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Persephone Sarah Jane Smith
@persesmith.bsky.social
Old Trans, Black Girl Wisdom, That Bitch!
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I get people asking me, what my favorite Ska is. Well I grew up in the 70s with punk. I listened to a lot of Two Tone era Ska. But I think some of my faves are Third Wave Ska in the 90s. The Blend off punk and horns and that ska beat just clicked for me. Here is some Rancid

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Rancid - 'Time Bomb' (Music Video)
YouTube video by Rancid
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August 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I can procrastinate, scroll Facebook and freak out at the same time.
August 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Oh yeah, I am gonna post Ska! Lots of Ska! Because it makes people happy. And some of y'all need some happy in your life to counteract some of that DoomScrolling y'all do.

I Love All Y'all! <3
August 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hello All! I am back and will restart posting fun facts and History about BIPOC. Been away with computer troubles. Hope to get y'all engaging and responding. :)
August 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hello, Its me! Your friendly Trans Femme. Just wanted to post this here in hopes that we Can get some help to get on our feet again. I honestly hate being a bother but if we can get this Go Fund Me fulfilled, we will actually be at a net positive. Thanks for listening.
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Donate to Please help Us regain some dignity and our belongings., organized by Perse Smith
Hello, friends — and kind strangers. Thank you for taking a mom… Perse Smith needs your support for Please help Us regain some dignity and our belongings.
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August 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Imagine being best known for being outed posthumously as a trans man. Billy Tipton was much more. Fabulous musician, talent broker, family man and according to four different relationships, the best lover in the world.
Love this guy!
March 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Yes a lot of my stuff is gonna be black centric first then lgbtqia+ second. If ya don't like that, then byeeee!
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March 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I found this hilarious and great at the same time!
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March 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Gladys Mae West is an american Mathematician that was known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, that were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System.
#BlackGirlMagic #BlackHistory
February 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Richard T Greener. The first black man to graduate Harvard University. Became America's first black diplomat to a white country (Russia).
#blackhistory #CantEraseUs
February 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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February 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Marsha P. Johnson was a member of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and co-founded the radical activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), alongside close friend Sylvia Rivera. My hero and should be yours too. I want to say so much more but character limitations stop me.
February 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I been slacking on finding things to introduce y'all to. Jackie Shane Was a Transgender jazz and soul singer in the Toronto jazz scene. Originally from Nashville, Tn, She joined a travelling carnival and ended up in Cornwall Ontario where she finally felt free.
#BlackHistory #WeWereAlwaysHere
February 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm a bit late today but here you go, A quickie!
Jerry Lawson: The Father of the Video Game Cartridge.
Led the development of the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
Self-taught engineer
Founded VideoSoft, one of the first Black-owned video game companies
Picture curtesy of IGN
February 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Okay, If you have not listened to Streetlight Manifesto then you are missing out. Their mix of punk and ska, backed up by a beefy horn section and politically left lyric has established them as a mainstay in the SkaCore scene.
"We Will Fall Toghether", Everyhing Goes Numb
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"We Will Fall Together" by Streetlight Manifesto Official Music Video
YouTube video by Streetlight Manifesto
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February 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another day of owning the fascists! I am sure that their lil' old grandma's would happily thank Dr. Patricia E. Bath,An ophthalmologist who invented the Laserphaco Probe, a laser cataract treatment device, in 1986.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence #BLM
February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Charlene Alexander Mitchell was an American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist. Actually the first black woman to run for president in 1968. She was only on the ballot in two states.
SHARING BLACK HISTORY TO OWN THE FASCISTS!
#BLACKHISTORY #blackexcellence
February 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I have been slacking on the Ska posting. Here's the Skatalites with Freedom Sound

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Freedom Sound
YouTube video by The Skatalites - Topic
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February 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sometimes certain white people ask, "Why do black people get a month?" Well if we didn't, you would never learn about people like Frederick Jones, who invented the first successful system for mobile refrigeration.
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Celebrating black history month to own the fascists
February 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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To all new users coming in from FB:

1) Be a decent human being.
2) Trans women are women, trans men are men, nonbinary people are valid.
3) Block immediately and whenever you need to.
4) For real, just be a decent human being. It's not that hard.
January 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I tend to post a lot of newer Ska, but I know the roots and we have to give props to them too. LAURAL Aitkin is definitely a fave of mine and he should be yours too.
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Sally Brown
YouTube video by Laurel Aitken - Topic
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January 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
These girls have been playing together since high-school. Oreskaband has either a really hard ska-punk style or this really sweet style. I like them, they are awesome.
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ORESKABAND(オレスカバンド) - Carry On! [Official]
YouTube video by ORESKABAND
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January 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM