BREAKING: Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Louisiana's map is an unconstitutional gerrymander. Majority by Alito rules that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, "properly construed," can provide a compelling reason for race-based redistricting, but that did not happen here.

My smart husband's advice is good guidance for ALL media coverage of the rich and powerful: CRITIQUE, DON'T SLOBBER.

Paul Barrett ❌👑@paulthedogman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NYT Suggestion Box: Stop covering ultra-rich mansion sales and purchases. The conspicuously luxurious lifestyles of the ultra-rich are a symptom of cultural collapse and corrosive societal imbalance. Critique them, don't slobber. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/r...

Indie Filmmakers! If I created a SELF-DISTRO workshop might you be interested? It includes but is limited to, developing, strategizing, and implementing how to get your film seen by as many people as possible - from festivals, theaters, community groups, and schools - while

A New York Times shareholder and mother of a trans teen confronted their publisher AG Sulzberger at a shareholders meeting over their years long biased reporting on trans people. Sulzberger was unrepentant and doubled down.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr EITM Texas Tech U notifies its five universities of a new campus "Don't Say Gay" policy barring professors from discussing LGBTQ+ topics in core and lower-level courses, eliminating related fields of study, and requiring skipping textbook chapters on the topic. 1/2

Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics

The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.

erininthemorning.com

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

"No modern American city has ever run out of water. But chances are rising that Corpus Christi could be the first..." "While city pools and splash pads consume almost 2 million gallons of water over the course of a summer, a single Exxon plastics plant consumes 13 million gallons per day." hmmm

Corpus Christi plans to declare a 'water emergency.' What does that mean?

City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September, but they aren’t sure exactly how.

kut.org

I just made a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social call: Tell the Senate: Vote to Block Bombs to Israel. Make a call here: actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...

Tell the Senate: Vote to Block Bombs to Israel

**When you click "Make a call" below, you will receive a phone call on the number you provided and be patched through to your Senator. You will be able to view a script at this time. If you don't ge...

actionnetwork.org

Yeah, feeling a little jealous of Hungary, tbh.

One day left to watch @heightenedscrutinydoc.com at home! Watch here, kinema.com/films/height...

Heightened Scrutiny

Host a screening of Heightened Scrutiny

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(…the news industry being as institutionally hostile, exclusionary, and harmful to trans people *of course* is going to result in eroding trust that trans readers might extend to cis journalists…)

She spoke out about Gaza. Now she can't use a credit card. The UN investigator for Palestinian territories is facing U.S. sanctions and accused of antisemitism by the State Department.

She Spoke Out About Gaza. Now She Can’t Use a Credit Card.

After accusing governments and corporations of complicity in Gaza, the U.N. investigator for Palestine territories now finds herself in Washington’s crosshairs.

politico.com

📣 Heightened Scrutiny is now streaming on Kinema! You can watch the film during our limited virtual screening window this week only (March 30 – April 5). Click the link to watch Heightened Scrutiny today! 🎥🍿 kinema.com #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility @samfeder.bsky.social

Perfect activity for (today’s) Trans Day of Visibility: Watch @samfeder.bsky.social’s brilliant doc HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY. and PlEASE SHARE. kinema.com/films/height...

Heightened Scrutiny

Host a screening of Heightened Scrutiny

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Get ready! Next week, Heightened Scrutiny will be available to stream online. 🎥 Streaming March 30 - April 5 🎟️ Pre-order tickets: kinema.com/films/heightened-scrutiny-dzage Watch with friends, host a watch party, and help spread the word! #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility @samfeder.bsky.social

📣 WATCH #HeightenedScrutiny at HOME! 📆 ONE WEEK ONLY 3/30 - 4/5 on Kinema 🎟 Wanna join? Click the link below. 🎉 Hope to see you there kinema.com/films/heightened-scrutiny-dzage @samfeder.bsky.social

📣 Don’t miss our April 1 post-screening Q&A. After watching Heightened Scrutiny on Kinema, stay for a conversation with director @samfeder.bsky.social, Tre’Vell Anderson, and @petrinkae.bsky.social of the @transjournalists.org 📅 April 1 🎟️ Pre-order your tickets today: kinema.com/films/height...

If you’re looking for something meaningful to watch for Trans Day of Visibility: Heightened Scrutiny will be streaming on Kinema! 📅 March 30–April 5 🎟️ Pre-order Tickets (pay what you wish): kinema.com 🎥 Director @samfeder.bsky.social #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #HeightenedScrutiny

Join us for a virtual screening of Heightened Scrutiny on Kinema in honor of Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ Stream the film March 30–April 5. Order a ticket and receive a link to watch anytime during the screening window. 🎟️ Tickets: kinema.com/films/height... #TDOV #HeightenedScrutiny

icymi: was in Chicago this past Thursday for a showing of @samfeder.bsky.social's new film Heightened Scrutiny, as well as a panel put on by the fantastic folks at @transupfrontil.com and @ctulocal1.bsky.social check out my coverage on @assignedmedia.org here: www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Trans Leaders Speak in Chicago at Showing of Heightened Scrutiny — Assigned

In the midst of national attacks on trans people, the Chicago Teachers’ Union hosted a screening of the documentary Heightened Scrutiny and gave local trans speakers an opportunity to speak.

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The first state in the US to remove statutory protections for an entire class, gender identity, has just enacted a bill preventing local municipalities from having their own protections for trans people. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

Reynolds signs Iowa law barring local trans civil rights protections

City and county civil rights commissions may no longer protect Iowans from gender identity-based discrimination under a law signed by Gov. Reynolds.

desmoinesregister.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 15 Guardian Hilary Cass welcomes new UK DoE anti-trans school policies, asserting that social transitions can "lock [kids] on to a trajectory," agreeing schools must generally out trans kids to parents, and suggesting social media is turning kids transgender.

Social media misleads young on gender transitioning, says UK review leader

Hilary Cass, who led youth gender identity services review, warns of ‘unrealistic images and expectations’

theguardian.com

This has now become Important Context’s biggest story ever. www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...

Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans

Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.

importantcontext.news

So where is Bari Weiss, that great defender of free speech?

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 7mo ago

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social [Plato cont] One wonders how Texas A&M will teach Shakespeare considering at least 5 of his plays (12th Night, As You Like It, etc.) used gender switching as key plot devices and all female roles were originally written for and played by male actors.

“For years, the political right has been ratcheting up eliminationist rhetoric against transgender Americans and dismissing their identities as ideology. At the 2023 CPAC, conservative commentator Michael Knowles called to “eradicate” so-called “transgenderism” from public life.”

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This has now become Important Context’s biggest story ever. www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...

Congratulations @samfeder.bsky.social and @heightenedscrutinydoc.com, announced yesterday as a nominee for Outstanding Documentary in the GLADD Media Awards coming up on March 5th! glaad.org/mediaawards/...

37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees | GLAAD

See the full list of nominees for the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

glaad.org

Chicago area friends, please join me this Wednesday 1/7/2026 at the Geneva Public Library for a free screening of this documentary! Thank you @heightenedscrutinydoc.com and @samfeder.bsky.social for their assistance, and @lillywachowski.bsky.social for the Chicago screening that inspired this one.

Now you can watch my current film @heightenedscrutinydoc.com. For one week only it will be available at, gathr.com/vod/9320a621...

ahoy! my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow! check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space! also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!