Laurian Bowles PhD
@drlaurian.bsky.social
Black femme anthropologist | Author: HEADSTRONG: Women Porters, Blackness & Modernity in Accra http://bit.ly/42KE9Dv, get 30% off w/ code PENN-LBOWLES30 or CSPENN30
she/her/dr | vann professor of racial justice | relationship anarchist | diaspora daughter|
she/her/dr | vann professor of racial justice | relationship anarchist | diaspora daughter|
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NC weather is completely unhinged. An almost 30 degree temperature drop in 24 hours?
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
NC weather is completely unhinged. An almost 30 degree temperature drop in 24 hours?
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"I think it’s wise to decline speaking to the Times on principle. The reasons aren’t especially obscure: Palestine superabundantly, but also decades of hyper-sensationalizing crime reporting, the neverending centrist stooge’ing, all the unparody-able rest of it."
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"I think it’s wise to decline speaking to the Times on principle. The reasons aren’t especially obscure: Palestine superabundantly, but also decades of hyper-sensationalizing crime reporting, the neverending centrist stooge’ing, all the unparody-able rest of it."
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I really have to re-break this habit of scrolling before bed. Last night's nightmare featured a person from my tt feed 😩
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I really have to re-break this habit of scrolling before bed. Last night's nightmare featured a person from my tt feed 😩
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Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
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Thread on what journalists with integrity go through. 🧵
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Thread on what journalists with integrity go through. 🧵
"Fortunately, Assata left us with a map, a rich archive of her travails, aspirations, and insights, written in her own words" -Orisanmi Burton
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Assata Is Welcome Here • Protean Magazine
In late September, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman. Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from U.S. ...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Fortunately, Assata left us with a map, a rich archive of her travails, aspirations, and insights, written in her own words" -Orisanmi Burton
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The distance between people & SNAP benefits vs the distance between people and billionaires yet people are arguing about billionaire's rights.
Peak delusional colo mentality
Peak delusional colo mentality
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The distance between people & SNAP benefits vs the distance between people and billionaires yet people are arguing about billionaire's rights.
Peak delusional colo mentality
Peak delusional colo mentality
It's not the silent treatment. I'm just letting you lead
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It's not the silent treatment. I'm just letting you lead
In the other Ian MacFadyen takes a financial approach to his argument, insisting that a Yes vote would be a fiscally irresponsible move for the county. ...
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Opinion: Mecklenburg County’s Transit Tax Referendum Deserves a Hard No | Queen City Nerve
In a time when Mecklenburg County is flush with record high tax revenues and a growing population, demanding residents pay more is not just tone-deaf, it is fiscally irresponsible. They’re …
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October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In the other Ian MacFadyen takes a financial approach to his argument, insisting that a Yes vote would be a fiscally irresponsible move for the county. ...
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Hey #booklovers and #podcast enthusiasts! Check out @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode about my new book: #Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness and Modernity in Accra 📖🌟.
If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
newbooksnetwork.com/headstrong
If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
newbooksnetwork.com/headstrong
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October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hey #booklovers and #podcast enthusiasts! Check out @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode about my new book: #Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness and Modernity in Accra 📖🌟.
If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
newbooksnetwork.com/headstrong
If you like what you hear, consider buying:
🔗 www.pennpress.org/978151282465...
newbooksnetwork.com/headstrong
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Elon Musk has built his empire through ruthless exploitation, union busting, and dangerous working conditions, and his company's reliance on cobalt from Congo keeps fueling instability in the region that has resulted in the death and displacement of thousands.
March 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Elon Musk has built his empire through ruthless exploitation, union busting, and dangerous working conditions, and his company's reliance on cobalt from Congo keeps fueling instability in the region that has resulted in the death and displacement of thousands.
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Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror to a #legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner Elon #Musk shut down the US Agency for International Development. #USAID
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'Absolute scandal': Disgusted lawmaker hits Trump for abandoning U.S. family in riot zone
Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror on Wednesday to a legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner El...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror to a #legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner Elon #Musk shut down the US Agency for International Development. #USAID
www.rawstory.com/trump-usaid-...
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In Ghana, an Israeli attempt to whitewash Gaza genocide faces pushback
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In Ghana, an Israeli attempt to whitewash Gaza genocide faces pushback
An Israeli film festival accused of being ‘propaganda’ was marred by protest, prompting one sponsor to pull out. The heavy
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October 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In Ghana, an Israeli attempt to whitewash Gaza genocide faces pushback
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What's the tipping point between a protest and pep rally?
October 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What's the tipping point between a protest and pep rally?
Thank you to everyone who showed up, asked brilliant questions, and made the evening one to remember. We sold out of copies📚
#BookLaunch #Headstrong #NewBeginnings #Blackfeminist #ethnography
#BookLaunch #Headstrong #NewBeginnings #Blackfeminist #ethnography
October 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Thank you to everyone who showed up, asked brilliant questions, and made the evening one to remember. We sold out of copies📚
#BookLaunch #Headstrong #NewBeginnings #Blackfeminist #ethnography
#BookLaunch #Headstrong #NewBeginnings #Blackfeminist #ethnography
Same
I really don't think I was ready for the overnight transition from t-shirt & shorts weather to long sleeves, jeans and sweater weather.
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Same
What's the tipping point between a protest and pep rally?
October 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What's the tipping point between a protest and pep rally?
shunning is a useful choice
September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
shunning is a useful choice
"When we are so hyper-focused on who should be doing the job, instead of who’s actually doing it, we miss the opportunity to have some really rich connections with people." Nedra Glover Tawwab
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"When we are so hyper-focused on who should be doing the job, instead of who’s actually doing it, we miss the opportunity to have some really rich connections with people." Nedra Glover Tawwab
A poem for insomnia:
The ceiling hums with hours, a few ticks to midnight
Your sky is breaking in pale fire.
I trace the shape of your name in darkness, a tide pulling east
If I could unspool this restless night, I’d knot it gently to your morning light— joyful in a shared horizon.
The ceiling hums with hours, a few ticks to midnight
Your sky is breaking in pale fire.
I trace the shape of your name in darkness, a tide pulling east
If I could unspool this restless night, I’d knot it gently to your morning light— joyful in a shared horizon.
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
A poem for insomnia:
The ceiling hums with hours, a few ticks to midnight
Your sky is breaking in pale fire.
I trace the shape of your name in darkness, a tide pulling east
If I could unspool this restless night, I’d knot it gently to your morning light— joyful in a shared horizon.
The ceiling hums with hours, a few ticks to midnight
Your sky is breaking in pale fire.
I trace the shape of your name in darkness, a tide pulling east
If I could unspool this restless night, I’d knot it gently to your morning light— joyful in a shared horizon.