Dr. Donna Auston
@tinymuslimah.bsky.social
Publicly intellectual. Race, gender, activism, and all things Black/Muslim. Anthropologist. Dr. Auston if you’re nasty.
We would love to receive a proposal from you! Please get in touch if you have questions.
The Wenner-Gren Foundation is now accepting proposals for our Spring 2027 symposium.
Deadline: October 10, 2025.
wennergren.org/article/call...
Deadline: October 10, 2025.
wennergren.org/article/call...
Call for Proposals, Wenner-Gren Symposium 2027
The Wenner-Gren Foundation is now accepting proposals for our Spring 2027 symposium.
wennergren.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We would love to receive a proposal from you! Please get in touch if you have questions.
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So you don’t know anything at all about the type of preparation (mental, logistical) that it takes in order to actually pull off long term action, do you? Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma didn’t just happen out of the blue. Getting people to the point of sustained collective action takes practice.
Just so we’re clear, a one day boycott is performative BS. A boycott that’s short, where the company knows when it’s going to end, is BS. If you’re going to boycott it has be for a while, long enough for it to hurt you. If it doesn't hurt you, it won’t hurt the corporation.
March 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So you don’t know anything at all about the type of preparation (mental, logistical) that it takes in order to actually pull off long term action, do you? Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma didn’t just happen out of the blue. Getting people to the point of sustained collective action takes practice.
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True values come out in times of crisis. Some organizations are leaning in, others are leaning out.
Kudos to @jpalfrey.bsky.social and the MacArthur Foundation for stepping up at this critical moment. Increasing foundation giving to fill the gap left by the broken promises and breached contracts of federal funding shows true leadership and compassion. #belovedcommunity
apnews.com/article/maca...
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MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to 'crisis'
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will increase its giving over the next two years. Its president John Palfrey said the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid and the now...
apnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
True values come out in times of crisis. Some organizations are leaning in, others are leaning out.
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A group of mostly Quaker religious organizations succeeded in temporarily preventing federal immigration agents from operating around their places of worship across the U.S.
Judge Blocks Trump Administration Policy Allowing ICE Raids in Certain Places of Worship
Religious organizations are challenging a Trump administration policy that allows ICE to conduct operations in sensitive locations. The judge declined to pause the policy more broadly.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A group of mostly Quaker religious organizations succeeded in temporarily preventing federal immigration agents from operating around their places of worship across the U.S.
Please feel free to get in touch if you have questions. We’d love to receive your proposal! #anthrosky
Call for Proposals, Wenner-Gren Seminar. The Wenner-Gren Foundation seeks proposals for its new Seminar program. Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2025. buff.ly/4hQCyRC
Call for Proposals, Wenner-Gren Seminar
The Wenner-Gren Foundation seeks proposals for its new Seminar program.
buff.ly
February 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Please feel free to get in touch if you have questions. We’d love to receive your proposal! #anthrosky
Recent events have reminded me once again how ridiculous it sounds when I hear folks complaining that “Defund the police” is not a viable or realistic political message.
February 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Recent events have reminded me once again how ridiculous it sounds when I hear folks complaining that “Defund the police” is not a viable or realistic political message.
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Transforming Anthropology, the flagship journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists, seeks to advance scholarship across the four fields of anthropology and beyond. www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/tra...
January 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Transforming Anthropology, the flagship journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists, seeks to advance scholarship across the four fields of anthropology and beyond. www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/tra...
More of this please: CA State Superintendent saying, “Not today, Satan.”
February 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
More of this please: CA State Superintendent saying, “Not today, Satan.”
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for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
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JOB: The Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Religion position in the area of American Religions, Race, Social Justice, or Africana Studies.
Deadline: 2/27
Deadline: 2/27
Assistant Professor - Philosophy and Religion (Religion)
The Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Religion position in the area of American Religions, Race, Soc...
jobs.uncw.edu
February 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
JOB: The Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Religion position in the area of American Religions, Race, Social Justice, or Africana Studies.
