Tressie McMillan Cottom
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Hi. Please see this skirt. Thank you.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hi. Please see this skirt. Thank you.
This has been bringing me joy for three days now.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This has been bringing me joy for three days now.
How I’m doing.
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
How I’m doing.
This woman is ministering to me today.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This woman is ministering to me today.
This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
Not advertising or soliciting. Just sharing a little bit of my day…
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Not advertising or soliciting. Just sharing a little bit of my day…
This Friday at 3:45 PM EST, I’m calling it. It will be The Holidays. I cannot take anymore input. It’s over. This year is over.
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This Friday at 3:45 PM EST, I’m calling it. It will be The Holidays. I cannot take anymore input. It’s over. This year is over.
The most FU incentives imaginable
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The most FU incentives imaginable
Look at this sandwich. It’s a beauty.
I’m not even a big sandwich person but if I’m gonna eat one, it should look like this.
I’m not even a big sandwich person but if I’m gonna eat one, it should look like this.
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Look at this sandwich. It’s a beauty.
I’m not even a big sandwich person but if I’m gonna eat one, it should look like this.
I’m not even a big sandwich person but if I’m gonna eat one, it should look like this.
I met this one a couple years ago, in NC no less! We ended hanging out the whole day just to soak it in
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I met this one a couple years ago, in NC no less! We ended hanging out the whole day just to soak it in
Shout out to Ava Paige. Artists deserve love. (I can’t hear my phone. I sincerely hope I’m not singing along 😂)
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Shout out to Ava Paige. Artists deserve love. (I can’t hear my phone. I sincerely hope I’m not singing along 😂)
I did a big thing today on maybe four hours of sleep. I looked like this. It will be fine. Fine. The world going to hell in a handbasket has really shifted my perspective on daily things.
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I did a big thing today on maybe four hours of sleep. I looked like this. It will be fine. Fine. The world going to hell in a handbasket has really shifted my perspective on daily things.
What I mean when I order a Caesar salad. Not these sad lettuce numbers drowned in sauce without anchovies.
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
What I mean when I order a Caesar salad. Not these sad lettuce numbers drowned in sauce without anchovies.
We loved Derry Girls. And, as is our way, that love of a pop culture product has turned into a self-guided tutorial on Ireland, the troubles, and its path to unification. Because, yeah.
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We loved Derry Girls. And, as is our way, that love of a pop culture product has turned into a self-guided tutorial on Ireland, the troubles, and its path to unification. Because, yeah.
Seriously. We are killing it.
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Seriously. We are killing it.
Okay but this one goes hard. The creativity some of yall have!
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Okay but this one goes hard. The creativity some of yall have!
I see some of that, too. Especially for goods like electronics. But I also see stuff like this
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I see some of that, too. Especially for goods like electronics. But I also see stuff like this
Adding this chart from N.C. for a sense of the scale we are facing
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Adding this chart from N.C. for a sense of the scale we are facing
Walk it like I talk it
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Walk it like I talk it
Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.
I honestly hope I was never this way. And I really hope I don’t become this. I sincerely don’t understand the inputs that produces this kind of choice.
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I honestly hope I was never this way. And I really hope I don’t become this. I sincerely don’t understand the inputs that produces this kind of choice.
But I pay these people to know more than I do so I’m doing this homework.
Three years ago it took 45 minutes to do dead bugs and a hip series.
This week I can do all three compound lifts and I can walk without pain.
(Do not talk about my body. I still don’t care. Thank you.)
Three years ago it took 45 minutes to do dead bugs and a hip series.
This week I can do all three compound lifts and I can walk without pain.
(Do not talk about my body. I still don’t care. Thank you.)
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
But I pay these people to know more than I do so I’m doing this homework.
Three years ago it took 45 minutes to do dead bugs and a hip series.
This week I can do all three compound lifts and I can walk without pain.
(Do not talk about my body. I still don’t care. Thank you.)
Three years ago it took 45 minutes to do dead bugs and a hip series.
This week I can do all three compound lifts and I can walk without pain.
(Do not talk about my body. I still don’t care. Thank you.)