Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom)
@lesbrains.bsky.social
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It’s super convenient for Americans to condemn people like Epstein rather than deal with the everyday adults in our neighborhoods who are doing the same type of things…
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It’s super convenient for Americans to condemn people like Epstein rather than deal with the everyday adults in our neighborhoods who are doing the same type of things…
1 in 4 US girls will survive CSA.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
1 in 4 US girls will survive CSA.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
90% of perpetrators are family members or trusted care providers.
Can people please stop fetishizing CSA perpetrated by billionaires?
Doing so hurts survivors.
So often survivors are told that forgiving perpetrators is a mandatory step to healing. Forcing people to give grace is an extension of the abuse and a wound to the survivor’s sovereignty…
What people from dominant groups describe as empathy is often a rationale used to disregard harm by abusers, prevent or circumvent natural and logical consequences.
Further it's been weaponized against those (groups) who have been wounded by requiring forgiveness or denial of their injury.
Further it's been weaponized against those (groups) who have been wounded by requiring forgiveness or denial of their injury.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
So often survivors are told that forgiving perpetrators is a mandatory step to healing. Forcing people to give grace is an extension of the abuse and a wound to the survivor’s sovereignty…
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racism and rape culture are so intertwined in this US and they're frequently treated as separate issues
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
racism and rape culture are so intertwined in this US and they're frequently treated as separate issues
I don’t think you can root out the corruption, racism, sexism and graft produced by settler colonial occupation. Those are the purposes of the occupation that’s dominated since 1492. The occupation needs to end…
As Jamelle Boiue has been saying, this country needs a thorough reformation to root out the corruption racism sexism and graft. We can’t continue like this.
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I don’t think you can root out the corruption, racism, sexism and graft produced by settler colonial occupation. Those are the purposes of the occupation that’s dominated since 1492. The occupation needs to end…
When it’s revealed that “ordinary people” abuse kids, seldom do they receive consequences. But somehow, if we keep repeating Epstein’s name, Trump will receive consequences? Make it make sense.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When it’s revealed that “ordinary people” abuse kids, seldom do they receive consequences. But somehow, if we keep repeating Epstein’s name, Trump will receive consequences? Make it make sense.
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Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying
It would be amazing if the people demanding the release of the Epstein files dedicated that same energy to preventing and combatting CSA.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It would be amazing if the people demanding the release of the Epstein files dedicated that same energy to preventing and combatting CSA.
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it's the ultimate flex of power and privilege. they largely escaped consequences for abuse, so why be careful about what's in writing?
I don't even email people commitments on deadline dates because I'm scared it'll be held against me one day and these people out here doing detailed documentation of a pedo club
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
it's the ultimate flex of power and privilege. they largely escaped consequences for abuse, so why be careful about what's in writing?
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I am exhausted of hearing about Jeffrey Epstein and seeing a bunch of men and women use the memory of a dead pedophile for political expediency.
I wanted to hear it all from the mouth of his most outspoken victim, and, frankly, one of the bravest women who ever lived.
Please read this book.
I wanted to hear it all from the mouth of his most outspoken victim, and, frankly, one of the bravest women who ever lived.
Please read this book.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I am exhausted of hearing about Jeffrey Epstein and seeing a bunch of men and women use the memory of a dead pedophile for political expediency.
I wanted to hear it all from the mouth of his most outspoken victim, and, frankly, one of the bravest women who ever lived.
Please read this book.
I wanted to hear it all from the mouth of his most outspoken victim, and, frankly, one of the bravest women who ever lived.
Please read this book.
Othered bodies are just a stage for their masculinity.
The primary reason men perpetrate sexual violence is to bond with each other.
That’s why there are so many text messages and emails. For most rapists, the satisfaction doesn’t come from the violence. It comes from the power they get after bragging about it.
That’s why there are so many text messages and emails. For most rapists, the satisfaction doesn’t come from the violence. It comes from the power they get after bragging about it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Othered bodies are just a stage for their masculinity.
BS. I taught in CA for over a decade and in EVERY school where I worked, ppl of all genders perpetrated against pre-teens and teens. When they got caught, they moved to new school sites. The U.S. public school system parallels the Catholic Church and the district where I worked is proudly “blue.”
