So there’s a particularly pernicious form of racist microaggression that recently came to my attention. One where white people will see a black person - particularly a black woman - in distress in public and refuse to help them or even acknowledge them.

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

Tonight, from 6PM - 7PM ET, I’ll be part of Word on the Street’s annual "Creating Time & Space to Write" workshop, an online panel where I’ll be joining fellow writers to talk about how we get our work done. Registration is here: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-wo...

This anthology looks amazing: As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories, ed @teresempierre.bsky.social, the author of Myth (both @houseofanansi.bsky.social‬). Available for pre-order, out in October! #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #SmallPress #books‬‬‬‬‬ ... a 🧵 1/12

Amazon Ring is introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices. Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire

From June 23rd to August 7th the University of Guelph’s Zavitz Art Gallery is hosting Manufactured Ecosystems, an immersive exhibition that explores speculative futures where art and technology converge to address the climate crisis. Do check it out! www.manufacturedecosystems.com/press-release

So excited to announce that my latest short story will be featured in the Black Canadian spec fic anthology, 'As The Earth Dreams', edited by Terese Pierre. Published by House of Anansi Press, it’s coming out in October. The lineup is stacked, y’all! I can’t wait! houseofanansi.com/collections/...

Facebook is taking down this story, but you need to hear it: youtu.be/8uutscijGdQ

Profiles in non courage www.politico.com/news/magazin...

This is probably the most wholesome thing that you'll watch today 💗 🔊🔊 📽️catsandkids #cats

🏳️‍🌈 "Emotionally speaking, queer activism can be back-breaking work." https://www.wearequeeraf.com/queer-activism-is-exhausting-self-care-is-vital/

So I want to ask, because I’m genuinely curious: what is it about seeing black people being joyful in public that irritates white folk so much? Too often, I’ve seen white people swooping in to disrupt groups of black people laughing or dancing or simply chatting happily. 🧵

Writers and creators with privilege, want to use it to support the marginalized/oppressed creatives in your communities? Sign up for the Writing the Other "Are You My Ally?" Webinar! Deadline to register is March 2nd! writingtheother.com/are-you-my-a...

Rosarium Publishing is open to submissions for their PLANET BLACK JOY anthology. We’re looking for spec-fic stories between 3-7k words about joy and pleasure by women and nonbinary folk who identify as Black, African, or Afro-descendent. Deadline is July 1. rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...

Tired of Spades ruining your family functions? Fed up with losing friends over stacking draw twos? Then what you need is the cooperative card game, Prosper with Dragons! We're 62% funded! Just 9 days to go! Final stretch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/115... #gamenight #cardgame #blacksky

The state of Nigerian publishing from the perspective of those of us who survived it. Or at least are still trying to. I worked at Cassava Republic for over two years and the damage I suffered there may never heal fully. Read the whole piece here: bookartville.com/from-the-hor...

A clear illustration that if you refuse to deal honestly with your own past, you are doomed to become the monster you’ve always feared.

This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

ICE Agent Torturing Migrants Moved By Resiliency Of Human Spirit theonion.com/ice-age...

Congratulations to @wtalabi.bsky.social, @genni.bsky.social and all the amazingly talented folk who made it on to this year’s Locus Recommended Reading List! locusmag.com/2025/02/2024...

This gonna be every white owned and operated company that cancelled their DEI programs on February 1st:

StoryTime short story legends #6 'The Gift of Touch' Chinelo Onwualu @chineloonwualu.bsky.social AfroSF "Bruno strode across the causeway, scanning the three land skimmers hanging from their docking harnesses with a critical eye." www.amazon.com/dp/B00AEUH112 #AfricanSFF

A Black professor accidentally started an HBCU on TikTok called HillmanTok. Now other professors have joined in and are teaching actual courses with some offering certs that can be added to your resume Some courses being offered ⬇️

Currently toggling between two very different K-dramas: the over-the-top “Kill Me, Heal Me,” which has the most hilariously inaccurate portrayal of Multiple Personality Disorder ever put to screen, and “Study Group” which features my favourite trope, the undercover badass. Both are soothing me.

I love the idea that English is full of words it didn’t so much borrow as “acquire” in back alley shakedowns. Which, if you know anything about colonialism, is entirely accurate.

Open Country Magazine has rated African Ghost Stories, a collection that I helped edit, as one of its 60 Notable Books of 2024! Check out the amazing books it also rated: opencountrymag.com/the-60-notab...

Feeling humbled and encouraged by this kind, clear-eyed essay from @suyidavies.com, which I found because of @premeemohamed.com's newsletter. There's so much stuff fighting for our attention, I'm happy to give mine to something worthwhile. suyidavies.com/essays/welco...

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis. "If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory." --Angela Davis

this 1941 article where the author describes all the guests at a fancy society party and ruthlessly analyzes which of them might become Nazis and what their hook would be has unfortunately aged like a fine wine. we still know all these people

WOW! Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com & @amalelmohtar.com : www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... Att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social

Ah, almost missed the anniversary of Ursula Le Guin's death. Here, have this: "What you love, you will love. What you undertake you will complete. You are a fulfiller of hope; you are to be relied on. To refuse death is to refuse life."

I painted the 80’s from A-Z!

Hey y’all! If you’re ready to finally sit down and write that short story of yours, but you could use some guidance, then consider joining my Creative Writing class at UofT’s School of Continuing Studies. I’ve still got a few seats available! learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

This is my role model. Unfortunately, I’m bad at following.

"All the waters in the oceans won't fill a bucket with a hole in it." -Mike Carey

Apparently, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social likes my short story “The Night Market” published in the latest (amazing) issue of @omenanamag.bsky.social. They said some very nice things about it and other great stories here: reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Having everyone perceive you as a thing and being the thing are VERY different You can be a kind person , everyone won’t think you are kind because there are people who believe your kindness means giving them their way or making sure you do slightly worse than them

The most insidious form of anti-black racism isn't the name calling of stereotypes, but it's when you're ignored in white spaces, even while you're literally trying to talk to people who react like you aren't there.

There are families who will never be able to come back from this devastation, and many of them were in generational homes, passed down from people who bought homes in the 1970sand 80's in Altadena. All of the fires are a tragedy, but especially for those who don't have the resources to rebuild.

So Grist.org has just released the 4th Imagine 2200 collection - 12 stories exploring future climate solutions. I was a reviewer for this project and without exaggeration these were some of the best cli-fi I’d read all last year. Do yourself a favour and check them out: grist.org/imagine2200-...

A book I helped to edit, African Ghost Short Stories, has been selected as one of Brittle Paper’s 100 Notable African Books of 2024! Check it out here: brittlepaper.com/2024/12/anno...

Only in the white imagination can a lynch mob be stopped by a stirring and passionate appeal to conscience. Those who have truly experienced mob violence know that the only way to stop a self righteous group of people bent on destruction is through the threat of greater violence.

Ever be in the middle of something, then you remember that one time you fucked up a major interview or meeting and you just want to curl up and die all over again, but you need to get back to the thing you were doing? ….Yeah. Anyway, back to the dishes!

Reminder that this is not an economic decision. One of SESAME STREET's founding creative policies is taking an open-minded, engaged, compassionate approach to cultural diversity and social progress. This is entirely antithetical to the values of David Zaslav and Warner Bros Discovery