Neema Avashia
@avashianeema.bsky.social
Proud Boston educator since 2003. Proud West Virginian since 1979. Kahani's Ammi. ANOTHER APPALACHIA, WVU Press, 2022.
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"Baby writhes on the changing table, furious at this momentary loss of bodily control, until she catches sight of the bangles glimmering on my wrists..."
@avashianeema.bsky.social, on the artifacts that tether us to our culture: past, present, future.
@avashianeema.bsky.social, on the artifacts that tether us to our culture: past, present, future.
Bangles
By Neema Avashia
www.completesentencelit.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Baby writhes on the changing table, furious at this momentary loss of bodily control, until she catches sight of the bangles glimmering on my wrists..."
@avashianeema.bsky.social, on the artifacts that tether us to our culture: past, present, future.
@avashianeema.bsky.social, on the artifacts that tether us to our culture: past, present, future.
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Join us for our reading featuring guest faculty members @avashianeema.bsky.social and @egjames.bsky.social and 3rd annual Spotlight Poet @@mrmack88.bsky.social on July 14 at 7:30pm ET at Lasell University in Auburndale, MA.
Livestream available: lasell.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SolsticeMFARes
Livestream available: lasell.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SolsticeMFARes
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Join us for our reading featuring guest faculty members @avashianeema.bsky.social and @egjames.bsky.social and 3rd annual Spotlight Poet @@mrmack88.bsky.social on July 14 at 7:30pm ET at Lasell University in Auburndale, MA.
Livestream available: lasell.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SolsticeMFARes
Livestream available: lasell.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SolsticeMFARes
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Finished such a good book this morning. Thanks for your artistry, @avashianeema.bsky.social.
Here are my thoughts. rachelrosolina.com/blog/another...
Here are my thoughts. rachelrosolina.com/blog/another...
Another Appalachia — Rachel Rosolina
Identity, especially Appalachian identity, has been on my mind a lot lately. I work at Appalshop , an Eastern Kentucky arts organization that serves concentric circles of community—local Letcher Cou...
rachelrosolina.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Finished such a good book this morning. Thanks for your artistry, @avashianeema.bsky.social.
Here are my thoughts. rachelrosolina.com/blog/another...
Here are my thoughts. rachelrosolina.com/blog/another...
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🌈📚 Keeping it Queer ✊
📖 Another Appalachia - Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
by @avashianeema.bsky.social
Bookshop Affiliate Link:
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library: search.worldcat.org
#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #memoir #biography
📖 Another Appalachia - Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
by @avashianeema.bsky.social
Bookshop Affiliate Link:
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library: search.worldcat.org
#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #memoir #biography
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
bookshop.org
February 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
🌈📚 Keeping it Queer ✊
📖 Another Appalachia - Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
by @avashianeema.bsky.social
Bookshop Affiliate Link:
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library: search.worldcat.org
#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #memoir #biography
📖 Another Appalachia - Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
by @avashianeema.bsky.social
Bookshop Affiliate Link:
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library: search.worldcat.org
#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #memoir #biography
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A little light to look toward in the midst of so much darkness. We're excited to have Neema Avashia at Furman next month. The reading is open to the public. @avashianeema.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #Appalachia
February 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A little light to look toward in the midst of so much darkness. We're excited to have Neema Avashia at Furman next month. The reading is open to the public. @avashianeema.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #Appalachia
"Scale down. Talk with friends. Not over digital platforms, but face to face. What will big issues look like in practical terms where you live? How can you find out? What can you do about it?" Read this wisdom from Madeline ffitch over at @literaryhub.bsky.social. lithub.com/a-way-of-liv...
A Way of Living: On Direct Action and Survival Work in the Face of American Fascism
The morning after Trump was elected for the first time, Quaker elders, radical Black youth, anarchists, parents and toddlers circled around my woodstove to continue planning our solidarity action a…
lithub.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Scale down. Talk with friends. Not over digital platforms, but face to face. What will big issues look like in practical terms where you live? How can you find out? What can you do about it?" Read this wisdom from Madeline ffitch over at @literaryhub.bsky.social. lithub.com/a-way-of-liv...
Tofu shawarma + tomato browned butter + sumac onions + romaine + labne + pickled cuke on a Wednesday night. Because it's that kind of January.
January 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tofu shawarma + tomato browned butter + sumac onions + romaine + labne + pickled cuke on a Wednesday night. Because it's that kind of January.
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Arresting kids at school because they’re undocumented turns out to be wildly unpopular apnews.com/article/immi...
January 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Arresting kids at school because they’re undocumented turns out to be wildly unpopular apnews.com/article/immi...
Just zoomed into a Rural Anthropology class at Dartmouth College. TA was from Huntington, WV. One student's dad was from WV. Whole bunch of other students from rural spaces who got all the leave/stay complexity. So many fantastic questions. I think rural anthro folks might be my people. <3
January 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just zoomed into a Rural Anthropology class at Dartmouth College. TA was from Huntington, WV. One student's dad was from WV. Whole bunch of other students from rural spaces who got all the leave/stay complexity. So many fantastic questions. I think rural anthro folks might be my people. <3
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For the first time in 12 years, I will be teaching high school students (co-teaching an early college course called Introduction to Urban Education with @avashianeema.bsky.social for @bostonschools.boston.gov students at the Ruth Batson Academy) and I am so excited! courses.umb.edu/course_catal...
© 2025 University of Massachusetts Boston
courses.umb.edu
January 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
For the first time in 12 years, I will be teaching high school students (co-teaching an early college course called Introduction to Urban Education with @avashianeema.bsky.social for @bostonschools.boston.gov students at the Ruth Batson Academy) and I am so excited! courses.umb.edu/course_catal...
Can't wait to hold generative space for folks over at the Makery. 2nd Saturdays, January-June. 90 minutes for words and warmth and community. Come join us!
hindman.org/events/gener...
hindman.org/events/gener...
The Makery: Generate Together - Monthly Writing Workshops - January 2025 - Hindman Settlement School
Is carving out time for your writing practice a challenge? Do you benefit from community and structure as writing supports? This monthly generative writing session will support you in producing new non-fiction that may stand alone, or serve as sections in longer pieces. There is no pre-work required. You’ll come, warm-up, and write with constraints … The Makery: Generate Together – Monthly Writing Workshops – January 2025 Read More »
hindman.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Can't wait to hold generative space for folks over at the Makery. 2nd Saturdays, January-June. 90 minutes for words and warmth and community. Come join us!
hindman.org/events/gener...
hindman.org/events/gener...
This. This. This.
November 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM
This. This. This.
You can hear me on your public radio station this week, or on The Moth podcast next week, thinking about grief rituals for losses that go unacknowledged in the world at large. themoth.org/radio-hour/t...
The Moth (en-US) | Radio Hour | Turning the Page
--- This episode is available on your local radio station, PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on Spotify, Apple and iHeart on 11/27/24 ---In this hour stories of acceptance, movin...
themoth.org
November 24, 2024 at 3:40 PM
You can hear me on your public radio station this week, or on The Moth podcast next week, thinking about grief rituals for losses that go unacknowledged in the world at large. themoth.org/radio-hour/t...
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Trying to follow more people here. If you’re a past contributor or workshop attendee, or in community with us some other way, say hey! 👋🏽
And if you’re hoping to be one of those things, let us know so we can follow you, too!
And if you’re hoping to be one of those things, let us know so we can follow you, too!
November 20, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Trying to follow more people here. If you’re a past contributor or workshop attendee, or in community with us some other way, say hey! 👋🏽
And if you’re hoping to be one of those things, let us know so we can follow you, too!
And if you’re hoping to be one of those things, let us know so we can follow you, too!
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Finished @avashianeema.bsky.social’s Another Appalachia today. So many thoughts and feels as a Guju woman who grew up in suburbs of ATL. But the biggest one is that this is a must read. #FridayReads
November 17, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Finished @avashianeema.bsky.social’s Another Appalachia today. So many thoughts and feels as a Guju woman who grew up in suburbs of ATL. But the biggest one is that this is a must read. #FridayReads
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Unfortunately, the national election results mean that www.educationwarsbook.com is more relevant than ever. Friendly reminder that @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and I will drop in on your book club if you register on our site.
The Education Wars
www.educationwarsbook.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Unfortunately, the national election results mean that www.educationwarsbook.com is more relevant than ever. Friendly reminder that @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and I will drop in on your book club if you register on our site.
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I’m looking for new place to teach, to host my zoom classes, and college classroom visits in 2025! Please share!
November 15, 2024 at 5:46 PM
I’m looking for new place to teach, to host my zoom classes, and college classroom visits in 2025! Please share!
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did y’all know that bookstores make a third of their money between Thanksgiving & New Year’s, & most ship nationwide 💌 personally I find this to be an excellent way to figure out any holiday gifts
November 23, 2023 at 1:35 PM
did y’all know that bookstores make a third of their money between Thanksgiving & New Year’s, & most ship nationwide 💌 personally I find this to be an excellent way to figure out any holiday gifts
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Yay! Danica Roem projected to become Virginia's first transgender state Senator, defeating MAGA Glenn Youngkin's handpicked bigot Bill Woolf, who vowed to ban trans athletes from competition. A great night for Democrats and human beings in general. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Danica Roem becomes Virginia’s first openly transgender state senator
Virginia Democrat Danica Roem was projected to win her election Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, becoming the commonwealth’s first openly transgender state senator and the first out tr…
thehill.com
November 8, 2023 at 3:46 AM
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TRANSPHOBIA LOSES ELECTIONS
November 8, 2023 at 2:09 AM
TRANSPHOBIA LOSES ELECTIONS
Say this!!!
Oh hey, rest of the country, while we have your attention: KENTUCKY IS THE SEAT OF SO MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZING, STOP WRITING US OFF JUST BASED ON OUTDATED AND INCOMPLETE INFORMATION
ok tnks
ok tnks
November 8, 2023 at 3:44 AM
Say this!!!