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C. Dreams (she/her) 🥳
@uncagedcritique.bsky.social
● Friendly Neighborhood Tranny-saurus Rex🏳️‍⚧️
●Theologian & Historian📚
● Independent Journalist🤓
● Prison Conditions Reform Advocate🤬
● Abolitionist😤
● 2023 TPF PSC Scholar🥸
● 2023 Marvel Cooke Fellow
I had the immense pleasure of being on #AmplifiedVoices with @endtheregistry and @amberspeaksup. This morning, the episode dropped and you should go check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts! 😉
I promise, it's worth the listen.
https://amplifiedvoices.buzzsprout.com/
Amplified Voices
Amplified Voices is a podcast that lifts the voices of people and families impacted by the criminal legal system. Hosts Jason and Amber speak with real people in real communities to help them step int...
amplifiedvoices.buzzsprout.com
July 13, 2023 at 8:38 PM
My first piece with @huffpost.bsky.social:
"Recent research has shown that a unique area of our bodies may hold the key to transforming the prison system: our gut microbiome."
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-the-gut-microbiome-can-help-reform-the-prison-system_uk_64a816b4e4b0e5efaadb7201
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
July 10, 2023 at 10:24 PM
This kind of feedback from readers of my articles always means the fucking world to me 😭❤️
July 5, 2023 at 9:26 PM
I do not care for 4th of July, a holiday intended to celebrate independence - aka liberty - in a country where there is little freedom, let alone human decency, for queer/LGBTQ folks, Black & Brown people, & even less for incarcerated people.

Celebrations of freedom are illusory.
July 4, 2023 at 11:44 AM
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For my first ever Abolition Week piece with Scalawag Magazine, I covered the dirge of Environmental Racism's intersection with incarceration. Rehabilitation or devastation?
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/06/environmental-racism-prisons/
Poisoned Inside
The devastating impact of environmental racism in prisons.
scalawagmagazine.org
June 27, 2023 at 8:32 PM
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I interviewed Daniel Hatcher, the Poverty Law Professor, for my latest piece where we examined the financial exploitation of Black & Brown youth in the foster care systems.
https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/unveiling-the-financial-exploitation-of-black-and-brown-children-in-the-foster-care-system
Unveiling the Financial Exploitation of Black and Brown Children in the Foster Care System
I entered Maryland's foster care system after my mother’s violent death in 1996. I grew up in a myriad of homes and facilities, without ever knowing stability, safety, or a sense of identity. The sy...
www.loveblackgirls.org
June 27, 2023 at 8:30 PM
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On Friday, the New Jersey Senate confirmed Michael Noriega to the state Supreme Court.

Noriega is first public defender to join the New Jersey Supreme Court in the state’s history.

context from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social https://boltsmag.org/new-jersey-first-public-defender-justice-michael-noriega/
New Jersey Is Poised for Its First Ever Public Defender Justice - Bolts
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced last month that he was nominating Michael Noriega, an immigration and criminal-defense lawyer, to the state’s supreme court. If confirmed by the Senate, as... Read More
boltsmag.org
July 2, 2023 at 11:01 PM
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The CDC’s reluctance to acknowledge that COVID is airborne was their biggest pandemic blunder. They're now poised to make a similar mistake, using flawed data to enshrine policies that will endanger healthcare workers. My exclusive for The Daily Beast
Why the CDC’s New Mask Guideline Proposal May Actually Imperil Frontline Workers
“The decisions some of these public health people are making are not getting better. They’re getting worse.”
www.thedailybeast.com
July 1, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Hey there! Following you here now.
July 2, 2023 at 3:44 PM
My latest at LGBTQ Nation looks at that complicated, uncomfortable & sometimes painful area of being a trans woman & navigating women's spaces with respect & compassion, without compromising on identity & access.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/how-i-navigate-womens-spaces-as-a-trans-woman/
How I navigate women’s spaces as a trans woman
It's an astonishingly complicated, emotionally draining and yet transformative journey into my own womanhood...
www.lgbtqnation.com
July 1, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Hey Gillian! Good to see you here from Twitter too!
June 28, 2023 at 9:37 PM
For my first ever Abolition Week piece with Scalawag Magazine, I covered the dirge of Environmental Racism's intersection with incarceration. Rehabilitation or devastation?
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/06/environmental-racism-prisons/
Poisoned Inside
The devastating impact of environmental racism in prisons.
scalawagmagazine.org
June 27, 2023 at 8:32 PM
I interviewed Daniel Hatcher, the Poverty Law Professor, for my latest piece where we examined the financial exploitation of Black & Brown youth in the foster care systems.
https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/unveiling-the-financial-exploitation-of-black-and-brown-children-in-the-foster-care-system
Unveiling the Financial Exploitation of Black and Brown Children in the Foster Care System
I entered Maryland's foster care system after my mother’s violent death in 1996. I grew up in a myriad of homes and facilities, without ever knowing stability, safety, or a sense of identity. The sy...
www.loveblackgirls.org
June 27, 2023 at 8:30 PM
I wanna be bad... I mean you make it look so good.
June 26, 2023 at 9:03 PM
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This recent piece was my first scholarly essay as a #trans theologian and historian, please share and check it out:
https://nursingclio.org/2023/06/07/trans-theology-reclaiming-christian-identity-and-community-space-for-trans-people/
June 25, 2023 at 9:57 PM
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If I die young, bury me in Balenciaga 🤷‍♀️
June 25, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Me, when the Conservative/Christo-fascists come to take me to the flames:
June 25, 2023 at 11:43 PM
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Be honest: how many of you look at the URL of this place and think "biskie?"

I do. And I'm not going to stop. This is a promise.
June 25, 2023 at 11:20 PM
If I die young, bury me in Balenciaga 🤷‍♀️
June 25, 2023 at 11:32 PM
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I've finally made it to the bluest of skies!
June 25, 2023 at 9:54 PM
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"The labor strikes during the busiest summer weekend of the year leading up to Independence Day celebrations could inflict more pain on Florida where the largest protests are expected to take place."

My latest for Unicorn Riot.
Protests Against Anti-Immigrant Laws to Continue - UNICORN RIOT
Recent protests and boycotts in response to anti-immigrant legislation in Florida are having lasting impacts on communities upheld by undocumented immigrants. The June 1st labor strikes coordinated by...
unicornriot.ninja
June 25, 2023 at 10:03 PM
This recent piece was my first scholarly essay as a #trans theologian and historian, please share and check it out:
https://nursingclio.org/2023/06/07/trans-theology-reclaiming-christian-identity-and-community-space-for-trans-people/
June 25, 2023 at 9:57 PM
Hi new friend!
June 25, 2023 at 9:54 PM
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<---- hard-core trans "new evangelical" Christian/theologian/minister/historian, who gets lots of sexy time 🍆 ⏲️ 🤗
June 25, 2023 at 9:54 PM