KD Thompson
@katrinadalythompson.com
Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities (Religious Studies) & Director of SLA, UW-Madison. Ethnographer of language, gender, & sexuality in Muslim communities. Swahili-speaker 🇹🇿 Kung-fu-learner 🥋 Meditator 🧘📿
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Swahili version!
Wakati Mwongozo wa Ndoa Unasafiri Katika Wakati: Vijitabu vya Kiislamu Vinavyoonyesha Kuhusu Hamu ya Nyakati za Zamani na Jinsia
Kati ya maandalizi ya harusi yako na akhera yako, kuna mambo mengi yanayoweza kwenda vibaya.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Swahili version!
The harvest is ready!
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December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The harvest is ready!
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The Santas are back! I counted 33 today. #madison
Giant identical Santas bring joy to a Wisconsin neighborhood
While all identical, some of the Monroe Street Santas have their own flare. For example, one is stationed next to an inflatable dragon and another had a reindeer accompanying him.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Santas are back! I counted 33 today. #madison
Stay vigilant, anthros! mailchi.mp/7d09a524c115... #AnthroBoycott
"Word Got Out": Attempt to Repeal Boycott Dropped in Face of Overwhelming Opposition
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December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stay vigilant, anthros! mailchi.mp/7d09a524c115... #AnthroBoycott
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🧘🏽♀️ Generosity (dāna) is a practice, not a purchase. This season, may we circulate the dollar with intention and give back with compassion.
Mutual aid is sangha. Local care is liberation. We ain’t buying it—unless it nourishes the whole.
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Mutual aid is sangha. Local care is liberation. We ain’t buying it—unless it nourishes the whole.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🧘🏽♀️ Generosity (dāna) is a practice, not a purchase. This season, may we circulate the dollar with intention and give back with compassion.
Mutual aid is sangha. Local care is liberation. We ain’t buying it—unless it nourishes the whole.
weaintbuyingit.com
Mutual aid is sangha. Local care is liberation. We ain’t buying it—unless it nourishes the whole.
weaintbuyingit.com
Post-thanksgiving smiles with several of my grad students
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Post-thanksgiving smiles with several of my grad students
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Liberation begins with letting go. This season, may we resist grasping. May we practice generosity, presence, and the joy of enough.
#WeAintBuyingIt #BuddhistMinimalism
#WeAintBuyingIt #BuddhistMinimalism
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Liberation begins with letting go. This season, may we resist grasping. May we practice generosity, presence, and the joy of enough.
#WeAintBuyingIt #BuddhistMinimalism
#WeAintBuyingIt #BuddhistMinimalism
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Right livelihood isn’t just about how we earn money—it’s about how we spend it. When we say “We Ain’t Buying It,” we’re practicing right action: withdrawing consent from harm and investing in justice. #RightLivelihood #WeAintBuyingIt #BuyLocal
📣 This weekend, we're taking a stand!
Learn more about how you can participate in the "We Ain't Buying It" campaign and access the digital toolkit at weaintbuyingit.com
#WeAintBuyingIt
Learn more about how you can participate in the "We Ain't Buying It" campaign and access the digital toolkit at weaintbuyingit.com
#WeAintBuyingIt
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Right livelihood isn’t just about how we earn money—it’s about how we spend it. When we say “We Ain’t Buying It,” we’re practicing right action: withdrawing consent from harm and investing in justice. #RightLivelihood #WeAintBuyingIt #BuyLocal
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📣 This weekend, we're taking a stand!
Learn more about how you can participate in the "We Ain't Buying It" campaign and access the digital toolkit at weaintbuyingit.com
#WeAintBuyingIt
Learn more about how you can participate in the "We Ain't Buying It" campaign and access the digital toolkit at weaintbuyingit.com
#WeAintBuyingIt
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📣 This weekend, we're taking a stand!
Learn more about how you can participate in the "We Ain't Buying It" campaign and access the digital toolkit at weaintbuyingit.com
#WeAintBuyingIt
Learn more about how you can participate in the "We Ain't Buying It" campaign and access the digital toolkit at weaintbuyingit.com
#WeAintBuyingIt
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Muslims on the Margins
Offers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communitiesThe turn of the twenty-first century ushered in a wave of progressive Muslims, whose modern interpret...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean
Muslim communities throughout the Indian Ocean have long questioned what it means to be a “good Muslim.” Much recent scholarship on Islam in the Indian O...
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Congrats to @chuckgski.bsky.social! Last night, his book God's Waiting Room was awarded AfAA's Skinner Prize for "the book that best furthers the global community of Africanist scholars & the broader interests of the African continent, as exemplified in the work of Elliott P. Skinner." #AAA2025NOLA
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Congrats to @chuckgski.bsky.social! Last night, his book God's Waiting Room was awarded AfAA's Skinner Prize for "the book that best furthers the global community of Africanist scholars & the broader interests of the African continent, as exemplified in the work of Elliott P. Skinner." #AAA2025NOLA
I'm teaching the novel James (UW-Madison's Big Read this year) in my Language and Religion course, and I had my students do an online discussion while I'm at #AAA2025NOLA. These students (all first years!) are brilliant.
a woman in a red strapless dress says i was so blown away
ALT: a woman in a red strapless dress says i was so blown away
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November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I'm teaching the novel James (UW-Madison's Big Read this year) in my Language and Religion course, and I had my students do an online discussion while I'm at #AAA2025NOLA. These students (all first years!) are brilliant.
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I also joined the roundtable authors in conversation with Chakraborty about The Adventures of Amina al‑Sirafi—a fantasy novel sailing through the twelfth‑century Indian Ocean. We dig into gender, geography, piety, piracy, and magic. www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2025/11/chak...
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I also joined the roundtable authors in conversation with Chakraborty about The Adventures of Amina al‑Sirafi—a fantasy novel sailing through the twelfth‑century Indian Ocean. We dig into gender, geography, piety, piracy, and magic. www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2025/11/chak...
“What can parents do but give their children the space to be, and allow them to do what they need so they can become more of themselves?”
— Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
— Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
“What can parents do but give their children the space to be, and allow them to do what they need so they can become more of themselves?”
— Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
— Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
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Protect Free Speech in Wisconsin — Tell Lawmakers to VOTE NO on AB445/446
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November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Action Alert! Protect free speech in Wisconsin
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