Sarah Smarsh

A thing about class: In solidarity it holds promise for the vast 99% across identities to see through selective use of "terrorist."

I think we'll find the label don't stick this time.

Oligarchy may be clever, but it don't have many tricks, and they're all very old.

This one has run out of tricks.

Selective application of the term "terrorist" has long been leveraged by the American empire to manipulate human impulses such as patriotism & fear.

That manipulation has often been racist & colonialist at its core, enabling genocides & land theft to this day.

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Sounds like you have the most educated perspective of all (LIFE) -- thanks much!

Appreciate you & so many similar responses to my recent appearance on @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social. Bravo to bestie Jon Stewart for making space for nuanced conversation in a hot-take world!

Protecting the Prairie - Orion Magazine On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem

On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem, with trees like the eastern red cedar choking out grasslands. orionmagazine.org/article/prai... by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social

I Wanted a Mother. I Got Dolls Instead. In her new book Bone of the Bone, Sarah Smarsh opens up on growing up with an unavailable mother—and growing into someone different,

“Real love requires true attention—seeing another being for what they are, rather than casting upon them projections of our own pain.”

I am estranged from my mother & this sentence from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social just perfectly articulated why all my interactions with my mom feel quietly devastating.

Opinion | Liberal Blind Spots Are Hiding the Truth About ‘Trump Country’ (Published 2018) For one thing, it’s not Trump country. Most struggling whites I know here live a life of quiet desperation, mad at their white bosses, not resentful toward their co-workers or neighbors of color.

@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social This piece is included in her book "Bone of the Bone". 2/2

Great take from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
#luigimangione

The best response I’ve seen @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social

Throwing a reading party at 8th Street Taproom on December 22 to say "so long for now" to Lawrence, Kansas.

I'll read some stuff, and so will folks like @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social, @danhoyt.bsky.social, @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, @chancedibben.bsky.social and more.

I'd love to see you there.

The Uprising of Women in Red States Is Just Beginning From the teachers’ strikes in West Virginia to Oklahoma and beyond, working-class women have always known what it takes to fight back.

Let's consider "...the many groups rendered invisible by political stereotypes —liberal working-class men, conservative people of color, progressive Christians, and just about any instance of complexity within demographics viewed as monoliths..."

Read "Bone of the Bone" by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social

I realized that without the life works of @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @jeffsharlet.bsky.social @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and @rickperlstein.bsky.social my book on psychology of freedom wouldn't have been possible. I'm grateful they opened my eyes.

Reminder that bidding is on the way to recieve a handwritten postcard from
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social, award-winning journalist and author of HEARTLAND and BONE OF THE BONE. Don't miss out!

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YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show

I always appreciate what @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social brings to the table—especially as I’ve gotten clearer about my own class identity in recent years. youtu.be/UC-VkbEpac4?...

Core copyright violation claim moves ahead in The Intercept’s lawsuit against OpenAI The ruling comes after a judge dismissed similar claims filed by Raw Story and AlterNet earlier this month.

Great coverage by @niemanlab.org and @andrewdeck.bsky.social of our Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against OpenAI. For digital publishers unhappy with the use of their content to create AI bots that compete with news business, this is the path forward.

www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/copy...

Sarah Smarsh's new book is a must-read for our times. bookshop.org/p/books/bone...

@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social explains that is how you help poor people—give them money.

Appreciate you Kim!

Four books - swimming pretty by Vicky valosik, wildcat by John boessenecker, cunning folk by Tabitha stanmore, and bone of the bone by Sarah smarsh

just got home and picked up this week’s library haul (digging into the latest from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social tonight, as a treat!)

I've long written about intersections of the political & the intimate.

Those of you who already survived what might've killed you--abuse or chronic pain or or or--by finding your unshakeable core: You're stronger than this burgeoning regime, as weak as its egos are large.

It's your time to lead.

What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter? "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink...Journalists need to understand how distributing true and useful information out into the world can be its own rewarding service — no matte...

"Journalists need to understand how distributing true and useful information out into the world can be its own rewarding service — no matter what happens next."

www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/what...

Trump and the FBI are not enemies. They are longtime collaborators.

Two former heads of the FBI went on to work for the Russian mafia. Another, James Comey, removed the head of the Russian mafia from the ten most wanted list for no good reason in December 2015. From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT:

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show

The most illuminating post-mortem conversation on why the Democrats lost was @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social on The Weekly show with Jon Stewart. youtu.be/UC-VkbEpac4

As a product of white working class people in a "red" state, her work resonates with me.

Unsurprisingly, most news media seem to misunderstand the nuanced complexity of people considered the working poor, often implying that we would all feel comfortable at a Trump rally. 2/

I recommend reading the entire Guardian article posted below. It is included in a new book by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social, "Bone of the Bone".

Published in October 2016, just before 45 was elected the first time, the insights hold true for November 2024. 1/

Just saw a rather anachronistic meme sarcastically saying fauci spent his whole career studying vaccines just to trick "rednecks," and I cannot emphasize enough how the classism and anti-ruralism of that kind of statement are a big factor in how we got here.

Protecting the Prairie - Orion Magazine On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem

The opposite of the "nothing" Europeans thought they saw, the prairie is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Restoring it requires eradicating the "green glacier" that's displaced it: cedar trees. @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social in @orionmagazine.bsky.social:

Just listened to @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social and @thedailyshow.com #JonStewart. They discussed how #MiddleClass doesn't necessarily resonate with #WorkingClass. I think that the use of #UneducatedVoter terminology by media & campaigns was enormously alienating & damaging for the Dem cause.

Let us never forget how repulsive the email fundraising companies are as they steal peoples hard earned money in concert with both parties to enrich themselves and the parasitic strategist class.