There's nothing like live theater— like art.

This specially curated list of 100 books celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The titles are personal recommendations from some of today's most celebrated Black writers, artists, and luminaries. www.nypl.org/books-more/r...

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

current read: Educated by Tara Westover 📚💙

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

Please buy books that are coming out this year. Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky

‘There was a sense of intolerable loveliness, of brimming life, of rapture. The thousand faces lifted like a cloud. They heard the piping close. And so He came.’ — Algernon Blackwood, ‘The Touch of Pan’ (1917) 🎨Arnold Böcklin, ‘Idyll’ (detail), 1875.

current read: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein 📚💙

listen i know alcohol is bad for you but when everything is awful and you have just the right amount it’s really just 🤌🏻

From @reveleth.com, a guide to getting started in mutual aid work. It might seem daunting at first. But we've got you. "There is no better day to begin. Talk to your neighbors, your local groups, your clubs. Get yourself connected to the networks around you." www.coyotemedia.org/there-is-no-...

current read: The Deep by River Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes 📚💙

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

I am not responsible for the version of myself that lives in other people’s minds

It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.

I love it when we all stay up late having fun together in our jammies with our little snacks

Fancy a brief escape into the wild world of an Irish Atlantic rainforest mini waterfall? Both we and nature need a lot more of this, and rewilding is how we make it happen. 🌍

i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.

current read: We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba 📚💙

I deserve tacos tonight. We all deserve tacos tonight 🌮

…it should break your heart to kill.

Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.

The only New Year’s resolutions you need are to read more books, eat more burritos, and to finally become the terrifying horror who scares folk away from the ragged edge of the forest.

current read: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi 📚💙

Different faces for empire but same empire. This is your opportunity to show up differently. Empire will always be just that. You will only show up in the ways they taught you — until you decide to show up differently. Until you decide Empire must end and become a part of building a better world.

"Against All Wars, Against All Governments, Against All Oppression" @crimethincredux poster spotted in Lismore NSW

in a year filled with so much upheaval, i turned to books. in a first for me, i finished a 100. i dreamed, i ruminated, i fretted, and i escaped. these were my tops. 📚💙

We wrote a thing….

In 2026, I hope that everyone will take opportunities to be with others however you can (in person or virtual). It offers energy and strength for what will be a rough year ahead.

current read: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin 💙📚

Engineers building AI that replaces them.

Oakland artist takes inspiration from The Town in her luminous murals, and brings the benefits of creativity and expression to her work with incarcerated individuals at Solano State Prison.

current read: James by Percival Everett 💙📚

I can never say enough what a beautiful person Betty Reid Soskin’s was. I had one day around her and the amount of appreciation I felt for the way she carried public history with her was immeasurable. I hope her family feels the joy of her rest as they grieve her loss. She was magnificent.

Be our light in this darkness, queens ✨

YES TO THIS. 😔 I recently was trying to find the words to describe the way AI slop steals our appreciation of beauty, our curiosity, and sense of wonder. It isn’t just about truth in political matters, etc.

current read: The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley 💙📚

Cara Romero is a photographer, artist and an enrolled member of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe. She created a photo series called “First American Doll” that defies the stereotypical Native American dolls she grew up seeing at truck stops by showcasing the diversity of tribes. https://bit.ly/4rRrj0D

We found a building that could become our new shop, at last! But we still need to recover from our ENTIRE FULL TRAILER being stolen on the road. Grab some supplies this week for 25% off and help us get the deposit together. 🤞🏼🫰🏼🫶🏼 #MagicalBazaar #WitchSky #WitchMadness #ShopSmall #Detroit

I love whimsy and absurdity in street art. #CHAIR #Graffiti #SreetArt #Oakland #Uptownoakland

current read: The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

#OtD 4 Dec 1969 Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered while asleep in his bed during a raid on his apartment by Chicago Police in conjunction with the FBI. Mark Clark was also killed, and other Panthers wounded. Learn more about the BPP: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

this is a work of art

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i_m_not_going_to_give

Fantastic news for our community. In this wealthy suburban town bordering onto state & national parks, there's one small pocket peopled as densely as Manhattan & largely cut off from green space & from other neighbourhoods — & SURPRISE it's a heavily immigrant & Latin-American area.

current read: ¡No Pasarán! edited by Shane Burley 💙📚

America’s most basic ability to treat and prevent HIV is in danger. Decades of progress are being derailed by the Trump administration, public health experts say — and without reversing course, the damage will be devastating. Read more in my latest story:

Young creatives in Gaza are still singing, drawing, & dreaming, writes Ghada Abu Muaileq. Some use their artistic talents to soften the darkness of reality, some use them to portray that reality & others try to reclaim the passion that the genocide has stolen from them.

Here are a few thoughts about confidentiality and conflict, and in other news, I'm teaching a class about romcoms, consent, and the romance myth with Mia Schacter (@consent.wizardry) Wednesdays and Sundays, December 3-14, 11am-1pm PT / 2–4pm ET. Sign up at consentwizardry.com/guiltypleasure