bella
@oluwasika.bsky.social
city girl theorizing technology, black life & education | NYU Steinhardt
https://theblackspace.my.canva.site/
https://theblackspace.my.canva.site/
Hozier my Irish Language teacher
June 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Hozier my Irish Language teacher
Sade’s Jezebel is so perfect!
June 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sade’s Jezebel is so perfect!
I will be presenting on geography and technology at ASA this year and I might just make it about DRC
April 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I will be presenting on geography and technology at ASA this year and I might just make it about DRC
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My partner whose artist name is brokenaboutmachines just released his first track from his upcoming instrumentals project! He’s been working on this for idk how long now and I’m excited that yall get to hear how brilliant he is musically. Streaming on all platforms! open.spotify.com/track/4MKLsC...
rebootrebirth
open.spotify.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My partner whose artist name is brokenaboutmachines just released his first track from his upcoming instrumentals project! He’s been working on this for idk how long now and I’m excited that yall get to hear how brilliant he is musically. Streaming on all platforms! open.spotify.com/track/4MKLsC...
Spent so much time on my research settings, you’d think I’m developing a story for a movie
April 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Spent so much time on my research settings, you’d think I’m developing a story for a movie
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Leaving? To leave? Left? Language can be deceptive. The moment when they “left” the Old World and entered the New. Forced to leave? To “leave” one would have to have a destination in mind. Of course, one could rush out the door with no destination in mind, but to “rush” or “to or “to leave” would
March 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Leaving? To leave? Left? Language can be deceptive. The moment when they “left” the Old World and entered the New. Forced to leave? To “leave” one would have to have a destination in mind. Of course, one could rush out the door with no destination in mind, but to “rush” or “to or “to leave” would
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Rutgers!! April 1. RSVP. Space limited.
March 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Rutgers!! April 1. RSVP. Space limited.
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Palestinian physics student Wassim Abuharbid is raising money to provide for family and to help pay for a path to Germany and a PhD in physics. Please consider giving to this campaign, which a friend of mine vouches for. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
chuffed.org/project/phys...
chuffed.org/project/phys...
From the Heart of Gaza: A Physics Student's Resilient Pursuit of Hope
Hello,
chuffed.org
March 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Palestinian physics student Wassim Abuharbid is raising money to provide for family and to help pay for a path to Germany and a PhD in physics. Please consider giving to this campaign, which a friend of mine vouches for. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
chuffed.org/project/phys...
chuffed.org/project/phys...
I finished reading The Coin by Yasmin Zaher and I haven’t been able to pick any other book yet.
March 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I finished reading The Coin by Yasmin Zaher and I haven’t been able to pick any other book yet.
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how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency:
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
The disappeared Columbia student is the start of a surveillance nightmare
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident. That didn’t stop ICE.
www.theverge.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency:
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
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For Jewish Currents, I'm working on a piece about international students and gc holders being targeted by ICE/DOS for pro-palestinian activism. Please contact me on signal if this is you or someone you know/represent: I'm at tanvim.05
March 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
For Jewish Currents, I'm working on a piece about international students and gc holders being targeted by ICE/DOS for pro-palestinian activism. Please contact me on signal if this is you or someone you know/represent: I'm at tanvim.05
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Disgusted and dismayed www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment After Online Campaign by Pro-Israel Groups
Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained on Saturday, is being held at an ICE detention facility.
www.dropsitenews.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Disgusted and dismayed www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
Rereading Collins’ article on intersectionality and its got me thinking about “the master’s tools” and the “master’s house” from a knowledge production and distribution POV.
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rereading Collins’ article on intersectionality and its got me thinking about “the master’s tools” and the “master’s house” from a knowledge production and distribution POV.
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My partner Brian has the chance to win The Manilow Music Teacher Award and $10,000 if we vote “B Maher at Strawberry Mansion High School” daily! Voting closes April 3rd. Please share with your networks! 🙌🏾🎶
on.barrymanilow.com/trk/mmpphila...
on.barrymanilow.com/trk/mmpphila...
Vote now to submit your outstanding teacher in Philadelphia for the Manilow Music Teacher Award!
