elected Sen. Lee Bright take to the podium to promise they'll do everything they can to punish women and healthcare providers. Special appearance by professional slut-shamer Abby Johnson 🤮🤮🤮
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We have the first county-by-county report on the status of girls and women in South Carolina and it paints a grim picture of economic insecurity, high maternal mortality, and scarce child care. But we can use the data to make change. Share widely.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We have the first county-by-county report on the status of girls and women in South Carolina and it paints a grim picture of economic insecurity, high maternal mortality, and scarce child care. But we can use the data to make change. Share widely.
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
Lee Bright teams up with Rob Harris--I'm sure this legislation will not kill more women at all (Harris wants the death penalty for people who have abortions). What a duo.
January 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Lee Bright teams up with Rob Harris--I'm sure this legislation will not kill more women at all (Harris wants the death penalty for people who have abortions). What a duo.
Election day SC! SC 98th, get out there and vote!
IT'S ELECTION DAY SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS!!! SC 98th go vote Sonja Ogletree Satani! VA 15th Sen. Dist. go vote for Mike Jones!!!
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Election day SC! SC 98th, get out there and vote!
I promise this is not a step towards tradwifery! open.substack.com/pub/hotfemin...
When You’re an Enemy of the State But Also a Mom
Gratitude for My Community in the Wake
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January 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I promise this is not a step towards tradwifery! open.substack.com/pub/hotfemin...
Total monsters.
Not coincidentally, the states losing federal money are among the few that guarantee families more than the most inhumane level of cash assistance.
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Total monsters.
Hicks hits hard on this one. Kudos to the editorial team at @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/opinion/comm...
Hicks: As long as voters make such 'Bright decisions,' nothing will change at Statehouse
By continuing to elect culture warriors like Sen. Lee Bright, South Carolina voters ensure the culture wars live on ... at the expense of real work.
www.postandcourier.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Hicks hits hard on this one. Kudos to the editorial team at @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/opinion/comm...
If you're not subscribed to Ms. Magazine what are you even doing?!
Mifepristone has shown potential to treat a striking range of diseases and conditions—so why has its development been repeatedly stymied? Learn more in the Winter issue of Ms.:
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December 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If you're not subscribed to Ms. Magazine what are you even doing?!
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Before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, @propublica.org @texastribune.org & a team of Venezuelan journalists compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, @propublica.org @texastribune.org & a team of Venezuelan journalists compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
After threats from South Carolina legislators following a piece I wrote about Kirk and violent masculinity, I’ve resigned my tenured professorship. On the bright side, I’ll have a lot more time to write this newsletter.
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Men Respond to My Article about Violent Masculine Domination With TOTAL DOMINATION
On Resigning My Professorship at Presbyterian College
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December 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
After threats from South Carolina legislators following a piece I wrote about Kirk and violent masculinity, I’ve resigned my tenured professorship. On the bright side, I’ll have a lot more time to write this newsletter.
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Thank you, @aclusc.bsky.social for standing up for our rights, including our rights of free speech and academic freedom.
In the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk, an organized political effort has emerged: Political figures are mining social media for statements about the murder and demanding that state employees be fired or otherwise pushed out of their jobs because of their speech. (1/5)
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thank you, @aclusc.bsky.social for standing up for our rights, including our rights of free speech and academic freedom.
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The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.
Unconscionable: US plan to destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives
MSF condemns the decision to destroy these critical medical supplies, which will have devastating consequences for the communities where we work.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.
Many thanks to @msmagazine.com for publishing my piece on Charlie Kirk's murder: msmagazine.com/2025/09/11/c...
Dying to Be Men: American Masculinity as Death Cult
How white supremacist, misogynist and homophobic ideals of manhood fuel violence in America—and put men like Charlie Kirk at risk.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Many thanks to @msmagazine.com for publishing my piece on Charlie Kirk's murder: msmagazine.com/2025/09/11/c...
We need to eradicate the idea that the only way to be a man is through domination and death. And also, gun control. emilytaylor.substack.com/p/dying-to-b...
Dying to Be Men
American Masculinity as Death Cult
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September 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We need to eradicate the idea that the only way to be a man is through domination and death. And also, gun control. emilytaylor.substack.com/p/dying-to-b...
I'm still stunned men devote so much time and energy to killing women and children. Here's three state senators in South Carolina who don't think our extreme six week ban is enough. open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
Three Old White Men in South Carolina Want More Women and Babies to Die
SC Senators Cash, Rice and Garrett Sponsor Anti-Abortion Superbill
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September 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm still stunned men devote so much time and energy to killing women and children. Here's three state senators in South Carolina who don't think our extreme six week ban is enough. open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
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Guns and cars are the two biggest culprits here. Which means that we could go a long way towards closing these gaps by investing in public transit and better regulating access to firearms.
American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers minnesotareformer.com/briefs/ameri...
American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers • Minnesota Reformer
Babies and children in the United States are nearly twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared with their peers in other wealthy countries, according to a new study. The health of U.S. ...
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September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Guns and cars are the two biggest culprits here. Which means that we could go a long way towards closing these gaps by investing in public transit and better regulating access to firearms.
Women in the South getting shit done (as always): open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
Real Americans Doing the Work that Matters
Women in the South getting shit done
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August 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Women in the South getting shit done (as always): open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
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This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
14 Ways to Quit ICE (Quit Your Job)
YouTube video by Big Bill
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August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Really grateful I was able to get in a break from the US this summer. Here's a piece about my time away. open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
My Time in London and Remembering My Dad
On what we gain and lose when we leave
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August 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Really grateful I was able to get in a break from the US this summer. Here's a piece about my time away. open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
Is this my first reel? Thanks @playtyperguy.com for hosting me!
During our discussion about #AndrewCuomo, @profemily09.bsky.social mentioned the insidious impact of rape culture, which is why it was so infuriating when Kirsten Gillibrand minimized Cuomo's "comeback" as an example of New Yorkers believing in "second chances." cc: @lindseyboylan.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Is this my first reel? Thanks @playtyperguy.com for hosting me!
Can someone tell the Republican white men that run my state that you can just be cool, dude? We don't need to threaten protestors when we're in office, ok? #scpol
SC Elected Officials Yell at Protestors open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
SC Elected Officials Yell at Protestors open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
SC Elected Officials Yell at Protestors
Putting the Second Amendment first to prove their manhood
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June 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Can someone tell the Republican white men that run my state that you can just be cool, dude? We don't need to threaten protestors when we're in office, ok? #scpol
SC Elected Officials Yell at Protestors open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
SC Elected Officials Yell at Protestors open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...
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Reminder that the U.S. has the largest number of Iranians outside of Iran
Many of them oppose the regime but have friends & family still in Iran
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
Many of them oppose the regime but have friends & family still in Iran
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
In ‘Tehrangeles,’ Iranian Americans Anxiously Watch War Unfold From Afar
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reminder that the U.S. has the largest number of Iranians outside of Iran
Many of them oppose the regime but have friends & family still in Iran
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
Many of them oppose the regime but have friends & family still in Iran
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...