Lauren is dreaming of peace 🌈 🌻 πŸ•Š πŸ±πŸ„ Profile picture
They/them. πŸ€ Queer writer, knitter, gardener, outdoor cat. Solo backpacker. πŸ„ 🐱 🌈 I teach LGBTQ Studies. Black Lives Matter. ACAB.
Oct 20, 2020 β€’ 14 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Let's talk about what Toobin did. A TRIGGERING AND TERRIBLE THREAD.

In case you haven't heard ... here:

1/?
cnn.com/2020/10/19/med… I'm fucking FLOORED at how people are talking about this.

I've heard things like: It was "accidental." Poor guy -- he didn't mean to get caught jerking off, right? He's sorry. He's embarrassed. He didn't know the camera was still on!

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Mar 27, 2020 β€’ 25 tweets β€’ 5 min read
Twitter, I need to tell you about the dystopian nightmare I'm living, here in Ohio.

A THREAD. 1/ I did everything right, Twitter. The university where I teach (and where my partner also works) was one of the first in the nation to shut down, so we were home full-time weeks ago, before there were documented cases in Ohio.

2/
Jan 27, 2020 β€’ 18 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Support for survivors of sexual assault on a day a rapist has died, a thread:

[Content Warning: This thread uses the r-word, and deals with aftermath-related issues, but does not contain detailed descriptions of assault.]

1/18 I'm not going to type his name or use any hashtags, lest I be accused of being an insensitive monster. I'm not. Losing a father or a spouse so suddenly is a pain I can't imagine. Not to mention his daughter on that helicopter too. Devastating. I can't imagine. 2/18