“I’m a Shimanchu woman shaped by the organized & spontaneous sexual violence that came hand-in-hand w U.S. occupation of Ryukyu. The modern sex industry—colloquially prostitution or sex work—is a remnant of imperial expansion & war across the Pacific.”🔥civilbeat.org/2022/01/sex-tr…

Check out this Honolulu Civil Beat about how Hawai’i is stuck in an outdated harm reduction approach to prostitution and sex trafficking. It’s time to let go of unsuccessful models and learn from indigenous feminism! civilbeat.org/2022/01/sex-tr…

When I see anti-sex trade survivors cruelly harassed by liberals, I’m not surprised because I remember when the halmoni (“WWII comfort women”) told me that their neighbors threw rocks at them when they came out as survivors and demanded justice.

Y’all be like “Native Hawaiians are suffering” then book a 2 week trip to Hawaiʻi

Vibe check? Irritated because the same US officials boycotting the winter #Olympics are also poisoning Hawai’i’s civilian water supply with military jet fuel as we speak.

What’s the plan for International Women’s Day 2022 on O’ahu? Coming out against HPD’s long history of violence against women and stopping police sexual assault, sexual harassment & domestic violence, which is sanctioned by the department. Join us. Protect women, not property!

I know a lot of people who aren’t “resilient.” They did not survive colonial systems and men’s violence. They crumpled, or were consumed by anger, or became twisted into a new form. They could not adapt or keep on keepin on. They are no less valiant. Fuck resilience.

No person is "qualified" for a lifetime appointment to make decisions affecting the lives of millions with absolutely no accountability to the public. The SCOTUS is an affront to democracy & we shouldn't forget that, no matter how awful the GOP behaves.

Alex Vitale It’s clear you’re too captivated by “government bad, free market good” to grasp decolonization. Instead of accountability & correcting your neoliberal take— book promotion. This is where academia goes wrong. And yes sex trafficking pimping & exploitation is immoral call me crazy

@death2amerikkka xo 🇵🇸🇸🇩 I dated someone in the military once. He abandoned me at a park when I was walking someone’s dogs … it was hot asf. I had to walk them home. I broke up w/ him when he was deployed bc I was scared

There’s a difference between domestic violence and reactive abuse.

I’ve spoken at events that had law enforcement, politicians, technocrats & capitalist extremists presenting too. I will do it again & again. You should too. We can’t let their bourgeois politics define our issues & influence the public unchecked. Organizers leave the echo chamber

As long as capitalism exists, domestic violence will too. Capitalism creates conditions that guarantee abuse: isolation, militarism (violent conflict resolution, toxic masculinity, gun worship, & sex buying), labor exploitation & severe crises (high stress) #hscadv2022conference

"The public is not interested in more incrementalism," Khara Jabola-Carolus said. "We need to create plans that are as drastic as the abuse and exploitation in women's lives right now," she added. Read my latest: "5 ways to make a gender equal recovery a reality" cnn.it/3bpMDrq

Please retire the failed slogan “my body my choice.” It doesn’t draw ppl into our struggle. It makes abortion seem selfish, which makes the experience of abortion very isolating. How can ppl feel sympathy for something framed as self-inflicted? You made your bed, now lie in it.

MEDICATION ABORTION ISN’T LINEAR FROM HARD TO EASY AND IT ISN’T A ONE DAY THING THE HEAVIEST BLEEDING AND MOST PAINFUL CONTRACTIONS CAN HAPPEN ON DAY 1-2 THEN COME BACK 7-8 DAYS AFTER YOU TAKE THE PILLS SO PREPARE TO TAKE TIME OFF WORK AND REST YOU DESERVE IT

The teen picture bride sent to sustain the labor colony as both caneworker & homemaker. The sex trafficking victim serving the labor trafficking victim on longline vessels. The maid in MENA. The mom who can never clock out. Happy Labor Day to the worker hidden behind the Worker.

About 700 gallons of diesel fuel spilled at a Space Force facility atop Haleakala bit.ly/3Ds2IrC #HNN