OmiSooreDryden
@drdryden.bsky.social
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Black Queer Femme. she/her/hers
Veronica Dryden's daughter. Harolda Drummond's niece. #BlackQueerBlood #GotBlood2Give
Black Health Education Collaborative
Black Studies Research Institute (in STEMM)
Black Queer Femme. she/her/hers
Veronica Dryden's daughter. Harolda Drummond's niece. #BlackQueerBlood #GotBlood2Give
Black Health Education Collaborative
Black Studies Research Institute (in STEMM)
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OmiSooreDryden
@drdryden.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Thank you @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Dr. #NehalElHadi , and to everyone who came to the #Toronto launch of my book, #GotBloodToGive Anti-Black Homophobia in blood donation. So many great conversations! 🖤🌈🩸 #Halifax you’re next. See you Monday #Nov25 7:30pm #VenusEnvy
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ALL EYES ON PALESTINE: The Israeli military is resuming its all-out assault on Palestinian families in Gaza, drastically escalating its violations of the ceasefire, killing and wounding hundreds.
March 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
ALL EYES ON PALESTINE: The Israeli military is resuming its all-out assault on Palestinian families in Gaza, drastically escalating its violations of the ceasefire, killing and wounding hundreds.
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Two daily #SmallPress #books:
1. Until We Are Free: contributors include: @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @drdryden.bsky.social, and @sarahjama.bsky.social.
2. From My Mother's Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada (Njoki Wane, Wolsak & Wynn)
💙📚 #BookSky #BlackSky #reading #nonfiction
1. Until We Are Free: contributors include: @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @drdryden.bsky.social, and @sarahjama.bsky.social.
2. From My Mother's Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada (Njoki Wane, Wolsak & Wynn)
💙📚 #BookSky #BlackSky #reading #nonfiction
February 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Two daily #SmallPress #books:
1. Until We Are Free: contributors include: @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @drdryden.bsky.social, and @sarahjama.bsky.social.
2. From My Mother's Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada (Njoki Wane, Wolsak & Wynn)
💙📚 #BookSky #BlackSky #reading #nonfiction
1. Until We Are Free: contributors include: @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @drdryden.bsky.social, and @sarahjama.bsky.social.
2. From My Mother's Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada (Njoki Wane, Wolsak & Wynn)
💙📚 #BookSky #BlackSky #reading #nonfiction
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Horrifying Canadian higher ed news:
York University, one of the country’s major R1s, is apparently suspending admission to a number of key programs (including GWS, languages, classics, and enviro biology)—very likely auguring cuts.
This appears to be straight out of the West Virginia playbook.
York University, one of the country’s major R1s, is apparently suspending admission to a number of key programs (including GWS, languages, classics, and enviro biology)—very likely auguring cuts.
This appears to be straight out of the West Virginia playbook.
February 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Horrifying Canadian higher ed news:
York University, one of the country’s major R1s, is apparently suspending admission to a number of key programs (including GWS, languages, classics, and enviro biology)—very likely auguring cuts.
This appears to be straight out of the West Virginia playbook.
York University, one of the country’s major R1s, is apparently suspending admission to a number of key programs (including GWS, languages, classics, and enviro biology)—very likely auguring cuts.
This appears to be straight out of the West Virginia playbook.
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“Ceasefire”.
BREAKING: Israeli forces kill three people and injure five others in drone attack on southern Lebanon.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/rinooa
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/rinooa
February 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Ceasefire”.
Thank you #Vancouver and Cross & Crows!! 🖤🌈🩸✊🏿🏳️⚧️
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you #Vancouver and Cross & Crows!! 🖤🌈🩸✊🏿🏳️⚧️
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Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance is why funding arts and humanities matters. We have Kendrick because his teacher introduced him to poetry and writing.
February 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance is why funding arts and humanities matters. We have Kendrick because his teacher introduced him to poetry and writing.
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What crime did the person commit that merits detention?
Related: it’s been three weeks since Elon Musk vigorously saluted his fellow Nazis at the inauguration
Related: it’s been three weeks since Elon Musk vigorously saluted his fellow Nazis at the inauguration
Excuse me, what in the Footloose fuck? www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
February 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What crime did the person commit that merits detention?
Related: it’s been three weeks since Elon Musk vigorously saluted his fellow Nazis at the inauguration
Related: it’s been three weeks since Elon Musk vigorously saluted his fellow Nazis at the inauguration
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READ THIS ASAP:
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
READ THIS ASAP:
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"As much as the Caribbean is made of islands of European experimentation and exploitation, the region is also full of hidden laboratories for Afro-Indigenous sovereignty." - @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social
Dark Laboratory is making connections, sparking thought, and verifying ideas I've had. Love it.
