Samira Ahmed
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn. Next: The Singular Life of Aria Patel (5/13/25)
Politics. Prose. Pastries.
- The FDA & CDC have been gutted by Trump. We are going to see more and more of this.
- LOL Chicago is going to be insufferable, aren't we.
- Why did seeing Yavin's early days in Andor make me so emotional? Honestly this whole show.
- Reposted by Samira AhmedThis is not war btwn two states, or just about Modi. India is occupying Kashmir. There is no evidence that Pakistan was behind Pahalgam, but Indian imperial expansionism and Islamophobia drives this jingoism. Most impacted regions are lands of struggle - partioned Panjab & esp Kashmir. Free Kashmir
- Reposted by Samira AhmedJune 14 is No Kings Day. While Trump hosts his birthday parade in DC, we’ll be rising up everywhere else with nationwide protests to send him one message: NO KINGS! Find an event near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
- Reposted by Samira AhmedIt's telling that a president who has never questioned the tax-exempt status of white nationalist groups is now suggesting the IRS go after Harvard’s. @michaelmechanic.bsky.social on America's strange charitable sector and what qualifies as "education."
- Please notice how Modi's language directly reflects rhetoric of Putin, Netanyahu & Trump. Also important to note that Jammu & Kashmir HAD autonomous status but Modi stripped that away, demolished their legislature & made them a federally controlled territory (they were a state). Familiar?
- This thread is making me want to reread LOTR. Or, at the very least, continue following this delightful extended take.
