BK
@readingrainbowz.bsky.social
Former news journalist and magazine editor | PhD candidate | 20th & 21st century Black queer lit and visual media practices. 🌈📚🎞️🎥
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Columna | "Que Europa sea un refugio para científicos y académicos es un orgullo. Lo que angustia es que todo esto sea consecuencia del asalto trumpista contra el sentido común", por Íñigo Domínguez social.elpais.com/gbopq7
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Columna | "Que Europa sea un refugio para científicos y académicos es un orgullo. Lo que angustia es que todo esto sea consecuencia del asalto trumpista contra el sentido común", por Íñigo Domínguez social.elpais.com/gbopq7
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Here's one of the most recent 'beyonds'...
Spelman: $38M (building on a $20M gift in 2020).
www.spelman.edu/news/2025/11...
Spelman: $38M (building on a $20M gift in 2020).
www.spelman.edu/news/2025/11...
Spelman College Receives $38 Million Unrestricted Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to Expand Student Access and Advance Technology
Spelman College announced a transformative, unrestricted $38 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, marking her second significant investment in the College in five years. This monumental c...
www.spelman.edu
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Here's one of the most recent 'beyonds'...
Spelman: $38M (building on a $20M gift in 2020).
www.spelman.edu/news/2025/11...
Spelman: $38M (building on a $20M gift in 2020).
www.spelman.edu/news/2025/11...
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Un terremoto de magnitud 4,2 cerca de las costas de Almería ha sacudido parte de Andalucía en la noche del miércoles. Por el momento, no se han reportado daños personales ni materiales
Un terremoto de magnitud 4,2 cerca de las costas de Almería sacude parte de Andalucía
En las últimas horas se han producido hasta seis movimientos en el norte del Mar de Alborán, aunque no han causado daños personales ni materiales
elpais.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Un terremoto de magnitud 4,2 cerca de las costas de Almería ha sacudido parte de Andalucía en la noche del miércoles. Por el momento, no se han reportado daños personales ni materiales
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My Hole. My Whole. by Sam Sax
www.divasofverse.com/2025/10/my-h...
www.divasofverse.com/2025/10/my-h...
My Hole. My Whole. by Sam Sax
My Hole. My Whole. what to call you who i’ve slept beside through so many apocalypses the kind that occur nightly in this late stage of the ...
www.divasofverse.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My Hole. My Whole. by Sam Sax
www.divasofverse.com/2025/10/my-h...
www.divasofverse.com/2025/10/my-h...
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Yes, delighted to review the new edition of MEMORIES THAT SMELL LIKE GASOLINE by David Wojnarowicz, one of my favorite books, for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social💥 lareviewofbooks.org/article/i-fe...
I Feel Like a Human Bomb Tick Tick Tick | Los Angeles Review of Books
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore reviews the new edition of David Wojnarowicz’s collection “Memories That Smell Like Gasoline.”
lareviewofbooks.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Yes, delighted to review the new edition of MEMORIES THAT SMELL LIKE GASOLINE by David Wojnarowicz, one of my favorite books, for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social💥 lareviewofbooks.org/article/i-fe...
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I guess this is the shock doctrine boomerang?
University of Chicago's "debt ballooned from $2.2 billion to $5.8 billion between 2006 and 2022—an increase of more than 250 percent, & the equivalent of 68 percent of the university’s total assets."
University of Chicago's "debt ballooned from $2.2 billion to $5.8 billion between 2006 and 2022—an increase of more than 250 percent, & the equivalent of 68 percent of the university’s total assets."
wrote briefly about architecture and the situation at u Chicago www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?
The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects.
www.thenation.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I guess this is the shock doctrine boomerang?
University of Chicago's "debt ballooned from $2.2 billion to $5.8 billion between 2006 and 2022—an increase of more than 250 percent, & the equivalent of 68 percent of the university’s total assets."
University of Chicago's "debt ballooned from $2.2 billion to $5.8 billion between 2006 and 2022—an increase of more than 250 percent, & the equivalent of 68 percent of the university’s total assets."
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"A new exhibition showcasing African American photography in rural and urban areas of Texas underscores the role of the community photographer in documenting local life and culture"
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Segregation, swine and social gatherings: A slice of Black life in Texas – in pictures
A new exhibition showcasing African American photography in rural and urban areas of Texas underscores the role of the community photographer in documenting local life and culture
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"A new exhibition showcasing African American photography in rural and urban areas of Texas underscores the role of the community photographer in documenting local life and culture"
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Thinking tonight about how PBS preemptively fired its DEI staff to appease Trump, and they still lost their money. 
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Thinking tonight about how PBS preemptively fired its DEI staff to appease Trump, and they still lost their money. 
Grateful to the ancestors for the gift of spirit with which they imbued our music. Soul. Gospel. Blues. Funk. R&B. Hip-Hop. That Àse or vital life force, will show up and move you out of a funk….or into one, depending on your need.
