Monica D. Styles
@monicadstyles.bsky.social
I read for a living. It’s fun! Latin America, Afro-Latin America, Black feminism, Black perspectives
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this is unsustainably bananas and not impeaching and convicting these crooks grows ever more irresponsible and unpatriotic by the hour
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
this is unsustainably bananas and not impeaching and convicting these crooks grows ever more irresponsible and unpatriotic by the hour
These people really want me to be explode from rage this month I guess…I am finding it heard to imagine what the healing part of the rage will look like…
Under President Trump, the EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. It’s counter to the agency’s mission statement, which says has a core responsibility to protect human health and the environment. nyti.ms/3Loch27
January 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
These people really want me to be explode from rage this month I guess…I am finding it heard to imagine what the healing part of the rage will look like…
www.rsa.org/page/RSAwork... Submissions are die Feb. 1!
www.rsa.org
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
www.rsa.org/page/RSAwork... Submissions are die Feb. 1!
Lookong forward to presenting on internal migration in Biografía de un #cimarron tomorrow at #mla2026 on this panel organized by @tessrenker.bsky.social.
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Lookong forward to presenting on internal migration in Biografía de un #cimarron tomorrow at #mla2026 on this panel organized by @tessrenker.bsky.social.
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Another fantstic panel today at #MLA2026, "Reimagining Methodologies in Afro-Hispanic and African Spanish Literary Studies" with Alain Lawo Sukam, Olga Lucia Martam and Yair Cuenu.
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Another fantstic panel today at #MLA2026, "Reimagining Methodologies in Afro-Hispanic and African Spanish Literary Studies" with Alain Lawo Sukam, Olga Lucia Martam and Yair Cuenu.
Starting off #mla2026 in Toronto with a fantastic panel on Global Hispanophone Soundscapes with Javier Zapata Claveria, Jeanne Rosine Abomo Edou, Ana M. Forcinito, Shanna Lino and Paula Pérez-Rodríguez.
January 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Starting off #mla2026 in Toronto with a fantastic panel on Global Hispanophone Soundscapes with Javier Zapata Claveria, Jeanne Rosine Abomo Edou, Ana M. Forcinito, Shanna Lino and Paula Pérez-Rodríguez.
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Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
www.rsa.org/page/RSAwork... RSA members are invited to submit their works-in-progress to our new informal online workshop series. If selected, members will have the opportunity to workshop their writing over Zoom in a friendly and supportive environment.
www.rsa.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
www.rsa.org/page/RSAwork... RSA members are invited to submit their works-in-progress to our new informal online workshop series. If selected, members will have the opportunity to workshop their writing over Zoom in a friendly and supportive environment.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
Shenanigans
Overhearing a family convo. The dad was telling his daughter to cheat on exam using ChatGPT to get better grades and the daughter is insistent that she can’t and won’t. The dad said that he bet 95% of class is using Chat to cheat. Wild to think that some pressure to use AI is coming from parents…
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Shenanigans
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The University of Florida is hosting its first Colloquium on Guaman Poma to be held March 5-6, 2026, in Gainesville, Florida. The colloquium is organized by Dr. Paola Uparela, of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department.
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The University of Florida is hosting its first Colloquium on Guaman Poma to be held March 5-6, 2026, in Gainesville, Florida. The colloquium is organized by Dr. Paola Uparela, of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department.
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Cervantine Blackness by #nicholasjones is now open access. Read #blackstudies. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Cervantine Blackness
library.oapen.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Cervantine Blackness by #nicholasjones is now open access. Read #blackstudies. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Cervantine Blackness by #nicholasjones is now open access. Read #blackstudies. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Cervantine Blackness
library.oapen.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Cervantine Blackness by #nicholasjones is now open access. Read #blackstudies. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
The University of Florida is hosting its first Colloquium on Guaman Poma to be held March 5-6, 2026, in Gainesville, Florida. The colloquium is organized by Dr. Paola Uparela, of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department.
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The University of Florida is hosting its first Colloquium on Guaman Poma to be held March 5-6, 2026, in Gainesville, Florida. The colloquium is organized by Dr. Paola Uparela, of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department.
Umm Black students, faculty etc feel uncomfortable and no one cares, tf? ““If we had flipped Black to white in this situation and imagined Black students being made deliberately uncomfortable…I think we all agree that would be unacceptable.” www.chronicle.com/article/i-do...
Their Teaching Aimed to Make White Students Uncomfortable. Then Came the Civil-Rights Complaint.
Two instructors used a “pedagogy of discomfort.” Did they go too far?
www.chronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Umm Black students, faculty etc feel uncomfortable and no one cares, tf? ““If we had flipped Black to white in this situation and imagined Black students being made deliberately uncomfortable…I think we all agree that would be unacceptable.” www.chronicle.com/article/i-do...
Streaming @sierramatute.bsky.social and @cleahy.bsky.social en conversación con Nicholas Jones sobre su nuevo libro Cervantine Blackness! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZi...
October 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Streaming @sierramatute.bsky.social and @cleahy.bsky.social en conversación con Nicholas Jones sobre su nuevo libro Cervantine Blackness! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZi...
I forgot to add @cleahy.bsky.social will be there! This will certainly be a provocative conversation about the field of early modern studies and race!
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I forgot to add @cleahy.bsky.social will be there! This will certainly be a provocative conversation about the field of early modern studies and race!
Comically offensive as usual
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Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to 'reclaim' the explorer's legacy
President Trump said "left-wing radicals" have tried to tarnish Columbus' legacy, and the proclamation is a way to preserve it. Some experts say it's a way to erase the heritage of Native Americans.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Comically offensive as usual
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Quick poll: Is Bad Bunny Black, yes or no? (Context: I asked this question and my students spent an hour debating it.)
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Quick poll: Is Bad Bunny Black, yes or no? (Context: I asked this question and my students spent an hour debating it.)
It was a pleasure to host #mayrasantosfebres @hufaculty.bsky.social today. she spoke about her life, race in Latin America and her praxis as a writer. Thank you @mia1va.bsky.social for collaborating!
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It was a pleasure to host #mayrasantosfebres @hufaculty.bsky.social today. she spoke about her life, race in Latin America and her praxis as a writer. Thank you @mia1va.bsky.social for collaborating!
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oh damn they clowning the shit outta Disney AND potus.
September 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
oh damn they clowning the shit outta Disney AND potus.