dr.joan
@theroguesenna.bsky.social
She/her (but meh about it) Millennial Mom — pop culture ADHPhD&D — griot/lore bard/scholar/artist — queer
will perform for dopamine
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The man in my pfp is my grandpa. Go read about him. Ahmed Joda (1930-2021).
will perform for dopamine
💜🩷💙
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The man in my pfp is my grandpa. Go read about him. Ahmed Joda (1930-2021).
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If you could’ve voted for Kamala or Hillary and didn’t, kindly unfollow.
Ironically a post I made to try to screen my feed went mini-viral (at least compared to its intended audience).
Things this post is not:
- a statement of my ongoing beliefs
- an opportunity for you to be congratulated on your voting record
- an invitation to argue
- an endorsement of current Dems
Things this post is not:
- a statement of my ongoing beliefs
- an opportunity for you to be congratulated on your voting record
- an invitation to argue
- an endorsement of current Dems
My program director who was also chair of the film program did this to us in grad school. And it also stipulated that they didn’t even have to credit us.
When I complained I was told I had a problem with sending “angry emails”
When I complained I was told I had a problem with sending “angry emails”
Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 AM
My program director who was also chair of the film program did this to us in grad school. And it also stipulated that they didn’t even have to credit us.
When I complained I was told I had a problem with sending “angry emails”
When I complained I was told I had a problem with sending “angry emails”
Trying to do chores as mom to a 2yo
February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Trying to do chores as mom to a 2yo
Okay joanypants, time to take a break.
You’re saying stupid shit you don’t fully believe and distracting yourself from your priorities.
You’re saying stupid shit you don’t fully believe and distracting yourself from your priorities.
a lego man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and says i 've taken away your computer privileges
ALT: a lego man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and says i 've taken away your computer privileges
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Okay joanypants, time to take a break.
You’re saying stupid shit you don’t fully believe and distracting yourself from your priorities.
You’re saying stupid shit you don’t fully believe and distracting yourself from your priorities.
I need to read more about George Washington Carver.
I feel like he was a visionary not just for his inventions but for pioneering a gift economy.
I feel like he was a visionary not just for his inventions but for pioneering a gift economy.
February 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I need to read more about George Washington Carver.
I feel like he was a visionary not just for his inventions but for pioneering a gift economy.
I feel like he was a visionary not just for his inventions but for pioneering a gift economy.
Me on Monday to the tune of Mary had a Little Lamb:
Time to get a mammogram
Mammogram
Mammogram!
Time to get a mammogram
And see inside my boobs!
Time to get a mammogram
Mammogram
Mammogram!
Time to get a mammogram
And see inside my boobs!
February 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Me on Monday to the tune of Mary had a Little Lamb:
Time to get a mammogram
Mammogram
Mammogram!
Time to get a mammogram
And see inside my boobs!
Time to get a mammogram
Mammogram
Mammogram!
Time to get a mammogram
And see inside my boobs!
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I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
Honestly makes me want to move to Haiti for a hot sec.
(Only for a hot sec because I caNNot move anywhere right now and who knows if they even want disillusioned African-USians
(Only for a hot sec because I caNNot move anywhere right now and who knows if they even want disillusioned African-USians
Toussaint is a hero of the entire African diaspora. He stood up against Napoleon and led his country to independence. Haiti became the first and only Black/anti-racist republic and second democracy in the Americas (after the US) and the colonizing west has never forgiven them for it.
February 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Honestly makes me want to move to Haiti for a hot sec.
(Only for a hot sec because I caNNot move anywhere right now and who knows if they even want disillusioned African-USians
(Only for a hot sec because I caNNot move anywhere right now and who knows if they even want disillusioned African-USians
Sound up for Corgi Commentary
Ruby doesn’t always chase cars, but when she does, they are my 2yo’s hot wheels:
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Sound up for Corgi Commentary
Ruby doesn’t always chase cars, but when she does, they are my 2yo’s hot wheels:
February 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ruby doesn’t always chase cars, but when she does, they are my 2yo’s hot wheels:
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My favorite reoccurring bit of this regime 😌
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
My favorite reoccurring bit of this regime 😌
We must find ways to influence each other outside of the system of cash, funding, and profit.
It’s just a pendulous pattern of erosion and rebuilding of hypothetical cash piles. The system is designed to self-replicate no matter how much we chip away at it.
It’s just a pendulous pattern of erosion and rebuilding of hypothetical cash piles. The system is designed to self-replicate no matter how much we chip away at it.
I would like to see one of the LA mayoral candidates explicitly run on cracking down on the LAPD.
Dramatically cut their budget and tell them they can have it back when they stop beating protestors and shooting journalists.
Dramatically cut their budget and tell them they can have it back when they stop beating protestors and shooting journalists.
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
We must find ways to influence each other outside of the system of cash, funding, and profit.
It’s just a pendulous pattern of erosion and rebuilding of hypothetical cash piles. The system is designed to self-replicate no matter how much we chip away at it.
It’s just a pendulous pattern of erosion and rebuilding of hypothetical cash piles. The system is designed to self-replicate no matter how much we chip away at it.
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It seems to me like one thing AI would be terrible at is absolutely everything the Civilian Conservation Corps did.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
It seems to me like one thing AI would be terrible at is absolutely everything the Civilian Conservation Corps did.
This is the game my grandma played with me when I was like. 12.
SALES DIRECTOR: Why no kitchen table?
DESIGN LEAD: Because kitchen tables are for fucking Candyland. We’re selling a political mode of thinking: deduction as power. Think less “family night,” and more “I will find the hidden structure of your choices, and then I will destroy you.”
