Lewis Raven Wallace

We will be holding a CaRNiVAL of UnLEaRnING to launch my new book in Durham on November 2, 2-5 p.m. Come for the whack-a-mole, stay for the community building towards radical change! Other events to be announced soon! More information here: www.lewispants.com

Event graphic for "Fighting Copaganda Under Authoritarianism: How to Advance Narratives That Undermine Authoritarianism & Increase Solidarity," taking place place on October 15, 3-4 PM ET, virtual, with Andrea J. Ritchie, Lewis Raven Wallace, and Dean Spade. The event information is in black text on a background of a collage of a thick red pain mark, tape, cutouts of a hand writing, an eye with electricity coming out of it, and a crossed-out mouth, as well as yellow and black scribbles.

🗓️ Oct. 15 at 3-4 PM ET online: Please join us for a discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social, @lewispants.bsky.social, and @deanspade.bsky.social!

Register: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/f...

Fighting Copaganda Under Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization A discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring Interrupting Criminalization's Andrea Ritchie, Abolition Journalism Fellow Lewis Raven Wall...

Join me, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social for a discussion on criminalization, copaganda, and narratives of solidarity. Oct 15 on the Zooms. 3 EST. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/f...

Being Trans Behind Bars in Florida Was Already Hard. Under Trump It’s Worse. Trans people in prison are at the front lines of the increased targeting that trans people are facing under Trump.

"It's easy to feel powerless in here. I try to fight that."

"We aren't the monster in the dark that people need to fear. The monster people need to fear walks in the light and sits in a White House. History will reflect the veracity of my words."
#Florida #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration

I assume that we won't get Surgeon General reports about the epidemic of white men shooting people and sociological studies about where their fathers are?

Thank you Evan. It was such a pleasure to talk to you, in spite of the terrible context.

Wall Street Journal shirks apology for anti-trans misinformation As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence escalate, journalists must be rigorous when covering anti-trans rhetoric.

After the death of Charlie Kirk Wall Street Journal ran with an unverified law enforcement bulletin and amplified a right-wing narrative.

I wrote about what they did wrong and why it matters for @objectivejournos.bsky.social.

objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...

This forthcoming book by my comrade and friend @lewispants.bsky.social is so good and it's so timely. People should pre-order 2 copies one for yourself and another for a friend or ask your local library to purchase it. www.beacon.org/Radical-Unle...

Black text on a beige background, made to look like the cover of a newspaper. The masthead features the text: "February 24, May 19 & September 15. VIRTUAL MEETUP. bit.ly/JournalistsMeetupReg" Below is a headline, text, and black and white photo of handcuffed hands: "Journalists and Media Makers Concerned About Criminalization. We are in a time of escalating criminalization, targeting Black and Brown people, migrants, trans people, poor people, and those involved in resistance movements, as well as media makers and journalists. We cannot be neutral on the question of our own safety and humanity, and more and more journalists are joining the effort to resist criminalization. Our power in this resistance comes from the connections we have to one another. IC invites journalists and media makers concerned about criminalization to come together to better establish networks of mutual support, and share strategies for combating criminalization through media."

September 15 at 3 PM ET: If you're a journalist or media maker concerned about criminalization, join us and IC Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social at our next online space to share strategies, connect, and build networks of support: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/m...

Office Hours — Interrupting Criminalization Office Hours are for journalists, communicators, and media makers who want to challenge "copaganda," shift narratives about Palestine, and integrate harm reduction and community safety in their work.

If you're a journalist, media maker, or communicator looking for one-on-one support or thought partnership, we also offer Abolition Media Office Hours (available on Wednesdays and Thursdays this fall) staffed by @lewispants.bsky.social! Learn more and make an appointment:

Really interesting new research from Pew about how U.S.-ians view journalists. I'm fascinated by the tension between "advocating for communities" and "political beliefs"...https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/08/20/how-do-americans-think-journalists-should-act/

This is a book for our times! I am so proud of what Lewis had created and cannot recommend this book any more highly! Preorder this book. You will not be sorry. Ask your public libraries to do so too.

Radical Unlearning by Lewis Raven Wallace | All Good Books The Art and Science of Creating Change from Within

Everything might *feel* terrible, but we absolutely have the power to create change in our own communities. That's what Radical Unlearning proposes, and demonstrates through contemporary stories of people changing their minds (and ways) against the odds. Order now! allgoodbooks.com/item/VdT28uS...

