Anitra Freeman
@anitrafree.bsky.social
Reader/Writer/Rabblerouser/Raging Granny
Part of organizing efforts of homeless & formerly homeless people in Seattle Omnivorous bookworm
Ally 🏳️🌈 ADD/BD2
My banner is part of the Day of the Dead ofrenda we created for homeless people who died unsheltered
Part of organizing efforts of homeless & formerly homeless people in Seattle Omnivorous bookworm
Ally 🏳️🌈 ADD/BD2
My banner is part of the Day of the Dead ofrenda we created for homeless people who died unsheltered
2nd serious #nonfiction book in awhile is What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, by Elizabeth Catte. Catte doesn't just eviscerate J.D. Vance; she counters a long history of exploitative Poverty Porn & documents the powers that abuse the region & the people who stand against them. #booksky
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
2nd serious #nonfiction book in awhile is What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, by Elizabeth Catte. Catte doesn't just eviscerate J.D. Vance; she counters a long history of exploitative Poverty Porn & documents the powers that abuse the region & the people who stand against them. #booksky
I didn't realize how long it had been since I last posted until listifications told me I was added to an inactive members list.
Good news: Wes is back home, health crisis over. I am getting more active.
Currently reading: Autocracy Inc. www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#booksky #nonfiction
Good news: Wes is back home, health crisis over. I am getting more active.
Currently reading: Autocracy Inc. www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#booksky #nonfiction
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I didn't realize how long it had been since I last posted until listifications told me I was added to an inactive members list.
Good news: Wes is back home, health crisis over. I am getting more active.
Currently reading: Autocracy Inc. www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#booksky #nonfiction
Good news: Wes is back home, health crisis over. I am getting more active.
Currently reading: Autocracy Inc. www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#booksky #nonfiction
"Democracy is fragile. You have to fight for every bit, every law, every safeguard, every institution, every story. You must know how dangerous it is to suffer even the tiniest cut. This is why I say to us all: we must hold the line."
February 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Democracy is fragile. You have to fight for every bit, every law, every safeguard, every institution, every story. You must know how dangerous it is to suffer even the tiniest cut. This is why I say to us all: we must hold the line."
Ecolove notes by Bird and Moon Comics #valentines
February 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ecolove notes by Bird and Moon Comics #valentines
The money spent subsidizing rich people would house homeless people AND go a long way toward ending poverty.
February 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The money spent subsidizing rich people would house homeless people AND go a long way toward ending poverty.
Currently reading
February 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Currently reading
February 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Another one I HAVE to read:
Poverty & Power by Edward Royce
Identifies the roots of poverty: structural systems—economic, political, cultural & social—& obstacles to economic justice including unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care, & racial & gender discrimination. #booksky #nonfiction
Poverty & Power by Edward Royce
Identifies the roots of poverty: structural systems—economic, political, cultural & social—& obstacles to economic justice including unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care, & racial & gender discrimination. #booksky #nonfiction
January 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Another one I HAVE to read:
Poverty & Power by Edward Royce
Identifies the roots of poverty: structural systems—economic, political, cultural & social—& obstacles to economic justice including unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care, & racial & gender discrimination. #booksky #nonfiction
Poverty & Power by Edward Royce
Identifies the roots of poverty: structural systems—economic, political, cultural & social—& obstacles to economic justice including unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care, & racial & gender discrimination. #booksky #nonfiction
Huh, Bluesky will only load 4 images at a time.
List (8 books)
It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, by Stuart Stevens
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, by
Anne Applebaum
List (8 books)
It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, by Stuart Stevens
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, by
Anne Applebaum
January 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Huh, Bluesky will only load 4 images at a time.
List (8 books)
It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, by Stuart Stevens
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, by
Anne Applebaum
List (8 books)
It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, by Stuart Stevens
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, by
Anne Applebaum
I read fast & with husband in hospital I have lots of time to read. Still, may have overdone the current library borrow. Most of these I can renew, though, if I don't get them done in 21 days.
It Was All a Lie is my current read & I bought it.
#booksky #nonfiction #polisky #resistance #bookworm
It Was All a Lie is my current read & I bought it.
#booksky #nonfiction #polisky #resistance #bookworm
January 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I read fast & with husband in hospital I have lots of time to read. Still, may have overdone the current library borrow. Most of these I can renew, though, if I don't get them done in 21 days.
It Was All a Lie is my current read & I bought it.
#booksky #nonfiction #polisky #resistance #bookworm
It Was All a Lie is my current read & I bought it.
#booksky #nonfiction #polisky #resistance #bookworm
The US is not a colonial power. Transnational corporations are the colonial power. The US is one of their colonies. Donald Trump is a figurehead, and they aren't even hiding behind him any more.
January 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The US is not a colonial power. Transnational corporations are the colonial power. The US is one of their colonies. Donald Trump is a figurehead, and they aren't even hiding behind him any more.
Everything wrong today – the disinformation, the mass incarceration, the racism sexism all-isms, the corruption – is the development of a corporate takeover of America.
The US is not a colonial power. Transnational corporations are the colonial power. The US is one of their colonies.
The US is not a colonial power. Transnational corporations are the colonial power. The US is one of their colonies.
January 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Everything wrong today – the disinformation, the mass incarceration, the racism sexism all-isms, the corruption – is the development of a corporate takeover of America.
The US is not a colonial power. Transnational corporations are the colonial power. The US is one of their colonies.
The US is not a colonial power. Transnational corporations are the colonial power. The US is one of their colonies.
How I spent inauguration day-
reading How Democracies Die while sitting by my husband's ER bed for 10 hours.
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblat identify 4 warning signs that the person you are about to elect is an authoritarian who will destroy your democracy.
1/7
reading How Democracies Die while sitting by my husband's ER bed for 10 hours.
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblat identify 4 warning signs that the person you are about to elect is an authoritarian who will destroy your democracy.
1/7
January 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
How I spent inauguration day-
reading How Democracies Die while sitting by my husband's ER bed for 10 hours.
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblat identify 4 warning signs that the person you are about to elect is an authoritarian who will destroy your democracy.
1/7
reading How Democracies Die while sitting by my husband's ER bed for 10 hours.
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblat identify 4 warning signs that the person you are about to elect is an authoritarian who will destroy your democracy.
1/7
An interview with Conason put two more books on my tbr stack
January 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
An interview with Conason put two more books on my tbr stack
I returned The Longest Con at noon, hold popped up 1 hr later, I finished it just after midnight. #booksky #nonfiction #polisky #52bookclub2025 prompt 3rd person POV
Joe Conason is scathing & everything he says is brutally true. Right-wing grifters have been scamming conservatives for decades.
Joe Conason is scathing & everything he says is brutally true. Right-wing grifters have been scamming conservatives for decades.
January 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I returned The Longest Con at noon, hold popped up 1 hr later, I finished it just after midnight. #booksky #nonfiction #polisky #52bookclub2025 prompt 3rd person POV
Joe Conason is scathing & everything he says is brutally true. Right-wing grifters have been scamming conservatives for decades.
Joe Conason is scathing & everything he says is brutally true. Right-wing grifters have been scamming conservatives for decades.
My sister found this.
January 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My sister found this.
The Longest Con pairs well with
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, by Kevin M. Kruse
Both books map out how the current hot-button issues that inflame conservative voters were deliberately created & stoked for corporate & individual profit.
2/2
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, by Kevin M. Kruse
Both books map out how the current hot-button issues that inflame conservative voters were deliberately created & stoked for corporate & individual profit.
2/2
January 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Longest Con pairs well with
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, by Kevin M. Kruse
Both books map out how the current hot-button issues that inflame conservative voters were deliberately created & stoked for corporate & individual profit.
2/2
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, by Kevin M. Kruse
Both books map out how the current hot-button issues that inflame conservative voters were deliberately created & stoked for corporate & individual profit.
2/2
I'm far enough in Evicted to be ready for the first night of study group, so I'm now racing to finish The Longest Con before the library takes it back at noon. #nonfiction #polisky
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason 1/
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason 1/
January 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I'm far enough in Evicted to be ready for the first night of study group, so I'm now racing to finish The Longest Con before the library takes it back at noon. #nonfiction #polisky
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason 1/
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason 1/
Related reading:
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason, with introduction by George T Conway III
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason, with introduction by George T Conway III
January 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Related reading:
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason, with introduction by George T Conway III
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism, by Joe Conason, with introduction by George T Conway III
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, by David Graeber and David Wengrow
January 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, by David Graeber and David Wengrow
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, by Leah Thomas
January 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, by Leah Thomas
I have had this book for a year & a half. Now I have 3 days to read it for a book study group.
#booksky #52bookclub2025 #nonfiction #housing #housingjustice
#booksky #52bookclub2025 #nonfiction #housing #housingjustice
January 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I have had this book for a year & a half. Now I have 3 days to read it for a book study group.
#booksky #52bookclub2025 #nonfiction #housing #housingjustice
#booksky #52bookclub2025 #nonfiction #housing #housingjustice