Dark Laboratory is making connections, sparking thought, and verifying ideas I've had. Love it.
February 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"As much as the Caribbean is made of islands of European experimentation and exploitation, the region is also full of hidden laboratories for Afro-Indigenous sovereignty." - @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social
Dark Laboratory is making connections, sparking thought, and verifying ideas I've had. Love it.
Dark Laboratory is making connections, sparking thought, and verifying ideas I've had. Love it.
Thank you @malindasmith.bsky.social #Calgary a fantastic evening. Check out livestream on @shelflifebooks.bsky.social instagram page!
February 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Thank you @malindasmith.bsky.social #Calgary a fantastic evening. Check out livestream on @shelflifebooks.bsky.social instagram page!
#Calgary #BookLaunch Join us #Feb5 7pm at Shelf Life Books. I’ll be in conversation with @malindasmith.bsky.social
#GotBloodToGive
@shelflifebooks.bsky.social
#GotBloodToGive
@shelflifebooks.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#Calgary #BookLaunch Join us #Feb5 7pm at Shelf Life Books. I’ll be in conversation with @malindasmith.bsky.social
#GotBloodToGive
@shelflifebooks.bsky.social
#GotBloodToGive
@shelflifebooks.bsky.social
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Coming up in Ottawa - many educational events about Palestine, book launches w/ @drdryden.bsky.social & @alansearslefty.bsky.social, a community gardening workshop, a Valentine's fundraiser for Gaza, a @briarpatchmag.bsky.social Skate-a-thon, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
February 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Coming up in Ottawa - many educational events about Palestine, book launches w/ @drdryden.bsky.social & @alansearslefty.bsky.social, a community gardening workshop, a Valentine's fundraiser for Gaza, a @briarpatchmag.bsky.social Skate-a-thon, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
February 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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WELCOME AQUARIUS SEASON! AHEAD OF YOUR TIME AS AN EXTREME SPORT! APATHY IS OUT! FREEDOM AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! ORGANIZE! REVOLUTIONIZE! FUTURIZE! REFUSE TO OBEY IN ADVANCE! CEASEFIRE IS THE FLOOR! COLLECTIVE LIBERATION IS THE GOAL! LIFE IS SHORT! THE OLIGARCHY IS HERE! NEVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR JOY!
January 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
WELCOME AQUARIUS SEASON! AHEAD OF YOUR TIME AS AN EXTREME SPORT! APATHY IS OUT! FREEDOM AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! ORGANIZE! REVOLUTIONIZE! FUTURIZE! REFUSE TO OBEY IN ADVANCE! CEASEFIRE IS THE FLOOR! COLLECTIVE LIBERATION IS THE GOAL! LIFE IS SHORT! THE OLIGARCHY IS HERE! NEVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR JOY!
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My book "The Skin We're In" was published five years ago today
It's still the most meaningful writing I've done, and I'm grateful it was published and continues to be read
The paperback, e-book, and audiobook (read by yours truly) are all available here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/536075...
It's still the most meaningful writing I've done, and I'm grateful it was published and continues to be read
The paperback, e-book, and audiobook (read by yours truly) are all available here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/536075...
January 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Looking forward to the Ottawa launch of Got Blood to Give by @drdryden.bsky.social
Join us to celebrate the launch of @drdryden.bsky.social's book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation.
Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm
University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007
Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U
Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm
University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007
Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U
January 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Looking forward to the Ottawa launch of Got Blood to Give by @drdryden.bsky.social
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Join us to celebrate the launch of @drdryden.bsky.social's book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation.
Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm
University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007
Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U
Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm
University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007
Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U
January 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Join us to celebrate the launch of @drdryden.bsky.social's book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation.
Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm
University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007
Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U
Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm
University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007
Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U
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Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan says that sanctuary cities “will see a higher number of more collateral arrests.”
This is another criminalization of solidarity.
This is another criminalization of solidarity.
January 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan says that sanctuary cities “will see a higher number of more collateral arrests.”
This is another criminalization of solidarity.
This is another criminalization of solidarity.
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The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.
Thousands of Palestinians begin returning home to a devastated Gaza
The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.
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UN human rights experts have condemned the arrest of prominent Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah in Switzerland, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.
UN experts slam Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah’s arrest in Switzerland
They call the arrest of Electronic Intifada website’s founder ‘shocking’ and urge the Swiss government to release him.
aje.io
January 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
UN human rights experts have condemned the arrest of prominent Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah in Switzerland, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.
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A blistering attack on 'gender-critical' transphobia disguised as feminism by @saranahmed.bsky.social.
feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part
feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A blistering attack on 'gender-critical' transphobia disguised as feminism by @saranahmed.bsky.social.
feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part
feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part