Erin DeMuynck
@erindemuynck.bsky.social
Geographer, educator, mom to two rad teens
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"This narrative of human suffering, set in 2025, is filled with tears and resilience. It is a story of women. It is our story. It could very well be your story too."
A stunning essay from Rümeysa Öztürk on the 45 days she spent in an ICE detention center just for speaking her mind
A stunning essay from Rümeysa Öztürk on the 45 days she spent in an ICE detention center just for speaking her mind
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"This narrative of human suffering, set in 2025, is filled with tears and resilience. It is a story of women. It is our story. It could very well be your story too."
A stunning essay from Rümeysa Öztürk on the 45 days she spent in an ICE detention center just for speaking her mind
A stunning essay from Rümeysa Öztürk on the 45 days she spent in an ICE detention center just for speaking her mind
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Nothing that SCOTUS did today prevents any state, anywhere, from doing exactly this. Respond to SCOTUS upholding discrimination by antitrans states by making your own state as protective of trans people as possible.
Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.
June 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Nothing that SCOTUS did today prevents any state, anywhere, from doing exactly this. Respond to SCOTUS upholding discrimination by antitrans states by making your own state as protective of trans people as possible.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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“We know that migrants and refugees find themselves in the difficult predicament of being called to appear, which is what the government asks of them, and then being given orders for expedited removal from our country.”
Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“We know that migrants and refugees find themselves in the difficult predicament of being called to appear, which is what the government asks of them, and then being given orders for expedited removal from our country.”
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In fact, it is offensively ridiculous to think that any but a handful of people disappeared by ICE will be able to file habeas corpus, because it relies on them having informed families with connections to available knowledgeable lawyers with time and resources to act instantly.
How the FedSoc judges on SCOTUS want you think habeas corpus works:
a man sitting at a desk with a box of boise paper in front of him
ALT: a man sitting at a desk with a box of boise paper in front of him
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April 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In fact, it is offensively ridiculous to think that any but a handful of people disappeared by ICE will be able to file habeas corpus, because it relies on them having informed families with connections to available knowledgeable lawyers with time and resources to act instantly.
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Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.
@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
In America, EVERYONE has a RIGHT to due process - regardless of immigration status. It’s fundamental to our Constitution.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
March 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.
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“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
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March 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say (Gift Article)
Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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Great talking point for my gender and politics class for when we read bell hooks. Feminism is about ending oppression for ALL people.
Study of 61 nations finds higher sexism predicts lower GDP, lower "global peace index" (more militarization, lower safety and security), greater antidemocratic practices & shorter lifespans. Sexism truly harms us all, men, women, children.
theconversation.com/sexism-linke...
theconversation.com/sexism-linke...
Sexism linked to social ills for men and women, finds largest cross-cultural study of its kind
Women’s gains mean men’s gains too.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Great talking point for my gender and politics class for when we read bell hooks. Feminism is about ending oppression for ALL people.
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An about face on this and the WASP lessons. The fact that basic American history was interpreted as DEI material reiterates how the terminology has been used and understood as a racist, misogynistic dog whistle.
thegrio.com/2025/01/27/u...
thegrio.com/2025/01/27/u...
US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash
US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash with Pete Hegseth saying it will not stand.
thegrio.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
An about face on this and the WASP lessons. The fact that basic American history was interpreted as DEI material reiterates how the terminology has been used and understood as a racist, misogynistic dog whistle.
thegrio.com/2025/01/27/u...
thegrio.com/2025/01/27/u...
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Sharing once more, for everyone spending their Friday night/Saturday morning thinking about teaching through apocalypse.
For the newsletter, I spent some time thinking about backward design on an existential scale and about how a literature class could prepare students for a future on fire.
Future Course Design
In the winter of 2021, I canceled the first two classes of my capstone seminar, “Ecocide and Utopia,” because a historic ice storm had led to weeks-long...
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January 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sharing once more, for everyone spending their Friday night/Saturday morning thinking about teaching through apocalypse.
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This is specifically about a faculty reading group, but I like having it as a task on my board in general.
January 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is specifically about a faculty reading group, but I like having it as a task on my board in general.
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This advice is important now, and will be even more important in two weeks, when the next administration is going to flood the zone with horribleness, with the intent of overwhelming everyone into compliance. Pick your battles and keep your focus. Trust others are doing the same elsewhere.
January 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This advice is important now, and will be even more important in two weeks, when the next administration is going to flood the zone with horribleness, with the intent of overwhelming everyone into compliance. Pick your battles and keep your focus. Trust others are doing the same elsewhere.
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New zine drop on geoz.one! "Heat Diary: Visualizing the Geography of Heat" brings together street photography, field notes, and personal reflections from two ethnographers exploring the streets of Phoenix.
January 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New zine drop on geoz.one! "Heat Diary: Visualizing the Geography of Heat" brings together street photography, field notes, and personal reflections from two ethnographers exploring the streets of Phoenix.
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I’m increasingly convinced that the love that powers long term climate action grows out of all the time we spend doing the things we love, in the places we love, with the people we love.
Without that, what are we fighting for?
Without that, what are we fighting for?
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 18, 2024 at 2:10 AM
I’m increasingly convinced that the love that powers long term climate action grows out of all the time we spend doing the things we love, in the places we love, with the people we love.
Without that, what are we fighting for?
Without that, what are we fighting for?
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A mesmerizing, intimate live performance of “Solitude and the Sea” by Mexican singer / songwriter Natalia Lafourcade ✨
Perfect song to wrap up the night. 🌙
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4j...
#music #musicsky #musica #mexicana #soledad #guitar #percussion
Perfect song to wrap up the night. 🌙
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4j...
#music #musicsky #musica #mexicana #soledad #guitar #percussion
Natalia Lafourcade - Soledad y El Mar (En Manos de Los Macorinos) [La Fiesta Parte II]
YouTube video by NLaFourcadeVEVO
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December 14, 2024 at 4:13 AM
A mesmerizing, intimate live performance of “Solitude and the Sea” by Mexican singer / songwriter Natalia Lafourcade ✨
Perfect song to wrap up the night. 🌙
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4j...
#music #musicsky #musica #mexicana #soledad #guitar #percussion
Perfect song to wrap up the night. 🌙
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4j...
#music #musicsky #musica #mexicana #soledad #guitar #percussion
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Solidarity, to me, is rooted in the belief that life, not money, is sacred. And it requires a commitment to reflecting that faith in our relationships, movements, institutions, and social policies.
November 27, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Solidarity, to me, is rooted in the belief that life, not money, is sacred. And it requires a commitment to reflecting that faith in our relationships, movements, institutions, and social policies.
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I often joke that one of my soft skills is being an “aggressive friend” but taking the time to create community where you are means everything to making it through perilous times.
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I often joke that one of my soft skills is being an “aggressive friend” but taking the time to create community where you are means everything to making it through perilous times.
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The same people who have spent years and decades trying to convince you that unqualified people were being hired because of DEI and affirmative action just recommended Matt Gaetz as attorney general and I….
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November 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
The same people who have spent years and decades trying to convince you that unqualified people were being hired because of DEI and affirmative action just recommended Matt Gaetz as attorney general and I….
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