LaRisa Denise ✨
@larisa-denise.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. @ Univ of Utah. Dissertating for funsies😭. Studying religion, media, and the interwebs. 🦋
So, I finally sat down to write my version of a land acknowledgement. I share this, now, because as I begin my first semester teaching as a tenure-track faculty member, I hold myself accountable to the practices that animate our life and worth. (Please let me know if you decide to use this!)
January 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So, I finally sat down to write my version of a land acknowledgement. I share this, now, because as I begin my first semester teaching as a tenure-track faculty member, I hold myself accountable to the practices that animate our life and worth. (Please let me know if you decide to use this!)
Reposted by LaRisa Denise ✨
I don’t even know where to begin with what it means to be without Nikki Giovanni.
Dear Nikki, Grappling with your work brought out the best writing I have ever done.
You were a Martian, born in Knoxville, TN. May you rest in peace, #NikkiGiovanni.
thebaffler.com/salvos/becom...
Dear Nikki, Grappling with your work brought out the best writing I have ever done.
You were a Martian, born in Knoxville, TN. May you rest in peace, #NikkiGiovanni.
thebaffler.com/salvos/becom...
Becoming Martian | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
How can we imagine leaving Earth’s surface and making a livable home elsewhere when we can’t even get it right here?
thebaffler.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:56 AM
I don’t even know where to begin with what it means to be without Nikki Giovanni.
Dear Nikki, Grappling with your work brought out the best writing I have ever done.
You were a Martian, born in Knoxville, TN. May you rest in peace, #NikkiGiovanni.
thebaffler.com/salvos/becom...
Dear Nikki, Grappling with your work brought out the best writing I have ever done.
You were a Martian, born in Knoxville, TN. May you rest in peace, #NikkiGiovanni.
thebaffler.com/salvos/becom...
Reposted by LaRisa Denise ✨
Poetry is, in part, witnessing. And sister Nikki witnessed so so much.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90182/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90182/...
The Song of the Feet
It is appropriate that I sing The song of the feet The weight of the body And what the body chooses to bear Fall on me I trampled the American wilderness Forged frontier trails Outran the mob in T...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 10, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Poetry is, in part, witnessing. And sister Nikki witnessed so so much.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90182/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90182/...
Reposted by LaRisa Denise ✨
I could probably name 50 people doing essential work on this stuff without breaking a sweat. This is just so extremely reductive.
This is wildly dismissive of scholars, activists, and journalists whose critiques go well beyond “it sucks and it’s fake.” Moreso, substantive critiques about it sucking often point out not that it’s “fake” but that it’s used for tasks it’s not suited for to the detriment of people it’s used against
The phony comforts of AI skepticism
It’s fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it’s real and dangerous
www.platformer.news
December 6, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I could probably name 50 people doing essential work on this stuff without breaking a sweat. This is just so extremely reductive.
Kinda accurate for once.
Apple Music Replay for the win✨
Apple Music Replay for the win✨
December 6, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Kinda accurate for once.
Apple Music Replay for the win✨
Apple Music Replay for the win✨
It’s my first #aarsbl2024 🥹
San Diego is gorgeous.
Can’t wait for all the things.
If there’s anything digital religion I should attend, help a sista out please!
San Diego is gorgeous.
Can’t wait for all the things.
If there’s anything digital religion I should attend, help a sista out please!
November 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
It’s my first #aarsbl2024 🥹
San Diego is gorgeous.
Can’t wait for all the things.
If there’s anything digital religion I should attend, help a sista out please!
San Diego is gorgeous.
Can’t wait for all the things.
If there’s anything digital religion I should attend, help a sista out please!