Dr. Erika

she/her. PhD.
Feminist. Mathematician. Dancer. Baker. Crocheter. Iris's human. Beer drinker. Game player. And, you know, things.

[Justice Horn @JusticeHorn_]

By a vote of 5-0, the City of Lawrence, Kansas is now a sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ folks in response to the state’s passage of anti-LGBTQ+ laws!

A huge shout-out and thank you to the folks on the ground who helped make this happen. I felt a little under the weather after today, so I watched the vote here at home in Kansas City.

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@choochoobear I love them.

[Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @McMisoprostol]

🧵 The best way to concretely support abortion access a year after #RoevWade was overturned is still the same as it was before Dobbs — support the organizations that are providing direct services.

Six orgs that actually help folks access abortion care and need more support:

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@UrsulaV @RottenInDenmark I would 100% follow orca-twitter.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

“I don’t give a f--k. I’ve grown up in the most non-toxic-masculine environment possible. I didn’t realize what I was doing was so forward-thinking," says Tom Holland about his famous lip-sync battle dance https://t.co/qLFCgO4lS2

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@CAwkward These kids are everything.

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

This is a gorgeous piece about Cordelia Chase and Charisma Carpenter (and not about him) and I'm absolutely over here crying. You should maybe join me.

[Deb Krol @Debkrol]

Thirty years after a federal law mandated the return of Native human remains and funerary items, Arizona still has one-third of them in storage. by me! #NativeTwitter #NAGPRA https://t.co/eISNKBgsHW

[Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente]

If the GOP has decided drag & trans folk existing is the wheel they want to break this country on

I’m thinking cis men need to start wearing sparkly eyeshadow

One shade is about .99 at CVS

Simple, straightforward, & in this case, truly, they can’t arrest you all #shadowprotest

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@CAwkward An alarm went off across the street for *hours* yesterday. Sad, dying, 2007 prius alarm noises. I was irate.

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@CAwkward I have a cheese drawer and a chocolate drawer. I am unlikely to forget either one exists.

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@Kheldarson @seananmcguire So much!

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

It's gorgeous and heartbreaking and it's perfect just as it is and I could read so much more. Unbreakable by Mira Grant (@seananmcguire)

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@NeolithicSheep @KBSpangler Two is prime! It could be exactly two.

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@BoozyBadger I had Grandma (and Grandpa) and Mommom (and Poppop). Also Grandmommom was alive when I was little. My parents are Oma and Opa to my nephews (after extensive pondering on my mom's part).

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@Jamberee13 Good luck and enjoy!

[Dr. Erika @paperkingdoms]

@JoLuehmann I like the reusable pads from party in my pants (https://t.co/N0E25aIrAV) although there are a lot of companies that make them. I find I often can go most of the day, but you can swap them out more frequently, you'd just want a pouch /ziploc to carry the used one doesn't leak.

[Rewire News Group @RewireNewsGroup]

If you find yourself investigated or arrested for having an abortion, reach out to the folks at @ifwhenhow. They have a Repro Legal Defense Fund for people ensnared by law enforcement for exercising their right to bodily autonomy. https://t.co/W0cuwlnzkT