Prof J
@profjch.bsky.social
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Through Art and Storytelling, Artist Harmonia Rosales' First Book Brings African-Centered Myths to Life
Through Art and Storytelling, Artist Harmonia Rosales' First Book "Chronicles of Ori" Brings African-Centered Myths to Life
msmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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In her latest works, Tamura Lomax reimagines mothering as a radical act of Black feminist love. @profjch.bsky.social spoke with her about her latest works and the radical vision that guides them.
'Freeing Black Girls' and 'Loving Black Boys': Tamura Lomax on Revolutionary Mothering During Troubled Times
Black Feminist in Public: Author of Freeing Black Girls and Loving Black Boys Tamura Lomax in Revolutionary Mothering During Troubled Times
msmagazine.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In her latest works, Tamura Lomax reimagines mothering as a radical act of Black feminist love. @profjch.bsky.social spoke with her about her latest works and the radical vision that guides them.
In light of current news (which I should be digesting less of), I'm recycling this great interview I did with Mary N. Elliott, who curated the "Slavery and Freedom" exhibit at Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture:
A Conversation with Mary N. Elliott, Curator of American Slavery at the Smithsonian Museum
The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project features Mary N. Elliott, museum specialist and curator of American slavery at the Smithsonian Museum.
msmagazine.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In light of current news (which I should be digesting less of), I'm recycling this great interview I did with Mary N. Elliott, who curated the "Slavery and Freedom" exhibit at Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture:
Had the opportunity to meet and work with a young intern at @msmagazine.com this summer: Simone Jacques, a Spelman grad, doing that great Black feminist work. Check out her take on the "great jeans" debate:
White Femininity Is Still the Poster Girl for American Capitalism
The Sydney Sweeney American Eagle campaign shows how capitalism still packages whiteness as purity and sells it as Americana.
msmagazine.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Had the opportunity to meet and work with a young intern at @msmagazine.com this summer: Simone Jacques, a Spelman grad, doing that great Black feminist work. Check out her take on the "great jeans" debate:
My @msmagazine.com article's take on the jeans/genes debate:
The Great American Jeans Debate: Racializing Beauty and Democratizing ‘Good Genes’ in Commercial Media
A viral American Eagle ad pits Sydney Sweeney against Beyonce, revives eugenicist undertones and reignites questions about beauty in America.
msmagazine.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My @msmagazine.com article's take on the jeans/genes debate:
LET'S GO!!!!
#BREAKING: Albany Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs has a big lead ahead of her opponents as results from Tuesday’s mayoral primary come in.
Albany Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs apparent winner in mayoral race
Four Democratic candidates are competing - Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs, Pine Hills native Dan Cerutti, Albany Common Council President Corey Ellis and Legislator Dr. Carolyn McLaughlin.
wnyt.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
LET'S GO!!!!
In light of the news of Adriana Smith, I want to share my interview with artist Autumn Breon who created a performance art around her situation:
Artist Autumn Breon’s Requiem for Reproductive Freedom: Honoring Adriana Smith Through Performance
Autumn Breon is using performance and mixed media art to both celebrate Black women's achievements and honor their struggles. Her latest performance, Dignity Denied, shines a light on the case of Adri...
msmagazine.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In light of the news of Adriana Smith, I want to share my interview with artist Autumn Breon who created a performance art around her situation:
I had a great conversation with A’Lelia Bundles about her new book Joy Goddess about her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker: msmagazine.com/2025/06/11/a...
A'Lelia Bundles Claims Family History and Black Cultural Legacies With New Book 'Joy Goddess'
'Langston Hughes called the 'Joy Goddess' of Harlem's 1920s,' said A’Lelia Bundles, great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker and author of Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance...
msmagazine.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had a great conversation with A’Lelia Bundles about her new book Joy Goddess about her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker: msmagazine.com/2025/06/11/a...
