neesha
@womanistbae.bsky.social
Journalist, essayist & organizer | Coastal GA & eastern NC roots | Author of Come By Here (Hub City Press) | linktr.ee/womanistbae | neeshapowellwrites@gmail.com | she/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽🍉🍑♊
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The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers, but also as writers who lend the paper legitimacy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/why-...
Why writers must boycott the New York Times
The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers,…
mondoweiss.net
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers, but also as writers who lend the paper legitimacy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/why-...
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From Stonewall, to Attica, to the clubs of NYC, to the streets of San Francisco, to the oasis of Little Rock. Miss Major taught us how to love, how to fight, how to be in it for the long haul.
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
From Stonewall, to Attica, to the clubs of NYC, to the streets of San Francisco, to the oasis of Little Rock. Miss Major taught us how to love, how to fight, how to be in it for the long haul.
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
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We’re sponsoring a panel @objectivejournos.bsky.social’s 11/14 Trans Media Convening: “The free, virtual gathering will focus on outlining what trans people need from journalism and from cis allies not just in this moment, but beyond.”
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We’re sponsoring a panel @objectivejournos.bsky.social’s 11/14 Trans Media Convening: “The free, virtual gathering will focus on outlining what trans people need from journalism and from cis allies not just in this moment, but beyond.”
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
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Your story is a tool for liberation. But how do you make sure it's heard? Our tip sheet @ bit.ly/personalnarrativetips breaks down the 3 A's of first-person narratives according to narrative sovereignty strategist Dionicia “Dio” Roberson:
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Your story is a tool for liberation. But how do you make sure it's heard? Our tip sheet @ bit.ly/personalnarrativetips breaks down the 3 A's of first-person narratives according to narrative sovereignty strategist Dionicia “Dio” Roberson:
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
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We’re so excited that Neema Avashia, @womanistbae.bsky.social, and Riley Rennhack are the creative nonfiction judges for the 2026 #FirecrackerAwards! Learn more and submit by November 14: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We’re so excited that Neema Avashia, @womanistbae.bsky.social, and Riley Rennhack are the creative nonfiction judges for the 2026 #FirecrackerAwards! Learn more and submit by November 14: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
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Last year, we published a tribute to some of our icons: “Flowers for Our Elders: A Southern Movement Elder Coloring Book.” By honoring the work of leaders like Tirso Moreno, we’re refusing to allow history to be rewritten.
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Last year, we published a tribute to some of our icons: “Flowers for Our Elders: A Southern Movement Elder Coloring Book.” By honoring the work of leaders like Tirso Moreno, we’re refusing to allow history to be rewritten.
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We had a blast spreading the word about movement journalism @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social’s annual convention in Atlanta earlier this month! We presented on ethics of care & solidarity and responsible reporting on trans communities with amazing partner orgs. 🔥#NLGJA25
September 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We had a blast spreading the word about movement journalism @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social’s annual convention in Atlanta earlier this month! We presented on ethics of care & solidarity and responsible reporting on trans communities with amazing partner orgs. 🔥#NLGJA25
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Our coloring book, “Flowers for Our Elders,” brings the stories of Southern movement elders to life. Meet Pat Hussain, who led a successful campaign to move a 1996 Olympic event out of Cobb County, Ga. to protest an anti-LGBTQIA+ resolution. #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our coloring book, “Flowers for Our Elders,” brings the stories of Southern movement elders to life. Meet Pat Hussain, who led a successful campaign to move a 1996 Olympic event out of Cobb County, Ga. to protest an anti-LGBTQIA+ resolution. #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
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For two years, the world has watched a genocide unfold in Gaza on our phone screens. 64,000+ Palestinians murdered by Israel. We honor the journalists in Gaza who’ve become the world's eyes & conscience, many of whom have been targeted & killed for telling the truth. 🎨: Peonica Fernando
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For two years, the world has watched a genocide unfold in Gaza on our phone screens. 64,000+ Palestinians murdered by Israel. We honor the journalists in Gaza who’ve become the world's eyes & conscience, many of whom have been targeted & killed for telling the truth. 🎨: Peonica Fernando
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Our work is rooted in this belief: The U.S. South is an epicenter of liberation & our stories are the soil from which change grows. Our values are our compass as we support journalism in service to liberation. Check out our #MovementJournalism values, then let us know some of your own!
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our work is rooted in this belief: The U.S. South is an epicenter of liberation & our stories are the soil from which change grows. Our values are our compass as we support journalism in service to liberation. Check out our #MovementJournalism values, then let us know some of your own!
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We honor the strength, resilience & sovereignty of Indigenous peoples today & all-year-round. Check out our collaborative guide on how to report on the missing & murdered Indigenous women crisis in the U.S. South with the care & accuracy it deserves @ bit.ly/mmiwjustice. #NoMoreStolenSisters
October 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We honor the strength, resilience & sovereignty of Indigenous peoples today & all-year-round. Check out our collaborative guide on how to report on the missing & murdered Indigenous women crisis in the U.S. South with the care & accuracy it deserves @ bit.ly/mmiwjustice. #NoMoreStolenSisters
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This Community Media Day, we celebrate you—the heart of movement media. Help us continue training underresourced Southern media makers in producing reporting for their own communities.
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This Community Media Day, we celebrate you—the heart of movement media. Help us continue training underresourced Southern media makers in producing reporting for their own communities.
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
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For Black Poetry Day, read Jordan Taliha McDonald's "Golden Corral (for Pooda)" in the latest issue of SISTORIES' literary magazine (bit.ly/sistories). It’s a powerful poem that finds “herstory” in crows eating trash outside a buffet, meditating on survival.