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's work on pedocon theory confirmed once more. Republicans molest children because they think children are the property of men: their Weltanschauung dictates their practice of molesting children www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
BS. I taught in CA for over a decade and in EVERY school where I worked, ppl of all genders perpetrated against pre-teens and teens. When they got caught, they moved to new school sites. The U.S. public school system parallels the Catholic Church and the district where I worked is proudly “blue.”
I live in LA County and was discussing this with someone recently. They asked what happens to unhoused people who are “swept away.” My answer was that they die. Unhoused people are ki!!ed by government “clean up” projects. On average, 7 unhoused people die every day here…
Here's another piece about how Portland's methods, ie sweeps without bountiful supportive housing and services for people to be "swept" into, do not work, and kill people www.propublica.org/article/port...
Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.
The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I live in LA County and was discussing this with someone recently. They asked what happens to unhoused people who are “swept away.” My answer was that they die. Unhoused people are ki!!ed by government “clean up” projects. On average, 7 unhoused people die every day here…
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This thing y’all do where you flatten every issue down to capitalism (forgetting that racism, sexism, imperialism, etc. all 3 heads of the same snake) is extremely annoying because any discussion about the real life harms caused by each is dismissed
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This thing y’all do where you flatten every issue down to capitalism (forgetting that racism, sexism, imperialism, etc. all 3 heads of the same snake) is extremely annoying because any discussion about the real life harms caused by each is dismissed
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For every thousand sexual assaults in the United States, there are eleven (11) convictions. And about three of those are incorrect and based on racial profiling.
So please miss me with the "we need the carceral state because of all the rapists" line. It's a myth.
So please miss me with the "we need the carceral state because of all the rapists" line. It's a myth.
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For every thousand sexual assaults in the United States, there are eleven (11) convictions. And about three of those are incorrect and based on racial profiling.
So please miss me with the "we need the carceral state because of all the rapists" line. It's a myth.
So please miss me with the "we need the carceral state because of all the rapists" line. It's a myth.
Democrats play good cop and
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Democrats play good cop and
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
Closed primaries and similar nomination processes are another way that the duopoly coercively maintains its chokehold on us.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Closed primaries and similar nomination processes are another way that the duopoly coercively maintains its chokehold on us.
There’s no need to feed the trolls, and by trolls I mean the NYT.
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There’s no need to feed the trolls, and by trolls I mean the NYT.
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
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Currently reading: Poppy State by Myriam Gurba
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Currently reading: Poppy State by Myriam Gurba
I’ll be at Cal State Long Beach in November 13 reading from Poppy State and talking plants! Hope to see you there! 🤓🌿
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’ll be at Cal State Long Beach in November 13 reading from Poppy State and talking plants! Hope to see you there! 🤓🌿
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Tomorrow Nov 8 at the Altadena Public Library: Myriam Gurba, Carla Rachel Sameth, Angela Peñaredondo, Veronica Reyes, and others!
2 - 4pm
600 E. Mariposa Street
Altadena, California 91001
@lesbrains.bsky.social
2 - 4pm
600 E. Mariposa Street
Altadena, California 91001
@lesbrains.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Tomorrow Nov 8 at the Altadena Public Library: Myriam Gurba, Carla Rachel Sameth, Angela Peñaredondo, Veronica Reyes, and others!
2 - 4pm
600 E. Mariposa Street
Altadena, California 91001
@lesbrains.bsky.social
2 - 4pm
600 E. Mariposa Street
Altadena, California 91001
@lesbrains.bsky.social
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Man really do wake up in the morning and then leave the house to go harass women. Knowing that some of us are out here angry, powerlifting, maybe even packing. Wow.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Man really do wake up in the morning and then leave the house to go harass women. Knowing that some of us are out here angry, powerlifting, maybe even packing. Wow.
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I am loving the new @lesbrains.bsky.social book so much, this is exactly what I need to be reading right now.
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I am loving the new @lesbrains.bsky.social book so much, this is exactly what I need to be reading right now.
Looks like Alan Dershowitz lied.
Again.
Again.
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Looks like Alan Dershowitz lied.
Again.
Again.