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J Escobedo Shepherd

@jawnita

Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Cofounder Hearing Things, hearingthingsco.bsky.social. Flaming Hydra, Hell Gate, etc. Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books

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#ReparationsNOW #AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness

01.08.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Cannot tell you how depressing it is to read that people are simply refusing to read nonfiction after you’ve worked really hard to write a nonfiction book you believe in, in case anyone is wondering why I’m posting so much about my book which comes out in a few weeks #BookSky

06.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 733 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 22
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 11648 πŸ” 7096 πŸ’¬ 280 πŸ“Œ 322
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It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

Former LA Times managing editor @sarayasin.bsky.social launches The Key, a new publication about Palestine that will be "a home for journalists who have had their stories spiked in mainstream outlets."

Her opening essay is worth every second of your time: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

05.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 412 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Congratulations DHS Secretary Stephen miller on continuing to be DHS Secretary

05.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 3529 πŸ” 473 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 13

no excuse not to link on Bluesky, which doesn’t rank down links!

05.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i really need everyone posting screenshots of news to CITE WHERE IT'S FROM OK? there's too much disinfo and AI gloop out there not to CITE WHERE YOUR SCREENSHOTTED INFORMATION IS COMING FROM. even in a follow up post directly after ur screenshot. it is easy. please. thank you.

05.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.

04.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 4024 πŸ” 1420 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 46

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

02.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 786 πŸ” 551 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 9
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Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

02.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 577 πŸ” 328 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 44

Does the US still have a congress?

02.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 798 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 24
Person in the march holding up a sign reading "IT'S A GOOD THING CONGRESS ISN'T ALIVE TO SEE THIS." Big crowd stretching behind them.

Person in the march holding up a sign reading "IT'S A GOOD THING CONGRESS ISN'T ALIVE TO SEE THIS." Big crowd stretching behind them.

12.01.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 557 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Regime Change in Iran (Terms And Conditions Apply) The warmongers, once again, get the war they've sought for decades. Trump and Netanyahu leave the hard work to the people they're bombing

β€œTo say the first thing first: This is dying-empire behavior.”

28.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 174 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

hello idk what ur talking about but i would not do that either, janet/heavy to jamiroquai what (love me some jamiroquai tho lol)

24.02.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

inside: the 17-year-old rapper and new york city public school student whose music i cannot stop listening to 😭❀️

19.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's deeply funny how maintaining the belief in fascism requires hiding any contrary information, and how every institution has to abase itself toward that end.

11.02.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 496 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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"She Doesn't Even Listen to Spanish Music..." The restorative power of Bad Bunny

ONE MORE bad bunny piece by my friend Shannon Melero, who's a FANTASTIC writer and is appropriately starting her newsletter w/this <3 read it/sign up!!!

11.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

You won't read a more beautiful and true account of yesterday's performance, it is by @jawnita.bsky.social

09.02.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote last week about the dangers of normalization and political debates rooted in premises already engineered by the authoritarians, when premise is often just as important as the discussion itself

10.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

misty-eyed at this @jawnita.bsky.social piece. Gonna be processing this performance for years alongside everyone else, and reading this emphatic breakdown shook me!!

I hadn't even finished processing my emotions about the Tiny Desk with the cuatro player who looked like me yet, dΓ©jame en paz, coΓ±o

09.02.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

omg HUGS <3 LOVE

09.02.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember to tell people that things have NOT DEESCALATED. Pulling 700 agents means there's 2,300 agents on our streets, terrorizing us and kidnapping our neighbors.

09.02.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 1050 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

beautiful <3

09.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Triumph Of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show The Puerto Rican artist’s Super Bowl performance was a reclamation and a reminder that, after more than 500 years of colonization, seguimos aquΓ­.

Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquΓ­. We’re still here.

www.thecut.com/article/bad-...

09.02.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 536 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

im soooo glad and completely honored that i got to put you on to el conejo!!! <3 <3 <3 ;')

09.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

YESSSSSS <3 <3 <3

09.02.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a banger Superbowl ad tweet:

cj @TOS_Violator. 9/11/21

the only lasting 9/11 memory i have is when the budweiser ad with the kneeling clydesdales came on during the super bowl and i said "those horses are praying to mecca" and my friend's uncle got so mad that he had to go in the backyard

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screenshot of a banger Superbowl ad tweet: cj @TOS_Violator. 9/11/21 the only lasting 9/11 memory i have is when the budweiser ad with the kneeling clydesdales came on during the super bowl and i said "those horses are praying to mecca" and my friend's uncle got so mad that he had to go in the backyard 177 14.5K 112K

good time to bring back this all timer:

09.02.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 1363 πŸ” 282 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, πŸ“Έ by @ScottStrazzante

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