250 and 4-1; so many numbers lately

For thousands of Venezuelan New Yorkers, the devastation caused by last month's earthquakes isn't just felt miles away—it's felt here at home. Since news of the disaster broke, I've been immensely proud to see New Yorkers turn compassion into action.

the relief of having football matches to hide away from the calamities of this world

De la crisis extractivista al extractivismo tutelado. #Extractivismo #Venezuela #tutelaje otrosdialogos.colmex.mx/de-la-crisis...

I'm proud of this work, and feel fortunate be at a place like @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social where criticality, nuance, thoughtfulness, and humanity are valued and expected.

Egypt's first-ever World Cup win, celebrated in the World's Borough. Mabrouk Masr! Photo from @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social.

How do we grieve — together and apart? Join us for an evening of shared art-making & discussion with Asilia Franklin-Phipps. March 25 | 6:30–8:30 pm Rooms 4202 & 4201 | The Graduate Center, CUNY

After the US entered #Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro and develop a cooperative relation with his successor, Delcy Rodríguez, a new chapter in Venezuela's oil legal history started. But this is a longer history. Raul Sanchez U and I explore here for TWQ 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This moment demands listening to Venezuelan voices and standing in solidarity with their demands for self-determination, democracy, accountability, and social justice. We call for respect for international law, the protection of civilians, and an end to all forms of repression. #Feministsolidarity

En estos momentos quizá sea necesario decir lo obvio sobre Venezuela: 1) Ninguna dictadura es aceptable. 2) Ningún bombardeo es justificable. 3) Condena absoluta al bombardeo de EEUU sobre Caracas. 4) Libertad inmediata para todas y todos los presos políticos. #Venezuela

We asked for help on these moments and many others, those kids in the first clip were 15 and 16 years old and they got trampled and murdered on camera but nobody paid attention to us.

Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.

first rejection of the season 🍂

**We're hiring a post-doc @gctlc.bsky.social** Come join a fantastic team of scholars @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social committed to intentional, responsive, and liberatory pedagogy at @cuny.edu and beyond. Applications due February 1, 2026. Job call here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Taking up “the worm” as a subject and paradigm for studying visual arts. Presentations will wiggle between sonic, visual, and textual elements of worms, as a subject and as a theoretical springboard. Register here! centerforthehumanities.org/event/worms-... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

"One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver." apnews.com/article/trum...

Hell yes, @mattseybold.bsky.social.

that moment of the semester when the job market makes your neck stiff and it won't move... yep...

received a rejection email today from a position I applied to in March 🫠😵‍💫

Moreno’s and Morrison’s projects “collect and critique a corpus that expands our knowledge of Pan-Caribbean interrelations, and in turn, of the global relations formed through both South-North and South-South migrations.” Read Oriana Mejías Martínez’s essay here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...

quarter finals

another US Open 🎾

In sx salon 48, Oriana Mejías Martínez @leors.bsky.social reviews two books on migration in the Caribbean: (i) Anthea Morrison’s New Crossings: Caribbean Migration Narratives and (ii) Marisel C. Moreno’s Crossing Waters: Undocumented Migration in Hispanophone Caribbean and Latinx Literature and Art.

Hi #CaribbeanStudies/#AtlanticStudies people, I wanted to bring this opportunity to your attention. @dlocaribbean.bsky.social is accepting proposals for Open Educational Resources. ‼️ CFP: #OER in #CaribbeanStudies 👉 Proposals due April 14, 2025 ℹ️ Info: tinyurl.com/OER-Caribbean

my book essay is published in this edition :)

April and seems May of rejection e-mails 🗑️

Always so sad that events are at the people's forum sad sad

"On the Termination of NEH Funding for the Open Education Publishing Institute: Collaborative Knowledge and Social Justice" oepi2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/04/04/o...

In its 2024 Report, the Venezuelan Press and Society Institute documented that last year alone, 22 journalists were forcibly displaced, 14 press workers were detained, and at least 40 journalists and human rights activists had their passports revoked. isoj.org/displaced-jo...

upcoming ! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

I have failed to pinpoint in a specific Chávez era what we are going through, because the mode they have chosen is chaotic evil. So, it has been everything at once, playing who gets tired in the first place game.

Excited for @cristinaele.bsky.social's first curated exhibit, Unseeing the Tropics at the @suartmuseum.bsky.social! The show pairs historical objects with the work of Joiri Minaya to challenge ideas of "tropicality." Running from Jan 21 to May 10, there’ll be related events you won’t want to miss!

feedback from my fall 2024 class 😌💝

cuando estás escribiendo una sección de un capítulo y no termina de acabarse y ya estás 0_0 un poco ladillada de que aún te falta por escribir ::comercial de Duracell::

día de la Pastora 💖

the boredom of anxiety LG

es tan triste cuando recibes un email de colegas y es muy evidente que usaron AI is this a skill now? to uncover the misuse?

the awe of sitting down to write finally and just be able to re-write that diss chapter you have been thinking about for months

📖 latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/es/rese%C3%B...

valiosa rendición audiovisual de Cien años de soledad en formato serial; reencontrarse con la imagen del texto ha sido invaluable para mí como lectora ❤️

Join us in February to celebrate @bibliophilenick.bsky.social's new book, Cervantine Blackness! www.kjcc.org/event/to-cer... With @monicadstyles.bsky.social and other wonderful interlocutors!

Spread the word! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Palestinian Studies at Stanford islamicstudies.stanford.edu/opportunitie...

great things today in Santiago, CL: to watch the organillero play his instrument and see a little kid approaching to buy candy from him; good and cute things that are alive and kicking :))

The book fair that I visited last week had 907,000 visitors, and raise its sales 35%. There is no book event in the US that comes even close and there is no question that this fair belongs to the people. www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/cier...

Yes person on the internet Syrians are aware that everything isn’t perfect and that there are challenges ahead. I think they didn’t need you to tell them that given that it’s been 5 decades of tyranny and no country ever emerged from tyranny without challenges ahead.

-5° C mini skirt and all the Friday night jazz

I'm delighted to be one of the organizers for this conference on the multilingual Mediterranean. If you're near Champaign-Urbana, please join us on February 28 and March 1. The line-up looks fantastic!