gonna be reading part of a @KieseLaymon poem tonight. here's the whole thing: bostonreview.net/articles/and-b…

'The history of abolition, we argue in this book, has actually been very much concerned with feminism,' says Gina Dent, one of the co-authors of the new book “Abolition. Feminism. Now.”

democracynow.org/2022/1/19/abol…

Following his remarks, Sen. Cory Booker hugs Judge Jackson's parents.

“we are born and have our being in a place of memory.”

sweet rest, bell hooks.

I am human

New: LMPD Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly (who is being investigated as part of Breonna Taylor’s case) sent an email to around 1,000 officers at 2am that calls protestors thugs, complains about the government enforcing civil rights violations, and claims this is 'good versus evil”

Maybe we should start to call any naturally occurring miracles (rainbows, meteor showers, whale sightings, rivers, Spring) by a collective name: Semenya. We love you Caster Semenya. Exactly as you are. May we be exactly who you inspire us to be.

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Senegal, a Muslim country that everyone always seems to forget when discussing Islamic nations, also has other really fascinating progressive policies and public health measures. So cool to see this.

The gender binary is an environmental hazard

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After a white off‐duty police officer shot and killed James Powell, a Black teen-ager, in 1964, the writer and activist June Jordan threw herself into what she called “a collaborative architectural redesign of Harlem.” nyer.cm/ruLmrQV

So woke up to the news that CRT is banned as the greatest threat to Western Civilization. This is McCarthyism 101. I've often wondered what our allies would do when they came for us. Now we'll see.

bitly.ws/9DEr

Read my brand NEW essay 'Chop Suey Surplus: Chinese food, sex, and the political economy of #AfroAsia ' Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory.

Thanks to those who helped me celebrate the publication last night #ChopSueySupperClub hosted by Museum of Food + Drink. 50 free PDFs. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

ICE detainees report relieving themselves on their dishes, covering it up with torn-up pieces of plastic bags to control odors, and sleeping near toilets filled with waste. 'We cannot sleep because the whole dorm is smelly.” ow.ly/fIxJ30r8eYa

Extending previous bans on ethnic studies, this new memo lays the foundation for the elimination of the study of the humanities and social sciences. It attempts to re-establish white authority as the only source of knowledge.
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