Book sighting! #catsforpinkcrimebook - thanks Shangela the Cat and @dorfmandoron.bsky.social

Pink Crime is an absolute must-read for anyone who cares about wrongful convictions, and the criminalization of women and queer people. I was so thrilled to get to talk to @valenabeety.bsky.social about her new book for @theappeal.org. theappeal.org/pink-crime-v...

Valena Beety@valenabeety.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s book launch day for Pink Crime and here’s the first sighting out in the world - Books Are Magic in Brooklyn! If you see the book somewhere, please post or let me know! 🥳 @thenewpress.bsky.social

It’s book launch day for Pink Crime and here’s the first sighting out in the world - Books Are Magic in Brooklyn! If you see the book somewhere, please post or let me know! 🥳 @thenewpress.bsky.social

It's book launch week for Pink Crime so let’s lift up other crucial books on wrongful convictions of women and queer people: Inkd.in/e3eVVJU5 Audrey Edmunds, @jessicahenryjustice.com, @hughryan.bsky.social, Andrea Ritchie, Joey Mogul, and Kent Roach - amazing authors, leaders, and creatives.

My story about the 60th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting drops tomorrow at 7 a.m. CT on KXAN

Cora Neas@corabora.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hmm there's news today? I've been busy writing about a mass shooting that happened 60 years ago, sorry

Fantastic piece by Adam here:

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last wk.

Manosphere grifters have figured out that some men are easily manipulated by making them feel insecure about their masculinity. The GOP has turned this sales pitch into both an ideology and a campaign strategy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

What can we learn from children raised by LGBTQ+ parents? A new JOTWELL essay reviews scholarship on "intergenerational queer families" and challenges the myths underlying many anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Worth a read: equality.jotwell.com/gay-son-of-a...

“These are criminal cases that are about punishing women and queer people for their #bodilyautonomy, for their gender, and for their gender performance.” Check out my new interview with @theappeal.org @elizabethweill.bsky.social discussing Pink Crime: theappeal.org/new-book-exa... #socialjustice

@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social seeks to hire several TT law professors this academic year & welcomes entry-level & lateral candidates. Our hiring details and the application portal is available here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33776. Our committee would love to hear from interested candidates.

“While dying of AIDS in a sixth-floor walk-up in Hell’s Kitchen, and before taking his own life, the gay Cuban ex-pat writer, Reinaldo Arenas wrote a memoir.” Already captivated by @northeasternu.bsky.social Professor @libbyadler.bsky.social new book: Governing the Terrain Called Beauty.

Check out my interview with @valenabeety.bsky.social about her amazing new book on "Pink Crime"! theappeal.org/new-book-exa...

New Book Examines Women and Queer People Convicted for Crimes That Never Occurred

In <em>Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity</em>, Valena Beety examines how women and queer people face punishment for their bodily autonomy an...

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Illinois took a step toward accountability with HB 3663, increasing compensation for wrongful imprisonment, expanding eligibility for restitution, and helping ensure more compensation reaches exonerees. tinyurl.com/5x8uhdze tinyurl.com/ym3fcswk

Does #AEDPA apply in US Territories? I learned from @emmanuelarnaud.bsky.social that’s just the tip of the iceberg for problems litigating and obtaining post-conviction relief. Thank you #crimfest and @bennettcapers.bsky.social @cbhessick.bsky.social @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social for organizing!

Freebie alert: if you pre-order Pink Crime in July, you'll get a discussion guide for starting meaningful conversations and taking action to stop pink crime. Here's a short form to fill out- forms.gle/EnvH722NkaoR... Feel free to fill it out again to give a copy to a friend, too. #pinkcrimebook

The event for @valenabeety.bsky.social's new @thenewpress.bsky.social book Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity @bgsqd.bsky.social was fantastic! Vital discussion on queer identity & liberation. Order here: thenewpress.org/books/pink-c...

Thank you @dorfmandoron.bsky.social and #Crimfest folks for coming to @bgsqd.bsky.social for our book talk!

