Laurian Bowles PhD
@drlaurian.bsky.social
Black femme anthropologist | Author: HEADSTRONG: Women Porters, Blackness & Modernity in Accra http://bit.ly/42KE9Dv, get 30% off w/ code PENN-LBOWLES30 or CSPENN30
she/her/dr | vann professor of racial justice | relationship anarchist | diaspora daughter|
she/her/dr | vann professor of racial justice | relationship anarchist | diaspora daughter|
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Black Friday is canceled
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Black Friday is canceled
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Rest in power Imam Jamal Alamin formerly known as H Rap Brown former chairman of SNCC former minister of justice of the Black Panther Party.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Rest in power Imam Jamal Alamin formerly known as H Rap Brown former chairman of SNCC former minister of justice of the Black Panther Party.
Grab a catalog sheet & get 50% off my book at the 2025 @americananthro.bsky.social conference.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Grab a catalog sheet & get 50% off my book at the 2025 @americananthro.bsky.social conference.
Just saw a Rimowa suitcase with a big ole dent in it. I would be mad as hell
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just saw a Rimowa suitcase with a big ole dent in it. I would be mad as hell
Acting like I'm grown
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Acting like I'm grown
Charlotte’s the home of NASCAR — NASCAR’s origin is curbing the feds and bootlegging. It's not called a hornest's nest for nothing
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Charlotte’s the home of NASCAR — NASCAR’s origin is curbing the feds and bootlegging. It's not called a hornest's nest for nothing
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I wish y’all would stop subscribing to and legitimizing the NY Times
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I wish y’all would stop subscribing to and legitimizing the NY Times
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NC weather is completely unhinged. An almost 30 degree temperature drop in 24 hours?
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
NC weather is completely unhinged. An almost 30 degree temperature drop in 24 hours?
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"I think it’s wise to decline speaking to the Times on principle. The reasons aren’t especially obscure: Palestine superabundantly, but also decades of hyper-sensationalizing crime reporting, the neverending centrist stooge’ing, all the unparody-able rest of it."
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"I think it’s wise to decline speaking to the Times on principle. The reasons aren’t especially obscure: Palestine superabundantly, but also decades of hyper-sensationalizing crime reporting, the neverending centrist stooge’ing, all the unparody-able rest of it."
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I really have to re-break this habit of scrolling before bed. Last night's nightmare featured a person from my tt feed 😩
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I really have to re-break this habit of scrolling before bed. Last night's nightmare featured a person from my tt feed 😩
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Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
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Thread on what journalists with integrity go through. 🧵
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Thread on what journalists with integrity go through. 🧵
"Fortunately, Assata left us with a map, a rich archive of her travails, aspirations, and insights, written in her own words" -Orisanmi Burton
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Assata Is Welcome Here • Protean Magazine
In late September, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman. Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from U.S. ...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Fortunately, Assata left us with a map, a rich archive of her travails, aspirations, and insights, written in her own words" -Orisanmi Burton
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The distance between people & SNAP benefits vs the distance between people and billionaires yet people are arguing about billionaire's rights.
Peak delusional colo mentality
Peak delusional colo mentality
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The distance between people & SNAP benefits vs the distance between people and billionaires yet people are arguing about billionaire's rights.
Peak delusional colo mentality
Peak delusional colo mentality
It's not the silent treatment. I'm just letting you lead
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It's not the silent treatment. I'm just letting you lead
In the other Ian MacFadyen takes a financial approach to his argument, insisting that a Yes vote would be a fiscally irresponsible move for the county. ...
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Opinion: Mecklenburg County’s Transit Tax Referendum Deserves a Hard No | Queen City Nerve
In a time when Mecklenburg County is flush with record high tax revenues and a growing population, demanding residents pay more is not just tone-deaf, it is fiscally irresponsible. They’re …
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October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In the other Ian MacFadyen takes a financial approach to his argument, insisting that a Yes vote would be a fiscally irresponsible move for the county. ...
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Hey #booklovers and #podcast enthusiasts! Check out @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode about my new book: #Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness and Modernity in Accra 📖🌟.
If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
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If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
newbooksnetwork.com/headstrong
newbooksnetwork.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hey #booklovers and #podcast enthusiasts! Check out @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode about my new book: #Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness and Modernity in Accra 📖🌟.
If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
newbooksnetwork.com/headstrong
If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
newbooksnetwork.com/headstrong
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Elon Musk has built his empire through ruthless exploitation, union busting, and dangerous working conditions, and his company's reliance on cobalt from Congo keeps fueling instability in the region that has resulted in the death and displacement of thousands.
March 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Elon Musk has built his empire through ruthless exploitation, union busting, and dangerous working conditions, and his company's reliance on cobalt from Congo keeps fueling instability in the region that has resulted in the death and displacement of thousands.
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Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror to a #legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner Elon #Musk shut down the US Agency for International Development. #USAID
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'Absolute scandal': Disgusted lawmaker hits Trump for abandoning U.S. family in riot zone
Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror on Wednesday to a legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner El...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror to a #legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner Elon #Musk shut down the US Agency for International Development. #USAID
www.rawstory.com/trump-usaid-...
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