Anjana Samant

Cynical idealist. NYC-born, NJ-bred, Brooklyn-finessed desi in NM, via New Delhi summers as a kid. #ACLU Women’s Rights Project lawyer. Tweets are mine.

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

Hey #PrachiNigam - love your brains, beauty, and Chal Hutt attitude!

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

You shouldn't need specialized expertise or advanced degrees to know why the government is investigating your family.

And that's why the ACLU Women's Rights Project & Analytics team breaks down #PredictiveAnalytics tools used by US child welfare agencies - Tx @AspenDigital!

[Aspen Digital @AspenDigital]

Join us in congratulating the 2023 winners: @mkgerchick, @sophiebeiers, @SamtheAnt, @Aaron_Horowitz, @violazhouyi, @MollySharlach, @shirinanlen, @vazquezllorente, @mackdegeurin, @ASankin, @suryamattu, @masayett, @ReedAlbergotti, @thespivey, @SusannaVogel1, @loosewire + more

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

I both can and cannot believe we’re fighting schools #gender-stereotyping (policing?) thru #dresscodes in 2023.

But thrilled my @ACLU colleague @lindasachiko will be arguing to protect L.B.’s rights today!

#genderjustice

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

It took an #ACLU village to analyze the Allegheny County #predictiveanalytics tool used to help decide whether to investigate child neglect reports. Tx to @garanceburke & @_sallyho for connecting our findings re tool's treatment of ppl w disabilities to the Hackney family's story

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

@RobynMPowell How child welfare treats parents and children with disabilities. https://t.co/O4IKzwEpYb

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https://t.co/KjP6pLF28m

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

@ShantaTrivedi Feeling you. I had big bullet journal dreams, but one thing got in the way: me.

[Garrett Reuscher @GarrettReuscher]

Why “they can just go to a homeless shelter” fundamentally misunderstands how the shelter system works. 🧵/1

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

I was today years old when I learned there's a SHAZAM FOR BIRDCALLS. @BirdNET_App

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

As I think about the connxns bw #reproductivejustice, #familypolicing, the #childwelfare system, grateful for @lizar_tistry's infographing recapping @MsKellyMHayes & @DorothyERoberts convo about "#domesticinfantsupply," as referred to in #scotus's draft #Dobbs opinion.

[Lizar_tistry @lizar_tistry]

As a transracial/intercountry adopted person, I’ve been trying to navigate how I relate to the SCOTUS leak and the #domesticinfantsupply language. Reading a variety of responses has helped, including this convo interview btwn @MsKellyMHayes and @DorothyERoberts, plus more below.

[Lizar_tistry @lizar_tistry]

As a transracial/intercountry adopted person, I’ve been trying to navigate how I relate to the SCOTUS leak and the #domesticinfantsupply language. Reading a variety of responses has helped, including this convo interview btwn @MsKellyMHayes and @DorothyERoberts, plus more below.

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

@minhyoungsong School for Good Mothers. Minor Feelings. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. Little Fires Everywhere. The Leavers.

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

Always someone draggin in late for those 9am meetings… #prospectpark

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

⁦On ⁦@jaishrieeeks⁩’s shine: She “resists the patriarchal world by presenting a feminist vision of abundance” & “knows that activism is about more than protest-it’s about making pleasure & joy even or esp’ly when those things seem in short supply. https://t.co/KCOPjLvmnh

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

Packed my twin downtime reads for the ABA Parent Representation conference this week - ⁦@DorothyERoberts⁩’ newest, Torn Apart, and ⁦@jessaminechan⁩’s The School for Good Mothers. Seems like they’re related works…

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

Thinking abt #SCOTUS, #Dobbs, & repro justice? @SABALegal is.

Tune in Thurs 3/31, for a panel on:
~decades of post-Roe #abortion restrictions
~impact of providers' religious exemptions claims
~#racialjustice & #reprorights today and after Dobbs

https://t.co/2Mzt8cnOcx

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

45 yrs into living in the US & mummy packed aloo paratha & baingan for our 2-hour flight to FL. And insisted the long-bearded, white front-desk guy at the hotel take some home after he asked what smelled so good when we nuked leftovers. #desimoms #fortheloveoffood

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

On this National Public Defender Day, grateful for the 1000s of appointed criminal defense lawyers… and urging legislators and courts to fund an army of public #family defenders to represent parents when #childwelfare comes knocking. #righttocounsel #endfamilyseparation

[Anjana Samant @SamtheAnt]

Proud to be part of the @ACLUTx , @ACLU , @LambdaLegal , @bakerbotts team representing the Doe family and Dr. Mooney, and grateful for Randa Mulanax for her conviction.

[NPR @NPR]

BREAKING: A Texas judge halted the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to launch "child abuse" investigations against parents getting gender-affirming care for their transgender children.

https://t.co/H8QRc6XZx9

[Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste]

.@pemalevy on how Missouri's proposed law, which would allow private citizens to go after people needing abortions, has echoes of the fugitive slave law https://t.co/ki4X2Or681