Samantha Pinto
@samanthapinto.bsky.social
Prof. of global race & feminism, celebrity, STS, performance, literature, culture, theory. Editor of Black Feminism on the Edge series with Duke UP. I only rep myself.
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Black Feminism on the Edge, our @dukepress.bsky.social book series, has 2 new titles coming out - Dana Murphy and Justin Mann. Want to chat more about it? Book ideas you want to discuss? Contact us! (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social)
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Black Feminism on the Edge
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We’ve had so many great conversations, proposals, and ideas come to us already— we love learning what cutting edge ECRs are up to and need in the field, and we love the creative ideas we’ve been fielding from already established authors. @jennifercnash.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
Cannot WAIT for this gorgeous, brilliant one @scottsvisor.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @jennifercnash.bsky.social
Third book in our (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) Black Feminism in the Edge Series ( @dukepress.bsky.social) comes out in March! Congrats to Justin Mann (and check out the gorgeous cover). www.dukeupress.edu/breaking-the...
Breaking the World
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August 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Cannot WAIT for this gorgeous, brilliant one @scottsvisor.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @jennifercnash.bsky.social
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Third book in our (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) Black Feminism in the Edge Series ( @dukepress.bsky.social) comes out in March! Congrats to Justin Mann (and check out the gorgeous cover). www.dukeupress.edu/breaking-the...
Breaking the World
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August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Third book in our (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) Black Feminism in the Edge Series ( @dukepress.bsky.social) comes out in March! Congrats to Justin Mann (and check out the gorgeous cover). www.dukeupress.edu/breaking-the...
I've been thinking a lot about mentors this week as I lost one of mine; hold the people who help you do your own gut check close. For everyone making hard decisions, this episode with @smartgirl07.bsky.social is for you. 🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/2459505
August 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I've been thinking a lot about mentors this week as I lost one of mine; hold the people who help you do your own gut check close. For everyone making hard decisions, this episode with @smartgirl07.bsky.social is for you. 🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/2459505
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A fellowship at the National Humanities Center isn't just a break from teaching or a change of scenery. It's an opportunity to draft chapters, reimagine arguments, and follow ideas into unexpected terrain.
Application Deadline: October 2, 2025
Learn more: bit.ly/nhc-scholarly-programs
Application Deadline: October 2, 2025
Learn more: bit.ly/nhc-scholarly-programs
August 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A fellowship at the National Humanities Center isn't just a break from teaching or a change of scenery. It's an opportunity to draft chapters, reimagine arguments, and follow ideas into unexpected terrain.
Application Deadline: October 2, 2025
Learn more: bit.ly/nhc-scholarly-programs
Application Deadline: October 2, 2025
Learn more: bit.ly/nhc-scholarly-programs
Excited beyond measure for @durba.bsky.social being brilliant
August 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Excited beyond measure for @durba.bsky.social being brilliant
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August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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I'm so lucky and grateful to be working for a university that's not running from its humanities programs. news.asu.edu/20250812-art...
ASU Humanities initiative launches as one-stop shop for all things humanities | ASU News
This August, Arizona State University launched ASU Humanities, which gives students and community members a one-stop shop for all things humanities at ASU.The initiative’s new website highlights caree...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm so lucky and grateful to be working for a university that's not running from its humanities programs. news.asu.edu/20250812-art...
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Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
Better link to the issue here! Intergenerational Feminisms with @jennifercnash.bsky.social and so many great folks! journals.sagepub.com/toc/ftya/26/3
Feminist Theory - Volume 26, Number 3
Table of contents for Feminist Theory, 26, 3
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August 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Better link to the issue here! Intergenerational Feminisms with @jennifercnash.bsky.social and so many great folks! journals.sagepub.com/toc/ftya/26/3
It’s up! Full issue on Intergenerational feminisms: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fty/curr... with @jennifercnash.bsky.social
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August 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s up! Full issue on Intergenerational feminisms: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fty/curr... with @jennifercnash.bsky.social
Talking to @smartgirl07.bsky.social about being labeled the "smart girl" in her family, being a first-gen college and grad school student (esp. in the humanities!), and, you know, libraries (cue the study music).
Calling all Smart Girl smarties. If you want a deeper dive into the book, come hang out with Sam and me!
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August 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Talking to @smartgirl07.bsky.social about being labeled the "smart girl" in her family, being a first-gen college and grad school student (esp. in the humanities!), and, you know, libraries (cue the study music).