Serial killers, sumptuary laws, police mislabels, misogyny - it was a great first talk for #pinkcrimebook - and at @bgsqd.bsky.social @lgbtcenternyc.bsky.social with @hughryan.bsky.social and @tinaluongo.bsky.social ! Thanks everyone who came!

Up early for bagels and #crimfest papers and the awesome @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social hippo! Great start to the day!

So much junk science to talk about with @corabora.bsky.social - and what to do if police are investigating you for #pinkcrime. Thanks Cora!

Cora Neas@corabora.bsky.social · 4w ago

Had a great convo with wrongful conviction litigator and Indiana Innocence Project founding board member @valenabeety.bsky.social about her upcoming book. TIL (horrifically) what a "floating lung test" is:

It's #disabilitypride month, and 30% of proceeds from every presale of Pink Crime will go to Movement for Family Power: challenging family policing of all vulnerable families and mamas, "breaking isolation, and transforming narratives." Code FAMILYPOWER #pinkcrimebook

How does fear in our society promote victim-blaming, and revictimize women who have survived trauma? Thank you Zawn Villines and @liberatemotherhood.bsky.social for the conversation on criminalized victimization, how the legal system weaponizes women's trauma against them, and #pinkcrimebook.

Valena Beety: The Criminalization of Mothers and Motherhood

The legal system weaponizes marginalized identities against women, and especially against mothers.

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"Trauma is a key factor when falsely confess." Thank you @indypendent.bsky.social author Eleanor Bader for the thoughtful review of Pink Crime: indypendent.org/2026/06/pink...

Thanks @dorfmandoron.bsky.social and Shangela the cat!

Doron Dorfman@dorfmandoron.bsky.social · last mo.

Shangela & I were so excited to receive @valenabeety.bsky.social’s new @thenewpress.bsky.social book Pink Crime today! Can’t wait to dive into its analysis of the legal vulnerabilities facing queer and pregnant people. Thank you for this important work! Order: thenewpress.org/books/pink-c...

The Indypendent captured the essence of Pink Crime vividly. You can pre-order Pink Crime through the link in my bio. #PinkCrimeBook indypendent.org/2026/06/pink...

Pink Crime: How the Legal System Criminalizes Motherhood, Pregnancy and Queerness

Police and prosecutors tend to rely on stereotypes about “bad mothers”

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Trans fam: your lives are precious no matter what the fuck these people say translifeline.org/hotline/

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · last mo.

First SCOTUS opinion is as bad as it gets: West Virginia law banning trans kids from playing sports consistent with their gender identity is constitutional, according to the fucking fascist six. All three liberal justices dissent.

Pete Buttigieg's 24 hours away from his 4-year-old twins wasn't just cruel. It was a warning. While we can all see the cruelty of this act, what some people will miss is that in this case Buttigieg's identity itself was the crime. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

Pete Buttigieg lived every queer parent's nightmare | Opinion

A false report tore Pete Buttigieg from his twins. Queer parents like me know we could be next.

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Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · last mo.

Vile and reprehensible petebuttigieg.substack.com/p/a-terrible...

Tens of thousands celebrated Budapest Pride, the first since Viktor Orbán’s ousting.

Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out

Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human ...

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The false CPS report against Pete Buttigieg is an attack on #queer families and treats queer parenthood as suspicious. In wrongful convictions we repeatedly see queer people accused of made up crimes and being inherently dangerous based on identity. #pinkcrimebook @innocenceproject.bsky.social

Pete Buttigieg was separated from his children after false CPS report targeted his family

Michigan State Police said it received an anonymous report and determined it was false. Buttigieg said the ordeal forced him to spend a night away from his and Chasten Buttigieg’s 4-year-old twins.

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Women and queer people in rural communities, like in my home state of Indiana, are affected by pregnancy criminalization, abortion criminalization, and queer criminalization. Thank you to Assn. of American Law Schools Criminal Law Section for the chance to talk about rural courts and pink crime.

Thank you to Association of American Law Schools Criminal Law Section for the chance to talk about rural courts and pink crime. #PinkCrimeBook