Katherine McKittrick
@demonicgrounds.bsky.social
lovesick audiophile + heartbroken reader + book maker
most of my writing can be accessed free: www.katherinemckittrick.com
we established a working group at: www.revolutionarydemandforhappiness.com
most of my writing can be accessed free: www.katherinemckittrick.com
we established a working group at: www.revolutionarydemandforhappiness.com
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It’s reading week muthafuckas! And I’m all over it! 📖✌🏾💕🎶
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
It’s reading week muthafuckas! And I’m all over it! 📖✌🏾💕🎶
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New #OpenAccess article by @vethompson.bsky.social -- "Policing as Un-Breathing and Geographies of Black Breathing in Europe" doi.org/10.1111/anti...
Policing as Un‐Breathing and Geographies of Black Breathing in Europe
The nexus of racism and policing has gained much political attention in Europe since the 2020 mass protests that followed the uprisings after the murder of George Floyd in the US. While many protesto...
doi.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:28 AM
New #OpenAccess article by @vethompson.bsky.social -- "Policing as Un-Breathing and Geographies of Black Breathing in Europe" doi.org/10.1111/anti...
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@demonicgrounds.bsky.social Hey, happy new(ish) year, Katherine! Did you see this article about "deep reading as praxis" and Ida B. Wells-Barnett that takes as a point of departure your analysis of reading?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Against the grain: Deep reading as abolitionist praxis in education
On the matter of reading techniques and citational politics, there is a way of reading, even in progressive circles, that prioritizes extraction, recitation, liberal individualism, and attendant ca...
www.tandfonline.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
@demonicgrounds.bsky.social Hey, happy new(ish) year, Katherine! Did you see this article about "deep reading as praxis" and Ida B. Wells-Barnett that takes as a point of departure your analysis of reading?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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At AAG Detroit in 2025, Dr. LaToya Eaves was in dialogue with Drs. Katherine McKittrick, Willie Jamaal Wright, and Kevin Grove about the pathbreaking book, Black Geographies and the Politics of Place.
@spacedemands.bsky.social @blackgeographies.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
@spacedemands.bsky.social @blackgeographies.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
At AAG Detroit in 2025, Dr. LaToya Eaves was in dialogue with Drs. Katherine McKittrick, Willie Jamaal Wright, and Kevin Grove about the pathbreaking book, Black Geographies and the Politics of Place.
@spacedemands.bsky.social @blackgeographies.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
@spacedemands.bsky.social @blackgeographies.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
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Their discussion, “A conversation on Katherine McKittrick and Clyde Woods (eds), Black Geographies and the Politics of Place” has been published in Progress in Human Geography.
Read it at the 🔗 here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📸 : Rosemary Ayelazuno (UTK Geog alumna!)
Read it at the 🔗 here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📸 : Rosemary Ayelazuno (UTK Geog alumna!)
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February 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Their discussion, “A conversation on Katherine McKittrick and Clyde Woods (eds), Black Geographies and the Politics of Place” has been published in Progress in Human Geography.
Read it at the 🔗 here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📸 : Rosemary Ayelazuno (UTK Geog alumna!)
Read it at the 🔗 here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📸 : Rosemary Ayelazuno (UTK Geog alumna!)
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Some more faves for #BlackHistoryMonth
February 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Some more faves for #BlackHistoryMonth
so jazzed to be in conversation with these smarties! take a look in the same place where most of my writings can be found (katherinemckittrick.com)
February 7, 2026 at 2:27 AM
so jazzed to be in conversation with these smarties! take a look in the same place where most of my writings can be found (katherinemckittrick.com)
Beyond the Kumbla is out from Africa World Press. It includes the full unabridged long version of Sylvia Wynter’s “Beyond Miranda’s Meanings.” I’m jazzed and grateful to have an essay on SW’s piece in this collection.
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Beyond the Kumbla is out from Africa World Press. It includes the full unabridged long version of Sylvia Wynter’s “Beyond Miranda’s Meanings.” I’m jazzed and grateful to have an essay on SW’s piece in this collection.
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African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation (with an incredible lineup). A longread of 68 pages @antipodeonline.bsky.social
#geosky @demonicgrounds.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#geosky @demonicgrounds.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation
Antipode has become a key platform for engaging with decolonial and anticolonial scholarship, as well as adjacent fields such as Black geographies, Indigenous studies, Latin American feminism, and wo...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation (with an incredible lineup). A longread of 68 pages @antipodeonline.bsky.social
#geosky @demonicgrounds.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#geosky @demonicgrounds.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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“What the garlic would need to send up its contribution to spring flamboyance… is precisely this long period of cold. This requirement is called the ‘memory of winter,’ or, more scientifically, ‘vernalization.’ Apples and almonds and peach trees won’t flower without the memory of winter either...”
Memory of Winter – Zoë Schlanger
When is the right time to bring new life into the world? Journalist Zoë Schlanger explores how the moment of spring emergence is increasingly the biggest gamble of a plant’s life amid unpredictable fr...
emergencemagazine.org
February 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
“What the garlic would need to send up its contribution to spring flamboyance… is precisely this long period of cold. This requirement is called the ‘memory of winter,’ or, more scientifically, ‘vernalization.’ Apples and almonds and peach trees won’t flower without the memory of winter either...”
Hi! We met and talked about Sylvia Wynter and Palestine for five hours today ✌🏾💕
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Hi! We met and talked about Sylvia Wynter and Palestine for five hours today ✌🏾💕
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The Spring 2026 catalog from @fordhampress.bsky.social just dropped!
#Audiofuturism
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#Audiofuturism
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January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The Spring 2026 catalog from @fordhampress.bsky.social just dropped!
#Audiofuturism
issuu.com/fordhamup/do...
#Audiofuturism
issuu.com/fordhamup/do...
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there is nothing wonderful
January 28, 2026 at 5:47 AM
there is nothing wonderful
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New book review -- Anna Corbett Schlenz (CUNY Graduate Center) on Lise Vogel's "The Contested Domain: Selected Writings on Marxism and Feminism" antipodeonline.org/category/boo... @plutopress.bsky.social @kmunro-econ.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
New book review -- Anna Corbett Schlenz (CUNY Graduate Center) on Lise Vogel's "The Contested Domain: Selected Writings on Marxism and Feminism" antipodeonline.org/category/boo... @plutopress.bsky.social @kmunro-econ.bsky.social
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Toni Cade Bambara said, “I don’t know what folks mean when they talk about writers’ ‘block.‘ I can’t keep up with myself... Yeh. Yeh I like this life I’m leading. Now all I need is a dude I can talk with and laugh with.”
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Toni Cade Bambara said, “I don’t know what folks mean when they talk about writers’ ‘block.‘ I can’t keep up with myself... Yeh. Yeh I like this life I’m leading. Now all I need is a dude I can talk with and laugh with.”
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This coming week on the podcast!
January 26, 2026 at 12:58 AM
This coming week on the podcast!
(1) As I re-read “1492: A New World View” I am reminded of Wynter’s insistence that the enactment of classificatory schemas have very tightly entwined motivators:
January 26, 2026 at 12:05 AM
(1) As I re-read “1492: A New World View” I am reminded of Wynter’s insistence that the enactment of classificatory schemas have very tightly entwined motivators:
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San Francisco peeps! Will be joining my pal @foxworthshow.bsky.social and some others for a live show the week of Super Bowl on Feb 5.
Tickets available here - please share!
www.eventbrite.com/e/espn-nfl-a...
Tickets available here - please share!
www.eventbrite.com/e/espn-nfl-a...
ESPN NFL Analyst Domonique Foxworth and Friends LIVE at The Strand!
Live Podcast Recording with Pre-Show Meet and Greet!
www.eventbrite.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
San Francisco peeps! Will be joining my pal @foxworthshow.bsky.social and some others for a live show the week of Super Bowl on Feb 5.
Tickets available here - please share!
www.eventbrite.com/e/espn-nfl-a...
Tickets available here - please share!
www.eventbrite.com/e/espn-nfl-a...
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Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren... | @bostonreview.bsky.social
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren... | @bostonreview.bsky.social
Renee Good's Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net
January 18, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren... | @bostonreview.bsky.social
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren... | @bostonreview.bsky.social
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Listen in as Joyce E. King talks about education, the foundational values of Black Studies, and the complex history of the field. Great convo, here or on most streams:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Joyce E. King - Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Africana Studies, and Educational Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 11/26/2025 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Listen in as Joyce E. King talks about education, the foundational values of Black Studies, and the complex history of the field. Great convo, here or on most streams:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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John hosts Katherine McKittrick on the podcast to talk about gender, Black study, diaspora, design, and the aesthetic. Fabulous conversation, listen in here or at your fave stream:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Katherine McKittrick - Department of Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, Queen's University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 06/13/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
John hosts Katherine McKittrick on the podcast to talk about gender, Black study, diaspora, design, and the aesthetic. Fabulous conversation, listen in here or at your fave stream:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...