George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

“I’m all for unifying. I’m all for bridging gaps. But not at the expense of my neighbor’s humanity.”

- Ta-Nehisi Coates

New FTP alert!🚨

We chop it up about everything from “baby boy syndrome” & friendship quirks to the art of solo-dating after heartbreak. Also inside: a moody playlist, a little Naija wisdom, and maybe a few tears (the good kind, I promise). 💌 epitomeofgrace.substack.com/p/009-a-pope...
#ForthePlot

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

I threw a half-birthday party last month 😝

I think it’s vital that we live fully and create the memories and joy we want. My party was about snatching life by the reins and embracing whimsy, even as the world reminds us of its faults.

Read more: buff.ly/EGyRmBi
#ForThePlot #PlottingInPublic

🌅 007: The Afterparty is live!

This week, we’re holding onto the last days of summer, navigating life after a friendship ends, celebrating life at 30.5, and calling out the antiblackness on Love Island (because of course).

Read & join the convo:
#ForThePlot #LoveIslandUSA #AlgosandEgos

🍂 False Fall 🍂

There’s never a right time to say goodbye to summer… so don’t. :) Press play, sink into the music, and let the golden hours, stolen moments, and warmth that refuses to fade linger a little longer. 💌

Listen here: buff.ly/ZZiMzZ7

#ForthePlot #musicmondays #soulfulreads #goldenhours

I threw a half-birthday party last month 😝

I think it’s vital that we live fully and create the memories and joy we want. My party was about snatching life by the reins and embracing whimsy, even as the world reminds us of its faults.

Read more: buff.ly/EGyRmBi
#ForThePlot #PlottingInPublic

💌 NEW FOR THE PLOT: What’s a Woman Without a Man?

A: Still her.

Saturn Returns, choosing yourself, TV night as friendship praxis, Tia Mowry’s public self-actualization, and why we need to invest in youth, not overpolice them.

🎶 Playlist included.
epitomeofgrace.substack.com/p/004-whats-...

Can’t believe it’s Monday already? Here’s a playlist for when the days blur but something still breaks through. Songs to stir the senses, stretch time, and pull you back into the moment. 💌 #musicmondays #timewarp #fortheplot
open.spotify.com/playlist/7a2...

new For the Plot just dropped! 💌

this is for the ones holding it down online *and* IRL.
we're chatting:

- bestie origin stories
- fatphobia’s comeback tour
- why time feels like it’s flying (& how to slow it down)

📬 read & subscribe:
#newsletter
#friendship
#bodypositivity
#fatphobia
#Chicago

new For the Plot just dropped! 💌

this is for the ones holding it down online *and* IRL.
we're chatting:

- bestie origin stories
- fatphobia’s comeback tour
- why time feels like it’s flying (& how to slow it down)

📬 read & subscribe:
#newsletter
#friendship
#bodypositivity
#fatphobia
#Chicago

Some analysts are focusing on the part in Pew's new study noting the majority of news influencers are conservative men. But that's been true for many years in AM talk radio and cable TV news, as I noted in my book, "Race-Baiter." Seems to be a decades-long trend in American media: loom.ly/kkWHGAg

good for him! work-life balance is so important

Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.

Gonna use my first Bluesky post (is that what they’re called lmao) to echo what seems to be a general sentiment of people on here, which is that this is nice! Bot free (so far), people READ before engaging, and there’s a general sense of assuming best interest when I have come across disagreements.