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"Halliday gives a straightforward overview of U.S. society’s misogynoir, specifically against Black girls and young women . . . " BLACK GIRLS AND HOW WE FAIL THEM by @drariahalliday.bsky.social reviewed in @libraryjournal.bsky.social 👇 www.libraryjournal.com/review/black...

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

"I’ve always said that journalism is the first draft of historical fiction, because there are so many perspectives that are left out of reporting." — @meredithdclark.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/ligh...

I’m ready to cancel any trip that requires me to fly. Please hold your intellectualization of one of my greatest fears.

Pro tip for people on the job market: Search the library catalogs of the places you’re applying for jobs. Very telling about what an institution values, and more to the point, which resources you will want for once you get there. #ProfLife

Ross & Rivers followed up with a great analysis of tweets using Lakoff’s taxonomy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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The only appropriate context to ask Fox News personalities about “Trust in News” is under cross examination.

Happy Black History Month!

My latest publication is out! Elder Black women science teachers wrote poems to their younger Black girl self. The paper shares the lessons we can learn about cultivating the curiosity of Black in science classrooms today. Wanna read?: drive.google.com/file/d/1f971...

Someone come get America, she digging through the dustbin of history again. Raggedy bitch.

This book title!! "Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those Without It" by @lendavis.bsky.social

I want to be a better person in a better place .. but I’m not. Someone asked me straight up “How would I know if we had done what we need to do” I said if @sassycrass.bsky.social was okay She’s dead now

The GOP is okay with trying to disappear important information and isn’t scared . Because they watched everyone do this and then promptly fulfill none of it . We talk about abusive systems etc etc but the enabling of narcissism never gets fully done And we’ll Here we are

They count on you being scared to break the rules! More than anything else, they are counting on your decency and respect of procedure to paralyze you from doing the right thing lest you get called to the principal's office. You have to learn to say fuck it and DO THE RIGHT THING

Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people. That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

Reading WaPo’s story about #Flight5342, and for whatever reason, I’m just coming to grips with what it means for it to have occurred over the river

Is what’s going on too simple to see? By force, a white male power structure is in the process of seizing back control, and as ever they can’t hold onto power without subjugation and scapegoating and coercion and violence. That doesn’t really seem like chaos, it’s America like clockwork.

Powerful people in the journalism world dragged their feet and made excuses for their friends in leadership for refusing to meaningfully integrate for decades. +

This is a great piece. "As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

We always were.

Those news editors who refused to share/publish/honestly admit the truth of news staffing data are pleased. I hope the ones who shied away from confronting their peers about withholding said data recognize their complicity now. #Journalism

as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination

“this is the sort of toxic behavior I thought we left behind on Twitter…” — me being escorted out of Smoothie King

I have this injury. I’ve had it since 2012. It’ll take surgery to fix it, so I just deal with it. It’s aggravated by low seats, hard chairs, etc. I sit all day for work. My office chair is too low. The pain is driving me mad.

Tag me in, please. #AddToBlackSky

I appreciate much of the analysis I’ve seen over the last couple days. I don’t think we can talk about what is sick in politics or media (a lot!) w/o looking directly at billionaires, refusing to shut up about billionaires, and coming for billionaires through policies that chisel away at their power

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Tubal ligation is less invasive and less extreme. Please consider. Thank you for all of this info.

7. If you produce sperm and don't want additional children, or are regular sexual partners with someone who has a uterus even if they are using long-acting birth control, consider a vasectomy. They're easier to get than hysterectomy or tubal ligation, because of course they are.

For the best odds of success, check out the crowdsourced list of cooperative doctors from Reddit's /r/childfree subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/childfree/...

6. If you have a uterus and don't want future pregnancies, consider trying to find a sympathetic GYN who will help you convince the insurance company that a hysterectomy is medically indicated: it's hard but possible, especially if you have a documented history of painful or heavy menstruation.

5. If you have a uterus and are not actively trying to get pregnant right this minute, make an appointment right now with your OB-GYN to have an IUD placed. If you already have an IUD, unless it was changed in the last year or two, make an appointment right now to have it changed.

We have used www.passporthealthusa.com before for travel and they're pretty decent. Save the yellow booklet with the vaccination records and put it in the same storage spot you keep your passport and birth certificate in.

4. If you can, consider getting vaccinated for certain diseases that happen when sanitation or public health breaks down: typhoid and cholera in particular. NB: the US does not include these vaccines in the schedule, your insurance probably won't cover them, and you will need a travel health clinic.

You should get Tdap if it's been more than five years (or you don't remember how long it's been), MMR if you haven't had a single adult booster, shingles if you're near 50, pneumococcal if you have any underlying conditions, and Hep A&B if you haven't had them already.

3. Make an appointment with your primary care doctor right now to review your vaccination records. Get a flu shot and a COVID booster, but also anything else on the CDC schedule you're missing: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...

2. If you don't have a valid, official copy of your birth certificate in a place you can lay your hands on it in under 15 minutes if you need it, get one. Ditto for marriage certificates and any name change documents.

Right. Here's your to-do list for the next two months to put you in the best possible position to survive what's coming: 1. Renew your passport (or apply for a passport) this week even if it is not expiring in the next four years. Renewing early will give you the maximum 10-year validity period.

After my very brief Bible study (Romans 8:26; then 25-28; then the whole chapter) this morning, I’ve come to this: I have run out of time to do anything other than the work I am truly meant to do.

I keep getting back into bed. Got up, brushed my teeth, washed my face… got back in the bed. Got dressed, ate cold, leftover pizza … got back in the bed. I need to go for my walk, but I think I’ll save that for later and do one of my favorite ones with my dog.

No more gate keeping and jargon. Less theory, more solutions. Radically accessible political education that explains the system, our collective vision, and the villains who are standing in our way. Clearly. Simply.

That phrase had a purpose to protect Black people, primarily women, from having to do free labor. It wasn’t meant for wide-scale use. Education is the critical component we are missing. Educating, politicizing, base-building, power shifting.