Miriam Vishniac, MPP, PhD

In DC for the American Society of Criminology annual meeting! Look for me around or come find me at poster session II, Thursday evening, 7:30-8:30!

On my way to the annual @amersoccriminology.bsky.social meeting in DC! Looking forward to seeing old friends and presenting important research! Find me at poster session II!

Extremely clear that some Democrats think murdering people is good policy too

I want so badly for Alison and Noel to show up at Iain and Dervla’s wedding in the most amazing outfits. #GBBO

Handsome partner, @rss.coffee, and I are watching Murder, She Wrote from beginning to end. Angela Lansbury was such a great performer, as was Jerry Orbach. Crazy how some episodes are still so progressive!

This just won my brain

My friend said maybe Cheney dying on the same day Mamdani wins means we’re shifting back to the good timeline, and I want this to be true so badly.

Thrilled about Mamdani but still fuming at how establishment Dems tried to support a known abuser and said vile, racist shit.

Happy Mamdani won but still mad as hell that establishment Dems tried to support Cuomo and spouted horrifying racism.

Fuck your racist, Islamophobic, sex offender bullshit. Fuck the spineless Democratic establishment.

One of my besties said maybe we can get back to the good timeline if Cheney dies on the same day @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wins, and I want this for all of us. 🤞🏻🙏🏻👏🏻

A small cat with a white nose and mouth and grey face looks unamused. His white feet can just be seen peeking out from beneath a soft collar that is meant to look like an orange poppy.

The cruelty of those who claim no one needs SNAP and people are ‘just lazy’ is breathtaking and provably wrong for those who still care about facts.

Here is my son as a poppy flower in case you need some joy and light.

Hard not to reflect on how almost any other modern President would have promised assistance to Jamaica, even a token amount

Me every single day

My hot take of the day is that #GBBO Paul and Prue bring the experience and knowledge, Noel brings the quirky humor, and Alison brings the joy with a dash of sex appeal. 😘💅🏻💃🏾🧁🍞💋

Standard prison processes punish menstruators, make it even harder to afford products, and treat menstrual products as dangerous luxuries instead of basic necessities. #womensrights #periodpoverty #periodsinprison #menstrualequity

Israel’s failure to uphold the ceasefire was predictable, but still heartbreaking. It feels like the death of the first hope I felt in years.

A small, grey tuxedo cat on a green bathmat. He has an orange collar with a bow tie and a little grey patch on his white chin. He has a relaxed, curious look on his face.

He is the biggest asshole but I love him so freakin much and he’s also photogenic as hell. #cats #pets #cute

My niece has been Bat-Mitzvah-ed, and my pride and joy is an island of comfort in an ocean of the daily wtf we live in. L’chaim, to life. ❤️

Two grey tuxedo cats lay on a blue patterned rug. One is older and bigger. The other is smaller, darker, and looks ready to cause trouble…

I’m traveling so obviously I miss my cats! LOOK AT THESE GOOD GOOD BOYS! 🥹

Sending good vibes and healing thoughts. ❤️

Have you campaigned for new laws? Have you had a period in prison, jail, immigration detention, etc? Are you researching periods in confinement or interested in that? We’d love to hear from you! #womensrights #menstruatorsrights #womeninprison #genderequity

PERIOD ACTION DAY 2025 Menstruation and Incarceration The menstrual equity movement must recognize the menstrual health rights and needs of people who are incarcerated. Learn about the experiences of menstrual discrimination and injustice in prison and the roles you can play to address this crisis. LIVE WEBINAR Saturday, October 11th, 2025 Start at 10:30 AM CT/11:30 AM ET For more info https://bit.ly/4pzXKj5 Co-hosted by Miriam Vishniac, PhD (Prison Flow Project) and Regan Moss, MPH (Menstruation & Incarceration Study) EXPERT PANELISTS Veronica Carrier - New Hour for Women and Children - LI, Reentry Recovery Advocate Jennifer Toon - Executive Director of Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance Stacy Burnett - Senior Product Manager at ITHAKA

Looking for something to do this #PeriodActionDay? The Prison Flow Project is hosting a webinar panel on periods in prison: how periods impact the experience of prison, how current policies hurt menstruators, and what we can do to make change. 10:30 am CT, October 11th! Sign up at bit.ly/4pzXKj5

A flyer for the 14th Annual U.S. Conference on Poverty & Basic Needs highlighting Miriam Vishniac, founder of the Prison Flow Project, who is presenting on Menstrual Equity Research. The conference runs from October 21-23, 2025, in-person in Las Vegas and virtually, and is hosted by the National Diaper Bank Network (nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org) and the Alliance for Period Supplies (allianceforperiodsupplies.org). Learn more at BIT.LY/CPBN25

A flyer for the 14th Annual U.S. Conference on Poverty & Basic Needs highlighting Regan Moss, MPH, board member of the Prison Flow Project and researcher with the Caregiver Initiative at Auburn University, who is presenting on Increasing Access to Material Basic Needs. The conference runs from October 21-23, 2025, in-person in Las Vegas and virtually, and is hosted by the National Diaper Bank Network (nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org) and the Alliance for Period Supplies (allianceforperiodsupplies.org). Learn more at BIT.LY/CPBN25

Are YOU planning on going to the 14th Annual U.S. Conference on Poverty & Basic Needs? Both Prison Flow Project founder, @miriamvishniac.bsky.social and board member Regan Moss, MPH will be presenting! Hosted by @diapernetwork.bsky.social and @periodsupplies.bsky.social, learn more at BIT.LY/CPBN25

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It feels wasteful, but I love long showers and baths. It’s the one place where I feel like I can hide away from the world. I took so many long showers during my dissertation that I gave myself a skin rash. 😓 It feels like America is tryna get me there again.

Israel is committing genocide, a black man was found hanging from a tree in MS, and Jimmy Kimmel was fired after gov’t pressure for suggesting the man who killed famed asshole Charlie Kirk was right-leaning, wtf is even happening

You can recognize that violence is bad (and, yes, you DO need to say this in the US) without praising a racist, sexist, transphobic piece of shit who made the world that killed him. Fuck Charlie Kirk forever, and everything he stood for. Hope his family and the traumatized Utah students are ok.

On Finding Our Temple Covered in Blood - Evolve Why can’t religious leaders and institutions say, with clarity, that the grotesque violence against a trapped civilian population in Gaza is indefensible and wrong?

Sometimes I just read this piece aloud to myself and cry, because it resonates so strongly and makes me feel so seen. evolve.reconstructingjudaism.org/on-finding-o...

There is no reason to vote for any Democrat who supports genocide in Gaza and the erasure of Jewish dissent. There is no reason to donate to general funds that support those who funded Trump’s cuts so Schumer could go on a book tour. There is no reason to support a party that hates Mamdani and Fateh