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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 months

First Review of Quiet Coup is out! And with a star! ⭐️

THE QUIET COUP | Kirkus Reviews

An insightful examination of how neoliberalism created widespread inequality and injustice in America.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

So I'm helping a kid I know with some college applications and I have some thoughts. My friend has a GPA of over 4.0 and a star in track and cross-country. She grew up Black in a white rural town in CA--oh and she's homeless. She's living with a friend's family.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

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but I really hope my friend gets in and I really would love to go back in time and help my 18 year old self fill out these applications and do SAT prep, etc. We have to have a better system.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

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And the essay questions!!!! Columbia asks "what exhibits, lectures, theatre productions and concerts have you liked best in the last year?" I'm tempted to write "Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera--psych--my town doesn't even have a movie theatre!

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

So I convince her to apply to some top colleges and offer to help her jump thru all the dumb financial and non-financial hoops. It occurs to me, after 10 or so applications in, that if you wanted to design a system to keep out poor kids, this one is probably your best bet

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

These are minor annoying questions. The major one is "tell us what you're most excited about coming to Stanford, etc." She's a first gen college student. She has no idea what Stanford is like. She has never traveled outside her town.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

It just seems like anyone who can answer these questions has got to be coached. I am trying to help, but I don't even know. I literally only applied to one college because my friend helped me with the application. I barely know what Stanford is like,

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@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

I ask her what kids do for entertainment and she says: "um.... drugs." Another school asks her what her favorite periodicals, newspapers, websites are. She doesn't have access to a computer except when she does homework on a school computer. She doesn't get the New Yorker

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

We've already paid over $1000 (even with fee waivers). I have no idea how she was ever going to pay that money or who in her life was going to help her with the 100s of essays we've written!

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

6 years

So this undergrad kid "debunks" my book along with a bunch of other scholarship on the causes of the racial wealth gap and says that slavery and fed policy had nothing to do with it and it all comes down to culture. And guess who endorses his completely garbage argument?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

Look, if we’re going to be forced to live in a surveillance state and have our data sold without our consent or knowledge, can we at the very freaking least, in return for our souls and identities, not have to fill out 20 pages of medical forms at every single Dr’s office?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

@SkinnerLiber8ed I'm doing this right now. Crossing my fingers the deadline hasn't passed. She needs a scholarship too so crossing fingers for that

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

ANNOUNCEMENT (is this thing on): To all the young people who want to do good in the world and work for justice--especially racial equality: PLEASE STUDY FINANCE, banking, econ, money You may not tear down the house with the master's tools, but you need to know how they work

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

My 16 yr old drives an old car with only a CD player. I used it today and this was the CD she’s been listening to, which she says she found in a used bin, which is the CD I had in my car at 16, which fact she did not know, which is to say nature > nurture

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

6 years

I got to skype with @Ocasio2018 yesterday and I was blown away by her! She seems hungry to learn, ready to work, and super capable. She's taking a ton of notes and asking a lot of great questions. I hope she's a harbinger for what's to come. We might just be alright after all.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

All meetings should be done in a very cold room with no chairs. No food or water. No one can bring anything but a paper with the agenda. After 15 min, sprinklers turn on. After 30 min, locusts fly in. After 1 hr, the person who was talking the most gets fired.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Hi 👋🏽 everyone. For Black History Month, please consider reading my book that covers some important history from the Freedman's Bank to the New Deal to Nixon's Black Capitalism. Thanks. 🙏🏽

The Color of Money

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than 150...

www.audible.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

@vicfleischer That's sort of what "we" did in our essay. "To be honest, I do not have access to a theatre, concert hall, or a museum...." then explain the situation. Crossing my fingers it doesn't backfire.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

I've been thinking about how it was possible for @Forbes to have one woman on the list of 100! And not even include a picture. My theory is that they had no women at ALL.....

