Marlene Gaynair Ph.D.
@blkatlantichabit.bsky.social
Historian of Popular Culture and the Black Atlantic | Asst. Prof @ WSU | Rutgers PhD | Jamaican - Canadian |
habitual line stepper | words are my own
habitual line stepper | words are my own
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 12
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 12
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
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The history of abolition is so important in these dark days of the republic. They succeeded when enslavers controlled the entire federal government, the Supreme Court, the Electoral College and Congress through the three fifths clause. Join me tonight! www.gilderlehrman.org/itv-registra...
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The history of abolition is so important in these dark days of the republic. They succeeded when enslavers controlled the entire federal government, the Supreme Court, the Electoral College and Congress through the three fifths clause. Join me tonight! www.gilderlehrman.org/itv-registra...
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Malcolm McLaren was obsessed and put a bunch of Double Dutch teams in his video.
youtu.be/FZ4jMSCBswY?...
youtu.be/FZ4jMSCBswY?...
Malcolm Mclaren Presents Double Dutch.wmv
YouTube video by MalcolmMclarenMusic
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Malcolm McLaren was obsessed and put a bunch of Double Dutch teams in his video.
youtu.be/FZ4jMSCBswY?...
youtu.be/FZ4jMSCBswY?...
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See. I would’ve never known. I’m mad I had no clue and nobody told me this story to empower me when I was young. This is black history right here. Black WOMEN’s history.
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They were a famous team called Black Magic. Their elementary school teacher got them started and they became the best in the world.
youtu.be/9188lzV4j7k?...
youtu.be/9188lzV4j7k?...
Black Girls Do Double Dutch. Jumper Wins Guinness Book Of World Records
YouTube video by David Hoffman
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
See. I would’ve never known. I’m mad I had no clue and nobody told me this story to empower me when I was young. This is black history right here. Black WOMEN’s history.
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YES!!! And word to Kyra Gaunt on connecting double dutch and its influence on HH and the broader culture
October 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
YES!!! And word to Kyra Gaunt on connecting double dutch and its influence on HH and the broader culture
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I’m mad that I never learned how to double dutch this good as a kid 😭
October 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I’m mad that I never learned how to double dutch this good as a kid 😭
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How to increase the good vibes in your home 🏡
November 24, 2024 at 2:32 AM
How to increase the good vibes in your home 🏡
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I need to make sure everyone sees the Wayans family dancing to Kendrick.
November 28, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I need to make sure everyone sees the Wayans family dancing to Kendrick.
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I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
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nʌki\'wah Graham Greene💙
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
nʌki\'wah Graham Greene💙
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
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the hurricane katrina series i co-curated, “when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives” continues at MoMA through september 21.
on saturday at 7 pm, we screen the pilot episode of “treme” with creator david simon and star wendell pierce in conversation with me. join us, won’t you?
on saturday at 7 pm, we screen the pilot episode of “treme” with creator david simon and star wendell pierce in conversation with me. join us, won’t you?
Treme: Do You Know What It Means [TV pilot episode]. 2010. Directed by Agnieszka Holland | MoMA
Treme: Do You Know What It Means [TV pilot episode]. 2010. USA. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Screenplay by David Simon, Eric Overmyer. With Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown, Kim Dickens, Wendell Pierce. ...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
the hurricane katrina series i co-curated, “when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives” continues at MoMA through september 21.
on saturday at 7 pm, we screen the pilot episode of “treme” with creator david simon and star wendell pierce in conversation with me. join us, won’t you?
on saturday at 7 pm, we screen the pilot episode of “treme” with creator david simon and star wendell pierce in conversation with me. join us, won’t you?
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*stares directly into imaginary camera*
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
*stares directly into imaginary camera*
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Meet the 2025–2026 affiliates of the Canada Program! We welcome visiting scholars, and graduate and undergraduate research fellows to the program this year. Learn more about the Canada Program and incoming cohort at: https://loom.ly/LTBQNds
August 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Meet the 2025–2026 affiliates of the Canada Program! We welcome visiting scholars, and graduate and undergraduate research fellows to the program this year. Learn more about the Canada Program and incoming cohort at: https://loom.ly/LTBQNds
MTV has zero shame and I refuse to let this revisionist history continue...
August 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
MTV has zero shame and I refuse to let this revisionist history continue...
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In a prospectus defense for one of my DH students shortly. I'm learning about the history of synthesizers, and how they were going to put everyone out of a job. Boy does this story sound familiar.
