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Nicole Rizzuto

@fluentisona.bsky.social

I spend a lot of time talking, writing, and teaching about LGBTQ history, identities, and communities. Ask me about Dead Lesbian Syndrome.

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Who could've ever imagined that Netanyahu is a liar, and that the systematic ethnic cleansing & destruction of Gaza from day one was prep for the only thing it could possibly be prep for?

04.08.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

But the parents are so lost they don’t even realize that it’s not the classes that changed your kid, it was separation from YOU. No gender studies, sociology, or history class could ever accomplish what three months of not having to live with your bullies will do.

24.07.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1747    πŸ” 306    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 22

Pedocon Theory is a theory like gravity or evolution

25.07.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory The connection been Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

β€œPedocon theory does not involve secret networks of underground tunnels where adrenochrome is harvested for reptilian overlords. Pedocon theory is not hiding beneath twelve layers of misdirection. Pedocon theory is rooted in the basic politics of the reactionary right.”

22.07.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2586    πŸ” 758    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 155

No wonder the Pedophile Protection Party shut Congress down early.

23.07.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6011    πŸ” 1378    πŸ’¬ 229    πŸ“Œ 211
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If the child were a dog or a cat, everyone would have donated to him.
Many days have passed without anyone donating, unfortunately.
Please help the child and save his life. Ahmed, 14 years old, suffers from severe malnutrition.
Please donate here πŸ‘‡πŸ»

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18.07.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 579    πŸ” 1310    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 84

My chiron is in leo and it's my focus this moon cycle. This is so very helpful.

26.07.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, the Israeli army is now destroying the aid they refuse to allow to be distributed to people they are deliberately starving to death.

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

26.07.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 562    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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This Day in Labor History: July 25, 1973. The Irish Minister of Finance, Richie Ryan, introduced the Civil Service (Employment of Married Women) Act, which ended the nation’s long-standing ban on married women working for the government!!!!

25.07.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

The Times is in a reverse audience capture scenario. They think their current subs are permanently locked in and are constantly seeking to expand into Trump Guys Who Can Readβ„’. There's no there there, but they will keep trying until they find the vaunted Big Kids Table they don't know doesn't exist.

23.07.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 512    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5
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Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.

21.07.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9166    πŸ” 2251    πŸ’¬ 576    πŸ“Œ 1727

And I'm providing a current event prompt on Monday of every other week (I teach in 7 modules over 15 weeks) for them to tie the current module to the current event. I'm hoping if the current event is something they care about they'll be less likely to use AI.

20.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This summer I've been asking for personal reflections instead of critical analysis. It's hard for students to make that pivot in history classes but I've gotten much fewer AI essays. This fall, I'm planning to have them submit a multimedia portfolio instead of an essay. 1/2

20.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely brilliant.

19.07.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2641    πŸ” 482    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 48
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New Climate Fiction by Danilo Heitor.

Read The Hunger and the Hunger today, and let us know what you think of it.

grist.org/climate-fict...

#ClimateFiction #Fiction #Solarpunk #Literature #BookSky #SciFi #Brazil

15.07.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Honestly really loved this. I appreciate the ways in which emotion and physicality played off each other and the privilege of Freedom made me ache for Aru. A great piece.

15.07.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, β€œI didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com

15.07.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 18928    πŸ” 5577    πŸ’¬ 287    πŸ“Œ 137

To be clear on what they're proposing: human beings using water for drinking, washing, and growing crops will be rationed.

The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.

14.07.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2793    πŸ” 1838    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 54

Honest answer? Probably not. Most of these homes would never be sold below a certain amount and there are definitely rich people lining up to buy them. Now, if Mamdani got them rezoned as affordable housing, then we're cooking with gas.

14.07.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"is it time to take a baseball bat to your mental health by not snubbing people who voted against their own interests all 3 times, actively avoid having the "Gay" conversation with you, and only stop pretending you're dead when they want something?"

Fuck you for even publishing this, NYT πŸ’–

13.07.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no city, state or federal district where it is legal to terrorize and detain people for being brown and working in agriculture. These raids must stop immediately. 8/

11.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4267    πŸ” 862    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 11

this is the best single-image encapsulation of how modern conservatism works

10.07.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6847    πŸ” 1580    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 10
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Zora Neale Hurston's Fort Pierce home saved, but funding needed for its revival Famed Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston’s Fort Pierce home is now protected, but its legacy still needs a lifeline.

Zora Neale Hurston's Fort Pierce, FL home saved, but funding needed for its revival cbs12.com/news/local/z...

07.07.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Survivors Describe Rape, Assaults in Rare Look at U.S. Magdalene Laundries/Video, Live Discussion Sponsored by Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC /PRNewswire/ -- Two women who allege they were abused and assaulted as teens in homes run by Catholic nuns in the United States tell their stories in a...

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My research isn't expansive on the subject, but I do assume any "Sisters of the Good Shepherd" work was a laundry. There was one in Newark, NJ at the turn of the 20th century that I've read a bit about.

08.07.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder that America *also* had Magdalene Laundries, with the last ones closing in the 60s.

08.07.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This is both heartbreaking and terrifying - even if AI were not eroding our critical thinking skills and destroying the planet it is factually inaccurate enough of the time to make it a terrible teacher and an even more pro. dev. tool to train teachers.

08.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This Prime Day, celebrate by buying trans books from somewhere other than Amazon.

08.07.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Did not have "The Dictionary joins the fight for fair labor laws" on my 2025 bingo card but here we are.

07.07.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Photos: Decades in, these women's love was 'Hidden Once, Hidden Twice' Morgan Lieberman's "Hidden Once, Hidden Twice" is a documentary photo and film project bringing visibility to the lives of senior lesbian couples across the U.S.
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