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everyone is suffering and this is how it feels
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everyone is suffering and this is how it feels
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My book,The Sweet Taste of Empire focuses on Anglo Caribbean, but shows the importance of sugar to the global economy & the racial order in the West. Bad Bunny turns the white mastery embedded in sugar/slave complex on its head: highlighting vibrant, resilient culture that emerged from history
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
My book,The Sweet Taste of Empire focuses on Anglo Caribbean, but shows the importance of sugar to the global economy & the racial order in the West. Bad Bunny turns the white mastery embedded in sugar/slave complex on its head: highlighting vibrant, resilient culture that emerged from history
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also there are several online interviews where she diacusses faith, such as this one
www.lionsroar.com/bell-hooks-t...
www.lionsroar.com/bell-hooks-t...
Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh
In this conversation, bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh reflect on the enduring legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and discuss how we can build a community of love.
www.lionsroar.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
also there are several online interviews where she diacusses faith, such as this one
www.lionsroar.com/bell-hooks-t...
www.lionsroar.com/bell-hooks-t...
then again, drake maye not
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
then again, drake maye not
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You guuuuyyyys, Reading With The Burneys got reviewed in Women’s Writing!
“A fascinating micro-history in the print ecology of the long Romanticism, reconstructed with critical acuity…a useful lens through which to reinterpret an entire cultural landscape…”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“A fascinating micro-history in the print ecology of the long Romanticism, reconstructed with critical acuity…a useful lens through which to reinterpret an entire cultural landscape…”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reading with the Burneys: Patronage, Paratext, and Performance
Published in Women's Writing (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
You guuuuyyyys, Reading With The Burneys got reviewed in Women’s Writing!
“A fascinating micro-history in the print ecology of the long Romanticism, reconstructed with critical acuity…a useful lens through which to reinterpret an entire cultural landscape…”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“A fascinating micro-history in the print ecology of the long Romanticism, reconstructed with critical acuity…a useful lens through which to reinterpret an entire cultural landscape…”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
almost as many super bowls as movies in the mcu
Will I understand this Super Bowl if I haven’t seen the first fifty-nine
February 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
almost as many super bowls as movies in the mcu
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oh my god this is the most sensitive and gorgeously attentive review, i am crying
Barbara Leckie reviewing @nathankhensley.bsky.social's beautiful book: www.review19.org/view_doc.php...
ACTION WITHOUT HOPE: VICTORIAN LITERATURE AFTER CLIMATE COLLAPSE by NATHAN K. HENSLEY, Reviewed by Barbara Leckie
Review 19: Assessing New Books on English and American Literature of the Nineteenth Century
www.review19.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
oh my god this is the most sensitive and gorgeously attentive review, i am crying
never get involved in a land war is asia and never go up against @benwurgaft.bsky.social when puns are on the line
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
never get involved in a land war is asia and never go up against @benwurgaft.bsky.social when puns are on the line
kids are building a world map puzzle but europe is missing and it’s possible i threw it out in an act of anticolonial resistance
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
kids are building a world map puzzle but europe is missing and it’s possible i threw it out in an act of anticolonial resistance
i know there’s olympics hockey but i miss watching the sabres
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
i know there’s olympics hockey but i miss watching the sabres
😔
Remembering J Dilla today on what would have been his 52nd birthday (born February 7, 1974) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/JDillaHBD
February 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
😔
can't recommend this latest issue of critical philosophy of race enough -- reach out if you don't have access (i'm not in it or anything, just enthusiastic)
Project MUSE - Critical Philosophy of Race-Volume 13, Issue 2, 2025
muse.jhu.edu
February 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
can't recommend this latest issue of critical philosophy of race enough -- reach out if you don't have access (i'm not in it or anything, just enthusiastic)
remembering how after a job talk i was asked why i read english romanticism via kant when burke, as an english aesthetic theorist, might suggest a more obvious intellectual lineage. my response — “because kant was right” — did not get me the job.
February 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
remembering how after a job talk i was asked why i read english romanticism via kant when burke, as an english aesthetic theorist, might suggest a more obvious intellectual lineage. my response — “because kant was right” — did not get me the job.
