Jessica B. Burstrem

Teacher, activist, oral historian, mother, time traveler, superhero /
Interdisciplinary PhD, Language, Literacy & Culture, UMBC /
she/they

[Jessica B. Burstrem @JBurstrem]

@RobertMSterling We all need to learn from this. We must trust ppl to have the capacity to understand if we bother to give them the reasoning behind decisions. There would be so much less anger if instead of people being told to "just trust me on this," they also got trust ... and information.

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@dentalfairie @JustIndianaGirl @PeonyPrincess27 Laugh-crying at the "which state did this Republican idiot man come from" subthread

[fuel up @waysofawinner]

@ceraliza Parenting isn't a subscription you cancel when life gets inconvenient and renew once you are comfortable

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@user7643789327 I asked an abuser in my life if it would be justifiable to grab and hold onto his testicles to exact vengeance/exert punitive control over him like he did with my breasts to me, and he said it would be ok ... if they were located on his chest. Oh ok then

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@whisperwylde @NoFilterSkin This was my first marriage that you are describing right here

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@th3pisc34n @NoFilterSkin Henry James told us all about it in The Portrait of a Lady

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@UhOhFinellio @leshaami @meishato You have failed to understand what is sufficient to constitute rape. People are trying to educate you, and you are rejecting that. Please go learn what constitutes consent and what lack of consent means.

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@BenBankas He doesn't even know what a hijab is! He just thinks it means anything a brown woman wears on her head that isn't a trucker cap or cowboy hat. And that comment's also not funny because all humor in the world dies if this guy is in the room. He's like kryptonite to joy

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I prefer to term this philosophy of life, advocacy, & activism "anti-violence." I first learned about it from Kazu Haga's book Healing Resistance, 1 of the most meaningful books I've ever read. It made so much sense in the context of everything else I've ever learned/experienced.

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I've wanted to attend a full-length Kingian Nonviolence training for 10-11 months & am so excited to have finally found one--& because it's virtual, anyone anywhere can attend! I've attended other excellent events with this org.... 1/2

Highly recommend:
https://t.co/q0E59QUPMf

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@JennMGreenberg @JoshuaBarzon Ambivalent Sexism Theory as a Framework for Understanding Men's Attitudes About the #Tradwife Movement - Rachael D. Robnett, Matthew D. Hammond, 2026 https://t.co/1MJhYg1iZ0

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@KatKanada_TM I have been there, and my heart goes out to you. Sending hugs and a cup of tea and love and patience and understanding. Sending up a prayer for you to find peace and joy and the space and time to mourn in whatever ways you need to. Amen.

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@megbasham That's not my view as a Christian. Please stop speaking for all of us when in fact your perspective is unrepresentative both of U.S. Christians and of Jesus whom we are supposed to try to emulate.

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@PaulHenry1950 @JennMGreenberg She was a person, not a special box, and this comparison is horrifying.

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@elonmusk If only this meant that he'd realized he was wrong, at least about supporting Pres. Trump on deportations, I would happily welcome him back to the right side of history. We have to be willing to forgive when there is accountability.

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@Shotgun_Pauley @VladTheInflator If you read your history, the FBI has been problematic and anything but impartial from the start

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@krassenstein Is that a rhetorical question?

If not ...

Because nerdy guys have a hard time excluding other guys for being "socially inept" or whatever we're calling it now

&

Because the patriarchy has been feeding us all the lie that powerful men are entitled to young women's bodies

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@RightPulseNewss None went on the "pichnic." Two went on the picnic though -- not that you asked.

I know it's MIT but I'll bet they can spell

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I hope the @NRA will do what our donations pay for & sue the federal government on behalf of the law-abiding citizen murdered in Minn. today. I hope it does not instead turn out that they only think the 2nd Amendment has no limits against one political party but not the other.

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@GrouponHelpUS I need an extension on order #1618693693. It just expired yesterday. There's an option to extend in the app, but when selected, the app has been giving an error and telling me to try again later for hours. Please help.