Shakeil
@shakeil.bsky.social
I use design to create a world which prioritizes liberation for all oppressed peoples. Cofounder at @aroko.bsky.social
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Shakeil
@shakeil.bsky.social
· May 12
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Shakeil Greeley — Art Director | Designer | Artist | Strategist | Writer
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im available for creative needs of all sorts, from brand development to digital design to social strategy work – ive worked in music, health care, fashion, education and more, and am always looking for new projects. find my portfolio below~
#design #designerforhire
#design #designerforhire
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Check out the latest piece by @mclc.bsky.social on industrial harm reduction, design that puts people, planet, and purpose before profit.
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
Industrial Harm Reduction*
Industrial harm reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with contemporary production methods.
www.aroko.world
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Check out the latest piece by @mclc.bsky.social on industrial harm reduction, design that puts people, planet, and purpose before profit.
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
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Happy New Year to old and new friends and conspirators of the cause. Take a peek 👀 of who we are, what we do, and a taste of what’s to come. www.aroko.coop
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out contact@aroko.coop 🙏🏽
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out contact@aroko.coop 🙏🏽
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Happy New Year to old and new friends and conspirators of the cause. Take a peek 👀 of who we are, what we do, and a taste of what’s to come. www.aroko.coop
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out contact@aroko.coop 🙏🏽
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out contact@aroko.coop 🙏🏽
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Read the latest piece by @nellynkettles.bsky.social exploring queerness as it relates to Frankenstein (2025), monsters, and our access to comfort:
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
Queering Del Toro’s Creature Features
Let this movie, or any of [Del Toro’s] other films, remind you of the comfort that comes with self-acceptance and living your truth regardless of societal norms. Let them remind you of how powerful we...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Read the latest piece by @nellynkettles.bsky.social exploring queerness as it relates to Frankenstein (2025), monsters, and our access to comfort:
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
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been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at richie@richiepope.com for professional work
been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at richie@richiepope.com for professional work
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at richie@richiepope.com for professional work
been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at richie@richiepope.com for professional work
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We kicked off our first monthly roundtable with our hot take on design, talking about the chasm between craft and performance. Tap in to read the full conversation here: www.aroko.world/monthly-roun...
Àrokò Monthly Roundtable #01
This roundtable discussion names a growing unease with societies that reward visibility over substance.
www.aroko.world
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We kicked off our first monthly roundtable with our hot take on design, talking about the chasm between craft and performance. Tap in to read the full conversation here: www.aroko.world/monthly-roun...
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SJP is seeking a Creative Marketing Intern. See the internship description here: bit.ly/48XtgQl - Applications are due 1/12/26.
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
SJP is seeking a Creative Marketing Intern. See the internship description here: bit.ly/48XtgQl - Applications are due 1/12/26.
love to talk shit with my squad - come on down and learn about why you should probably start a co-op too
Creative Growth in a Cooperative Ecosystem: A Conversation with the Àrokò Design Department
"Because we're a community that's figuring out how to do business together, most of what we do together is play."
www.aroko.world
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
love to talk shit with my squad - come on down and learn about why you should probably start a co-op too
"Consumerism, is however, too central to the rotten heart of the games industry to excise it without killing the thing. This wretched state of affairs is what Keighley aspires to be the voice of, and what his Game Awards is a shrine to."
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Consumerism, is however, too central to the rotten heart of the games industry to excise it without killing the thing. This wretched state of affairs is what Keighley aspires to be the voice of, and what his Game Awards is a shrine to."
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Along with making art and designing for clients with @aroko.bsky.social, a huge part of my practice is teaching as a means to serve community. I reflected on my two years building a community and home in Oakland. www.aroko.world/two-years-of...
Two Years of Clay, Community, and Creating Home
At the beginning of October, the two–year anniversary of the first Black Clay Workshop quietly passed. This coming January will also mark two years since I settled in Oakland—and honestly, it has all ...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Along with making art and designing for clients with @aroko.bsky.social, a huge part of my practice is teaching as a means to serve community. I reflected on my two years building a community and home in Oakland. www.aroko.world/two-years-of...
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Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
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Celebrating joy, creativity and cultural magic as sisters Mahie & Meron weave Ethiopian heritage into Halloween spellcraft— the creative forces behind Enday, a vibrant fashion brand. #HabeshaMagic
www.aroko.world/habesha-magic/
www.aroko.world/habesha-magic/
Pumpkin Angels & Habesha Magic: Stitching Spells and Sewing Culture
Ethiopian-American designers reclaim Halloween as a time of joy, blending culture with creative freedom!
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Celebrating joy, creativity and cultural magic as sisters Mahie & Meron weave Ethiopian heritage into Halloween spellcraft— the creative forces behind Enday, a vibrant fashion brand. #HabeshaMagic
www.aroko.world/habesha-magic/
www.aroko.world/habesha-magic/
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
to me, zohran represents the mere possibility that things could be better. he is a challenge to the certainty that things will remain static or get worse as it relates to electoral politics. it feels good to have even that small sliver of hope.
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
to me, zohran represents the mere possibility that things could be better. he is a challenge to the certainty that things will remain static or get worse as it relates to electoral politics. it feels good to have even that small sliver of hope.
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
getting a lot of “were so back” vibes from the TL
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
getting a lot of “were so back” vibes from the TL
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You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.
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man i am so glad that dick cheney is dead
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
man i am so glad that dick cheney is dead
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
from a black woman editor in chief to no black women on staff in 10 years is nasty work
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
from a black woman editor in chief to no black women on staff in 10 years is nasty work
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
this JUST dropped like WHAT 😭
we have been covering this for months and months now, here (again) is my interview with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about this subject from Thursday @teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
this JUST dropped like WHAT 😭
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all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.