“No member of Columbia leadership or the board of trustees has ever requested the presence of ICE agents on or near campus,” Samantha Slater, a university spokeswoman, said.
wonder why nobody trusts columbia admin 🤔
wonder why nobody trusts columbia admin 🤔
12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“No member of Columbia leadership or the board of trustees has ever requested the presence of ICE agents on or near campus,” Samantha Slater, a university spokeswoman, said.
wonder why nobody trusts columbia admin 🤔
wonder why nobody trusts columbia admin 🤔
i wish it weren’t the case but if i’m being honest i probably won’t get to your email today
February 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
i wish it weren’t the case but if i’m being honest i probably won’t get to your email today
yes change it to dullard international
February 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
yes change it to dullard international
been thinking about how the national guard that’s been carrying guns around my kids school playground would be more useful shoveling out cars since dc clearly hasn’t invested in snow removal
Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report
The Trump administration deployed National Guard members in August. More than 2,000 are still in Washington.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
been thinking about how the national guard that’s been carrying guns around my kids school playground would be more useful shoveling out cars since dc clearly hasn’t invested in snow removal
class went well — explained how when talks about robert southey as a “dry bob” (impotent, shooting blanks) that’s his “a minor” line
not to be that poetry professor but this part of byron’s don juan reads like that eminem line where he lists the best rappers (reggie jay z 2pac biggie et al)
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
class went well — explained how when talks about robert southey as a “dry bob” (impotent, shooting blanks) that’s his “a minor” line
At this point my works cited is basically:
Me, Vibes (Just Vibes, 2026), pp. vi-bes.
Me, Vibes (Just Vibes, 2026), pp. vi-bes.
I know we weren’t allowed to cite Google, Wikipedia, or anything that wasn’t a book or scholarly journal when doing research in school. I’m also told academia has since relaxed on that sort of thing. Put the babies back on JSTOR.
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
At this point my works cited is basically:
Me, Vibes (Just Vibes, 2026), pp. vi-bes.
Me, Vibes (Just Vibes, 2026), pp. vi-bes.
sometimes i go back and watch donald faison’s “poison” dance just so i can smile
Poison Dance On TV show Scrubs
YouTube video by Bell Biv Devoe
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM
sometimes i go back and watch donald faison’s “poison” dance just so i can smile
how come all the video games that are highly rated it takes like 20 minutes of watching before you actually do anything fun
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
how come all the video games that are highly rated it takes like 20 minutes of watching before you actually do anything fun
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harsha walia & alberto toscano discuss fascism & colonialism today @harshawalia.bsky.social @alfatau.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
Lifeboats, steampunk and colonialism – fascism today | Transnational Institute
In this fascinating opening interview for State of Power 2026, scholar activists Toscano and Walia explore the historic roots and current capitalist dynamics that have led to the rise of fascism world...
www.tni.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
harsha walia & alberto toscano discuss fascism & colonialism today @harshawalia.bsky.social @alfatau.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
“[t]he most important sentiment involved in fascism is not a negative but a positive one: rather than hatefulness and destructiveness, fascism is about love and idealism.
Most of all it is a search for an idealized self-image through a heartfelt surrender to something higher and more beautiful.”
Most of all it is a search for an idealized self-image through a heartfelt surrender to something higher and more beautiful.”
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
“[t]he most important sentiment involved in fascism is not a negative but a positive one: rather than hatefulness and destructiveness, fascism is about love and idealism.
Most of all it is a search for an idealized self-image through a heartfelt surrender to something higher and more beautiful.”
Most of all it is a search for an idealized self-image through a heartfelt surrender to something higher and more beautiful.”
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#OtD 3 Feb 1964 was one of the biggest civil rights protests when over 450,000 NYC students, mainly African-American and Puerto Rican, boycotted school over de facto segregation, organized by activist Bayard Rustin. NYC schools remain highly segregated stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1017...
February 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#OtD 3 Feb 1964 was one of the biggest civil rights protests when over 450,000 NYC students, mainly African-American and Puerto Rican, boycotted school over de facto segregation, organized by activist Bayard Rustin. NYC schools remain highly segregated stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1017...
moving from my blumenbach chapter to my kant chapter means moving from a guy that like 6 scholars care about to a guy that like 6 million scholars care about -- so much 2ndary criticism
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
moving from my blumenbach chapter to my kant chapter means moving from a guy that like 6 scholars care about to a guy that like 6 million scholars care about -- so much 2ndary criticism
pitch meeting: ok so it’s star trek but it’s also revenge of the nerds!
ghost of gene roddenberry: oh fuck no
ghost of gene roddenberry: oh fuck no
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
pitch meeting: ok so it’s star trek but it’s also revenge of the nerds!
ghost of gene roddenberry: oh fuck no
ghost of gene roddenberry: oh fuck no