Rutgers October 13! Free copies of The People's Project to the first 50 @roxanegay.bsky.social @theferocity.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social

Now Kimmel's show already has 1 MILLION VIEWS On YouTube WHO owns YouTube? GOOGLE Think About It EVERY CORPORATION WON *Google *Sinclair *Nextstar *Disney *News Platforms *Social Media Platforms TRUMP WON *He got 2 shove the 1st amendment *He didn't have 2 back down *NOBODY'S TALKING ABT EPSTEIN

When I tell you I wanted to quit a million times, believe that! I actually did wimp out. The trainer & a couple clients gave me a boost that included “Well, the doors are locked, and I won’t unlock them until I see you do that finisher of 100 med ball slams.” #Grateful I can move, so I’m moving!

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)

Too many Americans embrace that which hurts me and mine. In The Guardian, Dr. Saida Grundy captures so much of what this moment means: "... even those who sought to overthrow this country would be celebrated as its heroes before Black Americans would be treated as its citizens.

I regret to inform you that my ass is still here 😆. I got to give John Nelson Darby credit though. His grift is still working on folks!

she’s right, you know😐

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The Power of Storytelling in Medicine: Abigail Echo-Hawk, a preeminent Native American public health expert, discusses RSV, “data genocide” and positive change driven by Indigenous storytelling | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

I’m surprised at how quickly I’m getting used to having so little hair!

I never heard of Teddy Swims, but this song was part of the experience of seeing THE CEREMONY (#6 of 9 of the Ufot Family Cycle) on Saturday. It has had a hold on me ever since! tidal.com/browse/album...

So what time is their Rapture starting?

Howard Thurman‘s legacy lives on at BU, thanks to the leadership of Nick Bates! Here’s an opportunity to learn more about this crucial work!

The designated day is also George Floyd's birthday. As I said in " #WhiteMediocrity Empowers #WhiteVillainy" in PUBLIC BOOKS: "American culture allows for what I see as a perverse flex. [...] Not only does whiteness empower folk to destroy [...]; it empowers them to say to your face

That’s what I believe honestly. I do all the fundraising for my nonprofit. I raised enough money to put a girl through her last year of Columbia. For another to finish her PhD. For another to cover a full year at Jackson State. That to me means something. I wanna have impact in MY lane of influence

Bookmark it if you need to. Or get a tattoo.

Even if ‘only’ for new applicants, impact on medical training is massive, and int’l grads frequently work in underserved communities “Currently, over 30 per cent of medical residents in the US are international graduates, and around 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.”

Can't speak highly enough of @queerasl.bsky.social. I've taken their 101-103 classes (and may well again, since I've lost a lot due to lack of practice--my fault) and found it a really wonderful, welcoming experience.

At first I was page-flagging favorites, then I had to acknowledge I was just marking everything, so… a few that made me feel a way my spirit needed include pieces by Alexander Chee, Chase Strangio, Koritha Mitchell, Jill Damatac, Kiese Laymon, Saeed Jones, Abi Maxwell, Marlon James, and Kay Jones 🖤

This afternoon’s much-needed read was “The People’s Project,” curated by @theferocity.bsky.social and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social

I have many beloveds in Columbus, and I was there this time last week. I couldn’t make plans because I had some work hanging over my head. Upon pressing send, I tried for impromptu meet-ups and got some IRL time with my dear Joe & Ricky and a couple of my writing group sisters! #CountingBlessings

Ready to see THE CEREMONY, #6 of 9 of The Ufot Family Cycle! Boston’s theatre scene hasn’t disappointed!

It should’ve been 4 miles. I wimped out early for no good reason. Still, 2 of 3 is in the books! #Running #CountingBlessings

The USA elevated the worst possible people because “good, decent” white people didn’t see attacks on people of color (including Barack Obama) as a reason to WORK FOR and FIGHT FOR goodness and decency.

New at PB: Jed Kudrick & @sdileonardi.bsky.social scour bestseller data to unpack trending translation in the US, despite the low national average of translations published each year.

