Rachel
@rachtoren.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD
Social and Political Philosophy l Ethics l Critical Theory
Free Palestine 🍉
Social and Political Philosophy l Ethics l Critical Theory
Free Palestine 🍉
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It was great to talk today with UFCW Local 7 in CO who recently ended a 12-day strike involving 10,000 King Soopers workers. Kroger: it’s time to do what’s right. Negotiate a fair contract with your workers. Stop ripping off consumers with high prices at your grocery stores.
February 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It was great to talk today with UFCW Local 7 in CO who recently ended a 12-day strike involving 10,000 King Soopers workers. Kroger: it’s time to do what’s right. Negotiate a fair contract with your workers. Stop ripping off consumers with high prices at your grocery stores.
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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.
February 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
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ICYMI: I spoke to @reproutopia.bsky.social about the feminist imperative to fight fascism, even when the fascists are other feminists (and especially when those other feminists are providing a pseudofeminist alibi to a rightwing assault on bodily autonomy and trans people)
‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right
In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists today
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ICYMI: I spoke to @reproutopia.bsky.social about the feminist imperative to fight fascism, even when the fascists are other feminists (and especially when those other feminists are providing a pseudofeminist alibi to a rightwing assault on bodily autonomy and trans people)
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On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was shot to death in New York. Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned. All were eventually paroled. (Convictions of two of the men were dismissed in 2021)
Read more: t.ly/2NyWx
Read more: t.ly/2NyWx
February 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was shot to death in New York. Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned. All were eventually paroled. (Convictions of two of the men were dismissed in 2021)
Read more: t.ly/2NyWx
Read more: t.ly/2NyWx
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
Everyone check out the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in #LongBeach!! So rad!
February 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Everyone check out the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in #LongBeach!! So rad!
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Dismantling the death penalty is a responsibility that belongs to all of us. Inspiring to see how a group of nuns are trying to save women on death row in Texas: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance.
www.newyorker.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Dismantling the death penalty is a responsibility that belongs to all of us. Inspiring to see how a group of nuns are trying to save women on death row in Texas: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Miss Major Griffin-Gacy, one of the Black trans women who was at Stonewall on the night of the first riot - she fought back, got knocked out and spent the rest of the night in the Tombs - is still fighting for trans rights. She spoke with @samtlevin.bsky.social in 2023.
‘Get off our backs and let us live’: Miss Major is still fighting for trans rights after 50 years of resistance
The survivor of the Stonewall riots and mother to countless trans women has built a refuge for her community in the south: ‘I make joy here’
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Miss Major Griffin-Gacy, one of the Black trans women who was at Stonewall on the night of the first riot - she fought back, got knocked out and spent the rest of the night in the Tombs - is still fighting for trans rights. She spoke with @samtlevin.bsky.social in 2023.
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There have been some truly awful and egregious headlines on Gaza in the New York Times over the past 16 months but we may have a winner, folks.
‘Gaza Development Plan’
‘Gaza Development Plan’
February 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There have been some truly awful and egregious headlines on Gaza in the New York Times over the past 16 months but we may have a winner, folks.
‘Gaza Development Plan’
‘Gaza Development Plan’
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Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.
February 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.
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Beyoncé won
Doechi won
Kendrick won
Eagles won
This the most magical Black History Month in my life
Doechi won
Kendrick won
Eagles won
This the most magical Black History Month in my life
February 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Beyoncé won
Doechi won
Kendrick won
Eagles won
This the most magical Black History Month in my life
Doechi won
Kendrick won
Eagles won
This the most magical Black History Month in my life
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Federal law enforcement agents are planning to carry out a “large scale” immigration enforcement action in the Los Angeles area before the end of February, according to an internal government document.
By @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social & @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
By @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social & @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Leaked document says 'large scale' immigration enforcement action coming soon to L.A.
Federal law enforcement agents are planning to carry out a “large scale” immigration enforcement action in the Los Angeles area before the end of February, according to an internal government document...
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Federal law enforcement agents are planning to carry out a “large scale” immigration enforcement action in the Los Angeles area before the end of February, according to an internal government document.
By @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social & @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
By @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social & @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires
For decades, oil and gas companies have been allowed to mislead the public and profit from their products while sticking others with the bill for climate change. That must end.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
For decades, oil and gas companies have been allowed to mislead the public and profit from their products while sticking others with the bill for climate change. That must end.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Opinion | This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires
It’s time to require oil and gas companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires
For decades, oil and gas companies have been allowed to mislead the public and profit from their products while sticking others with the bill for climate change. That must end.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
For decades, oil and gas companies have been allowed to mislead the public and profit from their products while sticking others with the bill for climate change. That must end.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
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“An exhilarated hatred now parades as freedom, while the freedoms for which many of us have struggled for decades are distorted and trammeled as morally repressive ‘wokeism’.”
Judith Butler on the first few weeks of Trumpism
Judith Butler on the first few weeks of Trumpism
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“An exhilarated hatred now parades as freedom, while the freedoms for which many of us have struggled for decades are distorted and trammeled as morally repressive ‘wokeism’.”
Judith Butler on the first few weeks of Trumpism
Judith Butler on the first few weeks of Trumpism