“These are criminal cases that are about punishing women and queer people for their #bodilyautonomy, for their gender, and for their gender performance.” Check out my new interview with @theappeal.org @elizabethweill.bsky.social discussing Pink Crime: theappeal.org/new-book-exa... #socialjustice

“While dying of AIDS in a sixth-floor walk-up in Hell’s Kitchen, and before taking his own life, the gay Cuban ex-pat writer, Reinaldo Arenas wrote a memoir.” Already captivated by @northeasternu.bsky.social Professor @libbyadler.bsky.social new book: Governing the Terrain Called Beauty.

Illinois took a step toward accountability with HB 3663, increasing compensation for wrongful imprisonment, expanding eligibility for restitution, and helping ensure more compensation reaches exonerees. tinyurl.com/5x8uhdze tinyurl.com/ym3fcswk

Does #AEDPA apply in US Territories? I learned from @emmanuelarnaud.bsky.social that’s just the tip of the iceberg for problems litigating and obtaining post-conviction relief. Thank you #crimfest and @bennettcapers.bsky.social @cbhessick.bsky.social @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social for organizing!

Freebie alert: if you pre-order Pink Crime in July, you'll get a discussion guide for starting meaningful conversations and taking action to stop pink crime. Here's a short form to fill out- forms.gle/EnvH722NkaoR... Feel free to fill it out again to give a copy to a friend, too. #pinkcrimebook

Thank you @dorfmandoron.bsky.social and #Crimfest folks for coming to @bgsqd.bsky.social for our book talk!

Serial killers, sumptuary laws, police mislabels, misogyny - it was a great first talk for #pinkcrimebook - and at @bgsqd.bsky.social @lgbtcenternyc.bsky.social with @hughryan.bsky.social and @tinaluongo.bsky.social ! Thanks everyone who came!

Up early for bagels and #crimfest papers and the awesome @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social hippo! Great start to the day!

It's #disabilitypride month, and 30% of proceeds from every presale of Pink Crime will go to Movement for Family Power: challenging family policing of all vulnerable families and mamas, "breaking isolation, and transforming narratives." Code FAMILYPOWER #pinkcrimebook

"Trauma is a key factor when falsely confess." Thank you @indypendent.bsky.social author Eleanor Bader for the thoughtful review of Pink Crime: indypendent.org/2026/06/pink...

Women and queer people in rural communities, like in my home state of Indiana, are affected by pregnancy criminalization, abortion criminalization, and queer criminalization. Thank you to Assn. of American Law Schools Criminal Law Section for the chance to talk about rural courts and pink crime.

Roe v. Wade fell four years ago this week. Now, let's focus on coalition building and passing new laws. We can do this. #PinkCrimeBook #ReproForAll

We have all heard histories of wrongful convictions of women. I spoke about the Salem witch trials on @academiclife.bsky.social with Dr. Christina Gessler and how women have been persecuted and convicted of no-crime offenses for centuries. Listen to the full episode wherever you get podcasts.

What is Pink Crime about? Thanks, @nbcnews.com Las Vegas, for asking and for recognizing #pridemonth. #pinkcrimebook #criminaljusticereform

I want to send a special thank you to the students of the LGBTQ+ Rights Discussion Group at the University of Oxford. This talk kicked off a three day trip to talk about my forthcoming book, Pink Crime. Here is a photo of me with some of the discussion group folks. #PinkCrime #LGBTQRights

Proud to celebrate my longtime client, Tasha Mercedes Shelby, on earning her Associate of Arts degree from Hinds Community College along with five other incarcerated Mississippians. Tasha is a member of Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society, further proving her dedication to academic achievements.

So excited to speak on May 28 at the SOAS Brunei Gallery with @clivestaffordsmith.bsky.social

Introducing my forthcoming book, Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity. Pink Crime tells the stories of women and queer people who were convicted of crimes that never occurred and warns of the laws coming next. Out August 4 from the New Press!

Most people in Indiana who need abortion care are forced to travel to neighboring states; the Hoosier Abortion Fund covers child care costs, travel, and food. With access to abortion medication at risk, donate here: fund.nnaf.org/Valena #hoosierabortionfund #pinkcrime @alloptionsnatl.bsky.social

How can we reimagine safety? @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social is hosting Director @mattytheglue.bsky.social to discuss his film as part of Prof Yvette Butler & IU Journal of Law & Social Equity symposium on liberatory lawyering, with support from the IU Black Film Archive. Join us Wed! #reimaginesafety

Presenting my paper “Unfit”: Gender Ableism & Reproductive Wrongful Convictions today - thanks for the wintery welcome Chicago, @mary-anne-case.bsky.social workshop on the regulation of family, sex, and gender, & Jamelia Morgan as commentator. Hope the paper is spicy enough to warm up this place! 🔥

Intro post! I’m Valena Beety, law prof at Indiana University (Maurer), board member starting up the Indiana Innocence Project, and I write about wrongful convictions of women and queer people. Did you know 75% of female exonerees were wrongly convicted where no crime occurred? New book in 2025.

Some Bluesky love from our tripod Eva - goodbye twitter! @jennoliva.bsky.social