“But at its core, “wellness” is about weight loss. It demonizes calorically dense and delicious foods, preserving a vicious fallacy: Thin is healthy and healthy is thin.” nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opi…

My mother is very sick. I totally understand if you can’t give, but if you could just take a second a retweet that would make my day. Thank you. gofundme.com/help-for-a-giv…

White Americans' Hold on Wealth Is Old, Deep, and Nearly Unshakeable citylab.com/equity/2019/09…

“While Quetelet’s work was used to justify scientific racism for decades to come, he was clear about one aspect of the BMI: it was never intended as a measure of individual body fat, build or health.” medium.com/@thefatshadow/…

A lot of “majorities” aren’t educated that their financial advantage isn’t because of their investments. It’s because of whiteness. Let me show you how:

Hi everybody. I was arrested at the protests in Richmond last night (or rather after). I wanted to share my experience + shed some light on what the police are doing. 1/

Something I've learned while in law school is about the social construction of crime. I work in a legal clinic on wage theft cases, where employers have "improperly paid" workers by not paying, paying below min wage, withholding overtime, paid sick time, etc. 1/

If you don't quite understand what horror the Trump administration inflicted today on transgender and non-binary people seeking medical care and why we're scared, let me tell you a quick story. [TW: transphobia, trans death] (thread)

Listen. We REALLY need to talk about how conspiracy theories fuel fascism and how the Right's use of weaponized paranoia and white supremacist insecurity threatens our lives. It is...A LOT. Here's what I learned writing AMERICAN RULE. 1/ penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611439/a…

“If America’s permissive self-defense laws and abundant guns open up a vast zone of permissible killing, the precise borders of that territory are shaped by white supremacy.” nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Gerrymandered maps are silencing voters of color in favor of the GOP — this is how voters can prevent it from happening next election cycle

"But if dieting is a practice that causes a great deal of harm — in the form of pain, suffering, anxiety and sheer hunger — and rarely works to deliver the health or happiness it has long advertised, then it is a morally bad practice." nytimes.com/2022/01/03/opi…

All right. We need to talk about the Supreme Court's EPA ruling, the actual history of the founding of America, the wealthy who have spent fortunes undermining science and attacking democracy, and why we're in the middle of an authoritarian crisis. 1/ jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-heart-of…

1/ The Nightmare Scenario SCOTUS is Plotting For the 2024 Election Takeover:

Fifty Shades of Whey MT Random Autistic 🌙 Jane Elliott discusses what she believes is the main goal of forced birthers, I have a longer clip of her ... but twitter won't let me upload it. This one is trimmed down to focus on what's called the "birth dearth". x.com/RandomQuiet/st…

Jon interviewed Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General, about why her state banned gender-affirming care for minors - ignoring the guidelines of major medical organizations and taking the decision out of parents’ hands. Watch the full interview on @AppleTVPlus

I was told not to tweet this until the houses adjourned for fear of jinxing it, but the Minnesota legislature just completed what is probably the most productive session anywhere in the country since probably the New Deal. Sweeping bills and reforms across every area of life.

Saw a lady tell her son he couldn’t have a Wonder Woman doll because “that’s for girls” and it got me thinking... (1/3)