Eric Oesterle

@erico

5 years

@cindygallop @Forbes @Jeffrey_Dyer @nathan_furr @clefrandt @Mike_Federle @ForbesWomen Not even a *photo* of Barbara Rentler, the only woman on Forbes’ list of (100+) America’s Most Innovative Leaders. Just a silhouette of some dude.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

@AnandWrites I would read a whole book of stories where you hang out with rich people and make them feel very uncomfortable.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

10 months

I am so honored that Justice Jackson is familiar enough with my work to have cited it several times in her opinion, but also so thoroughly grossed out by the fact that she and others have had to spend their time rebutting the cynical nonsense Roberts and ilk keep vomiting up.…

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

I do not regret having children, but dammit if I do laundry one more time and find a stack of folded clothes at the bottom of their dirty clothes hamper....🤬

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

Maybe INFLATION was just “corporate profits” with a mustache and glasses! We all got fooled this time

Paul E Williams

@PEWilliams_

2 years

Incredible survey result from the Dallas Fed. A major factor in gas prices today.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

“We can’t afford healthcare for all” “How will we pay for it?” “Reparations are too costly” “We need to balance budgets.” “Austerity” “Cost-benefit analysis” “Deficits”

U.S. Has Spent $6 Trillion on Wars Since 9/11: Report

The report found that "high costs in war and war-related spending pose a national security concern because they are unsustainable."

www.newsweek.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

@Big_Unit35 I hear you. I've taught at 2 state schools and I believe in them, but Stanford gives free tuition to low income kids!! You just have to jump through a million hoops and get in

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

@JaneTheTeacher I am going to ride a recommendation--the other problem is that a lot of her teachers are not used to doing college applications so they are dragging their feet on recs.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

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and then some last minute editor thought to add one--so they picked #75 , added a woman's name, didn't even bother screenshooting a wikipedia pic (even though they had pics of all the men)....

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

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And then to make it a neat 100, they squeezed Sergey Brin and Larry Page into a single slot even though they didn't do that with anyone else so they could keep their 99 list of dudes

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

LOL. Hey everyone, why don't you use your 401(k) to pay for college? Your 401(k)!!!

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@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.” ― bell hooks

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@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

The other theory is that there are actually no women (or just one woman with no face) that are innovative in business and this was a totally scientific list and that "innovative" and "leader" are totally quantifiable traits that are totally objective and free from sexism

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

6 years

I immigrated from one of those banned Muslim countries. This is my country now, but man, America, you keep breaking my heart.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

The other day, I was talking to someone who said: “I was really attracted to him; he was diverse.” She meant “black.” When people refer to individuals as diverse, I want to reply by saying “I AM LEGION”

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

The absolute best and most secure gig ever is being a Middle-East policy pundit. You need no qualifications at all: no language skills, cultural familiarity or knowledge of history required. You can keep being wrong and never ever lose your job or your platform. It's pretty neat!

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

You know what would be a better idea? If we could all "donate" money into a common pot of money (say once a year in April?) and then we could use that money to pay all the teachers a decent salary and enough $ for supplies

The New York Times

@nytimes

5 years

A teacher in Arizona posted her salary on Facebook. A stranger in New York City offered to pay for her class's snacks and school supplies.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

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1 year

Just face it, the Dems will keep losing unless they properly understand the nuance of what these swing voters want and take their concerns seriously

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

1 year

hard to believe this wasn’t a winning message

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

I'm really impressed with @PeteButtigieg 's Douglass plan released today. It's thoughtful, comprehensive, and rooted in good research and history. I'm especially excited about the Community Homestead Act! 😊 Read the whole thing:

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

Something absolutely remarkable and historic is happening in Iran right now. The people are overthrowing their regime—led by women. And it’s happening fast. No outside intervention, no leader, soldiers are walking away from service, the mullahs are scared. Incredible

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

For democrats who oppose big structural changes--to the court, senate, electoral college.. What happens when the Court goes after the EPA, SEC, reverses Lawrence? And what happens when all the liberals have to move to blue states and we cede the Senate?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

You guys, they gave me a blue check! Which I think means that I’m obligated to promote a crypto coin now. Which one should I choose?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Next time, my friends, @Jeffrey_Dyer and @nathan_furr , maybe ask @MittRomney to send over some of his binders!

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Remember how everyone was outraged last week when @IlhanMN said we should be worried about white suprematist terrorism?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

This message made me irrationally happy today

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

@ronlieber @DorothyABrown Ok. That’s a great idea. I’m crossing my fingers for positive developments over the next few months. I’ll help her write something up for you.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

7 years

My new book about black banks and the racial wealth gap is coming out in September!

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

There's been a false idea that the government does everything badly and the private market can do everything better. The post office has a very democratic and egalitarian mission at its heart. Postal banking is a good way to show how public institutions can deliver.

Bryce Covert

@brycecovert

5 years

The next Democratic president has the power to create postal banking and improve the financial lives of the unbanked

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

6 years

I think we have an adjective problem here—you need not be a socialist to oppose aristocracy and corruption, a feminist to oppose sexual assault, or a liberal to oppose Trump’s cleptocracy. The labels were weaponized by people in power to denigrate basic appeals to justice.

Bill Kristol

@BillKristol

6 years

The history of the Trump family business is bringing out my inner socialist. Some defenses of Kavanaugh are bringing out my inner feminist. The Trump-era degradation of American conservatism is bringing out my inner liberal. IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Personal News that is both sad and happy: Sad: I am leaving my wonderful institution and amazing students at @UGASchoolofLaw . Happy: I will be going to @UCILaw next year, which I am very excited about.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

My husband’s abuelita, born in Mexico in 1927, reading the #1619project . ⁦ @nhannahjones ⁩ ⁦ @NYTmag ⁩

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

I remember in HS, I'd call @Z100NewYork over and over again so I could be the 100th caller and get free Boys II Men tickets at MSG. Anyway, that's how it feels trying to sign up for a vaccine in my county right now.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

7 months

And it exists outside my head....

The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America

www.amazon.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Another ordinary Monday, another well-thought out policy release by @SenWarren that has been years in the making, can radically change people’s lives, and that centers racial equality. But hey, I wonder how fast Mayor Pete can do a Rubik cube?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

If you read one thing today—

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

Quick story about monopoly power. So @amazon has been trying to build a hub in our town to which citizens & council members have tried to stop. This was ~ 3 months ago and negotiations seem to be ongoing. ~ 2 months ago, Amazon increased prime shipping time to ONLY OUR ZIP

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Stop what you’re doing and go read this book! It’s so brilliant and necessary. The part about the “management” of the breast milk of slaves by mistresses was just devastating and also I just can’t believe it never occurred to me that it would be a commodity! @sejr_historian

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@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

No.

Forbes

@Forbes

3 years

Meet the 16 year old entrepreneur interested in cryptocurrency:

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

6 years

since he clearly didn't read the whole study--the 30% of the ants aren't naturally better or smarter. It's a rotating 30% so the scientists tested for this exact misunderstanding & false comparison to human inequality. It's about congestion in the ant hole, you a-hole! :)

Dr Jordan B Peterson

@jordanbpeterson

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30% of the ants do 70% of the work. Not a consequence of the West, or capitalism, in case it needs to be said :)

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

I was just remembering back to law school and I think I had 1 or 2 teachers who ever brought up CRT to analyze a case, but all of them used Law and Econ and asked "what would Posner do" to practically every decision. And I went to a "liberal law school." Seems relevant...

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

Happy Nowruz! May the new year bring you peace, vaccine immunity, hugs with friends, and indoor dining.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

I vote Williamson for United States Yogi laureate

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

6 years

@shesnottrump @Amanda_pon @KatzOnEarth This kid is going to have a long and profitable career and end up on tons of panels with the likes of Sam Harris, Amy Wax, Ben Shapiro, Jordyn Peterson, etc. Grift is lucrative these days and there's always a market niche for POC that claim racism doesn't exist.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

This is infuriating.