Today marks the 162nd anniversary of the Harriet Tubman-led Combahee River Raid. I'm proud to have interviewed Edda L. Edda Fields-Black who won the Pulitzer Prize in history for her book Combee about this historic milestone, featured in @msmagazine.com:
Documenting Harriet Tubman’s Leadership: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Edda L. Fields-Black on the Combahee River Raid
Historian Edda L. Fields-Black and Janell Hobson reflect on Harriet Tubman’s revolutionary Civil War raid and the power of preserving Black history in the face of political pushback.
msmagazine.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today marks the 162nd anniversary of the Harriet Tubman-led Combahee River Raid. I'm proud to have interviewed Edda L. Edda Fields-Black who won the Pulitzer Prize in history for her book Combee about this historic milestone, featured in @msmagazine.com:
I finally wrote about #Sinners. Here's my @msmagazine.com article:
Blood Money, Blues Women, and the Power of Price: How 'Sinners' Rewrites the Gothic South
Sinners is rightly recognized as a Black Southern gothic tale, with a plot driven by its male characters. Indeed, the film highlights the camaraderie and community of these men as sharecroppers workin...
msmagazine.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I finally wrote about #Sinners. Here's my @msmagazine.com article:
"Last year, the Heritage Foundation, the think tank responsible for the Project 2025 roadmap for Trump’s second term, recommended that the government defund higher education, claiming that more educated women tend to have fewer babies."
“If Vice President JD Vance has his way, our whole electoral process may be recalibrating around this new pronatal biopolitics.” #MsReads via @motherjones.com
Why Elon Musk and JD Vance Are Obsessed With You Having More Babies
My strange weekend with the pronatalists.
www.motherjones.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Last year, the Heritage Foundation, the think tank responsible for the Project 2025 roadmap for Trump’s second term, recommended that the government defund higher education, claiming that more educated women tend to have fewer babies."
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Did a quick map of academics targeted by ICE/State Dept wtih @lindsaythomas.net this morn. @goldfarb.bsky.social was there in spirit. We're gonna hand this over to We Are Higher Ed and contribute to them going forward. More polished version might follow if it becomes useful to y'all.
March 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Did a quick map of academics targeted by ICE/State Dept wtih @lindsaythomas.net this morn. @goldfarb.bsky.social was there in spirit. We're gonna hand this over to We Are Higher Ed and contribute to them going forward. More polished version might follow if it becomes useful to y'all.
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The klan, the police, the butcher, baker and candlestick maker in every little Southern hamlet used to disappear Black people too.
When they didn't step off the street.
When they whistled.
When they bought a new suit and stood too straight.
Fascism isn't new here. It's coming for you too.
When they didn't step off the street.
When they whistled.
When they bought a new suit and stood too straight.
Fascism isn't new here. It's coming for you too.
March 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The klan, the police, the butcher, baker and candlestick maker in every little Southern hamlet used to disappear Black people too.
When they didn't step off the street.
When they whistled.
When they bought a new suit and stood too straight.
Fascism isn't new here. It's coming for you too.
When they didn't step off the street.
When they whistled.
When they bought a new suit and stood too straight.
Fascism isn't new here. It's coming for you too.
😄😆😃
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
😄😆😃
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"I don't know anything about it"
In a functioning democracy, Hegseth would resign and Trump would be impeached over this.
OVER JUST THIS.
In a functioning democracy, Hegseth would resign and Trump would be impeached over this.
OVER JUST THIS.
Trump asked about his Cabinet officials including Jeffrey Goldberg on a secret war plan Signal exchange:
"I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of the Atlantic. To me, it's a magazine that’s going out of business. It’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it."
"I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of the Atlantic. To me, it's a magazine that’s going out of business. It’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it."
March 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"I don't know anything about it"
In a functioning democracy, Hegseth would resign and Trump would be impeached over this.
OVER JUST THIS.
In a functioning democracy, Hegseth would resign and Trump would be impeached over this.
OVER JUST THIS.
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If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
March 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
Damn!
March 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Damn!
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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
Now this is sweet!
March 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Now this is sweet!
I should have known there was a back story:
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I should have known there was a back story:
This did make me tear up. Beautiful rendition of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and nostalgic recreation of "Killing Me Softly."🥲
Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Stevie Wonder perform at Roberta Flack's Homegoing Service 3/10/25
YouTube video by Sed Et
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March 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This did make me tear up. Beautiful rendition of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and nostalgic recreation of "Killing Me Softly."🥲
It’s International Women’s Day!
March 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s International Women’s Day!
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Remember, the president does not have the authority to unilaterally shut down the Education Department. Doing so would require an act of Congress and at least 60 votes in the Senate.
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Remember, the president does not have the authority to unilaterally shut down the Education Department. Doing so would require an act of Congress and at least 60 votes in the Senate.