Greta Kemp Martin
@gkmartin.bsky.social
Mississippi born and raised. Book nerd, coffee snob, elder millennial Swiftie, and disability rights lawyer. Blue dot in a red state. 🔵
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Greta Kemp Martin
@gkmartin.bsky.social
· May 22
In Cypress County, Mississippi - every family’s got a prayer list and a paper trail.
A new Southern gothic saga, told through found files and whispered sin, starts Saturday.
A new Southern gothic saga, told through found files and whispered sin, starts Saturday.
Equity. Inclusion. Accessibility. They’re not radical. They’re not dirty words. But in Mississippi & beyond, saying them out loud can get you defunded or fired. My latest on the backlash to DEIA and what it means for people with disabilities.
gretakmartin.substack.com/p/the-words-...
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The Words They Don’t Want Us to Say Anymore
How equity, access, and disability became liabilities instead of commitments
gretakmartin.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Equity. Inclusion. Accessibility. They’re not radical. They’re not dirty words. But in Mississippi & beyond, saying them out loud can get you defunded or fired. My latest on the backlash to DEIA and what it means for people with disabilities.
gretakmartin.substack.com/p/the-words-...
gretakmartin.substack.com/p/the-words-...
In Cypress County, Mississippi - every family’s got a prayer list and a paper trail.
A new Southern gothic saga, told through found files and whispered sin, starts Saturday.
A new Southern gothic saga, told through found files and whispered sin, starts Saturday.
May 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
In Cypress County, Mississippi - every family’s got a prayer list and a paper trail.
A new Southern gothic saga, told through found files and whispered sin, starts Saturday.
A new Southern gothic saga, told through found files and whispered sin, starts Saturday.
An update on DRMS (from my perspective).
The Good News: FY25 funds were delivered & we're back to business with new cases, monitoring, investigations, etc.
The Not-So-Good News: The FY26 Budget & HHS cuts still loom
gretakmartin.substack.com/p/were-back-...
The Good News: FY25 funds were delivered & we're back to business with new cases, monitoring, investigations, etc.
The Not-So-Good News: The FY26 Budget & HHS cuts still loom
gretakmartin.substack.com/p/were-back-...
We’re Back. But We’re Not Out of the Woods.
DRMS received its remaining funding for FY25. The fight for FY26 starts now.
gretakmartin.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An update on DRMS (from my perspective).
The Good News: FY25 funds were delivered & we're back to business with new cases, monitoring, investigations, etc.
The Not-So-Good News: The FY26 Budget & HHS cuts still loom
gretakmartin.substack.com/p/were-back-...
The Good News: FY25 funds were delivered & we're back to business with new cases, monitoring, investigations, etc.
The Not-So-Good News: The FY26 Budget & HHS cuts still loom
gretakmartin.substack.com/p/were-back-...
I don’t know what was said & I don’t care. But Lynn Fitch defending a woman? The woman who gutted Roe now wants to play protector? Spare me.
This “bright, dedicated, powerful young woman” must come from donor money. Fitch doesn’t lift a finger unless it helps her politics or her pocketbook.
This “bright, dedicated, powerful young woman” must come from donor money. Fitch doesn’t lift a finger unless it helps her politics or her pocketbook.
May 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I don’t know what was said & I don’t care. But Lynn Fitch defending a woman? The woman who gutted Roe now wants to play protector? Spare me.
This “bright, dedicated, powerful young woman” must come from donor money. Fitch doesn’t lift a finger unless it helps her politics or her pocketbook.
This “bright, dedicated, powerful young woman” must come from donor money. Fitch doesn’t lift a finger unless it helps her politics or her pocketbook.
RFK: my budget doesn’t cut SAMSHA.
SIR - I LITERALLY READ YOUR ACTUAL BUDGET THAT CUTS SAMSHA.
Just another day of being gaslit by this administration.
SIR - I LITERALLY READ YOUR ACTUAL BUDGET THAT CUTS SAMSHA.
Just another day of being gaslit by this administration.
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
RFK: my budget doesn’t cut SAMSHA.
SIR - I LITERALLY READ YOUR ACTUAL BUDGET THAT CUTS SAMSHA.
Just another day of being gaslit by this administration.
SIR - I LITERALLY READ YOUR ACTUAL BUDGET THAT CUTS SAMSHA.
