Kendra Salois
ksalois.bsky.social
Kendra Salois
@ksalois.bsky.social
Ethnomusicologist, parent, incorrigible lurker. Author of Values that Pay: Complicity, Sincerity, and Hip Hop in Contemporary Moroccan Life (April 2025, UC Press).
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This case shows how Maryland's image as a refuge for trans people does not extend to marginalized trans women.

This April, Trans News Network reported on a lawsuit by trans women in Maryland prisons who had been tortured, intentionally placed in danger of rape, and denied hormones.
"Absolute Terror”: Lawsuit Alleges Maryland Trans Prisoners Face Rape, Medical Detransition, Defied Court Orders, Retaliation, and Torture, Despite AG Brown’s Condemnation of Trump Prison Policy
Gov. Moore's prisons defied a judge’s order to follow standards to keep a woman safe from rape, as AG Brown has mounted "vigorous" defense against her lawsuit and lawmakers sideline meaningful reform
transnews.network
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thank you for the reminder of both of these fabulous souls
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reposted by Kendra Salois
Wheatpasted outside the Metro in #OccupiedDC
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“You Can Call Me Norm-Al”
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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read up on our work here: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai

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November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM