Carrie Mattern
@thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social
mother, organizer, educator, disruptor
she/her; current Past President of MCTE; ELA & ELD instructor in the SoCal desert; avid horror reader & writer; Survivor fan; #golions
she/her; current Past President of MCTE; ELA & ELD instructor in the SoCal desert; avid horror reader & writer; Survivor fan; #golions
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Whatchya reading? Our latest newsletter (🔗 ⤵️) explores the impact abolition-related books and how crucial they can be to informing our values.
Have you read any of these? What did you think? What would you add to this list?
Have you read any of these? What did you think? What would you add to this list?
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Whatchya reading? Our latest newsletter (🔗 ⤵️) explores the impact abolition-related books and how crucial they can be to informing our values.
Have you read any of these? What did you think? What would you add to this list?
Have you read any of these? What did you think? What would you add to this list?
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We don't have enough people doing what they can but I am so grateful to those who are. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We don't have enough people doing what they can but I am so grateful to those who are. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
If you’re heading to @ncte.org next week pls do 3 things: donate to help unhoused youth in Denver: www.urbanpeak.org/cogives, support the Arab Caucus & all of their sessions, and do not leave Percival Everette’s keynote early just to get in line for his book. #nctevillage #ncte25
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November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
If you’re heading to @ncte.org next week pls do 3 things: donate to help unhoused youth in Denver: www.urbanpeak.org/cogives, support the Arab Caucus & all of their sessions, and do not leave Percival Everette’s keynote early just to get in line for his book. #nctevillage #ncte25
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Remember when they said keep politics out of football.
The fucking fascist president was in a NFL broadcast booth for Fox
These people are such fucking hypocrites and lie as they breathe.
The fucking fascist president was in a NFL broadcast booth for Fox
These people are such fucking hypocrites and lie as they breathe.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Remember when they said keep politics out of football.
The fucking fascist president was in a NFL broadcast booth for Fox
These people are such fucking hypocrites and lie as they breathe.
The fucking fascist president was in a NFL broadcast booth for Fox
These people are such fucking hypocrites and lie as they breathe.
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Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
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Heard y’all are doing Noirvember? Well, this kicks off with someone’s mom taking two to the face while working and then gets dark. Literally and figuratively. I promise. It’s what barrio noir does.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Heard y’all are doing Noirvember? Well, this kicks off with someone’s mom taking two to the face while working and then gets dark. Literally and figuratively. I promise. It’s what barrio noir does.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
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Ed Books Against Hunger: in one week, educators from across the country have raised $1113 for our local book banks! You can enter to win an amazing book at bit.ly/EdBooksAgain..., or contribute to our total and put n/a for address if you don't need another book on your TBR :)
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ed Books Against Hunger: in one week, educators from across the country have raised $1113 for our local book banks! You can enter to win an amazing book at bit.ly/EdBooksAgain..., or contribute to our total and put n/a for address if you don't need another book on your TBR :)
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Given the hunger and fear that this administration is inflicting upon so many children across the country, it has never been a more difficult time for schools to be good places for kids to walk into and it has never been a more important time, too.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Given the hunger and fear that this administration is inflicting upon so many children across the country, it has never been a more difficult time for schools to be good places for kids to walk into and it has never been a more important time, too.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
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honored to be here with these two—well, sort of "here" (had to pre–record, as I can't seem to stay in town).
Friday, October 24, 2025 — Native Bookshelf: Spooky Books for the season » Native America Calling
Henry is an aspiring ghost hunter on the cusp of social media fame in the novel, "The Whistler", by Nick Medina (Tunica-Biloxi). As the title suggests, he tempts fate by intentionally whistling into t...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
honored to be here with these two—well, sort of "here" (had to pre–record, as I can't seem to stay in town).
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This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.
Today we searched for fall. Our new normal is trying to find or figure out seasons in the southern CA desert.
October 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Today we searched for fall. Our new normal is trying to find or figure out seasons in the southern CA desert.
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Shutting it down for the night. Full day ahead tomorrow. Still a couple of hours left to register for anyone who is interested in attending my grassroots fundraising 101 session at Communiversity tomorrow at 1 pm in person in Brooklyn - www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...
Communiversity Catalog — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Shutting it down for the night. Full day ahead tomorrow. Still a couple of hours left to register for anyone who is interested in attending my grassroots fundraising 101 session at Communiversity tomorrow at 1 pm in person in Brooklyn - www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan Avenue right now.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Pick one or two lanes and keep at it. You are one person and cannot do everything or take 10 actions a day.
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pick one or two lanes and keep at it. You are one person and cannot do everything or take 10 actions a day.
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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
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something I think about almost daily is how @prisonculture.bsky.social says "knowing who to be mad at is praxis."
August 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
something I think about almost daily is how @prisonculture.bsky.social says "knowing who to be mad at is praxis."
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“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
September 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
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Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
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I learned a lot about some folks this week. Whew.
September 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I learned a lot about some folks this week. Whew.
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I just heard someone use the phrasing “mental and MORAL health” and wow, I’m going to start using that too. I want to take care of and improve my moral health.
September 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I just heard someone use the phrasing “mental and MORAL health” and wow, I’m going to start using that too. I want to take care of and improve my moral health.