Kristen Joiner

@kristenjoiner

Thinker, writer about power + inequality. Co-Author ROLLING WARRIOR and BEING HEUMANN with . Ally. Ashtangi. Kiwi transplant. Mom and Step-Mom.

New Zealand
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Joined November 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Jun 2021

    It was a such an honour (and fun!) to co-author this YA version of 's memoir, Being Heumann, with the badass Judy and 8 brilliant young activists.

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  2. Mar 7

    Love it!

    A photo of Judy Heumann smiling with a wooden toy. Judy is a white woman in her 70s who uses a wheelchair. She has short brown highlighted hair and is wearing red glasses, cream oval earrings, and a blue sweater. The toy is a girl who uses a wheelchair painted with brown hair, a pink shirt, blue pants, and a grey wheelchair. There is a brown string to pull the toy. There is a tag that reads “Judy. Our Judy toy is named for Judy Heumann, internationally recognized disability rights activist. A polio survivor, Judy is featured prominently in the film Crip Camp. She was the first wheelchair user to teach in New York City, and she has worked throughout her life to advance the rights and empowerment of all disabled people around the world.”
    Thank you for naming this toy after me!
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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    say what u want about the nz govt but they just randomly called me and delivered us 5 days worth of food (so until the end of our iso) & im feeling incredibly grateful (and they asked if we wanted halal meat so they’re going to the butcher to grab us some??).

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  4. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    15/But the company's priorities are such that the passage of the hateful bill is to them only a bothersome sideshow. The real energy is behind keeping Florida "business friendly." Which always means "citizens unfriendly." Read this for more:

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  5. Feb 23

    RIP Paul Farmer. The world lost a true revolutionary this week.

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  6. Feb 23

    I truly don't understand how people can muster this much energy and determination to protest a vaccine but don't seem to be doing the same for global extinction and cataclysmic climate change?

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  7. Feb 23

    This is just so wrong on so many levels. Kim Kardashian Reportedly Paid $100,000 to Paint Her Luxury Cars the Same Color As Her House - Vanity Fair

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  8. Retweeted
    Feb 19

    Thoughts. In case I am ever asked ‘where were you during the protest, and what did you think?’, here goes. 1. You are known by the company you keep. When Nazis show up to your party it’s time to go home and try again another day.

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  9. Feb 15

    Yay honesty!

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    CBS News asked me what was driving the corporate stock market today. Not sure they appreciated my answer
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  10. Feb 15

    Really looking forward to this!

    As part of the 2022 Washtenaw Read, join and for an online discussion of her memoir Being Heumann in the Washtenaw Reads Author Event–Thursday (Feb. 17) at 4pm on Zoom! More information here:
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  11. Feb 15

    Traffic: "We conveniently ignore the fact that it is the environment that we have built that has proven to be so deadly for people." via

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    Feb 15

    As part of the 2022 Washtenaw Read, join and for an online discussion of her memoir Being Heumann in the Washtenaw Reads Author Event–Thursday (Feb. 17) at 4pm on Zoom! More information here:

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  13. Retweeted
    Feb 10

    As you read today's inflation report, pay close attention to what the CEOs who set prices are saying. We got our hands on the latest batch of earnings reports, and it's a doozy. They're literally bragging about hiking prices while hiding behind "inflation." The receipts...(1/7)

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    Feb 9

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    Feb 7

    Corporate greed is Netflix making a record-breaking $5.1 billion profit, giving its CEO $43 million in total compensation, avoiding over $1 billion in taxes and paying a 1.1% effective federal income tax rate – a lower tax rate than a nurse, teacher or truck driver.

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  16. Retweeted
    Feb 2

    A group of homeless people in San Francisco got $500 a month for 6 months, no strings attached. Two-thirds of them got on their feet and secured stable long-term housing. Amazing what happens when you treat poor people like human beings

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    So, 77% of Kiwis want the Gov to correct this abhorrent inequity. 77% of Kiwis want the Gov to break away from successive Govs' deliberate policy of protecting the profits of wealthy speculators. 77% of Kiwis know: housing is a human right.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 27

    . haven’t been shy about our preferences, but now Govt has committed to an option, it’s time to get on with Auckland Light Rail. There’s got to be commitment to Universal Design, community engagement and streets for the people. Big day, NUMTOTs! 🚊

    Auckland light rail: Tunnel option with harbour crossing link chosen
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    Jan 27

    My brothers and I grew up without grandparents or great-grandmothers because they were killed in concentration camps. I've often wondered what it would have been like for my parents to have their parents here in the U.S. while we were growing up.

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    Jan 26

    This heartbreaking footage shows a cow being separated from her calf, a standard practice on dairy farms (warning: distressing)

    Farmer Separates Cow and Calf in Heartbreaking Footage
    This heartbreaking footage shows a cow being separated from her calf, a standard practice on dairy farms
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  21. Retweeted
    Jan 25

    When talking about our agendas for the day, I told my 5yo I was a little nervous about a meeting I have today. He said, “Mama, I am nervous all the time. I know what to do.” So friends, here is all the advice he could fit into the drive to school:

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