Kyla Wazana Tompkins
@kwazana.bsky.social
I write about food. Mom. Professor, c19 US and gender studies department chair. Moroccan Arab Jew. Radical diasporism. Winner of the James Beard, Lora Romero, Best Book in Food Studies and Choice Awards. “Can Run Meetings” lololol
It has been 9 years, 7 months and 4 days of refusing to believe that Prince is gone. I miss you every day and I will love you forever and ever you purple beauty.
prince is wearing a white shirt and ruffled collar and is sticking his tongue out while dancing on stage .
ALT: prince is wearing a white shirt and ruffled collar and is sticking his tongue out while dancing on stage .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It has been 9 years, 7 months and 4 days of refusing to believe that Prince is gone. I miss you every day and I will love you forever and ever you purple beauty.
Oh man. Shout out and thanks to Kristin Hunt for reviewing Deviant Matter in Theatre Survey. I never even noticed that the book begins and ends with massage. WHAT?!? We really are smarter when we think together.
www.cambridge.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Oh man. Shout out and thanks to Kristin Hunt for reviewing Deviant Matter in Theatre Survey. I never even noticed that the book begins and ends with massage. WHAT?!? We really are smarter when we think together.
Such a great conversation.
Friends, if you want to learn a bit more abt The Sweet Taste of Empire, watch this INCREDIBLE conversation with @triciamatthew.bsky.social w.bsky.social, Debapriya Sarkar, Jennifer Morgan, @kwazana.bsky.social & Tapiwa Gambura!
www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-...
Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-...
Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
Kim F. Hall: The Sweet Taste of Empire
YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Such a great conversation.
Seriously god bless the Epstein survivors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Seriously god bless the Epstein survivors.
because if you've ever been in a room with one, you know that is true
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
because if you've ever been in a room with one, you know that is true
No I don't want the AI attachment, no I don't want the AI tool, no I will not download it, no don't give me the option, no I don't want you to save me time, no I don't want your fake "thinking," no I don't want your mid technology, yes I reject your downgrading and de-skilling, please fuck off.
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
No I don't want the AI attachment, no I don't want the AI tool, no I will not download it, no don't give me the option, no I don't want you to save me time, no I don't want your fake "thinking," no I don't want your mid technology, yes I reject your downgrading and de-skilling, please fuck off.
Can’t wait to celebrate Kim Hall’s new book!!
And join us for the virtual launch on October 30th at 6:30pm with luminaries Patricia A. Matthew, Debapriya Sarkar, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, and Jennifer Morgan!!! bcrw.barnard.edu/event/the-sw...
The Sweet Taste of Empire: Sugar, Mastery, and Pleasure in the Anglo Caribbean | Barnard Center for Research on Women
Kim Hall in conversation with Patricia A. Matthew, Debapriya Sarkar, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, and Jennifer Morgan; moderated by Tapiwa Gambura
bcrw.barnard.edu
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Can’t wait to celebrate Kim Hall’s new book!!
Union power. I am a proud member of @uupinfo.bsky.social
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
September 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Union power. I am a proud member of @uupinfo.bsky.social
Happy Frankie Knuckles day, aka Christmas for house fans. I came closer to God because of Frankie Knuckles than I ever came to Her through religion. I still replay every mix of Frankie’s that I have, but especially this one linked below. Drop in at 13:00.
on.soundcloud.com/W5MhWOQcLp0q...
on.soundcloud.com/W5MhWOQcLp0q...
Frankie Knuckles Boiler Room London DJ Set
► Download audio on our app: http://blrrm.tv/BR_APP ► Watch here: http://blrrm.tv/frankiedaytime
► Documenting a legacy. The late godfather of house music, Frankie Knuckles.
soundcloud.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Happy Frankie Knuckles day, aka Christmas for house fans. I came closer to God because of Frankie Knuckles than I ever came to Her through religion. I still replay every mix of Frankie’s that I have, but especially this one linked below. Drop in at 13:00.
on.soundcloud.com/W5MhWOQcLp0q...
on.soundcloud.com/W5MhWOQcLp0q...
Not one penny to them.
Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer, as the company faces slumping sales and backlash to its retreat on DEI. cnn.it/3UCqycs
August 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Not one penny to them.
Like so so so so good. Like keeping me going good. The one with Andy Samberg omg.
It’s not weird that Amy Poehler’s podcast is good, but it’s weird that it’s better than all the other podcasts ever made in history, right out of the gate
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Like so so so so good. Like keeping me going good. The one with Andy Samberg omg.
Much respect to Matt Seybold for the work he has done for our profession.
12 months, 24 episodes, 53 voices, 2387 minutes of produced content, 150,000+ downloads.
It’s been my pleasure & my pain. Ends tomorrow.
It’s been my pleasure & my pain. Ends tomorrow.
August 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Much respect to Matt Seybold for the work he has done for our profession.
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DAILY MEMO: A Man Was Killed Running From ICE While Border Patrol Mobbed Governor Newsom’s “Big Beautiful Press Conference” in Little Tokyo and More
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
DAILY MEMO: A Man Was Killed Running From ICE While Border Patrol Mobbed Governor Newsom’s “Big Beautiful Press Conference” in Little Tokyo and More
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
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Reposted by Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Newsom: “Wake up, America. If he rigs this election, you won’t have a country anymore.”
August 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Newsom: “Wake up, America. If he rigs this election, you won’t have a country anymore.”
Reposted by Kyla Wazana Tompkins
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
The number one reason to avoid social media is how many reactionary boy poets/boy philosophers there are on here pontificating about the profession, having never run anything in their lives.
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The number one reason to avoid social media is how many reactionary boy poets/boy philosophers there are on here pontificating about the profession, having never run anything in their lives.
Reposted by Kyla Wazana Tompkins
The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.
August 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.
Slightly diminish a band: The Bittles
Slightly diminish a band: The Chicklets
Slightly diminish a band: Minivan Halen
August 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Slightly diminish a band: The Bittles
Reposted by Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Reposted by Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
August 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
Reposted by Kyla Wazana Tompkins
So happy with how this came out.
The Jameson Tapes, Side B
with Isabel Bartholomew, Anna Kornbluh, Caleb Smith, Robert Tally, & Fredric Jameson
theamericanvandal.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So happy with how this came out.
Murph!
August 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Murph!
Yay!
July 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Yay!
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We’re not books but we went from not having a newspaper to being one of the most subscribed to newspapers in America in less than a year, and our social media conversion numbers are attributable to Bluesky by a good plurality.
Is there *any* evidence that presence on bsky contributes in any way to book sales? I’ll take anecdotes! Who here has bought a book bc they heard about it on bsky *alone*? Because I’m ready to bounce.
July 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We’re not books but we went from not having a newspaper to being one of the most subscribed to newspapers in America in less than a year, and our social media conversion numbers are attributable to Bluesky by a good plurality.