Amanda

Loves books, not guns. Feminist. Mom. Please share all the books, all the wine and all the coffee my way

[James E. Clyburn @RepJamesClyburn]

Today House Republicans will pass a bill to retroactively charge student loan borrowers interest on their paused payments, repeal @POTUS' student loan debt relief plan, and claw back aid from public servants.

Cruelty is the point.

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

These are the pages of my inaugural poem that an objecting parent cited as "not educational and have indirectly hate messages". And now because of that one complaint, my poem is now banned for elementary school students at a school in @MiamiDadeCounty.

[Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl]

The point of publicly insulting women who question or stand up to men is not only to silence them, but also to send a signal to all other women. It is saying, "Don't question men. And stay out of public life. Or the same or worse will happen to you."

[Imani Gandy is at BlueSky Now @AngryBlackLady]

big news! huge!

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

If your Congressman or Senator tells you next week that we are helpless in the face of this carnage, and our gun laws are just fine as is, then decide to do one small thing, each week, to help elect his or her opponent.

Democracy is designed to fix a problem like this.

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

Texas is not only forcing doctors to report fake abortion 'complications' to the state - but they've created a system where one patient will be responsible for two, three or even four complication reports.

They're deliberately driving up the data
https://t.co/5pTKWMLINF

[Rachel Hawkins/Erin Sterling @LadyHawkins]

Really enjoyed this thread!

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

Whenever Republicans mention a 15 week ban, Dems should remind Americans that the vast majority of horror stories coming out of anti-choice states are about women beyond 15 weeks into pregnancy https://t.co/dGhmVR6Iai

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

The victims are immigrants. The anti-immigrant governor still hasn’t publicly weighed in on the shooting. The connection is clear.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

This is the Governor of Texas’ tweet AFTER learning that a gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a family in his state, killing five people, including an 8-year-old.

[Amanda @GunInActOne]

@whtabtpineapple Oh no! I’m so sorry

[Kevin Bacon @kevinbacon]

#DragBans are bad karma. Right now, drag performers and the LGBTQIA+ community need our help. Shop the @SixDegreesofKB campaign supporting the @ACLU Drag Defense Fund or make a gift https://t.co/Ef2Eiz8Mzg #DragIsARight

[Dr. Ruth Westheimer @AskDrRuth]

If Fox News can break up with Tucker Carlson, maybe today is the day you break up that toxic relationship you're in.

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

NEW: In the days following @GregAbbott_TX's public pledge to pardon Daniel Perry, unsealed documents from the case, revealed that Perry had inappropriate text exchanges with an apparent 16-year-old girl after searching for “good chats to meet young girls."
https://t.co/lpFg6zEvvy

[Jessica Mason Pieklo @Hegemommy]

It’s not some of us have been saying that social conservatives are gonna use this moment to drive women out of the workplace and calcify regressive gender norms but HERE WE ARE

[Amy Silverstein, author @ajsilverstein16]

I will be closing down my Twitter in 2 weeks. Meanwhile:
My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon https://t.co/9ko3Eu53oK

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Consider how much you’ve heard about children and labor laws in this country versus children, drag shows and contentious books in libraries.

Then consider when parental responsibility/sovereignty around children’s safety becomes a political movement versus when it doesn’t.

[Kelly Yang @kellyyanghk]

Hey @Scholastic we need to talk…

I need you to be brave.

Love,
Kelly Yang