Alison Turkos

I'll be making myself available this winter to participate in Zooms with book clubs and reading groups that are discussing Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. You can reach out through my website to arrange a convo with your group.

Video: Uber’s Sexual Assault Problem Emily Steel, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, got access to sealed court documents revealing more than 400,000 reports of sexual assault or misconduct after Uber rides over six years....

This reporting by the @nytimes.com sadly isn’t news to many of us. I was kidnapped at gunpoint by a Lyft driver in 2017, taken across state lines, and raped by him and 2 other men. This man currently drives for Uber. This is still a systemic problem.
www.nytimes.com/video/busine...

This is a truly landmark case requiring REAL reform that will change systems and generations, maybe even attitudes. Awe and gratitude for the bravery of survivors like Alison — and so (too) many others.

In 2019, I sued the City of New York for systemic sex discrimination by the NYPD. Yesterday, we made history with a landmark settlement requiring NYPD reforms in sex crimes investigations. It wasn't politicians who made this happen; it was the power of survivors.
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Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly.

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At the end of the day, the actual "welfare queen" was a white South African man.

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story. All but one state that held legislative elections last fall in the Southeast saw losses of Republican women. In South Carolina, that means the Senate Republican caucus, which will make decisions that…

NEW: If a bill that would ban almost all abortions moves to the South Carolina Senate, not a single Republican debating or voting on the restrictions will be a woman.

By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social

A man carries a coffin with a skull on the front and spray painted on the side "we're here we're queer we hate the fucking president"

ACT UP, 1990

alright you wanna know how to support trans people?

hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.

Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.

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Pay Me What You Owe Me Independent media always gets homages on social media after it shutters – what if that support amounted to monetary donations that helped keep it alive and thriving?

I was the EIC of Bitch Media for nearly five years. Few things bother me more than people saying “I wish Bitch still existed” because keeping it alive was so damn hard.

I wrote about that conundrum for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social. If you want an indie pub to survive, then please pay for it.

Pay Me What You Owe Me Independent media always gets homages on social media after it shutters – what if that support amounted to monetary donations that helped keep it alive and thriving?

This piece by @freeblackgirl.bsky.social for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social about how hard it is to fund independent media is almost too hard to read because of the strong echoes from when we announced that Burn It All Down was going on hiatus. theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/pay-me-wha...

ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TO MY CIS COMRADES: IT IS TIME TO STAND WITH YOUR TRANS SIBLINGS.

TO MY TRANS SIBLINGS: I LOVE YOU.

The Secret History of How Activists Fought for the Rape Kit For centuries, legal authorities performed “medical” tests to judge the character of victims.

To truly appreciate how far rape kits have come, it’s important to understand not just the anti-rape movement of the 1970s but also the brutal pre-history of the modern evidence exam.

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/rape-k...

Find someone who loves you as much as Justice Alito loves worrying about detransitioners.