Maya, she/her

Feminist, abolitionist & SWer. @comatbu & @UChicagoSSA (@UChicagoCrown). See also: amateur photographer, diva / table dancer, and back-and-forth whipper of hair

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

Being ignorant is a luxury some people can’t afford.

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

Official call for fellow @RottenInDenmark fans. (We also love @The_Law_Boy for the record.) @IfBooksPod @alexandra_emery

[emerson @emerson_toomey]

this race has proven if there's one thing chicagoans do not tolerate under any circumstances it's someone who says they're from chicago but are actually from the suburbs

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

Tears streaming down my face. So proud to be a Chicagoan today.

[United Working Families @UWFIllinois]

Tonight, organized people triumphed over organized money.

UWF member Brandon Johnson has won the Chicago Mayor race!

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

No one I would rather hear interview a young republican than @JacobyCochran on @CityCastChicago. 🥲😏 https://t.co/D99cYv8XVA

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

So proud of my badass classmate and social work colleague for speaking up! This is a must read. #CPS #SocialWork #SocialWorkMonth #SchoolSocialWork @UChicagoCrown

I’m a school social worker. Our kids can’t learn if they don’t heal from trauma. https://t.co/wkEfJbpV4B

[Dr. Jody Carrington • Psychologist @DrJCarrington]

The problem is you see, our society is still very much rooted in behaviorism. "You are bad, therefore you are punished. You are good, therefore you are rewarded." This concept just adds to the disconnect.

[Carlos Ballesteros @ballesteros_312]

Mexico v Poland on Tuesday threatens to rupture the Chicagoland area

[cph @cathyparkhong]

we discuss and vote as if we live in a democracy but it's not. We live in a necropolitical society and it's time we radicalize ourselves to face it as such.

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

Just heard a mom describe her 1-year-old as “very flirty” and I almost just puked in my mouth a little bit.

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

@chubsmathur Omg do it

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

For the record, @thekidlaroi, you can ABSOLUTELY make a wife out of a ho. Miss me with that like the broad side of a bus. @alexandra_emery

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

How f*ing hard is it @hbomax to add a trigger warning for #theWayDown’s 3rd episode for the graphic description of physical abuse and murder of a young child? Absolutely horrific detail that is traumatizing. The lengths we go to to devalue Black bodies never ceases to amaze me.

[Mikki Kendall @Karnythia]

I'm having a really hard time with this Handmaid's Tale narrative around Texas because white women's votes are how all of this is possible.

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

@rgay Fine line artist rec: https://t.co/E5ho5nWHK7

[Social Service Workers United-Chicago @SSWUChicago]

Happy Friday! Effective January 1, there is no ASWB exam requirement for the LSW license in Illinois!
https://t.co/vBbiRvXYUW

[adhd-angsty @AdhdAngsty]

Hey twitter, can you hit me with your best resources on PTSD and trauma? Asking for a friend (genuinely).

If you could RT for reach, I'd be super appreciative.

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

If you know anyone who writes with the belief that kids do actually know what they need, please send my way. sick of reading things by therapists who think they're better than their clients, and therefore know better. decolonize therapy.

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

trying to find resources that will help me engage a young client who is having a hard time expressing himself and doesn't want to be in therapy. everything I find says something about engaging "resistant" clients / how to engage kids in therapy who don't want to go but "need" to.

[Maya, she/her @mayajimenez]

what boils my blood is that people talk about children in a patriarchal way that makes it seem like they don't know what they need or how they feel. approaching therapy this way, with children or adults, is a surefire way to push them away even further.