Week 1 of classes was a sprint. Week 2 was a sprint that ended with a book event after Thursday’s class and then getting on a plane Friday morning. Week 3 is also now in the books. Somehow, it didn’t feel less like a sprint, but I’m still standing. Here’s the reminder about the best hairdresser…

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

I’m grateful that THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT allowed me to emphasize (again) that know-your-place aggression targets all marginalized groups, not just Black folk. My discussions of the concept always acknowledge its relevance for many kinds of people. Still, our current realities…

An absolutely amazing organization!!! I loved volunteering for them when I lived in Ohio. But so many Americans can’t tolerate other people having nice things…

And, all the while, #WhiteMediocrity empowers #WhiteVillainy

Bookmail du jour, part 2: in which @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social descend upon my house.

At least since “good, decent” white people failed to SHUT DOWN Donald Trump’s indecency toward Barack Obama, I’ve been saying that many of my fellow Americans don’t want me to simply study the 1890s through the 1930s; they want me to experience the hostility of those (lynching) decades.

As much as we all feel pressured in this moment to respond to every crisis -- and that pressure is real -- folks who maybe five years ago recognized they had work to do about understanding how they perpetuate racism? You're still on the hook to do the work of not being racist. Right now. Not later

Anyway, everyone has the right to not listen to whomever they want but I will just say, it's a pattern with these people who are articulating themselves as our Interpreters of the Moment They refuse to acknowledge what they miss and that means their Interpretations are going to be flawed

Literally anyone can learn how to do this but what we are seeing is a lot of people with large followings who have middling/mediocre at best competency with it and who are literally rejecting opportunities to could grow into greater competency because they don't like being criticized

The reason I bring up the specific identity-based caution is simply because there are some skills and analyses that marginalized people are forced to pick up as a matter of survival -- and not everyone does!!! -- that makes the way race, gender, etc. feature in stories sometimes more obvious to us

We are experiencing what Koritha Mitchell has called "know your place aggression" but now as a matter of national policy and that means pretty much every story involving government officials or policy is very overtly about race, gender, disability, queerness and transness in some way

Every time someone tells you that you're taking community college dropout Charlie Kirk out of context when he said 4 highly educated and qualified black women didn't have the "brain processing power" for their positions... a white woman in her position because of affirmative action gets her wings

“No way forward but through, together.” ~Saeed Jones & Maggie Smith, THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT

Being included in THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT means a lot to me for more reasons than I can type. (Happy to tell you in conversation.) On top of that, the experiences coming along with it are so different for me and SO MUCH FUN! Here’s an example! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Pressing send always feels good, but sometimes, it feels amazing!

Read @profkori.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/article/715439

Like student evals, citizens snitching on each other will be felt most by PoC, women, LGBTQ folks, migrants. A lot of mediocre white ppl (ie, men like Kirk w/o college degrees saying Black women’s brains don’t work) will engage in what @profkori.bsky.social calls “know your place aggression”

Student evals have long been repeatedly shown to be racist and sexist. They expect women profs to be “mommy,” they find Black and Latino men “intimidating” www.google.com/url?q=https:...

snitch culture can keep them from getting to learn. Sometimes a student who never takes a professor’s class will snitch (to admin, donors, Congress or some “watchlist”) that they feel too uncomfortable to TAKE a prof’s class bc of their writing! And so they keep ANYONE from taking their classes.

The sad thing is the vast majority of students WANT to learn, their minds are OPEN and they are HUNGRY to be challenged, to be engaged, to be listened to, to learn from and with each other. And yet…

This is a part of a bigger “I’d like to speak to your manager!!!!” snitch culture problem exacerbated by tech, of course…how you’re supposed to rate your Uber driver (and they you!), your waiter, your delivery person…”The Lives of Others” as everyday life. But it starts in school.

my termination was justified bc “some” students felt “uncomfortable” with my protected political speech. Students are conditioned to a) be snitches b) learn even one can end a prof’s career over politics c) see dissidents will be disappeared, so they better be quiet www.google.com/url?q=https:...