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Chantal James

@chantalalive.blacksky.app

35K followers 1.4K following 53K posts

Check your vernacular & then I’ll get back to ya. Essayist poet philosopher & writer of the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS & the forthcoming FES IS A MIRROR. She/her https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226/none-but-the-righteous-by-chantal-james/

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Method Man's Hand Gestures @jamellpelle.bsky.social · 4h

I CANNOT believe Im saying this but after revisiting them all...There are no bad...ninja..turtle movies...

a bald man with a mustache is wearing a pink suit and a green shirt .

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4h

The breakdown where you're spewing madness all over the internet embarrassingly is like a rite of passage in the life of the modern mad person. I recall mass deleting three months of psychotic (literally) tweets from back in the day.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 5h

When the manic episode ends and I'm deleting comments on six websites

A person wearing a formal suit and bow tie stands on what appears to be a red carpet. Their head is covered with a brown paper bag that has rough cutouts for the eyes and bold black marker writing that reads, “I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE.” In the background, photographers with cameras and flashes point toward them.

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 4h

why did you do that sharon???

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 7h

So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.

Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.

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natou @tichatnwa.bsky.social · 7h

pls understand when i say when i say thank you baby it doesnt mean im good

it just means thank you baby cause someone came thru

this is my only job and shits been wonky since ... well . you know

anyways

i need real fucking support

if you got it

send it

love you

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4h

Our official tweet on if we pepper spray children is raising questions on if we pepper spray children.

✨brit✨ @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 6h

for some reason, i don’t believe them

Homeland Security
@DH..•20h
DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT
PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN.

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Indigo (it/fae) 🔮 @indigofatale.me · 8d

glasses or no glasses? 👓

#nsfw #femboy #emo #alternative #nonbinary #trans

Indigo is wearing a black bralette, dark jeans, and a red collar while tilting their large-framed glasses. The room is dimly lit by blue string lights.

Indigo is wearing a black bralette, dark jeans, and a red collar. It's posing with one arm behind its head and the room is dimly lit by blue string lights.

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gurl, the pandemic! share pinned pls. @adrianmica.bsky.social · 5h

hi, sooo I GOT HIRED FOR THE PERFECT JOB!!! 🫨🫨🫨🥳

however, it’s in atlanta so that means i have to be moved and settled by january 1st!

im gonna start cfing now for mainly housing costs since i have this eviction on my record *sigh*

chuffed: bit.ly/4gNd2fy
direct links: linktr.ee/adrianmica

help a black disabled trans man survive!

my name is adrian, and i am a black, disabled, trans man. i recently moved and i need help getting a bit more stable after months of homelessness. my 25th birthday is next month and i'd love to rest a...

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Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 7h

it feels humiliating

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 20h

Do others struggle with guilt & inadequacy because of disability? Like I can't go that hard, I can't do that thing, what's that say about my worth. I know all that is nonsense internalized ableism but I can't be the only one who deals with it.

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 11h

This is the perfect description of trader joe's

Ms. “Aries’s Groove” @pardonmypetty.bsky.social · 12h

Down at the food accessory store. Y’all want something?

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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 9h

All Cops Are Poop (ACAP)

Seen in Vancouver.

All Cops Are Poop (ACAP) sticker on street pole.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 9h

It’s almost like when Fetterman discovered frothing at the mouth & cheering for genocide, he was like this is it for me, I found my calling.

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KáLyn Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 1d

Join @blackskyweb.xyz for “Digital Misogynoir + How to Report it on Blacksky” 11/14, 7PMEST on @stream.place. This event is part of @raceforward.org + CTWO’s Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy!

#CWA25 #LiberatoryLeadership #CTWOxRACEFORWARD

Black background with colorful geometric patterns announcing "our organization is participating in" Race Forward's Cultural Week of Action.

Digital Misogynoir and How to Report it on Blacksky

Interactive webinar to explain and identify digital misogynoir and how to mitigate it using the Blacksky Moderation Tool.

November 14th, 2025
7:00 PM EST
https://stream.place/drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 17h

I wrote this essay in the current Sudan issue of Transition Magazine titled "The Politics of Hunger" which argues that the current hunger crisis has been decades in the making. It begins with Nimeiri and looks at US engagement over the decades.

transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...

The Politics of Hunger in Sudan – Transition Magazine

transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 9h

I think so!

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KIMBOOLY👻💕✨ @k1m.bsky.social · 13h

it’s tip tuesday tip your single babes cause it’s rough out here

KIMBOOLY👻💕✨ @k1m.bsky.social · 14h

it’s national singles day & I would like to remind you that I am very single

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10h

The snacks, watching their TV & movies after you put the kids to bed!

Jana1960 @jana1960.bsky.social · 10h

Yep, we raked it in at 50 cents per hour per kid, right? Got fed well in snacks too!

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10h

What no slasher flicks on the pope's list of favorite movies?! I was hoping he'd tell me what's up on the bloody thrillers.

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Britt: is tired of everything @brittbutatwhatcost.bsky.social · 10h

Matches and movement needed tysm 🌈

Bills: $0/$151 for storage unit

Shelter: $105/$913 needed before 11/13

Care: anything helps to keep us sane and well!

Anything helps if possible!

linktr.ee/hiitsbritt

#MutualAid #KeepFolksAlive #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MAVoid 💸💕 🏳️‍⚧️💸 #MutualAidMonday

Help me breathe again | Linktree

Trying to rebuild our lives, survive, and maybe even thrive. 🪻

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Mahmoud from gaza @hamoo8890.bsky.social · 11h

My message to those who care:
We are still marginalized in Gaza — 12 members of my family are suffering from hunger,and we are barely trying to survive.
Aid is limited, and food prices in the markets are extremely high
Please,help us survive.💔
gofund.me/4d8d741d

Verified by✅
@mommunism.bsky.social

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10h

I was making bank as a babysitter from age 10 or eleven, I'd watch the younger kids of my parents' friends or people in the neighborhood so they could have a night out. I even took a certified babysitting course at the hospital & learned CPR.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10h

Technically babysitting because I made money off that from late elementary school, then in high school I was a cashier at a sandwich place.

Mufasa🇬🇭 @allforyou24.bsky.social · 15h

9. What was your first job?

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 14h

Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party remembered with art, music, and education baltimorebeat.com/eddie-conway...

An older Black man addresses the audience at an event.

A Black woman with short natural hair smiles while speaking into a microphone. She wears a red, blue, and green top.

Literature offerings that read "black Chronicle" along with a book titled "Marshall Law" at The Peale in downtown Baltimore.

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