Just another day of being gaslit by this administration.
Moderator doubles down on federal connections.
Horhn, again, wins this with congressional delegation and past Fed work. Servis just incorrectly stated that Bennie Thompson isn’t in Fed govt (?); DeP states no Fed connect
Another sweet, but non-answer from Robinson. #jxnmayor
Horhn, again, wins this with congressional delegation and past Fed work. Servis just incorrectly stated that Bennie Thompson isn’t in Fed govt (?); DeP states no Fed connect
Another sweet, but non-answer from Robinson. #jxnmayor
May 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Moderator doubles down on federal connections.
Horhn, again, wins this with congressional delegation and past Fed work. Servis just incorrectly stated that Bennie Thompson isn’t in Fed govt (?); DeP states no Fed connect
Another sweet, but non-answer from Robinson. #jxnmayor
Horhn, again, wins this with congressional delegation and past Fed work. Servis just incorrectly stated that Bennie Thompson isn’t in Fed govt (?); DeP states no Fed connect
Another sweet, but non-answer from Robinson. #jxnmayor
Moderator makes candidates state WHO they have state and federal connections with. Time to name drop.
Horhn wins this hand down on state level. DeP names some names. Servis played a good pivot re: his newcomer status. Robinson quotes the Bible and her relationship with God.
#jxnmayor
Horhn wins this hand down on state level. DeP names some names. Servis played a good pivot re: his newcomer status. Robinson quotes the Bible and her relationship with God.
#jxnmayor
May 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Moderator makes candidates state WHO they have state and federal connections with. Time to name drop.
Horhn wins this hand down on state level. DeP names some names. Servis played a good pivot re: his newcomer status. Robinson quotes the Bible and her relationship with God.
#jxnmayor
Horhn wins this hand down on state level. DeP names some names. Servis played a good pivot re: his newcomer status. Robinson quotes the Bible and her relationship with God.
#jxnmayor
Horhn definitely has an upper hand with the legislative connections as it relates to JXN IMO- DeP says JXN has to prove its to win #msleg trust. Servis echoes distrust issues as well; we should turn in audits and pay bills. Robinson continues w/ fluff answers without any actionable steps
#jxnmayor
#jxnmayor
May 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Actions to transparency - Horhn wants an office of ethics & accountability in mayor office; Servis outlines a real time tracking system for govt & makes claims that JXN isn’t following law; DePriest leans on better constituent services as well as online services. Robinson gave a non answer.
May 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Actions to transparency - Horhn wants an office of ethics & accountability in mayor office; Servis outlines a real time tracking system for govt & makes claims that JXN isn’t following law; DePriest leans on better constituent services as well as online services. Robinson gave a non answer.
Servis: already has open line of communication- published number, town halls, has spoken to city employees and residents; wants to make city more accessible through tech
#jxnmayor
#jxnmayor
May 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Servis: already has open line of communication- published number, town halls, has spoken to city employees and residents; wants to make city more accessible through tech
#jxnmayor
#jxnmayor
Horhn: have to look at data to form a comprehensive plan to better JXN; each ward/section has to determine how we fit together.
#jxnmayor
#jxnmayor
May 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Horhn: have to look at data to form a comprehensive plan to better JXN; each ward/section has to determine how we fit together.
#jxnmayor
#jxnmayor
Horhn: JXN public works is an embarrassment. Have to utilize federal dollars available.
Good, solid answers from Senator Horhn.
#jxnmayor
Good, solid answers from Senator Horhn.
#jxnmayor
May 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Horhn: JXN public works is an embarrassment. Have to utilize federal dollars available.
Good, solid answers from Senator Horhn.
#jxnmayor
Good, solid answers from Senator Horhn.
#jxnmayor
#JacksonMayoralForum - such a great set-up and so well managed.
May 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#JacksonMayoralForum - such a great set-up and so well managed.
Writing from Mississippi, for anyone who appreciates the following:
✹ Feminist.
✹ Southern.
✹ Loud.
The Magnolia Dispatch is my Substack. New posts drop weekly as long as the coffee holds out.
Subscribe here: gretakmartin.substack.com
#SubstackWriters
✹ Feminist.
✹ Southern.
✹ Loud.
The Magnolia Dispatch is my Substack. New posts drop weekly as long as the coffee holds out.