Vote now to recognize your outstanding music teacher in Philadelphia for the Manilow Music Teacher Award!
on.barrymanilow.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My partner Brian has the chance to win The Manilow Music Teacher Award and $10,000 if we vote “B Maher at Strawberry Mansion High School” daily! Voting closes April 3rd. Please share with your networks! 🙌🏾🎶
on.barrymanilow.com/trk/mmpphila...
on.barrymanilow.com/trk/mmpphila...
feels so surreal… I was invited to speak on my work in two different classes at UCSD this past week. Thanks my friend @gyamfiphd.bsky.social for always encouraging me to stretch my intellect. ♥️
March 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
feels so surreal… I was invited to speak on my work in two different classes at UCSD this past week. Thanks my friend @gyamfiphd.bsky.social for always encouraging me to stretch my intellect. ♥️
Can I define culture as “i know it when i see it”? Because i truly know it when i see it
March 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Can I define culture as “i know it when i see it”? Because i truly know it when i see it
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Good morning! Just dropping by to share my second publication of 2025. 😊✨️
This essay examines Netflix's influence in Africa, focusing on Ghana and Nigeria. I focus my analysis on the representation politics of films like Azali 🇬🇭 and Lionheart 🇳🇬
More here
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This essay examines Netflix's influence in Africa, focusing on Ghana and Nigeria. I focus my analysis on the representation politics of films like Azali 🇬🇭 and Lionheart 🇳🇬
More here
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Afropolitanizing the local: how cultural imperialism is rewriting the narratives of African entertainment industries
In the last few years, Africa has emerged as a resurging force in global pop culture with artists from the continent and the diaspora working to bring African entertainment media to the rest of the...
www.tandfonline.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good morning! Just dropping by to share my second publication of 2025. 😊✨️
This essay examines Netflix's influence in Africa, focusing on Ghana and Nigeria. I focus my analysis on the representation politics of films like Azali 🇬🇭 and Lionheart 🇳🇬
More here
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This essay examines Netflix's influence in Africa, focusing on Ghana and Nigeria. I focus my analysis on the representation politics of films like Azali 🇬🇭 and Lionheart 🇳🇬
More here
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The way this proposal is going, if I work hard a day, I’ll finally see connections inshallah
March 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The way this proposal is going, if I work hard a day, I’ll finally see connections inshallah
I’ve been thinking about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera for 2 days now. What a tumultuous relationship…
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve been thinking about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera for 2 days now. What a tumultuous relationship…
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rambling 🧵
i think so much of how folks in the US engage politics, economy and the social world is inflected by what my dear friend and sister calls "christian chauvinism" because yes, everybody ain't christian and this is not a flaw or a problem.
i think so much of how folks in the US engage politics, economy and the social world is inflected by what my dear friend and sister calls "christian chauvinism" because yes, everybody ain't christian and this is not a flaw or a problem.
February 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
rambling 🧵
i think so much of how folks in the US engage politics, economy and the social world is inflected by what my dear friend and sister calls "christian chauvinism" because yes, everybody ain't christian and this is not a flaw or a problem.
i think so much of how folks in the US engage politics, economy and the social world is inflected by what my dear friend and sister calls "christian chauvinism" because yes, everybody ain't christian and this is not a flaw or a problem.
Finally putting a name to this catastrophe… they are going after the very fabric of our being, our intellect, our humanity…
February 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Finally putting a name to this catastrophe… they are going after the very fabric of our being, our intellect, our humanity…
If I woke up in WW3, and I had $30 to my name, I would spend it at a Senegalese restaurant, Africa Kine in Harlem… or whatever Whitney said
February 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
If I woke up in WW3, and I had $30 to my name, I would spend it at a Senegalese restaurant, Africa Kine in Harlem… or whatever Whitney said
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Two worthy organizations that would benefit from your support:
The Brotherhood Sister Sol, a life- and justice affirming youth development organization brotherhood-sistersol.org
The Innocence Project innocenceproject.org/donate-fy25-...
Thanks for the suggestion @adamrothman.bsky.social!
The Brotherhood Sister Sol, a life- and justice affirming youth development organization brotherhood-sistersol.org
The Innocence Project innocenceproject.org/donate-fy25-...
Thanks for the suggestion @adamrothman.bsky.social!
December 29, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Two worthy organizations that would benefit from your support:
The Brotherhood Sister Sol, a life- and justice affirming youth development organization brotherhood-sistersol.org
The Innocence Project innocenceproject.org/donate-fy25-...
Thanks for the suggestion @adamrothman.bsky.social!
The Brotherhood Sister Sol, a life- and justice affirming youth development organization brotherhood-sistersol.org
The Innocence Project innocenceproject.org/donate-fy25-...
Thanks for the suggestion @adamrothman.bsky.social!
I love thinking along with literary works. They my dormant memories vivid and give new meanings to my experiences. Sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly.
December 29, 2024 at 4:54 AM
I love thinking along with literary works. They my dormant memories vivid and give new meanings to my experiences. Sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly.