Anthony Reed
@blackpoetics.bsky.social
Beautiful to strangers. Writer, critic, and other things.
Black illumination, Black imagination, Black poetics, Black listening.
Most Recent Book: Soundworks: Race, Sound and Poetry in Production http://dukeupress.edu/soundworks
Black illumination, Black imagination, Black poetics, Black listening.
Most Recent Book: Soundworks: Race, Sound and Poetry in Production http://dukeupress.edu/soundworks
I saw someone ask rhetorically why some white people don't like to be called white. It recalled this passage from Roland Barthes' "Mythologies" (p. 137):
"the bourgeoisie is defined as the social class which does not want to be named."
Substituting "white" for "bourgeoisie" gets you 90% there.
"the bourgeoisie is defined as the social class which does not want to be named."
Substituting "white" for "bourgeoisie" gets you 90% there.
May 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I saw someone ask rhetorically why some white people don't like to be called white. It recalled this passage from Roland Barthes' "Mythologies" (p. 137):
"the bourgeoisie is defined as the social class which does not want to be named."
Substituting "white" for "bourgeoisie" gets you 90% there.
"the bourgeoisie is defined as the social class which does not want to be named."
Substituting "white" for "bourgeoisie" gets you 90% there.
They're imagining you're Riley in this scenario.
September 28, 2024 at 12:48 PM
They're imagining you're Riley in this scenario.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #368,409!
What a strange number.
Also, Free Palestine. Stop the genocide.
What a strange number.
Also, Free Palestine. Stop the genocide.
September 18, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #368,409!
What a strange number.
Also, Free Palestine. Stop the genocide.
What a strange number.
Also, Free Palestine. Stop the genocide.
Happy Celestial Birthday, J. Dilla.
February 7, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Happy Celestial Birthday, J. Dilla.
I want to say The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn mainly (?) because I enjoy imagining people trying to talk about enslaved character like
February 5, 2024 at 10:05 PM
I want to say The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn mainly (?) because I enjoy imagining people trying to talk about enslaved character like
They're re-litigating (or changing or silencing) the past to narrow the range of legitimate protest in the present
December 14, 2023 at 2:27 PM
They're re-litigating (or changing or silencing) the past to narrow the range of legitimate protest in the present
30 years of Midnight Marauders, 1993 album of the year 🎉
What a great year for music that was 👀
What a great year for music that was 👀
November 9, 2023 at 9:47 PM
30 years of Midnight Marauders, 1993 album of the year 🎉
What a great year for music that was 👀
What a great year for music that was 👀
At the wisdom teeth extraction: The doctor began by airily denying anthropogenic climate change. "I have to do more research" and "the scientific community doesn't agree." He ended by talking about my exceptionally dense bones. "You must have Jamaican blood," his Jamaican assistant exclaimed.
Me:
Me:
August 24, 2023 at 5:38 PM
At the wisdom teeth extraction: The doctor began by airily denying anthropogenic climate change. "I have to do more research" and "the scientific community doesn't agree." He ended by talking about my exceptionally dense bones. "You must have Jamaican blood," his Jamaican assistant exclaimed.
Me:
Me:
I can't really heart this, but
July 31, 2023 at 7:40 PM
I can't really heart this, but
One scholar said that the idea of freedom dreams should leave room for nightmares but what about other dreams where everything is the normal except I'm a pancake?
July 25, 2023 at 11:33 PM
One scholar said that the idea of freedom dreams should leave room for nightmares but what about other dreams where everything is the normal except I'm a pancake?