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Eric Stanley

@stillhere415.bsky.social

Author of Atmospheres of Violence, coeditor of Trap Door and Captive Genders. SF.CA

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AK Press@akpress.org ยท 4w ago

"We donโ€™t go from being alone to being suddenly part of mass movements instantaneously. What we do is we find the people around us with whom we can build, and we slowly get to it." โ€” @withmovements.bsky.social in an interview about his forthcoming book, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ mediacoop.ca/node/119372

How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World, with Chris Dixon

In this difficult political moment, many of us are asking serious questions about how to get and stay involved in struggles for social justice and collective liberation. In his new book, For the Long ...

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Prem Thakker ใƒ„@premthakker.bsky.social ยท 4w ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft โ€” who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month โ€” called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in โ€ฆWhat I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: ู„ุง ุดูƒุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุงุฌุจ "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people beโ€ฆ
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app ยท 4w ago

To ppl suggesting Stanford as an "independent Anthropic & OpenAI auditor" โ€œThe membrane between academia and industry...is practically nonexistent at Stanford, a school so entangled with tech that it can be hard to tell where the university ends and the businesses beginโ€ nymag.com/intelligence...

You Are Not a Parrot

And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.

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Sad Francisco@sadfrancisco.bsky.social ยท last mo.

San Francisco lets Lime & Spin e-scooters be strewn around the sidewalks but cops spend tons of resources enforcing the Sit/Lie ordinance on ppl who canโ€™t afford $4K/mo for an apartment. Manissa Maharawal on โ€˜Anti-Eviction: The Fight against Tech-Led Gentrification in San Franciscoโ€™ on the new pod

Stacy Fahrenthold@sfahrenthold.bsky.social ยท 2mo ago

The American Historical Association hired a lobbying firm to help silence member advocacy on Palestine. In this essay, Adam Rzepka covers @historians.org's relationship w/ Thorn Run Partners, its deep ethical conflicts, & the advocacy crisis AHA has thrust upon us. www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc...

Opinion | A Scholarly Associationโ€™s Secret Washington Playbook

Did the American Historical Association ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members?

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social ยท 2mo ago

Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money.

Truthout@truthout.org ยท 2mo ago

Last week, Trumpโ€™s DOJ announced a new grant program of $300 million to be split between up to four cities, to back aggressive surges in policing modeled on the Memphis Safe Task Force, an invasion of National Guard troops and federal forces that has left our city reeling.

Weโ€™ve Spent a Year Fighting a Federal Assault on Memphis. Your City May Be Next.

Trumpโ€™s Department of Justice has introduced a program to bring Memphis-style policing surges to other cities.

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AK Press@akpress.org ยท 2mo ago

"As a Panther, and as someone who went underground as an urban guerrilla, I have put my life on the line. I have watched my comrades die and spent most of my adult life in prison. But I still believe that we can win." โ€”Ashanti Alston, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช ๐˜–. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ

A photo of the cover of Anarchist Panther: The Selected Writings of Ashanti O. Alston, centered over a rug with floral deep purple and blue tones. "Anarchist Panther" is in sharp, slightly right diagonal upward orange text, almost like a comic book, and stands out on top of the green - black photo portrait of Ashanti. A scan of a black and white collaged page from one of Ashanti Alston's zines he made in the '90s. There are two columns of photobooth photos of Ashanti with a drawing of a black panther in a cage between them. Below them is a narrow grey portait rectangular column that reads (in Western-style font) "ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
Truthout@truthout.org ยท 2mo ago

Hundreds of local police departments are preparing to deploy autonomous, AI-driven surveillance drones. The drones are capable of following a single vehicle across an entire city, capturing footage through apartment windows, and generally recording daily life from the sky without being noticed.

First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones.

Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.

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Esther@mahoniaaquifolium.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

An incredibly formative book for me. You should read it!

AK Press@akpress.org ยท 4mo ago

Happy 15 years of ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น! Trans, gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex, and been at the heart of the resistance to state tyranny. Happy Pride ๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

The book cover of Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, expanded second edition. The title is written in bright green letters and stands against a black background. There is a photo of a burning cop car dating back to the '50s or '60s, overlaid in with light purple, giving the appearance of purple flumes. The bottom right corner shares the names of the editors: Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith, editors; Foreword by Cece McDonald
AK Press@akpress.org ยท 4mo ago

Happy 15 years of ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น! Trans, gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex, and been at the heart of the resistance to state tyranny. Happy Pride ๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

The book cover of Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, expanded second edition. The title is written in bright green letters and stands against a black background. There is a photo of a burning cop car dating back to the '50s or '60s, overlaid in with light purple, giving the appearance of purple flumes. The bottom right corner shares the names of the editors: Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith, editors; Foreword by Cece McDonaldA portrait photo of Eric Stanley (right) with friends at a public library event for the original Captive Genders in Olympia, WA. Top photo: Cece McDonald, Miss Major, Eric Stanley, and Tourmaline (left to right) at a book event at ONE Archive in Los Angeles. Bottom photo: Bluestockings event in New York City with Eric Stanley holding the microphone. Ruth Wilson Gilmore is seated to Eric's right and Tourmaline to the left.
Kenji@elementaleucology.com ยท 4mo ago

โ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ

AK Press@akpress.org ยท 4mo ago

Happy 15 years of ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น! Trans, gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex, and been at the heart of the resistance to state tyranny. Happy Pride ๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

The book cover of Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, expanded second edition. The title is written in bright green letters and stands against a black background. There is a photo of a burning cop car dating back to the '50s or '60s, overlaid in with light purple, giving the appearance of purple flumes. The bottom right corner shares the names of the editors: Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith, editors; Foreword by Cece McDonald
Eric Stanley@stillhere415.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

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AK Press@akpress.org ยท 4mo ago

Happy 15 years of ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น! Trans, gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex, and been at the heart of the resistance to state tyranny. Happy Pride ๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

The book cover of Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, expanded second edition. The title is written in bright green letters and stands against a black background. There is a photo of a burning cop car dating back to the '50s or '60s, overlaid in with light purple, giving the appearance of purple flumes. The bottom right corner shares the names of the editors: Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith, editors; Foreword by Cece McDonald
Jesspooka Kant ๐ŸŽƒ@jessdkant.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

Been thinking a lot about the incredible Gavin Grimm, then 16, who wrote this about his fight against the Gloucester County School Board: โ€œI hope that I will be one of the last kids that has to go through something like this, and I am going to do what I can to ensure that.โ€ That was ten years ago.

The Countess of Monte Cristo@charfaye.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

Itโ€™s so fucked up that so much money and time has been spent on attacking a high school student for wanting to do normal high school student stuff. Like, the full force of the federal and state governments being brought against one teenage girl is dystopian shit

Please send job links (see pinned post) ๐ŸŒŽ Thanks!@100onbooks.bsky.social ยท 5mo ago

7 titles* #BookSky *borrowed ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ CAPTIVE GENDERS: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, edited by Eric A. Stanley & Nat Smith (๐Ÿ“˜ e-book & ๐ŸŽง audiobook narrated by Adi Cabral) on Monday (18/5) < picked this up because of the Queer Your Year Discord www.akpress.org/captivegende...

Captive Genders

<p><em>Captive Genders </em>was the first book of its kind. It remains the touchstone for studies of trans and gender-queer people in prison. It has been revamped to appeal to recent broadened interes...

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