September 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Grateful to the ancestors for the gift of spirit with which they imbued our music. Soul. Gospel. Blues. Funk. R&B. Hip-Hop. That Àse or vital life force, will show up and move you out of a funk….or into one, depending on your need.
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@joyannreid.bsky.social is asking the right question.This may be the most dangerous period.When the dog catches the car & realizes he can’t open the doors or satisfy its hunger. Now there’s rage, snarling and vicious humiliation at having exhausted itself pursuing something that has no real meaning.
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
@joyannreid.bsky.social is asking the right question.This may be the most dangerous period.When the dog catches the car & realizes he can’t open the doors or satisfy its hunger. Now there’s rage, snarling and vicious humiliation at having exhausted itself pursuing something that has no real meaning.
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My film debut #BLOWIE is coming to London 🎞️
This slutty altSHIFT horror also stars
💀 @thekalisudhra.bsky.social
🔪 @thebishopblack3000.bsky.social
🃏 @gabrielcross.bsky.social
⛏️ @bottomologist.com
👻 @xxxleander.bsky.social
PREMIERE ➕ Q&A 🍿 Oct 8th
🎟️ Get your tickets
BLOWIETHEMOVIE.eventbrite.co.uk
This slutty altSHIFT horror also stars
💀 @thekalisudhra.bsky.social
🔪 @thebishopblack3000.bsky.social
🃏 @gabrielcross.bsky.social
⛏️ @bottomologist.com
👻 @xxxleander.bsky.social
PREMIERE ➕ Q&A 🍿 Oct 8th
🎟️ Get your tickets
BLOWIETHEMOVIE.eventbrite.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My film debut #BLOWIE is coming to London 🎞️
This slutty altSHIFT horror also stars
💀 @thekalisudhra.bsky.social
🔪 @thebishopblack3000.bsky.social
🃏 @gabrielcross.bsky.social
⛏️ @bottomologist.com
👻 @xxxleander.bsky.social
PREMIERE ➕ Q&A 🍿 Oct 8th
🎟️ Get your tickets
BLOWIETHEMOVIE.eventbrite.co.uk
This slutty altSHIFT horror also stars
💀 @thekalisudhra.bsky.social
🔪 @thebishopblack3000.bsky.social
🃏 @gabrielcross.bsky.social
⛏️ @bottomologist.com
👻 @xxxleander.bsky.social
PREMIERE ➕ Q&A 🍿 Oct 8th
🎟️ Get your tickets
BLOWIETHEMOVIE.eventbrite.co.uk
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Good that the Guardian is calling Kirk “far right” and showings its readers his views - not “common sense”, not “conservative”, but far right conspiracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Good that the Guardian is calling Kirk “far right” and showings its readers his views - not “common sense”, not “conservative”, but far right conspiracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
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Dear all writers: If you can't quote what the person you're defending actually said, maybe don't defend what he said?
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dear all writers: If you can't quote what the person you're defending actually said, maybe don't defend what he said?
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My profile of the one and only Vaginal Davis. “People are getting all messed up over goddamned pronouns…It’s like, please! My mother didn’t even blink. She just said, ‘OK, Ms. Davis.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...
Parody, Punk and ‘Terrorist Drag’: Inside the World of Vaginal Davis
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My profile of the one and only Vaginal Davis. “People are getting all messed up over goddamned pronouns…It’s like, please! My mother didn’t even blink. She just said, ‘OK, Ms. Davis.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Great news! The Baltimore Museum of Art is taking “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” which was originally scheduled to take place at the National Portrait Gallery. artbma.org/exhibition/a...
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Great news! The Baltimore Museum of Art is taking “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” which was originally scheduled to take place at the National Portrait Gallery. artbma.org/exhibition/a...
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fun fact: if any politician in the United States so much as hints at wanting to separate housing from the profit motive, the New York Times will immediately start taking dictation from actual neo-Nazis in an attempt to scuttle their electoral chances
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
fun fact: if any politician in the United States so much as hints at wanting to separate housing from the profit motive, the New York Times will immediately start taking dictation from actual neo-Nazis in an attempt to scuttle their electoral chances
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My AI policy this semester is No
August 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My AI policy this semester is No
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The Guardian is finally saying it: It’s all about the racism. No “both sides.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Racist as hell’: Trump’s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials
President’s targeting of Fed governor Lisa Cook highlights his efforts to remove diverse voices from government
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Guardian is finally saying it: It’s all about the racism. No “both sides.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I’m that one friend💜😌✨
August 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’m that one friend💜😌✨
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Vaccine tourism coming?
August 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Vaccine tourism coming?
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As the creator of a magazine of criticism--Entertainment Weekly--I now think it was mass-media hubris to believe that single critics, like me, could serve the diverse tastes of the nation.
The death of the review? Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
The death of the review? Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
The death of the review? Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure
Recent announcements at major publications have seen critics losing their positions, an ongoing shift that we should all be alarmed by
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
As the creator of a magazine of criticism--Entertainment Weekly--I now think it was mass-media hubris to believe that single critics, like me, could serve the diverse tastes of the nation.
The death of the review? Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
The death of the review? Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...