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Victoria Law
@victorialaw.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket, 2024). https://linktr.ee/victorialaw
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The one-year anniversary of my partner’s death is coming up. Woman incarcerated in PA sent me this card, writing, “Keep your head up & your heart open. Times of change are hard when you don’t have everyone you’d like around you but there is still joy. Holidays past are not gone…Stay hopeful.”
Hand drawn card depicting a mouse with a Santa hat with a few red snow flakes and a candy cane striped border above & below
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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One glimmer of spring coming right up!
Row of pink flowering cherry blossom trees with reflections along the water in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Congratulations!! Looking forward to reading!
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Three zines each starting with a clenched fist & the words YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO Pale yellow: explanation of what mutual aid is & various mutual aid resources around the city Pale pink: partial list of rights that have been decimated by executive order this year alone White: strike through of the heading “you have the right to” followed by partial list of rights under attack (such as the right to criticize the government)
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Yep! Today in Madison Square Park:
Red chalk depicting a clenched upraised fist & anarchy symbol Followed by white (chalk) paint that says YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO and beneath that the words in white chalk RESIST FASCISM.
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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ABC No Rio & Rude Mechanical orchestra organized a participatory art protest at Madison Square Park today as part of Fall of Freedom. We gave out zines with info & mutual aid resources, invited passersby to think/ chalk about rights that are being decimated.
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Reminded of the rejuvenating power of community actions in bleak times
Red chalk with drawing of a fist & anarchy symbol White (chalk) paint with words “YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO” and beneath it in regular white chalk: “Resist fascism” Woman wearing shirt depicting a cartoon cat wearing a keffiyah Woman is holding yellow & pink zines that say “You still have the right to…” The yellow is a list of mutual aid resources, the pink is a partial list of rights decimated by executive orders
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The second is the NYC book launch for SUBMERGED, the memoir of Sheena King. Sheena is an incarcerated survivor serving LWOP. I’m honored to have written the intro & to be part of her NYC launch.
Sat, 12/13, 2-4 pm
Maysles Documentary Center, 343 Lenox Ave, Harlem
Book launch: Submerged by Sheena King Maysles Documentary Center 343 Lenox Ave/Malcolm X Blvd Harlem, NYC Saturday, December13, 2-4 pm Speakers include Joy James Recorded remarks from Sheena King Abolitionist Law Center (Sheena’s legal team) Victoria Law Keeva King (Sheena’s daughter) Steve bloom
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The first is a panel discussion about community arts center ABC No Rio, its legal fight against eviction, winning against City Hall (and against Giuliani!), & threats to political orgs today.
Wed, 11/19, 6-8 pm at Brooklyn Law School. You MUST rsvp to get in: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Collage featuring the old ABC No Rio building with a graffiti mural and head shot photos of panel speakers. Words: A Conversation with ABC NO RIO (the last 3 words are the graffiti piece by the late artist SANE)
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Going thru my phone, I found this reminder of the importance of sending books to people in prison. This was from a man who had been in solitary confinement for several years & received PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME, my book with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social
Message from man in solitary confinement describing getting a book thru the cell’s meal tray slot. “Just receiving the book made the day better. It’s like someone took the time to send me a piece of the outside.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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NYC reminder: If you vote today, you get a cool Halloween sticker (zombie makeup is your responsibility).
Person in zombie makeup with a black velvet shirt & a circular sticker depicting a pigeon holding a plain pumpkin that says, “ Halloween Voter 2025.” Background is a tree with yellow leaves.
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Even when I was at my most debilitated in the hospital, I knew how lucky I was compared to the millions of people behind bars. I knew that, despite the early ravages of and outrage about the pandemic behind bars, prevention measures were short-lived. Prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba has long called prisons “death-making institutions.” Now, the rise in incarceration (and a skyrocketing of immigrant detention), coupled with the nation’s lax approach to Covid-19 and health care behind bars, makes her characterization (yet again) a frighteningly accurate prophecy.
October 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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As Silvia Moreno-Garcia noted, one way to support marginalized writers is to draw attention to their works.
Here is my Autumn reading stack: #50BooksByWOC #50BooksByPOC
Stack of books by women of color: “A Mouthful of Dust” by Nghi Vo “KATABASIS” by RF Kuang “The Backyard Bird Chronicles” by Amy Tan “Black Witness” by Amy McQuire “Liberating Abortion” by Renee Bracey Sherman & Regina Mahone “The Keeper of Magical Things” by Julie Leong “These Heathens” by Mia McKenzie
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Hooray!!
Two people inside a Green and black Chinese lion dancing down the sidewalk
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The owners of A&N still have to vacate in October but are told they can be back in the spring once the new building is complete. That means, sadly, no Chinatown snowman this winter so here’s one to get you through the long cold season:
Giant (6 feet?) snowman wearing a black mask and scarf with an orange traffic cone on his head sitting on a NYC sidewalk.
September 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Congratulations!
Lunar new year dragon made of colorful whisk brooms, dusters and other household items
August 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Congratulations!!
Chinese lion dancer amidst confetti covered pavement
August 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Newspaper article: A Headline from History: JOAN LITTLE ACQUITTED IN JAILER’S SLAYING
August 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Dark blue book with title: “CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration” by Victoria Law
July 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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DoorDash is one on the top 3 donors for Fix the City, which is aggressively attacking Zohran Mamdani as a “dangerous choice for mayor.”
Flier that says “NYC CAN’T RISK A MAYOR WHO SUPPORTS DEFUNDING THE POLICE. Reject zohran Mamdani.” In small print: “Paid for by Fix the City Inc. COO: Meaghan Brown. Top 3 donors: Michael Bloomberg, DoorDash, & William Ackman.”
June 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Sending virtual dim sum for sustenance…
View of dim sum (green dumplings, rectangular turnip cakes, veggie “pork” buns, white small dumplings, and soup) from above
April 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Green & red flowers in pot Orange and yellow striped flowers seeming to grow out of a rock Yellow conical flowers that had a cool name that I forget Pink cherry blossom tree
April 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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If you’re in Nyc/Brooklyn on Saturday, come through for some affordable art and libations!!
Text: THE CLOTHESLINE BENEFIT AT SALE, 7-10pm, Saturday March 29, for ABC No Rio. Affordable works on paper: $25-$100 at 519 Evergreen Ave, Brooklyn
March 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Painting by Elena House-Hay, currently incarcerated in PA & long time contributor to TENACIOUS: ART & WRITINGS BY WOMEN IN PRISON.

Elena’s painting will be on sale at #ABCNoRio Clothesline Art Benefit, Sat 3/29, 7-10 pm at 519 Evergreen Ave, Brooklyn
Painting of a seahorse sprouting leaves
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Sending virtual Ethiopian food & lion dancers your way.
Ethiopian food in to-go containers Red, white and orange lunar new year lions
January 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM