Queer| writer/editor at reckon news | abolitionist l (they/she) | inqs: clarissabrooks152@gmail.com
Jun 6, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I'm grateful to be a journalist dedicated to the south. I'm grateful to know that my job is to correct the record as the facist state rises. My love for black people is at the core of why I do this.
Legacy media failed the #StopCopCity movement and I will never forget that.
when protests happen and editors are begging black journalists for bylines and begging for someone to explain away white people guilt. I will remember how legacy media didn't see #StopCopCity as something worth covering as the 2024 election is around the corner.
Jun 1, 2020 • 16 tweets • 7 min read
good morning good people, dropping a thread here for journalists and media folks on how to ethically report on the protests!
made by the radical minds at @PressOn_South Also, for organizers writing op-eds and folks trying to navigate media these should be things you request from the reporters covering your local work. plug in! #movementjournalism
May 15, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Invoking panic for the sake of performativity is frustrating because it often erases the people who have been doin the work for A WHILE and warps what these issues actually look like
In regards to HB 481, it’s sad seeing people invoke panic without acknowledging the coalition in GA that has been organizing since before the bill even hit the floor
Aug 29, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Going to do a thread on the new DeVos Title IX regulations and how that is going to hurt survivors in the AUC:
*deep breathe* Ok so DeVos and her administration are looking to roll out new Title IX regulations. All of the new rules are trash and look to keep survivors silenced. See Below:
