Maggie Beneke
@maggiebeneke.bsky.social
mama-scholar studying disability and young children, in pursuit of educational freedom
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Maggie Beneke
@maggiebeneke.bsky.social
· Jul 28
I'm not on here much but grateful and excited to share this co-edited volume that represents ongoing collaborations with Dr. Hailey Love, includes a forward from the brilliant @trantempleton.bsky.social, and features so many brilliant contributors...
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‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine
In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to Palestine by
Alice Speri @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to Palestine by
Alice Speri @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine
In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to Palestine
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine
In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to Palestine by
Alice Speri @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to Palestine by
Alice Speri @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Good on them.
"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation
The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.
www.lgbtqnation.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Good on them.
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We need more bike libraries that include all types of bikes for all ages and abilities.
I have an older relative who is considering an electric trike, but really needs to try it out for a few days before committing to a purchase. Anyone have suggestions?
The @mplscargobikelibrary.com has one but they live right across the river in StP so I don’t think they can join.
The @mplscargobikelibrary.com has one but they live right across the river in StP so I don’t think they can join.
July 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We need more bike libraries that include all types of bikes for all ages and abilities.
I'm not on here much but grateful and excited to share this co-edited volume that represents ongoing collaborations with Dr. Hailey Love, includes a forward from the brilliant @trantempleton.bsky.social, and features so many brilliant contributors...
July 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm not on here much but grateful and excited to share this co-edited volume that represents ongoing collaborations with Dr. Hailey Love, includes a forward from the brilliant @trantempleton.bsky.social, and features so many brilliant contributors...
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I learned a few days ago that a group of 2nd graders in my city spent several weeks creating an abolitionist city as part of their visual arts class. I was so happy to hear this and I have invited the class to exhibit their work. They will be joining in the Abolitionist Toyery on August 10.
July 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I learned a few days ago that a group of 2nd graders in my city spent several weeks creating an abolitionist city as part of their visual arts class. I was so happy to hear this and I have invited the class to exhibit their work. They will be joining in the Abolitionist Toyery on August 10.
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Beyond Compliance in Early Childhood Education: Centering Disability, Freedom, and Belonging—co-edited by @maggiebeneke.bsky.social & Dr. Hailey Love—is now out from @tcpress.bsky.social. Includes a chapter by Beneke’s advisees April Coloma Boyce & Malcom King. 🔗 www.tcpress.com/beyond-compl...
June 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Beyond Compliance in Early Childhood Education: Centering Disability, Freedom, and Belonging—co-edited by @maggiebeneke.bsky.social & Dr. Hailey Love—is now out from @tcpress.bsky.social. Includes a chapter by Beneke’s advisees April Coloma Boyce & Malcom King. 🔗 www.tcpress.com/beyond-compl...
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Thank you!
Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.
March 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thank you!
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This energy right here.
March 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This energy right here.
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In the 70s & 80s, feminists connected violence against women to a critique of state violence. Emily Thuma @haymarketbooks.org traces how this anti-carceral feminism got hijacked by tough-on-crime lawmakers—then revived in the modern prison abolition movement.
Feminism Against the Carceral State - Emily L. Thuma - Inquest
Seventies-era anti-carceral feminism opposed “tough on crime” policymaking and played an important role in the making of today’s prison abolition movement.
inquest.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In the 70s & 80s, feminists connected violence against women to a critique of state violence. Emily Thuma @haymarketbooks.org traces how this anti-carceral feminism got hijacked by tough-on-crime lawmakers—then revived in the modern prison abolition movement.
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“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
March 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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We will all be subject to the conditions of collective resistance or collective surrender that we establish now as conditions deteriorate.
March 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We will all be subject to the conditions of collective resistance or collective surrender that we establish now as conditions deteriorate.
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To my colleagues at Columbia: if you were wondering where the rubber hits the road, this is where the rubber hits the road.
I beseech you not to act like this is business as usual or it will indeed become business as usual.
I beseech you not to act like this is business as usual or it will indeed become business as usual.
Breaking: ICE arrests a Palestinian student at Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, whose wife is 8 months pregnant. They revoked his student visa and his green card.
BOYCOTT COLUMBIA. WRITE & Demand answers.
This is fucking sickening.
zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BOYCOTT COLUMBIA. WRITE & Demand answers.
This is fucking sickening.
zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
To my colleagues at Columbia: if you were wondering where the rubber hits the road, this is where the rubber hits the road.
I beseech you not to act like this is business as usual or it will indeed become business as usual.
I beseech you not to act like this is business as usual or it will indeed become business as usual.
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Heart filled from #protectTransYouth March - led by young people filled with joy and love and creativity and hope! @jfrejnyc.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Heart filled from #protectTransYouth March - led by young people filled with joy and love and creativity and hope! @jfrejnyc.bsky.social
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🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
March 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
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Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 GOPs, trans bills die in Montana
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana
YouTube video by Erin In The Morning
www.youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 GOPs, trans bills die in Montana
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
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When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.
January 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.
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Sharing this statement from the Education Solidarity Collective on Coast Salish Lands which reaffirms our commitments to one another, the land, and working towards more just futures. A possible model for those not on these lands & an invitation to those with us here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Education Solidarity Collective - statement only
To add your name, go to this Google form. Education Solidarity Collective On Coast Salish Lands We are living, teaching, and learning under a U.S. administrative regime that seeks to forcibly isola...
docs.google.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Sharing this statement from the Education Solidarity Collective on Coast Salish Lands which reaffirms our commitments to one another, the land, and working towards more just futures. A possible model for those not on these lands & an invitation to those with us here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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A lot of folks are waiting for someone/thing to save them or tell them what to do. People don't realize you can start a protest, make your own fliers, practice mutual aid, write a newsletter. You don't need permission. You can be creative. You don't have to do things how they've always been done.
March 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A lot of folks are waiting for someone/thing to save them or tell them what to do. People don't realize you can start a protest, make your own fliers, practice mutual aid, write a newsletter. You don't need permission. You can be creative. You don't have to do things how they've always been done.
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On todays disability day of mourning I mourn all of the disabled people who we’ve lost over the last five years. And the ones we’re going to continue to lose as fascism creeps into every day life more and more. Holding space for that right now.
March 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
On todays disability day of mourning I mourn all of the disabled people who we’ve lost over the last five years. And the ones we’re going to continue to lose as fascism creeps into every day life more and more. Holding space for that right now.
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Gift link: archive.ph/gQgno#select...
New op-ed out today! "We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists."
This op-ed was written with fierce love for our communities. That's who we serve. We will not be erased.
New op-ed out today! "We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists."
This op-ed was written with fierce love for our communities. That's who we serve. We will not be erased.
archive.ph
February 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Gift link: archive.ph/gQgno#select...
New op-ed out today! "We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists."
This op-ed was written with fierce love for our communities. That's who we serve. We will not be erased.
New op-ed out today! "We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists."
This op-ed was written with fierce love for our communities. That's who we serve. We will not be erased.
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Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
Haymarket stands in solidarity with all those organizing to fight against fascism and for a world free of oppression and exploitation. We’ve put together a list of Haymarket Books on the history and p...
www.haymarketbooks.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
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🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇
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Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.
nymag.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
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After Trump’s executive order laying off federal employees last week, Haskell Indian Nations University lost almost a third of its staff, leaving students without teachers.
February 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
After Trump’s executive order laying off federal employees last week, Haskell Indian Nations University lost almost a third of its staff, leaving students without teachers.