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Nicole Bedera

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Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.

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NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia β€” and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

01.03.2026 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8119    πŸ” 2415    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 117

Reminder that if you’re in a position to organize or do community work of *any* kind today, it might enormously bolster your ability to cope

28.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

The military industrial complex is cheering today.

28.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12459    πŸ” 4732    πŸ’¬ 498    πŸ“Œ 225

Happy last day of the month!

I have quite a few rent needs and not enough donors, so if you have a couple bucks to drop in the rent pool, you can venmo me @ziibiing

If you can give $500 or more message me on signal at asiniiwiikwe.72

28.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

28.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 23249    πŸ” 5898    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 63

*protecting your personal peace* is not the important thing when your country is murdering people across the world. please be serious.

28.02.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1640    πŸ” 399    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0

People really struggling with the idea that the Iranian government sucks but we shouldn't be bombing them can both be true, eh?

28.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7711    πŸ” 1139    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 92

It’s not lost on me that this is happening during Ramadan and during fasting hrs.

28.02.2026 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2078    πŸ” 651    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 13

The day before starting a war with Iran, the Secretary of Defense was focused on removing trans scouters from the Boy Scouts.

28.02.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2045    πŸ” 551    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 10

I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children.

From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.

28.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7313    πŸ” 1808    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 56

A few replies have mentioned that the conservative hostility toward schools can be traced back to opposition to race and gender integration.

And yes. That’s exactly right.

28.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re right. The hostility toward schools can be directly traced back to conservative anger at race and gender integration.

28.02.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, that too.

28.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something violence researchers have warned for decades is that there is no neutrality in violence. Any violence that isn’t stopped escalates.

And we’re seeing that now as schools go from a space considered off-limits for violence to a space specifically targeted in war and genocide.

28.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

During my lifetime, the American conservative agenda has been preoccupied with expanding violence in schoolsβ€”and normalizing violence against children more broadly.

School shootings, campus sexual violence, bathrooms bans, ICE raids, and now bombing a girls’ school in Iran.

28.02.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 292    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
a screencap of the top of our linktree, showing that we have printed 1,015,299 whistles now

a screencap of the top of our linktree, showing that we have printed 1,015,299 whistles now

While I was doing my taxes, they passed 1,000,000 whistles shipped! I am just so proud of this group of internet strangers who decided to Just Do a Thing as hard as they could, and so grateful to all of you who helped us do it!

We're still shipping whistles! >>> whistlecoven.com

27.02.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 444    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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Max Landis Tapped to Shape Paramount's β€˜G.I. Joe’ Remount 7 Years After #MeToo Scandal Max Landis and Danny McBride are writing treatments for "G.I. Joe" at Paramount, based on the Hasbro toy line.

Paramount making war propaganda with a guy credibly accused of sexual assault by multiple women www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

28.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

When I saw the news story about the girls school being bombed, one of my first thoughts was about how unlike American physics, Iranian physics is 50% women at the undergrad level and how some of those girls who had been murdered were going to be physicists one day

28.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1328    πŸ” 324    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 13

β€œThe forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

28.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2607    πŸ” 1117    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 32

They bombed girls elementary school in Iran.

28.02.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Yes. This is how it’s done.

28.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Emergency protests against war on Iran in cities across U.S. Act Now to Stop War & End Racism

There's an emergency "Stop the War in Iran" protest kicking off in NYC at 2 pm at Times Square. www.answercoalition.org/iran/ - I'm going to head out. I've also included the list of other protests across the country.

28.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 637    πŸ” 320    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Sitting at my son’s dance competition watching girls in this age group compete and I have no words.

28.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t stop thinking about these girls. They woke up this morning, got ready for school- maybe giggled with a sister, teases from a brother, maybe excited to see their best friend at school, or hugged their mom.

And then these children were murdered by America and Israel while at school.

28.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

Here’s a link from one of the largest French newspapers then:

28.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Little girls. Again.

28.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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JUST IN: A federal judge says the Trump administration has been β€œterrorizing” refugees β€” violating the promise America made to them when they fled persecution at home β€” by locking them up illegally. He blocked the policy for those in MN storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

27.02.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5703    πŸ” 1860    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 48

The defining feature of the Trump administration is glee at the suffering of girls.

28.02.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 678    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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BREAKING β€” 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

28.02.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3076    πŸ” 1998    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 729

some amazing news to start the weekend with!

28.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 440    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5