August 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Boom! Black Ravenclaw, the first ep, is out! www.buzzsprout.com/2459505
Smart Girl
Deep dives about the major themes found in SMART GIRL: A FIRST-GEN ORIGIN STORY feat. Samantha Pinto and the author, La'Tonya Rease Miles.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Boom! Black Ravenclaw, the first ep, is out! www.buzzsprout.com/2459505
It's happening . . . starting tomorrow with @smartgirl07.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It's happening . . . starting tomorrow with @smartgirl07.bsky.social
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The Weekly Read is "On Exhaustion: Toward a Post-Care Feminism" by Samantha Pinto and Jennifer C. Nash. The article was published in Dossier: Limits of Legibility—Questions of Blackness and Sexuality, a special issue of @differences.bsky.social (36:1).
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July 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Weekly Read is "On Exhaustion: Toward a Post-Care Feminism" by Samantha Pinto and Jennifer C. Nash. The article was published in Dossier: Limits of Legibility—Questions of Blackness and Sexuality, a special issue of @differences.bsky.social (36:1).
Read the article for free: buff.ly/XDrQAhF
Read the article for free: buff.ly/XDrQAhF
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Just pre ordered and cannot wait...!
Save 30% on #NewBook "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy, which examines the importance of eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism. buff.ly/ArluZMm
July 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Just pre ordered and cannot wait...!
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I am so very grateful for this honor from the Caribbean Studies Association. It is so very meaningful to me that the book resonated with my peers in Caribbean Studies.
Congratulations @monijimenez.bsky.social 🎉👏
MAKING NEVER-NEVER LAND wins the 2025 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis book award from the Caribbean Studies Association 🙌
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MAKING NEVER-NEVER LAND wins the 2025 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis book award from the Caribbean Studies Association 🙌
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July 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I am so very grateful for this honor from the Caribbean Studies Association. It is so very meaningful to me that the book resonated with my peers in Caribbean Studies.
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy, which examines the importance of eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism. buff.ly/ArluZMm
July 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Save 30% on #NewBook "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy, which examines the importance of eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism. buff.ly/ArluZMm
“As a United Nations report released last month reveals, quality health care and gender equity are crucial to helping people fulfill their fertility desires.”
Some thots on getting real support for women and families instead of bogus pronatalism. Austin American-Statesman online & in print tmrw www.statesman.com/story/opinio...
Mothers don't need medals. Families need health care and paid leave | Opinion
We've lost the plot when leaders tell women to keep reproducing as they cut SNAP and health care and neglect America's appalling rates of maternal …
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July 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“As a United Nations report released last month reveals, quality health care and gender equity are crucial to helping people fulfill their fertility desires.”
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Some thots on getting real support for women and families instead of bogus pronatalism. Austin American-Statesman online & in print tmrw www.statesman.com/story/opinio...
Mothers don't need medals. Families need health care and paid leave | Opinion
We've lost the plot when leaders tell women to keep reproducing as they cut SNAP and health care and neglect America's appalling rates of maternal …
www.statesman.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some thots on getting real support for women and families instead of bogus pronatalism. Austin American-Statesman online & in print tmrw www.statesman.com/story/opinio...
This book traces a rich, underexplored genealogy— and method— of black feminist theory. More titles in the series coming soon from @scottsvisor.bsky.social @jamesbliss.bsky.social and more! @jennifercnash.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
Check out our brand new July titles, including "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy. #FeministTheory #LiteraryStudies
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July 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This book traces a rich, underexplored genealogy— and method— of black feminist theory. More titles in the series coming soon from @scottsvisor.bsky.social @jamesbliss.bsky.social and more! @jennifercnash.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
So excited for this to be out in the world!
Check out our brand new July titles, including "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy. #FeministTheory #LiteraryStudies
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July 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So excited for this to be out in the world!
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Dana Murphy's fabulous book is out on @dukepress.bsky.social. It's the second book in our series Black Feminism on the Edge (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) and we are so excited to see it in the world! Congrats to Dana!
Check out our brand new July titles, including "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy. #FeministTheory #LiteraryStudies
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July 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Dana Murphy's fabulous book is out on @dukepress.bsky.social. It's the second book in our series Black Feminism on the Edge (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) and we are so excited to see it in the world! Congrats to Dana!
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I'll be giving an online book launch talk for the military medicine group Friends of Millbank on July 25! 1:30 pm EST; 5:30 pm BST.
You can register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'll be giving an online book launch talk for the military medicine group Friends of Millbank on July 25! 1:30 pm EST; 5:30 pm BST.
You can register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
You can register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Have you pre-ordered Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore?
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From an award-winning historian of Black radical politics comes the definitive biography of Queen Mother Audley Moore—mother of modern Black Nationalism and trailblazer in the fight for reparati...
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July 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Have you pre-ordered Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore?
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25% OFF PRE-ORDERS for Barnes & Noble Members. Premium Members Get an Additional 10% Off.
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