August 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In a prospectus defense for one of my DH students shortly. I'm learning about the history of synthesizers, and how they were going to put everyone out of a job. Boy does this story sound familiar.
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All still banned in my classes.
We've had extensive discussions in the past year amongst my close colleagues about AI use in the classroom, and some people take different approaches. But all of these uses prevent students from learning what I am teaching them, here specifically information literacy
We've had extensive discussions in the past year amongst my close colleagues about AI use in the classroom, and some people take different approaches. But all of these uses prevent students from learning what I am teaching them, here specifically information literacy
The Appendix on an AI policy is actually quite bad. Having an AI deliver a summary before reading has major implications in terms of the experience of student learning. What we want students to do and how they do it is the question. The experience of reading is not the same as reading a summary.
August 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All still banned in my classes.
We've had extensive discussions in the past year amongst my close colleagues about AI use in the classroom, and some people take different approaches. But all of these uses prevent students from learning what I am teaching them, here specifically information literacy
We've had extensive discussions in the past year amongst my close colleagues about AI use in the classroom, and some people take different approaches. But all of these uses prevent students from learning what I am teaching them, here specifically information literacy
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For #NationalSoccerDay, revisit our interview with Jørn Sønderholm about his article on the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, published in Vol. 37, Iss. 1 of Public Affairs Quarterly.
Interview: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ha...
Article: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/arti...
Interview: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ha...
Article: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/arti...
July 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For #NationalSoccerDay, revisit our interview with Jørn Sønderholm about his article on the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, published in Vol. 37, Iss. 1 of Public Affairs Quarterly.
Interview: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ha...
Article: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/arti...
Interview: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ha...
Article: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/arti...
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Check out Polish American Studies for scholarship related to all aspects of the history and culture of Poles in the Western Hemisphere. Accepting submissions from all humanities/social sciences disciplines, with 70 volumes already published. www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Check out Polish American Studies for scholarship related to all aspects of the history and culture of Poles in the Western Hemisphere. Accepting submissions from all humanities/social sciences disciplines, with 70 volumes already published. www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...
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Big news! I'm heading to the National Humanities Center as the next president. I'm proud to be the first woman, the first Black person, and the first person of color to lead it. Honored to start this new chapter. #Humanities #BlackWomenLead #BlackSky
The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce historian Dr. Blair LM Kelley (@profblmkelley.bsky.social) has been selected as its next president and director.
National Humanities Center Announces Dr. Blair LM Kelley as New President
After a nationwide search, the National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the selection of historian Blair LM Kelley as its next president and director. Dr. Kelley's appointment marks a pivotal...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Big news! I'm heading to the National Humanities Center as the next president. I'm proud to be the first woman, the first Black person, and the first person of color to lead it. Honored to start this new chapter. #Humanities #BlackWomenLead #BlackSky
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A'lly A has arrived 🍰🏳️🌈
Presented by Ally
Presented by Ally
June 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A'lly A has arrived 🍰🏳️🌈
Presented by Ally
Presented by Ally
I remember when someone in David Cameron's government "accidentally" threw out all the landing (arrival) cards of the Windrush people dem
June 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I remember when someone in David Cameron's government "accidentally" threw out all the landing (arrival) cards of the Windrush people dem
Is Walmart selling that Juneteenth ice cream again? Or did they pull it forever? 🤔🤔
June 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Is Walmart selling that Juneteenth ice cream again? Or did they pull it forever? 🤔🤔
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I don't think I have many Toronto-area folk on here, but I'll be a featured author at the BlackLit Durham anniversary event on June 18! Free registration, books will be sold, and we're gonna celebrate Black Canadian literature! ajaxlibrary.ca/node/3179
June 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I don't think I have many Toronto-area folk on here, but I'll be a featured author at the BlackLit Durham anniversary event on June 18! Free registration, books will be sold, and we're gonna celebrate Black Canadian literature! ajaxlibrary.ca/node/3179
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"Fundamental to Envisioning Seneca Village is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, iterative, and transparent approach. As coauthors, our team brings together expertise in the overlapping fields of history, archaeology, geographic information systems (GIS), and architecture."
June 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Fundamental to Envisioning Seneca Village is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, iterative, and transparent approach. As coauthors, our team brings together expertise in the overlapping fields of history, archaeology, geographic information systems (GIS), and architecture."