Amy
@amytenbrink.bsky.social
Reader, baker, lawyer, negotiator, ally, feminist, economist, pianist, monster, revolutionary. Impossibly opinionated. Improbably fearless. She/her
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Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
September 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
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Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
September 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
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Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
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Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
September 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
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Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
September 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty:
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
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#Sirens2026 Faculty:
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#Sirens2026 Faculty:
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
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The key connection for today is that Roosevelt was watching fascism arise in Germany and Italy in 1933, and he DESIGNED THE NEW DEAL TO STOP THAT in the US. The works programs were as much about helping democracy as anything.
July 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The key connection for today is that Roosevelt was watching fascism arise in Germany and Italy in 1933, and he DESIGNED THE NEW DEAL TO STOP THAT in the US. The works programs were as much about helping democracy as anything.