Award-winning author, poet, Human rights superfan, she/y'all/youse. Vagina American, tweets mine own. Good trouble https://t.co/j7VuX78JSh
Mar 4, 2022 • 21 tweets • 10 min read
The muzzling of independent #Russia media, incl. #NovayaGazeta, is a huge blow. In my forthcoming book about #HumanRights heroes, I profile NG cofounder Anna Politkovskaya. Her relentless #reporting on Chechnya shed light on a horrific conflict. THREAD laphamsquarterly.org/contributors/p…#Politkovskaya kept her focus on the human toll. Unlike some who craved war reporting, Politkovskaya said she was “afraid of everything that shoots.” Yet she was determined. Even @Novaya_Gazeta “cut out the toughest parts” she wrote/2 newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/h…
Jan 1, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Insipred by @SorayaMcDonald tweets on the use of sexist language to diminish and discredit women, especially women of color, let's, once again, put together a list of problem words to describe women leaders and their political work/THREAD
There's fair amount of cultural difference (some words are more common in British Commonwealth while others seem peculiarly American). & this has long and shabby history. Now that some kick-ass, powerful, smart & thoughtful women like @AOC@IlhanMN & @NancyPelosi are /2
Dec 29, 2018 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
I recently met with a desperate #Venezuela family about to overstay tourist visa. Dad (professional), mom (professional) and kid. Staying w/ relatives & desperate to find a way not to return to political threats, hunger, utter lack of services, including medical care...
Why me? I have #HumanRights background, a university job & #LatinAmerica experience. Basically bupkus in the terrordome politics of desperate people in Trumpland. But I bought them coffee (and a snowman cookie for a young 'un) and listened...
