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Caylee Gardner
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editorial assistant @ knopf bfyr, sometimes poet, and a part-time mountain goat 📚🏳️‍🌈
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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we are living in fascism right now
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 11
BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.

The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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They want us to complain about the postal service, the public bus, Amtrak, public schools. They want that miniscule, repeated buy-in. Refuse it. Appreciate and care for our common good. That's daily and practical solidarity
And they're doing it so that they can retroactively ~ prove ~ that government is worthless, should be dismantled, run "like a business." It's worked in Texas and other GOP-dominated geographies; they're banking on it working nationally.
i think it's great that the nazi zoomers are systematically — and again, illegally — destroying our ability to do anything useful
March 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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What librarians have been Cassandra'ing since 2020. This was always the endgame for this current wave of book bans. It's never been about the books, it's about erasing options and imposing fascism.
Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the SCREEN ACT, a bill that applies the "harmful to minors" standard used to ban LGBTQ+ books and resources in schools and libraries... and apply it nationally—to the internet.

Under the guise of protecting kids from "pornography"

www.lee.senate.gov/2025/2/senat...
With Support from Heritage Action, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee Introduces SCREEN Act for 119th Congress to Protect Children from Pornography Online
With Support from Heritage Action, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee Introduces SCREEN Act for 119th Congress to Protect Children from Pornography Online
goldrushcam.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Issue 4 is out now!

You can read the work of seven immensely talented contributors at
garlicpresslit.com/issues/issue-4

Thank you for everyone who submitted last year! We’re now open to submissions for issue 5!
January 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.

If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Delighted to have a poem in this issue among so many talented contributors! 💙
Welcome to our Winter 2024 issue! This marks the 9-year anniversary of Whale Road Review, and publishing the fantastic work in this issue on a Friday the 13th feels like a scarily good way to celebrate!

www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-37
December 14, 2024 at 11:10 PM