Deadline: 2/27
Deadline: 2/27
I need to find a dabke class. They be getting it!
a group of men are dancing together on a dance floor in a room .
Alt: a group of men are holding hands and dancing dabke in a line/circle
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I need to find a dabke class. They be getting it!
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I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about reports that AI tools are being used with federal data noting that this is occurring without transparency, consent, or attention to privacy and security concerns, and heightening the American public's mistrust of AI www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
Department of Government Efficiency workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about reports that AI tools are being used with federal data noting that this is occurring without transparency, consent, or attention to privacy and security concerns, and heightening the American public's mistrust of AI www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Palestinians have a right to their land, a right to return, a right to self-determination, and a right to liberation.
February 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Palestinians have a right to their land, a right to return, a right to self-determination, and a right to liberation.
Somebody had to say it. This is at the heart of why it’s so difficult for so many people to get enthusiastic about supporting the Democratic Party. They simply don’t do enough when push comes to shove to distinguish themselves from the folks they (rightly) demonize.
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Somebody had to say it. This is at the heart of why it’s so difficult for so many people to get enthusiastic about supporting the Democratic Party. They simply don’t do enough when push comes to shove to distinguish themselves from the folks they (rightly) demonize.
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, before she was known as an author, Toni Morrison was a Random House trade editor who almost singlehandedly introduced black radical activists to mainstream American readers.
The Other Toni Morrison - Boston Review
A timely new documentary celebrates Morrison’s novels but downplays the enduring power of her work as an editor and essayist.
www.bostonreview.net
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, before she was known as an author, Toni Morrison was a Random House trade editor who almost singlehandedly introduced black radical activists to mainstream American readers.
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Y’all, @haymarketbooks.org is offering 40% off their Black Liberation books—including my new book, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” and the book I coedited “Balck Lives Matter at School.”
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www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/65-40-...
40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Y’all, @haymarketbooks.org is offering 40% off their Black Liberation books—including my new book, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” and the book I coedited “Balck Lives Matter at School.”
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/65-40-...
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/65-40-...
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When it comes to these executive orders, I need more states with Democratic governors and majorities saying, simply, “That shit is illegal. We ain’t doing that. Sue us,” and go on with business as usual.
February 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When it comes to these executive orders, I need more states with Democratic governors and majorities saying, simply, “That shit is illegal. We ain’t doing that. Sue us,” and go on with business as usual.
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Everyone can organize.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Everyone can organize.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
It’s that time of the year again! #Ramadan is coming up quickly (I can’t believe it either!) and many of us are looking for ethical dates. I love this Black-owned California date farm: www.samcobbfarms.com/PRODUCT.html
Pesticide-free, and you can’t get his Black Gold dates anywhere else.
Pesticide-free, and you can’t get his Black Gold dates anywhere else.
Sam Cobb Date Products
We are the home of farm-fresh-dates! We grow what we sell! Medjool, Black Gold, Barhi and Safari dates and more.
www.samcobbfarms.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s that time of the year again! #Ramadan is coming up quickly (I can’t believe it either!) and many of us are looking for ethical dates. I love this Black-owned California date farm: www.samcobbfarms.com/PRODUCT.html
Pesticide-free, and you can’t get his Black Gold dates anywhere else.
Pesticide-free, and you can’t get his Black Gold dates anywhere else.
I keep saying this…
January 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I keep saying this…
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
scim.ag
January 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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NEW: workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods won the first major union election of the second Trump era. They told me about the work it took to get there—and the ways Amazon-owned Whole Foods tried to stop them. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside the fight for the first Whole Foods union
Philadelphia workers become the first to unionize at an Amazon-owned store.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods won the first major union election of the second Trump era. They told me about the work it took to get there—and the ways Amazon-owned Whole Foods tried to stop them. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...