The Hill

@thehill

3 years

Los Angeles vaccination site temporarily shut down after protestors block entrance

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Maybe we should cut their taxes some more? I'm sure this will fix itself.

The richest 10% of households now represent 70% of all U.S. wealth

The rich are getting richer. It is a refrain that has certainly been uttered before, and likely will again, as Deutsche Bank’s chief economist says the gap...

www.marketwatch.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

Disney when I was growing up: how can we draw a sexy/innocent child/woman with no waist or nose? Disney now: how can we depict deep-seated inter-generational trauma in a cartoon?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

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3 years

So I know there’s no Nobel prize for legal scholars (thank goodness), but umm after the Econ prize debunking bad wage theory, is someone going to fix this in Posner’s canonical text and all the actual laws it inspired?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Can I just Marie Kondo my inbox and only respond to emails that spark joy and delete the ones that don't?

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@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Dear Kamala, Reparations or go home.

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@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

“First, you legally segregate, and then you let the market do it for you.” Great piece, citing my new article Jim Crow Credit. ⁦ @CityLab ⁩ ⁦ @brentinmock ⁩

White Americans' Hold on Wealth Is Old, Deep, and Nearly Unshakeable

White families quickly recuperated financial losses after the Civil War, and then created a Jim Crow credit system to bring more white families into money.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

I've been having this haircut for 2 decades just preparing for this day.

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@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Ladies and gentlemen of the pundit class, I present you “likability”

Elizabeth Warren

@ewarren

5 years

@ashleyn1cole DM me and let’s figure this out.

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I CANNOT believe this movie is 30!? Marisa Tomei in this movie is my favorite person of all time.

‘My Cousin Vinny’ at 30: An Unlikely Oscar Winner (Published 2022)

Much like Vinny in the South, the film was a fish out of water at the Academy Awards. But the comedy endures, thanks to a generous Joe Pesci and a fiery Marisa Tomei.

www.nytimes.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

Some people might consider replacing phrases like: "this thing should be studied," "there are no books written on this topic," and "why isn't anyone studying X" with "I have not read anything on this topic" or "I have not done a basic google search to see if books on this exist."

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I'm just going to say this again--what's happening in Iran is not a protest. It's a revolution. Led by women, but supported by almost all citizens. This is not about Islam. It's a dictatorship that routinely harasses and rapes women under their bullshit hijab rules.

Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

So many innocent people have been murdered and tortured here. My mom was sent to Evin in the 1980s. Torture, beatings, death, all sorts of cruelty. I hope the prisoners get out alive and this place burns to ground.

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2 years

We live in a world of chaos and lawlessness. I don't think it's too much to ask for Wordle stick to some basic rules and standards about chosen words.

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This whole #1619Project is required reading! ⁦I was awed by @nhannahjones ’s initial vision for this and her hard work in creating an essential and timely resource. I am honored to contribute in a tiny way.

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So the opportunity zones are just helping really rich people build stuff for other rich people so that they can all get richer? I'm so shocked 🙄

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3 years

This is…absolute and pure perfection

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6 years

[whispers] you can just pay the poll tax and take the literacy test again.

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2 years

A thing that makes me angry is that: W.E.B. Dubois is probably the best if not one of the best American intellectual of all the centuries during which he lived, which is 2 whole ones. He was apparently so dangerous that the FBI took away his passport when he was OLD!

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

Our school district figured this out. Everyone gets free lunch—no coupons or numbers. Just hand every child food if they want it. If you bring your lunch, you still go thru the line.

The Wall Street Journal

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Is there a way to offer free school meals without stigmatizing those who need them?

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I’ve read a dozen books about the damage tech is doing to my brain. Without my smartphone, audible app and Bluetooth, I wouldn’t “read” nearly as many books & articles. Has anyone written about how tech might be making our brains better? I don’t miss being bored and knowing less

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My op-ed in the @nytimes !

