C. Dreams (she/her) 🥳

Amplified Voices Amplified Voices is a podcast that lifts the voices of people and families impacted by the criminal legal system. Hosts Jason and Amber speak with real people in real communities to help them step int...

I had the immense pleasure of being on #AmplifiedVoices with @endtheregistry and @amberspeaksup. This morning, the episode dropped and you should go check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts! 😉
I promise, it's worth the listen.
https://amplifiedvoices.buzzsprout.com/

My first piece with @huffpost.bsky.social:
"Recent research has shown that a unique area of our bodies may hold the key to transforming the prison system: our gut microbiome."
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-the-gut-microbiome-can-help-reform-the-prison-system_uk_64a816b4e4b0e5efaadb7201

Thank you so much!

This kind of feedback from readers of my articles always means the fucking world to me 😭❤️

I do not care for 4th of July, a holiday intended to celebrate independence - aka liberty - in a country where there is little freedom, let alone human decency, for queer/LGBTQ folks, Black & Brown people, & even less for incarcerated people.

Celebrations of freedom are illusory.

Poisoned Inside The devastating impact of environmental racism in prisons.

For my first ever Abolition Week piece with Scalawag Magazine, I covered the dirge of Environmental Racism's intersection with incarceration. Rehabilitation or devastation?
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/06/environmental-racism-prisons/

Unveiling the Financial Exploitation of Black and Brown Children in the Foster Care System I entered Maryland's foster care system after my mother’s violent death in 1996. I grew up in a myriad of homes and facilities, without ever knowing stability, safety, or a sense of identity. The sy...

I interviewed Daniel Hatcher, the Poverty Law Professor, for my latest piece where we examined the financial exploitation of Black & Brown youth in the foster care systems.
https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/unveiling-the-financial-exploitation-of-black-and-brown-children-in-the-foster-care-system

New Jersey Is Poised for Its First Ever Public Defender Justice - Bolts New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced last month that he was nominating Michael Noriega, an immigration and criminal-defense lawyer, to the state’s supreme court. If confirmed by the Senate, as... Read More

On Friday, the New Jersey Senate confirmed Michael Noriega to the state Supreme Court.

Noriega is first public defender to join the New Jersey Supreme Court in the state’s history.

context from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social https://boltsmag.org/new-jersey-first-public-defender-justice-michael-noriega/

Why the CDC’s New Mask Guideline Proposal May Actually Imperil Frontline Workers “The decisions some of these public health people are making are not getting better. They’re getting worse.”

The CDC’s reluctance to acknowledge that COVID is airborne was their biggest pandemic blunder. They're now poised to make a similar mistake, using flawed data to enshrine policies that will endanger healthcare workers. My exclusive for The Daily Beast

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How I navigate women’s spaces as a trans woman It's an astonishingly complicated, emotionally draining and yet transformative journey into my own womanhood...

My latest at LGBTQ Nation looks at that complicated, uncomfortable & sometimes painful area of being a trans woman & navigating women's spaces with respect & compassion, without compromising on identity & access.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/how-i-navigate-womens-spaces-as-a-trans-woman/

Hey Gillian! Good to see you here from Twitter too!

Poisoned Inside The devastating impact of environmental racism in prisons.

For my first ever Abolition Week piece with Scalawag Magazine, I covered the dirge of Environmental Racism's intersection with incarceration. Rehabilitation or devastation?
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/06/environmental-racism-prisons/

Unveiling the Financial Exploitation of Black and Brown Children in the Foster Care System I entered Maryland's foster care system after my mother’s violent death in 1996. I grew up in a myriad of homes and facilities, without ever knowing stability, safety, or a sense of identity. The sy...

I interviewed Daniel Hatcher, the Poverty Law Professor, for my latest piece where we examined the financial exploitation of Black & Brown youth in the foster care systems.
https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/unveiling-the-financial-exploitation-of-black-and-brown-children-in-the-foster-care-system

I wanna be bad... I mean you make it look so good.

This recent piece was my first scholarly essay as a #trans theologian and historian, please share and check it out:
https://nursingclio.org/2023/06/07/trans-theology-reclaiming-christian-identity-and-community-space-for-trans-people/

If I die young, bury me in Balenciaga 🤷‍♀️

You get points of you know what word she last yelled out?

Me, when the Conservative/Christo-fascists come to take me to the flames:

We do, indeed! In my humble opinion THAT'S an inalienable right 🤣

Be honest: how many of you look at the URL of this place and think "biskie?"

I do. And I'm not going to stop. This is a promise.

If I die young, bury me in Balenciaga 🤷‍♀️

I do, was just meant to be a cute addition to the conversation. 😅

I've finally made it to the bluest of skies!

Protests Against Anti-Immigrant Laws to Continue - UNICORN RIOT Recent protests and boycotts in response to anti-immigrant legislation in Florida are having lasting impacts on communities upheld by undocumented immigrants. The June 1st labor strikes coordinated by...

"The labor strikes during the busiest summer weekend of the year leading up to Independence Day celebrations could inflict more pain on Florida where the largest protests are expected to take place."

My latest for Unicorn Riot.

This recent piece was my first scholarly essay as a #trans theologian and historian, please share and check it out:
https://nursingclio.org/2023/06/07/trans-theology-reclaiming-christian-identity-and-community-space-for-trans-people/

Hi new friend!

<---- hard-core trans "new evangelical" Christian/theologian/minister/historian, who gets lots of sexy time 🍆 ⏲️ 🤗

<---- hard-core trans "new evangelical" Christian/theologian/minister/historian, who gets lots of sexy time 🍆 ⏲️ 🤗