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38. Once they finally took me to the medical center, the nurse took my temperature. She said "you need to take that thing off your head" and took off my hejab without asking my permission. I told her you can't take off my hejab and she said this is for your health. After a few minutes I put my hejab back on. But they did nothing to treat my asthma and gave me a few ibuprofen. 39. I had a third asthma attack at the Louisiana facility. Again, this happened in the cell and other woman knocked on the window to get the attention of the officers. I was told that the nurse would come to the cell to see me. She took me outside for a short bit and told me that it was all in my mind. She finally took me to the medical center but I was not treated for my difficulty breathing. The nurse left the room and didn't answer my questions 40.I had a fourth asthma attack on Wednesday March gth around noon. I used my inhaler and waited for it to pass. I was in pain and very scared but I didn't ask to go to the medical center because I don't feel that they address my medical needs. 41. I don't feel safe at the medical center because of my prior experiences there. They complain when I go there and speak to me in an insulting and condescending manner. They also write information in my medical records that is not accurate. The doctor and nurses there are rude and uncaring.

NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...

Noncitizens voting is RARE. .00001% of a problem. It is already ILLEGAL. The SAVE act makes it incredibly harder for US CITIZENS TO VOTE. Esp citizens who DON'T HAVE access to/ can't pay for a copy of their passport, birth certificate or real ID. This will affect mostly marginalized groups. #saveact

Here's a concrete thing you can do to help right now.

If you rent, start a tenants' union. Just meet once a month. Ask everyone who comes to donate $5-$10 per month to start two things: a rent support fund and a legal support fund for anyone who needs them.

Keeping people housed is praxis.

Cute gray and white striped cat standing on hind legs to quite satisfyingly smell roses.

The same cute gray and white striped cat now licking the scent of the roses off of his cute little nose.

Y'all, my cat did not get enough attention on Threads. Please give him love. He's the absolute most adorable creature on this planet. And he's just a flower prince. #cat #kitty

The real ignorance is NOT holding your party accountable for what it supports. Acting like the government is this autonomous entity that acts outside of who we vote for literally proves you think we don't have a democracy, even under Democrats.

Screenshot of a post about being houseless while a student.

Federal grants and loans help students survive while trying to receive an education. To take that away is... beyond the borders of cruel.

Liz is GOOD PEOPLE and has busted ass to scrape by.

Please consider helping out?

JUST IN: The Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to suspend all external communications, including health advisories, weekly scientific reports, and updates to websites and social media.

-WASHINGTON POST

I wish I'd left out the word innocent. Genocide is never justifiable, whether people perceive innocence or not. Genocide is and will always be the big bad evil and is inherently always wrong (because a race, ethnicity, group of people cannot be all bad, all villains, all evil).

A genocide is still ongoing. Did you process that? A GENOCIDE IS STILL ONGOING. Genocide, the end goal of fascism. Fascism, the thing we're all afraid of, has been happening to innocent Palestinians for over 15 months. We are not free until everyone is free.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

I start from a place of shame within myself and grow the character based on how I want my own evolution to look (mentally/emotionally) - I typically do this with each character as there are facets of myself in all of them

Gray and white stripes Cat lounging nonchalantly in writers sky blue chair.

Well, at least someone is getting use out of my writer's chair. Hades knows it's not me. #cat

They are passionate about periods

Coping with the Latest US Government Attacks on Human Beings Coming to terms with this new administration's cruelty, and our trauma response

A lot of horrible US stances were issued this week. Here, I focus on some of the people harmed by them more than on the cults of the perpetrators.

Today’s piece also explores how trauma lives in us all. Give yourself some grace for moving through unconscionable times as imperfectly as we all do.

I sometimes inadvertently sing lullabies while walking my dog down the dark and dreary street. Thought I heard someone gasp once. It was then I realized it was creepy

I keep forgetting how old I am. Is it 32 or 33? Or so old that years are but a speculative measurement in the scheme of time?

If you don't have hope, have spite with a picture an orca whale destroying a boat in the water.

I saw this yesterday (credit to Roberta Sam, a native two spirit). This is my mantra going forward.

"If you don't have hope, HAVE SPITE"

It's Time to Throw Away the 'Coulda, Woulda, Shouldas' and Practice Radical Rest When you're chronically ill you can't push your body the way non disabled people do. You have to learn to rest. There's few words more damaging to us than the 'coulda, woulda, shouldas'

If you’re struggling to disconnect and protect your peace right now… my article on radical rest might help.

When you’re chronically ill you must learn to rest. You either do it voluntarily, or the body will find a way to force you.

This skill will be extra important in the coming weeks:

The purpose of yesterday was to frighten us to submitting in advance. I have my freedom of speech and I will use it here and everywhere else I exist online to make my voice heard. No oligarch, no president will silence me. So, be prepared for more Latinx books just as soon as my mourning ends, okay?

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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If you want to get intersex books BY intersex authors while it's still allowed! I have ALL of them right here

Do people remember that the rise of fascist far right Germany was partially a response to communist and socialist movements gaining momentum?

Musk just gave a Nazi salute, immigrants are in jeopardy, the reproductive rights site was disabled, orange is going after birth right citizenship and the Democrats in power did and said nothing. It's time we the people are for the people. The parties have failed us.

A lot of blame is going around internally on the left today and a lot of it is warranted but I think we should remember who the enemy is, find a common goal and band together.

The woods, magically filled with green trees that tower far above you or me, and light and shadow from the west scattered along a dirt trail.

I walked through the woods, and the sunlight peeked through the trees shyly. She pulled me into a dance, a dance with time, a dance with dust. We played hide and seek with the shadows beneath the trees until the mud grabbed my boots and the cold stole my breath.

DEI Isn’t Dying: These Companies Are Standing Strong Against 'Anti-Woke' Backlash in 2025 Despite pressure, many companies remain steadfast in their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

✅ NEW by me:

Apple and Costco are not alone in taking a strong stand on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI). The list of corporate giants pushing back on the 'anti-woke' #DEI backlash is growing in 2025.

www.thequeenzone.com/dei-isnt-dyi... via @thequeenzone.bsky.social

The @sfwa.bsky.social Board put out an internal response. I don't know if it will be made public. In summary:

1. They won't make a statement in support of Palestinian writers because it would be political.
2. They are not ruling out future political statements, just this one.

Keep the pressure on.

Lawyers on BlueSky, can Californians sue insurance companies for canceling their fire coverage A WEEK before their houses burned down?

#LAFires

Watching LA burn is heartbreaking. Watching wildlife run for their lives, scared with no where to go, is devastating. Watching people desperately try to water their homes, already burning and only a black outline of what they were is gut-wrenching. The climate crisis is here.