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Ren
@iamrenmckellar.bsky.social
Designer, Educator, and Entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Blending design with purpose for underrepresented communities. Professor by day, activist by night. Passionate about creativity, empowerment, and leveling up whether in life or games 🖤
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“Once you get to the table, you realize it's not so special to be there...."We don’t want to sit at every table. The table is often too small"” - Dori Tunstall.

This is just one of the several insights shared in my conversation with Dori on the www.technicaldifficultiespodcast.com

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Understanding the Past to Design Our Future: Dori Tunstall
YouTube video by Technical Difficulties Podcast
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April 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I love hoodoo 🩷🙏🏾 I love my ancestors 🥰
June 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Being in the empire is just very 😒 it’s giving sci-fi book I read in high school
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June 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is beyond disgusting and shameful
Riverside GOP is using the Piss Boys homophobic sign as an ad for Bianco. This is what it looks like when your local govt is fash trash
May 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
It has been a ride 🩷
Renée McKellar
www.mica.edu
May 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It’s like when you’re making a website and the word welcome starts looking suspect 😆😂
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Working on a logo, I’ve looked at the word wheels too long and I now have doubts in my spelling 🤣🤣😭 #designerstruggles
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I joined a book club with political science Professors. I love it here. Learning never stops. 🩷
April 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Drake is suing everybody 😩😂
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
🥹 I’m so excited for spring semester 💙
a graphic that says graphic is design is my passion
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February 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Happy Black History Month 🖤
February 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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My Ofrendas/Altars will be at the Reverberations show at the Ford Foundation Gallery in NYC March 4- May 3rd.
shorturl.at/LOP0o
You can learn more about this series which includes image and writing at www.dance-flor.com/ofrendas

Thank you to Polymode and BIPOC Design History for the invite.💖
January 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I really deleted the bird app and didn’t tell anyone 😂. Well I’m here now, where’s is safe.
January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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There's a forgotten history that should serve as a warning — wildfire isn’t unique to the West. Now the warming climate is increasing the risk of major wildfires across America. And more people are moving to fire-prone areas without realizing the danger.
Climate Change Is Raising Wildfire Risk Across The U.S.
There's a forgotten history that should serve as a warning — wildfire isn’t unique to the West. Now the warming climate is increasing the risk of major wildfires across America. And more people are mo...
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January 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.  

The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.

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James Hemings is the reason macaroni and cheese made to America.
African Archives published a post on Ko-fi
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November 29, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Truly Thankful. Ashe
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November 29, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.
Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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artists 🎨

stop apologizing for not posting, for taking breaks, for being slow, for drawing the same character, for posting only sketches, for gushing over OCs, for being a beginner, for raising your prices, for trying a new medium—

start doing whatever you heckin want
November 19, 2024 at 3:12 PM