New York Times Opinion

@nytopinion

5 years

Using capitalism to fix the racial wealth gap will work only if there is a means to transfer capital, assets, wealth or housing, writes @MehrsaBaradaran

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@YonasTakele4 Yonas! You’re NYU law! Yay. I would love for her to reach out to you! Thank you

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@tressiemcphd The part where he accuses her of having an eating disorder?!!!! 😡🤬 I have no doubt that when a guy like this gets dumped, he goes immediately to "girls don't like nice guys" whining.

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5 years

I don't know who needs to hear this... but, don't just randomly say stuff without knowing your intended audience.

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And all this time, everyone thought it was WOMEN who weren't suited for positions of power because WE could not control our hormones.

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It's here.....

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6 years

This child refugee thing is all very personal for me. I was one of those kids. America gave me asylum and I am still so grateful. I wrote this a while back, but it's still true:

I Was a Refugee From a “Terrorist Country” Who Grew Up Saying “Death to America.” America Trusted...

In 1986, I was a 9-year-old Muslim immigrant from the “terrorist country” of Iran trying to escape war and a revolution gone wrong. My mom (in hijab),...

slate.com

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

I’ve tried very hard to avoid saying anything about this because I know we have enough controversial issues to deal with but I just feel compelled to speak out: feta doesn’t belong in pasta. It’s too strong. Mozzarella is fine and good.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

Reminder for the non-billionaires and the bill-gates-onaires just how much money is in a billion units of money

nikki mccann ramírez

@NikkiMcR

5 years

Just replace the government with Tik Tok teens

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

Not linking to the Brooks opinion but I’m just wondering: when these guys write up thoughts that pop into their brain, do they ever consider like reading anything at all about the topic just in case there is like a vast body of work about beauty standards, race, class, gender…?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

🙌🏽🙌🏽🎉🎉🎉

David Dayen

@ddayen

3 years

NEWS: The US Postal Service has taken the first steps toward re-establishing a postal banking system in America.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

Ok here’s the pitch— a remake of the Christmas Carol where he falls asleep and meets the ghosts of money past (maybe William Jennings Bryan and Hamilton) and money future (and it’s just a meme that robs him) and then his guide (Keynes) shows him student debt Tim and he gets it?

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

You guys are making me weep this morning. I got so many DMs and messages like this. I am happy to cover application costs. I won’t feel a pinch, but it’s an insurmountable cost for many people. Admissions contacts would be amazing though.

Burlington 1

@1Burlington

4 years

@MehrsaBaradaran Mehrsa - thanks for posting. Ok people let’s get this child into college! We can’t change the system but we can scrounge the twitter verse for resources. I can send $ - DM me. There has to be admissions people out there to help quarterback this? Let’s do this.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

3 years

My experience with Roblox is that one time I looked at my apple receipt and saw that my 9 year old had made over $1000 in purchases in Roblox. She hadn't realized it was real money. So I guess my 9 year old is a silent investor and I would like my real money back.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

4 years

Biden just dodged that reparations question like a much nimbler and younger man.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

(Screams into to the void): CREDIT UNIONS ARE JUST BANKS THAT PAY LESS IN TAXES AND GET AWAY WITH MORE BECAUSE OF REALLY GOOD PR!

Aaron Klein

@Aarondklein

2 years

Starting to read new @CFPB report on overdraft and it seems like credit unions are deeper into overdrafts than banks!

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

6 years

MLK: greatest stumbling block is the white moderate who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action

b-boy bouiebaisse

@jbouie

6 years

someone please kill me

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

5 years

In law school, at least when I went and where I have taught, the students who want to work in public interest do crim, family law, etc and the students who want to work at firms do finance. This is a problem.

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

This is unacceptable. Saule was mistreated and harassed and we witnessed it publicly. Senators crossed the line in questioning her and she got a lot worse privately. I can attest that this stuff is really hard personally & emotionally when you’re just trying to do your work

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Mehrsa Baradaran

@MehrsaBaradaran

2 years

Seems like if you want to be confirmed for anything these days, you have to be born in America and not write anything critical about the current system or have proposed any creative remedies? Also, don’t tweet anything. Or speak off the cuff? Depressing

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