Andrea Westcot

Teacher, feminist, ally. she/her/hers. When in doubt, just do the thing.

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

Support your local abortion fund. After lists of support in the spring/ summer, donations have slowed down. But need hasn’t. https://t.co/Pt8hQ5w5Gt via @BaltimoreFund

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

I love this conversation so much. Time is so… whoa.

[The author, Séamas O'Reilly @shockproofbeats]

does everyone else have an unshakeable "year shape" in their heads when they imagine future dates, and also does it look like this for all of you, or am I fully insane on both counts?

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

Sometimes, "getting going" is as much a challenge as "getting done" for our kids. Here's how I support either endeavor when my kids need a nudge. #Project180

[Professor Darren Hutchinson @dissentingj]

CLAIM: "GOP had 40 year plan to get rid of Roe; Dems had nothing"
FALSE!!!!! #40yearplan #Roe #democrats
Here's how things ACTUALLY happened
Excuse all typos....I'm rushing. I hate seeing a field in which I have expertise butchered on social media. It's repulsive.

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

@mattlindner So now that our rights are no longer guaranteed to us as citizens or as humans, we are left to hoping they’ll be protected because we are employees.

[Taniel @Taniel]

The final paragraph of the three liberals' Dobbs dissent:

"With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent. "

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

@islandskris @RonFilipkowski I for real saw that and thought “awake food”, as in Still Alive.

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

@david_jenkins__ The world is shit. #ofmd may be the only good thing.

[JSTOR Daily @JSTOR_Daily]

Abortion was first criminalized in the U.S. in the mid-19th century. A key argument was that too many white women were ending their pregnancies. https://t.co/at93pDB49D

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

Even more on Alito's terrible historical work.

[Aaron Tang @AaronTangLaw]

Reminder: When Alito claims that the rt to abortion is not "deeply rooted history or tradition" because "28 out of 37 states" banned it throughout pregnancy when the 14A was ratified, he is either being ignorant or willfully deceitful. His own appendix gives him away! A thread:

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

TL; DR: So-called "originalist" justices are shitty historians.

[Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice]

1/ Can we talk about how problematic Alito’s logic is? Alito reaches back to the 17th c. English Common law to provide a precedent for his decision, but the 17th c. judgments he cites only made abortion a crime if it happened after the child “quickens” or moves (about 20 weeks).

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

if you watch one thing today make it this

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

@InquiryFocused Been there.

[Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz]

There's a phenomenon I actually see extremely commonly when literature is used to teach history to middle school and high school students. Let's call it "pajamafication."

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

Me too.

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

@hollyglolightly Used the word "totes" (totally). FYI, its usage produces lasers from the eyes of 11 year olds.

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

Grades are in. Joining the chorus of educators - this semester was brutal. We need to radically rethink education at all levels. This is not sustainable.

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

Fell down a YouTube rabbit hole with the 11 year old. He knows @tmbg, but got to introduce him to @CraigyFerg and @hodgman (who kid says "sounds super bored"). This is a delightful old clip. https://t.co/A0l8T4M1mn

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

Dear news media,
Do you see how you put your thumb on the scales when you call it a "Spending Bill"? Perhaps you could use terms that actually describe what the BBB plan actually does without using right-wing antigovernment framing? How about "Economic Plan"?

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

(I am 100% passive aggressive tweeting at crowds so I don't start screaming)

[Andrea Westcot @andrea_westcot]

We've been at this for 18 months. The fucking mask goes over your fucking nose, people. Your chin is not the problem.