DESIGN LEAD: Because kitchen tables are for fucking Candyland. We’re selling a political mode of thinking: deduction as power. Think less “family night,” and more “I will find the hidden structure of your choices, and then I will destroy you.”
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This is the game my grandma played with me when I was like. 12.
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Trust and believe Black and other minoritized scientists are asking these questions; if you care, you need to be asking too.
Brockman had to have INTENTIONALLY avoided inviting non-white scientists to these events where Epstein would show up because Epstein didn't believe in the intellectual equality of non-white scientists to white ones
If you're a white scientist in an all white space, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
If you're a white scientist in an all white space, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
February 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trust and believe Black and other minoritized scientists are asking these questions; if you care, you need to be asking too.
Idk. It’s been difficult for me. It’s one of two major grocery/department stores in a short drive and there are some things there that are more affordable there than anywhere else. The rest of my neighborhood is dollar stores.
The Target situation is like a microcosmic example of the US tariff initiative. People thought they needed Target, until the boycott. Now they’ve found ways around it and don’t wanna go back. Other countries are now realizing they don’t need the big superpower USA and are adjusting accordingly.
February 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Idk. It’s been difficult for me. It’s one of two major grocery/department stores in a short drive and there are some things there that are more affordable there than anywhere else. The rest of my neighborhood is dollar stores.
Not only were his supporters as vitriolic to Clinton supporters as some Trump thumpers, they constantly claimed he was *more feminist* than the woman who coined the phrase “Women’s rights are Human Rights”
When black folks were like “hey it’s not just class, it’s race” he ignored it.
When black folks were like “hey it’s not just class, it’s race” he ignored it.
Then Sanders told us we needed to have
“Empathy for the white working class”
“Empathy for the white working class”
Jill Stein spoiled just enough to prevent the electoral college from aligning w popular vote.
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Not only were his supporters as vitriolic to Clinton supporters as some Trump thumpers, they constantly claimed he was *more feminist* than the woman who coined the phrase “Women’s rights are Human Rights”
When black folks were like “hey it’s not just class, it’s race” he ignored it.
When black folks were like “hey it’s not just class, it’s race” he ignored it.
Then Sanders told us we needed to have
“Empathy for the white working class”
“Empathy for the white working class”
Jill Stein spoiled just enough to prevent the electoral college from aligning w popular vote.
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
While ppl are finally out here realizing what a mistake it was to allow this dingbat to steal the presidency from the woman who won it by over 8 million votes, I’d like to also remind everyone what a petulant fucking toddler Bernie Sanders was about it all the way through and after the elections.
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Then Sanders told us we needed to have
“Empathy for the white working class”
“Empathy for the white working class”
Jill Stein spoiled just enough to prevent the electoral college from aligning w popular vote.
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
While ppl are finally out here realizing what a mistake it was to allow this dingbat to steal the presidency from the woman who won it by over 8 million votes, I’d like to also remind everyone what a petulant fucking toddler Bernie Sanders was about it all the way through and after the elections.
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Jill Stein spoiled just enough to prevent the electoral college from aligning w popular vote.
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
Jim Comey refused to discuss Russian interference but made up some Bs non existent shit about HRC less than a week before the election. ( when she was still several points ahead)
While ppl are finally out here realizing what a mistake it was to allow this dingbat to steal the presidency from the woman who won it by over 8 million votes, I’d like to also remind everyone what a petulant fucking toddler Bernie Sanders was about it all the way through and after the elections.
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
While ppl are finally out here realizing what a mistake it was to allow this dingbat to steal the presidency from the woman who won it by over 8 million votes, I’d like to also remind everyone what a petulant fucking toddler Bernie Sanders was about it all the way through and after the elections.
There’s no lack of space or lack of resources.
Any lack of jobs is because the CEOs want to cut wages rather than spending money on innovation.
The real crisis is oligarchical greed.
Any lack of jobs is because the CEOs want to cut wages rather than spending money on innovation.
The real crisis is oligarchical greed.
It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
February 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
There’s no lack of space or lack of resources.
Any lack of jobs is because the CEOs want to cut wages rather than spending money on innovation.
The real crisis is oligarchical greed.
Any lack of jobs is because the CEOs want to cut wages rather than spending money on innovation.
The real crisis is oligarchical greed.
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i'm calling it early - this is one of the greatest posts ever made on bsky dot app
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:06 AM
i'm calling it early - this is one of the greatest posts ever made on bsky dot app
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Three geniuses gaining and using their platforms without compromising their humanity or their artistic visions, and showing us just why art matters. They are changing the conversation, each one of them.
Bad Bunny and Sir Ian McKellen and Anoushka Shankar all reminding us this week, in very different ways, just how important art is for a progressive future.
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Three geniuses gaining and using their platforms without compromising their humanity or their artistic visions, and showing us just why art matters. They are changing the conversation, each one of them.
Not to mention the women who have been pushed out of academia.
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Not to mention the women who have been pushed out of academia.
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idea for Dems: actual intellectualism in schools
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 AM
idea for Dems: actual intellectualism in schools
During my senior seminar in college my entire class of 12 theatre majors hypothetically planned a production of Romeo & Juliet that cast the Montagues and Capulets as feuding drag families
"Folks on the left will eventually come to terms with the fact they have nowhere else to go," says the founder of the Classic Learning Test. "You can only sneer at Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Shakespeare for so long before the sneering itself starts to look unserious."
WHO IS SNEERING
WHO IS SNEERING
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
During my senior seminar in college my entire class of 12 theatre majors hypothetically planned a production of Romeo & Juliet that cast the Montagues and Capulets as feuding drag families