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For Black Poetry Day, read Jordan Taliha McDonald's "Golden Corral (for Pooda)" in the latest issue of SISTORIES' literary magazine (bit.ly/sistories). It’s a powerful poem that finds “herstory” in crows eating trash outside a buffet, meditating on survival.
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This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, meet Suzanne Pharr, who’s featured in our “Flowers for Our Elders” coloring book. She co-founded Southerners On New Ground, authored "Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism," & much more. You can hear from her on "The Nerve!" podcast: nationalcouncilofelders.org/the-nerve-podcast/.
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, meet Suzanne Pharr, who’s featured in our “Flowers for Our Elders” coloring book. She co-founded Southerners On New Ground, authored "Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism," & much more. You can hear from her on "The Nerve!" podcast: nationalcouncilofelders.org/the-nerve-podcast/.
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Our board chair, Samantha Hamilton & Alma Bowman connect the dots in @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social: ICE and the U.S. military use the same playbook, exploiting impoverished communities by presenting imperialism as a boon to their economies. Read the full story @ bit.ly/thesameplaybook.
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our board chair, Samantha Hamilton & Alma Bowman connect the dots in @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social: ICE and the U.S. military use the same playbook, exploiting impoverished communities by presenting imperialism as a boon to their economies. Read the full story @ bit.ly/thesameplaybook.
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Are your story pitches as effective as they could be? Would you like to pitch a story to a media outlet but don’t know where to start?
Sound like you? Join our November 13 virtual pitching workshop led by writer, cultural worker & educator, KB! Register by November 6 @ bit.ly/landingthepitch.
Sound like you? Join our November 13 virtual pitching workshop led by writer, cultural worker & educator, KB! Register by November 6 @ bit.ly/landingthepitch.
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Are your story pitches as effective as they could be? Would you like to pitch a story to a media outlet but don’t know where to start?
Sound like you? Join our November 13 virtual pitching workshop led by writer, cultural worker & educator, KB! Register by November 6 @ bit.ly/landingthepitch.
Sound like you? Join our November 13 virtual pitching workshop led by writer, cultural worker & educator, KB! Register by November 6 @ bit.ly/landingthepitch.
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This goes to many Sudanese families and individuals and a kitchen.
We're aiming to reach 5k on chuffed and 44k on gfm before the month ends
#Sudan
#HelpSky
Please donate
1. chuffed.org/project/140379-help-sudanese-families-rebuild-hope-together-we-can-make-a-difference
2. gofund.me/79534e213
This goes to many Sudanese families and individuals and a kitchen.
We're aiming to reach 5k on chuffed and 44k on gfm before the month ends
#Sudan
#HelpSky
Please donate
1. chuffed.org/project/140379-help-sudanese-families-rebuild-hope-together-we-can-make-a-difference
2. gofund.me/79534e213
Help Sudanese Families Rebuild Hope - Together, We Can Make a Difference
As a Sudanese living in Egypt, my heart aches every day for the people of Sudan - both those still enduring unimaginable hardship back hoke, and those who have been forced to flee, now struggling in n...
chuffed.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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FFS.....take a wild guess
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
FFS.....take a wild guess
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Please help Baraa's family endure the loss of their second daughter Masa, who was starved to death by Israel after they lost another child, Maha, to the genocide. Baraa tried her best to keep her alive. Help her survive the continuing genocide through this grief & keep Ibrahim alive & safe:
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Please help Baraa's family endure the loss of their second daughter Masa, who was starved to death by Israel after they lost another child, Maha, to the genocide. Baraa tried her best to keep her alive. Help her survive the continuing genocide through this grief & keep Ibrahim alive & safe:
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Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”
300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias.
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”
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It's hard to encapsulate just how destructive the biased @nytimes.com coverage of the genocide in Gaza has been. I am joining 300+ scholars, public figures, and writers in boycotting the Times and demanding accountability. Learn more here: www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's hard to encapsulate just how destructive the biased @nytimes.com coverage of the genocide in Gaza has been. I am joining 300+ scholars, public figures, and writers in boycotting the Times and demanding accountability. Learn more here: www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com
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Derek Trumbo: “We only make about 86 cents for a full day of labor. That means we have to work for eight days just to be able to afford a single package of commissary bacon.”
Read about the exorbitant commissary food prices incarcerated people deal with @prismreports.org: bit.ly/baconbehindbars.
Read about the exorbitant commissary food prices incarcerated people deal with @prismreports.org: bit.ly/baconbehindbars.
Never eat the candy on your pillow: Bringing home the bacon
The price of a single package of commissary bacon tells the story of the exorbitant cost of food in prison
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September 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Derek Trumbo: “We only make about 86 cents for a full day of labor. That means we have to work for eight days just to be able to afford a single package of commissary bacon.”
Read about the exorbitant commissary food prices incarcerated people deal with @prismreports.org: bit.ly/baconbehindbars.
Read about the exorbitant commissary food prices incarcerated people deal with @prismreports.org: bit.ly/baconbehindbars.
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Repost from @politicswithnj’s TikTok: “The Administration has just announced that they will be deploying the National Guard to nearly 20 new states. Watch this video to see if yours is one of the states listed. #politicswithnj”
September 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Repost from @politicswithnj’s TikTok: “The Administration has just announced that they will be deploying the National Guard to nearly 20 new states. Watch this video to see if yours is one of the states listed. #politicswithnj”