Lesleigh Owen
@dr-lesleigh.bsky.social
* A social justice-y, animal-obsessed, novel-writing sociologist
* she/her
* she/her
"Of course they won’t, because none of this is really about immigration. It is about the administration’s attempt to inflame racial tensions and divide Americans, and to acclimate them to the militarization of their streets."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Government Wants to See Your Papers
And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"Of course they won’t, because none of this is really about immigration. It is about the administration’s attempt to inflame racial tensions and divide Americans, and to acclimate them to the militarization of their streets."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Lesleigh Owen
NEW GALLUP POLL: the pendulum has swung **drastically** on immigration since last year.
🟢 just 30% want immigration decreased (55% last year)
🟢 79% of Americans think immigration is GOOD for the country (record high)
🟢 Path to citizenship (78%) beats mass deportation (38%)
🟢 just 30% want immigration decreased (55% last year)
🟢 79% of Americans think immigration is GOOD for the country (record high)
🟢 Path to citizenship (78%) beats mass deportation (38%)
July 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW GALLUP POLL: the pendulum has swung **drastically** on immigration since last year.
🟢 just 30% want immigration decreased (55% last year)
🟢 79% of Americans think immigration is GOOD for the country (record high)
🟢 Path to citizenship (78%) beats mass deportation (38%)
🟢 just 30% want immigration decreased (55% last year)
🟢 79% of Americans think immigration is GOOD for the country (record high)
🟢 Path to citizenship (78%) beats mass deportation (38%)
Reposted by Lesleigh Owen
Reposted by Lesleigh Owen
Hands Off Our Constitution from a young protester 💙🇺🇸
Hands Off in Rapid City, South Dakota
April 5
#IndivisibleRapidCity #indivisible #SouthDakota #stopproject2025 #50501SouthDakota #50501Movement #veterans #native #MikeRounds #JohnThune #DustyJohnson #governorrhoden
#resistance 🦋
Hands Off in Rapid City, South Dakota
April 5
#IndivisibleRapidCity #indivisible #SouthDakota #stopproject2025 #50501SouthDakota #50501Movement #veterans #native #MikeRounds #JohnThune #DustyJohnson #governorrhoden
#resistance 🦋
April 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hands Off Our Constitution from a young protester 💙🇺🇸
Hands Off in Rapid City, South Dakota
April 5
#IndivisibleRapidCity #indivisible #SouthDakota #stopproject2025 #50501SouthDakota #50501Movement #veterans #native #MikeRounds #JohnThune #DustyJohnson #governorrhoden
#resistance 🦋
Hands Off in Rapid City, South Dakota
April 5
#IndivisibleRapidCity #indivisible #SouthDakota #stopproject2025 #50501SouthDakota #50501Movement #veterans #native #MikeRounds #JohnThune #DustyJohnson #governorrhoden
#resistance 🦋
Dear entire world:
You know DT doesn't represent us, right? Most of us are as ashamed, horrified, and grossed out as the rest of the world.
Signed,
The majority of the US
You know DT doesn't represent us, right? Most of us are as ashamed, horrified, and grossed out as the rest of the world.
Signed,
The majority of the US
March 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Dear entire world:
You know DT doesn't represent us, right? Most of us are as ashamed, horrified, and grossed out as the rest of the world.
Signed,
The majority of the US
You know DT doesn't represent us, right? Most of us are as ashamed, horrified, and grossed out as the rest of the world.
Signed,
The majority of the US
My favorite sign from today's bathroom-bill protest.
February 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
My favorite sign from today's bathroom-bill protest.
My sister, @kowen019.bsky.social, took these awesome pics of me with this weekend's march gear.
January 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My sister, @kowen019.bsky.social, took these awesome pics of me with this weekend's march gear.
Why don't I already have this sticker? I medically require this sticker.
January 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Why don't I already have this sticker? I medically require this sticker.
Sticker?! Heck, this is probably my next tattoo.
January 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Sticker?! Heck, this is probably my next tattoo.
3. Pet more furkids
January 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
3. Pet more furkids
Happy Christmakkuh and (forthcoming) Kwanzaa, friends!
December 25, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Happy Christmakkuh and (forthcoming) Kwanzaa, friends!
I feel I have been doing my duty to ensure the Yuletide remains sufficiently gay.
December 24, 2024 at 6:57 AM
I feel I have been doing my duty to ensure the Yuletide remains sufficiently gay.
It all makes sense now...
December 18, 2024 at 8:22 PM
It all makes sense now...
Reposted by Lesleigh Owen
My bestie, who is the best bestie who bests bestly, sent me the decorative holiday pig (way upper right). We had to put her somewhere where the cats can't eat her (Appa tried). Enjoy a pic of Auggie and the top of our china cabinet or, as I call it, one of the household's homages to fatkind. 🥰
December 16, 2024 at 2:16 AM
My bestie, who is the best bestie who bests bestly, sent me the decorative holiday pig (way upper right). We had to put her somewhere where the cats can't eat her (Appa tried). Enjoy a pic of Auggie and the top of our china cabinet or, as I call it, one of the household's homages to fatkind. 🥰
This is so beautifully said. Politics has become reality TV to US residents.
like i have been saying, a lot of americans do not treat politics as “real” — they approach it with an ironic distance that allows them to treat clear threats and statements of intent as mere rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...
December 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM
This is so beautifully said. Politics has become reality TV to US residents.
A wall we can all believe in
December 14, 2024 at 9:33 PM
A wall we can all believe in
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December 14, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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