Subscribe here: gretakmartin.substack.com
#SubstackWriters
The Magnolia Dispatch | Greta Kemp Martin | Substack
Your front‑porch briefing from the Magnolia State—hard‑hitting policy & disability‑rights dispatches, spiked with Swiftie deep cuts, book recs and perfect loaves. Click to read The Magnolia Dispatch, ...
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May 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Writing from Mississippi, for anyone who appreciates the following:
✹ Feminist.
✹ Southern.
✹ Loud.
The Magnolia Dispatch is my Substack. New posts drop weekly as long as the coffee holds out.
Subscribe here: gretakmartin.substack.com
#SubstackWriters
✹ Feminist.
✹ Southern.
✹ Loud.
The Magnolia Dispatch is my Substack. New posts drop weekly as long as the coffee holds out.
Subscribe here: gretakmartin.substack.com
#SubstackWriters
I needed an outlet to vent other than screaming at my husband about the state of the world.
So, here we go.
open.substack.com/pub/gretakma...
So, here we go.
open.substack.com/pub/gretakma...
The Magnolia Dispatch | Greta Kemp Martin | Substack
Your front‑porch briefing from the Magnolia State—hard‑hitting policy & disability‑rights dispatches, spiked with Swiftie deep cuts, book recs and perfect loaves. Click to read The Magnolia Dispatch, ...
open.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I needed an outlet to vent other than screaming at my husband about the state of the world.
So, here we go.
open.substack.com/pub/gretakma...
So, here we go.
open.substack.com/pub/gretakma...
I’ve made a Substack. Not bc I think the world needs more takes. I don’t. But against my better judgment (and probably yours), here we are. I’m a child of the '90s who grew up writing dramatic diary entries and burning mix CDs to process my feelings, so this was bound to happen.
What We Miss When We Talk About Prison Reform
Why reform that ignores disabled and incarcerated people isn't reform at all.
gretakmartin.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I’ve made a Substack. Not bc I think the world needs more takes. I don’t. But against my better judgment (and probably yours), here we are. I’m a child of the '90s who grew up writing dramatic diary entries and burning mix CDs to process my feelings, so this was bound to happen.
DRMS submitted a report to the legislature about this issue; however, all bills mentioning personal care homes have died, & no response has been received.
DRMS will continue to do its part - just curious when our MS Legislature will do their part?
mississippitoday.org/2025/02/21/f...
DRMS will continue to do its part - just curious when our MS Legislature will do their part?
mississippitoday.org/2025/02/21/f...
Forty years after health official scaled fence in Jackson to save malnourished personal care home residents, unchecked horrors remain - Mississippi Today
The number of unregulated personal care homes started growing in the 1980s after state mental hospitals were forced to discharge thousands of patients into the community. But 40 years and several poli...
mississippitoday.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
DRMS submitted a report to the legislature about this issue; however, all bills mentioning personal care homes have died, & no response has been received.
DRMS will continue to do its part - just curious when our MS Legislature will do their part?
mississippitoday.org/2025/02/21/f...
DRMS will continue to do its part - just curious when our MS Legislature will do their part?
mississippitoday.org/2025/02/21/f...
My boss just walked in to me sobbing hysterically to old videos of Barack Obama during his presidency.
She just pulled the door closed and quietly walked out.
She just pulled the door closed and quietly walked out.
February 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My boss just walked in to me sobbing hysterically to old videos of Barack Obama during his presidency.
She just pulled the door closed and quietly walked out.
She just pulled the door closed and quietly walked out.
“Liberty is always at stake when one or more branches seek to transgress the separation of powers.” Justice Anthony Kennedy
[Clinton v. City of New York, 524 US 417, 449–50 (1998)(Kennedy, J. concurring)]
[Clinton v. City of New York, 524 US 417, 449–50 (1998)(Kennedy, J. concurring)]
February 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Liberty is always at stake when one or more branches seek to transgress the separation of powers.” Justice Anthony Kennedy
[Clinton v. City of New York, 524 US 417, 449–50 (1998)(Kennedy, J. concurring)]
[Clinton v. City of New York, 524 US 417, 449–50 (1998)(Kennedy, J. concurring)]
Leaders show you who they are in the immediate aftermath of tragedy & crisis.
January 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Leaders show you who they are in the immediate aftermath of tragedy & crisis.