Vanessa Braganza

Probable cause, not reasonable suspicion. This is the legal equivalent of not knowing your ABCs--unacceptable.

There was dietary fiber in your future...or a future in your dietary fiber.

I'm working on an EP issue atm and will be devouring this tonight!

Correction: This *and nearly everything else in the news cycle* is why.

I'm sometimes asked why I'm becoming a civil rights lawyer when I'm already a writer.

This is why.

Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.

Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3

Overheard a young woman the other day stressing over her law school essays. Went over and said hi. A couple of co-editing sessions later, she sent several applications off today and felt good about herself (as she should).

Dark times only get brighter if we make light at every opportunity. ✨️

Was on Capitol Hill today doing research on the Constitution's promise of equality and justice. In the spirit of both, never forget.

#January6th #Jan6th (I only realized what day it was when I signed into the Library of Congress reading room.)

And proud to be!!

I aspire to be this good a Santa to myself. Life goal.

Can you pls add me? :)

On a Year of Resistance in the Courts: "We need to fight with every tool in our toolkit and one of those tools... is suing the bastards when they violate the Constitution" – @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/49vUDm9

David Cole says it best: this is barely disguised imperialism and it sets a dangerous precedent of might over law. It opens the field for any country to forcibly remove the head of another sovereign nation and take over that nation. That should unsettle everyone. @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social

Sending you enormous hugs 💞

They need to cast my mum as narrator, Julie-Andrews-in-Bridgerton style: this news caused her to repeat "P. Diddy" in her British accent about 5 times.

@drustevenson.bsky.social some stats here.

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my midnight kiss > your midnight kiss

You too! Don't forget to toast to Chapter 18, eh? 🥂

💪 Power through, you can do this! Also this is so relatable: full-time law student and writer here.

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#nye

Ending 2025 with TWO new pieces under commission from the @bostonglobe.com!

One is about my favorite singer (out in Sept). The other is on our relationship to detective stories in the current moment (out in Feb).

And even bigger writing news to come in a couple of weeks... 🧐

Happy #newyear! 🥳

I'll add my voice to this cautionary symphony by letting folks know that, years ago, I left Rascal alone with my laptop for 2 mins. My punishment was having to navigate through final exams without a backspace key or the letter A.

She doesn't mince words, does she? Apparently she shreds them though...humbling to have our ideas chewed up and spit out by those wiser and fluffier than we, no?

💯 Bad enough forcing yourself to open Reader 2's report when it lands in the inbox, imagine writing under their fluffy glare...

A critical eye, that.

It may be winter break, but my legal work is still being closely supervised.

A Forgotten Louisa May Alcott Story Showcases the Author's Twist on Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' Written in 1882, "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True," covered many of the same themes as Dickens' classic, albeit with a different audience in mind

Fun fact: Louisa May Alcott adapted A Christmas Carol for children. In her version, "Scrooge" is a spoiled little girl named Effie: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-fo...