I have been learning and unlearning from and with @prisonculture.bsky.social for over a decade; I'm so grateful to have her endorsement of my latest endeavor, an in-depth inquiry into what creates the conditions for people to let go of deeply held beliefs and ideologies. Pre-order now!

Make it make sense: movement media as political education Even when our stories herald bad news, they can also help people make meaning and figure out our role in responding.

Ever had that "make it make sense?!" feeling when you're reading the news? Yeah. Me too. Conceiving of journalism as political education -- as the @kcdefender.bsky.social does so well -- is one solution and way forward. @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2025/08/make...

I did go away. Now I am back. And starting a PhD program in history! And still working at @interruptcrim.bsky.social of course, offering office hours (free!) Wednesdays and Thursdays for movement journalists, communicators, anyone with a liberatory journalism question or problem.

Stories are an “arrow in a quiver” How movement journalists share strategy and inspire action.

"The kinds of articles that really help people are not PR releases for organizations but real breakdowns of tactics that have and haven’t worked, real descriptions of the ins and outs of a given strategy or approach. With stories like these, we don’t need doomscrolling." — @lewispants.bsky.social

Super cool!

Radical Unlearning by Lewis Raven Wallace | All Good Books The Art and Science of Creating Change from Within

Finished recording the audio book of Radical Unlearning! Cruising towards October publication...preorder now (a big help to getting the book out into the world)! allgoodbooks.com/item/VdT28uS...

As a former President of a law school chapter of the Federalist Society, I just want to say how important it is that we are naming the lower-level functionaries in government and pinning their unethical and immoral behavior specifically to organizations like the Federalist Society.

DOJ Memo Lays Out New Ways to Attack DEI, Trans Care, Palestine, and Immigrants A new strategy from Federalist Society lawyers at the DOJ uses “false claims” to target trans health care providers.

A new strategy from Federalist Society lawyers at the DOJ uses “false claims” to target trans health care providers. They are already serving subpoenas to intimidate people out of providing this care. @wallace.bsky.social @interruptcrim.bsky.social @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/doj...

Absolutely

Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization An online launch of a new report from Interrupting Criminalization on Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism. This event also features a discussion about building inf...

Join us online for this resource launch and discussion with IC co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social and Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social of @convergencemag.com, and Vivian Anderson of Every Black Girl.

Learn more and register:

Stories are an “arrow in a quiver” How movement journalists share strategy and inspire action.

Without the performance of objectivity, we can create journalism that is purposeful and even inspiring. Honored to interview @erininthemorning.com @mayaschenwar.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social for @objectivejournos.bsky.social about how it's done objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/stor...

Stories are an “arrow in a quiver” How movement journalists share strategy and inspire action.

"The objectivity myth in mainstream journalism requires journalists to pretend their stories exist for no particular purpose other than truth; movement journalists can be more realistic and exacting."
- @lewispants.bsky.social in @objectivejournos.bsky.social

objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/stor...

Event graphic featuring white text on a black background: “JUL 25 2025 2-3PM ET. AGAINST THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SOLIDARITY with Muslims for Just Futures and Interrupting Criminalization. register for this webinar at bit.ly/nrl725” Logos for Narrative Research Lab and The Opportunity Agenda are in the top left and bottom right corners.

🗓️This Friday, July 25 at 2-3 PM ET: Join IC Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social and our friends at Muslims for Just Futures for this conversation about fighting back against the criminalization of solidarity, hosted by The Opportunity Agenda.

Register: bit.ly/nrl725

I am seeking a volunteer to help organize some things for @interruptcrim.bsky.social's journalism fellowship (me!) during the coming 1-2 weeks. Should be a few hours of pretty fun computer work requiring a bit of spreadsheet know-how. Anyone interested?

Another terrible day in the news. I've been interviewing movement journalists and community journalists over the last few months who are thinking together about how journalism can be a source of strategy, inspiration, and political education. It's not everything, but perhaps a small antidote.

It's been so wonderful spending the last few years asking everyone around me what they are unlearning right now, and how. It turns out unlearning (letting go of ingrained beliefs) is really common, NOT impossible, and often liberating! What are you unlearning, or hoping to unlearn?

Oh, I love your recent unlearning!