Meghan

Meghan

@myrtleb.bsky.social

78 followers63 following54 posts

Meghan reposted

A weird aspect of male supremacy is that the baseline presumption of innocence is exponentially higher in cases of violence against girls and women than in most crimes.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

i mean c’mon. the president’s best friend was the most notorious pedo in the country’s history who ran a massive child trafficking ring. every bit of circumstantial evidence we have says that trump was a participant. if this were a criminal trial we’d have enough evidence to compel a plea deal.

Meghan reposted

Replying to @jamellebouie.net

make them answer for why they care more about checking a child’s underwear than whether you can afford your electric bill!

Meghan reposted

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

Meghan reposted

Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.

Seems like stopping sex-trafficking would more helpful to society as a whole.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social

How fortunate we are that the United States is so bereft of serious crimes that we can afford to have FBI agents standing around the Metro all day watching for turnstile-jumpers.

Meghan reposted

i am simply asking the press to cover the government sending masked thugs to rip people from their crying children and shipping them to a foreign concentration camp with the same ferocity they cover a trans kid playing jv tennis in sheboygan

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2025, contracting by an annualized rate of 0.3 percent, a stark reversal after nearly three years of solid growth, as tariff-related uncertainty upended spending patterns and raised fears of an impending recession.

Meghan reposted

Question: "What do you think about the concept of losing gracefully?" Sherrone Moore: "Well we won, so I'm not going to worry about losing."

Meghan reposted

Learned this weekend that in the late 19th century many Protestants believed that Jesus’ crucifixion had, among other things, redeemed the sin of Eve, thus ending her curse of submission to her husband and opening the possibility for gender egalitarianism. Then I stared at the wall for a while.

Meghan reposted

Let Michigan be a constant reminder that if you want your football team to win, first you must end gerrymandering, expand abortion rights and legalize weed.

Meghan reposted

34 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget #WomenInSTEM 🧪🌹

Meghan reposted

"Other countries have social safety net. The U.S. has women." That quote is the beating heart of my new book, HOLDING IT TOGETHER, which will be out June 4, 2024 with Portfolio/Penguin, and which I can't wait to share with all of you. For the curious, a 🧵 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

penguinrandomhouse.comHolding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksOther countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding...

You are up to date.