Leilani Clark
@leilaniclark.bsky.social
Writing about freeways in East L.A, living off the 101 in Northern California. Published at The Guardian, The Rumpus, Civil Eats, Mother Jones, KQED, Coyote Media. Day job: environmental nonprofit comms manager.
Esmeralda Lopez, quoted in the article, says "It makes you rethink in history all those heroes.. The movement — that’s the hero.” So many of us constantly caution against pedastaling. It harms us all - shielding from this kind of unspeakable violence to diminishing our collective responsibility.
I can feel Dolores' words deeply in my bones: "I kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the movement." It resonates for me. Wishing everyone impacted by and reeling from this today much ease.
Dolores Huerta: "I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control."
March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
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People are commenting about how this is about "powerful" men, but in a society that listens to men over women and girls, that treats the former as competent and credible, the latter as not, every man is empowered to abuse, and it happens at all levels and in all sectors of society.
Spotted a steelhead salmon swimming in this beautiful creek in Healdsburg today. Watch closely and you’ll see it scoot by in the lower left corner.
Has a moment to reflect. OBAA was fine as a movie if you ignore how underwritten and underused the Black women were. PTA is a good director so sure whatever. But Sinners was masterful. Vibrant. Layered. What an accomplishment from the entire cast and crew. I’m glad it exists.
My god they're talking about him like he's...a woman. How dare he have an agenda and stick to it. Why aren't his elbows...soft? (Though at least they can't say he should smile more.)
Paul Cohen@paulecohen.bsky.social · 5mo agoman, The New York Times's sustained effort to destroy Zohran Mamdani is as concerted as it is relentless
When people in the future ask what America was show them this
Whiteness is a way to package a variety of nationalities in a way that erases their individual identies and attempts to unify them in a culture of opposition to blackness. The racial identity is inherently pro-discrimination and deserves no sanctuary anywhere. Doubly so for South Africa.
The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.
Writers of Bsky: Scratch is back! This time as a weekly newsletter/blog about how writers are surviving ~these times~, run by me, @manjula.bsky.social, @maggiemertens.bsky.social, and @latriagraham.bsky.social. You can read more about why/what that means in our announcement post below.
The New Scratch
How is anyone who writes making any money right now?
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for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc
I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.
Developing a theory about good fire therapy as a tool for surviving perimenopause.
Was tempted to do the Kate Bush Wuthering Heights dance at my work site this morning.
check it out: carla and @danisavestheworld.bsky.social are hosting another Corvid Anarcho Witchcraft writing circle for paid members on March 7th! 🐦⬛ also included in this write up are some fabulous writings from the Solstice Writing Circle! www.cawshinythings.com/come-out-of-...
Come Out Of The Dark And Write With Us
For this equinox writers circle (March 7), we will bring seasonal themed prompts for you to weave more spells: let’s write together and continue co-creating a world worth living in.
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Join us next week to toast our newest issue ZYZZYVA 131! Ft. readings from contributors @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social + @mawsheinwin.bsky.social + Suzanne Rivecca. Thursday, 2/12, 6:30pm @ Local Economy, Oakland
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
People need to realize that, along with citizens swept up in immigration raids, they have also detained citizens for being involved in activism.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 6mo agoAOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.” This is why we need to be telling our stories.
Spotted in San Francisco at Andytown Coffee Roasters on Taraval Street. ❤️
Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice
Dim sum in Sunset District, San Francisco. The best way to lunch.
Their argument is: rich white people are allowed to do whatever they want, and that includes pedo islands or rounding up the rest in camps. There is no contradiction, no hypocrisy, no argument that will sway them. The ideology is: power is moral
