Chelsi West Ohueri
@chelsiwo.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Scholar Mama. Spouse. Writing & teaching about race, marginalization, and health in the Balkans and US South. Mississippi made. New Book: Encountering Race in Albania, from Cornell UP.
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"Last night's victory proves that Mississippi is no longer a foregone conclusion—we are a battleground state," Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor says in a statement this morning after Democrats broke the GOP Senate supermajority.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Last night's victory proves that Mississippi is no longer a foregone conclusion—we are a battleground state," Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor says in a statement this morning after Democrats broke the GOP Senate supermajority.
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Wait, are people really upset that Mamdani spoke about his “aunt,” and it was actually his father’s cousin and not his father’s sibling?
Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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oh i feel this one so hard
My kids always ask their most complicated questions when I'm trying to do something complicated while parking the car.
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
oh i feel this one so hard
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The Prime Minister of Albania came up to Macron and Azerbaijani President Aliyev and joked about how Trump had resolved the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijan.
October 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Prime Minister of Albania came up to Macron and Azerbaijani President Aliyev and joked about how Trump had resolved the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijan.
I was recently interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for my book, Encountering Race in Albania. Check it out! newbooksnetwork.com/encountering...
Chelsi West Ohueri, "Encountering Race in Albania: An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife" (Cornell UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I was recently interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for my book, Encountering Race in Albania. Check it out! newbooksnetwork.com/encountering...
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Shreveport, LA, the largest city in Speaker Mike Johnson's district, has a murder rate more than twice Chicago's, and a crime rate considerably higher than both the state and national average. And Johnson isn't calling for the military to invade it. One of many ways we know this isn't about crime.
September 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Shreveport, LA, the largest city in Speaker Mike Johnson's district, has a murder rate more than twice Chicago's, and a crime rate considerably higher than both the state and national average. And Johnson isn't calling for the military to invade it. One of many ways we know this isn't about crime.
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Love the Internet Archive.
A vital record of Black life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is now online.
Hancock County Library System, with help from Community Webs & @InternetArchive, has digitized the Mississippi Star.
Learn more ⤵️
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Hancock County Library System, with help from Community Webs & @InternetArchive, has digitized the Mississippi Star.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/09/03/l...
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September 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Love the Internet Archive.
just like Ben Carson
Hilarious that they offered Adams a position at the US Department of the only thing they hire black people for
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has reportedly “been offered a position at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development”
September 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
just like Ben Carson
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NEW: When Biden nominated Scott Colom to a federal court, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith used the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to block his nomination.
Now, instead of a federal judgeship, Colom is aiming to unseat her in the Senate.
@heatherharrison.bsky.social reports on his campaign launch:
Now, instead of a federal judgeship, Colom is aiming to unseat her in the Senate.
@heatherharrison.bsky.social reports on his campaign launch:
Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocked Scott Colom’s Judicial Nomination. Now He’s Running Against Her for US Senate.
Two years after U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked Scott Colom’s nomination to a federal court, he’s running against her for U.S. Senate.
www.mississippifreepress.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
NEW: When Biden nominated Scott Colom to a federal court, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith used the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to block his nomination.
Now, instead of a federal judgeship, Colom is aiming to unseat her in the Senate.
@heatherharrison.bsky.social reports on his campaign launch:
Now, instead of a federal judgeship, Colom is aiming to unseat her in the Senate.
@heatherharrison.bsky.social reports on his campaign launch:
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tbh i'm deeply amused how we went from accusations of welfare queen stuff in the 70s/80s to this
September 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tbh i'm deeply amused how we went from accusations of welfare queen stuff in the 70s/80s to this
Oooh I love doing this too in my med humanities and social medicine courses
Love spending the first day having students define “health” and “well” and then complicating those definition to show what medical humanities is and does. So often the class starts with the assumption that “health” is objective and being “well” is subjective
September 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Oooh I love doing this too in my med humanities and social medicine courses
And when people read my book and ask how ideas of "West" and "white" are related, I'll just show them this...because if people are migrating then populations are increasing right???
September 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And when people read my book and ask how ideas of "West" and "white" are related, I'll just show them this...because if people are migrating then populations are increasing right???
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New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
August 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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Imagine you gotta be really dedicated to the white community to want to meet with the third paragraph people
you rarely encounter a perfect intro..........but when you do
August 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Imagine you gotta be really dedicated to the white community to want to meet with the third paragraph people
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Breaking news: The White House will launch an aggressive review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebrations next year.
White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums
In a letter to the Smithsonian’s leader, White House officials said they would review exhibition text, curation, exhibition planning and collections starting with eight museums.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Breaking news: The White House will launch an aggressive review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebrations next year.
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Dr. Anna Willow is doing an exploratory research project to understand the impacts of policy changes on anthropologists and their field of study. She is seeking US-based anthropologists to participate in online interviews over the next several months. For more info, contact willow.1@osu.edu.
August 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Dr. Anna Willow is doing an exploratory research project to understand the impacts of policy changes on anthropologists and their field of study. She is seeking US-based anthropologists to participate in online interviews over the next several months. For more info, contact willow.1@osu.edu.
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honestly I hate the whole framing that a woman choosing not to sleep with or go out with a man is “rejecting” him
it makes it sound so active, like the default is to say yes
when in actuality we all walk by hundreds of people every day that we’re not going to sleep with
it makes it sound so active, like the default is to say yes
when in actuality we all walk by hundreds of people every day that we’re not going to sleep with
August 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
honestly I hate the whole framing that a woman choosing not to sleep with or go out with a man is “rejecting” him
it makes it sound so active, like the default is to say yes
when in actuality we all walk by hundreds of people every day that we’re not going to sleep with
it makes it sound so active, like the default is to say yes
when in actuality we all walk by hundreds of people every day that we’re not going to sleep with
Wow, ok this is loud: "Perfectionism perpetuates an endless state of striving. It’s an affliction of futility, an addiction to finding masochistic refuge in the familiar hell of feeling insufficient. It might not feel good, but it feels like home."
Perfectionism might seem more like a humblebrag than a serious source of suffering, but the phenomenon has ties to depression, eating disorders, and suicide.
The Pain of Perfectionism
It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
www.newyorker.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wow, ok this is loud: "Perfectionism perpetuates an endless state of striving. It’s an affliction of futility, an addiction to finding masochistic refuge in the familiar hell of feeling insufficient. It might not feel good, but it feels like home."
Just when I get excited about getting my inbox to 0, here comes another one...
August 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just when I get excited about getting my inbox to 0, here comes another one...
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A Russian missile killed a pregnant woman in the Ukrainian hospital where she was being treated.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
In a Ukrainian maternity ward, a Russian missile delivered death
A missile killed Diana Koshyk and her unborn son in the hospital where she was being treated, near a building Ukrainian soldiers used as a warehouse.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A Russian missile killed a pregnant woman in the Ukrainian hospital where she was being treated.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
too real this morning
August 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
too real this morning
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Chuck E. Cheese is opening arcades for adults
Chuck E. Cheese is opening arcades for adults
Chuck E. Cheese isn’t just for the kids anymore.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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