The chapter is an invitation to consider coloniality of sexuality as an analytic, similar to coloniality of gender, with its own critical language, exercise and manifestation, notwithstanding its proximity to coloniality of gender. Head to bit.ly/49L8LIj to read my work on coloniality of sexuality.

The states ethnic cleansing police returns to the scene of the original genocide. Like nothing left to analogy. It this was a show it’d be criticized for being too literal.

If you read one thing today, let it be this: “An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness” ❤️💔 www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

True depravity.

My partner is in a workshop for one of their new musical projects and the focus is ethnography (so that musicians can compose about "culture") and it is taking ALL OF MY STRENGTH to not sit outside their office and scream BOON or BANE every 5 seconds.

It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.

The only thing you need to know about my 2025 is that I got hotter. Again.

the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.

I would not say any of my Spanish is good. But as a vegetarian of nearly 15 years, it is especially bad at the carniceria.

Turning 35 tomorrow and my gift to myself is therapy at 9am.

You can put words like whiteness and settler colonial in scare quotes as much as you'd like, it does not make their materiality any less real. In fact, in some ways, it proves their existence.

All of this, stop putting our neighbors in cages! Which is why I started using this abolitionist's guide to jury duty for my yearly trip in Baltimore City: beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...

The thing about having therapy on Monday mornings is that I am exhausted before I even get into the week.

Vitiligo is wild because I often cannot tell if on a blanket is mine or the calico cats’s.

AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON? HOW??????????

Comm Studies folx: WSCA is now implementing what the LA voted on last year. BDS is now endorsed by the org and a boycott of Israeli institutions is in effect. Read the full adopted motion here: cdn.ymaws.com/www.westcomm...

Ok this may not seem like much but after 16 (!!) months of relentless emails and calls, Baltimore city has finally removed the stump in front of our house and planted a new tree!!! It’s a true Christmas miracle 🌳🎄

Being referred to as high risk on every medical document is my favorite part of being queer.

what it feels like to post on bluesky

All of this and putting a TA on leave for a 0/25 on a reflection essay. Absolutely nasty work.

Léon (2019) remains as one of the greatest love albums of my generation. What a masterpiece in storytelling.

Anyone remember that cease fire? "Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"

Local Boycott Target DC Coalition has been picketing the Target store in Columbia Heights for over six months straight urging consumers to spend their dollars elsewhere outside of Target. They are inviting folks in the area to join them on 11/29.

A good writing day? In this economy? I’ll take it.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.

People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.

I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”

saw this thread on reddit about ice raids likely coming to baltimore next - helpful tips from folks doing good work in chicago www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/...

HJ:

When I called out for help in the middle of the night because of sleep paralysis, neither of my cats came to help me 😾

A Baltimore cop used their cruiser to chase someone through a field and into traffic. This is insane. Watch the video, then ask the State’s Attorney what’s being done. www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/... @baltimorebrew.bsky.social @baltimorebeat.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com

Witnessing the students in my grad seminar encounter The Cultural Politics of Emotions for the first time during this moment is really wild, awesome, horrifying, and inspiring.

mentally I am here.

Remington. Baltimore, MD. 2025.

I think my pedagogy these days is mostly: make students curious.

I've been told that this 2019 fundraiser for Miss Major started after her stroke is where anyone who might want to contribute to the expenses of her family in the immediate future should contribute: fundly.com/missmajor - It will stay open for the time being.

rest easy. what a life. what a legacy.

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

rainy, cold, & grey outside. im finally at my best.

I hate manuscript submission portals. Who made them? Why are they all so awful? Why can’t we just send our papers to the editors via the post office? It’s not like it would take any longer.

One things about me: if you put me in a group chat with more than four (4) people, I will not respond.

I actually had a very similar discussion in my CCS grad seminar this week. We were reading Conquergood and we situated performance as strain of theory typically outside of CCS. And then we really sat with the question of why 👀

My department is hiring for a new chair! A really great chance for someone to come and boss me around. Plz. Please share widely, not on the committee, happy to answer questions.

Assata died as an elder, living in freedom, not a captive. That's the beauty.

A former student of mine (like 5+ years!) messaged me on grindr to invite me to the Bread and Puppet show in town because they are a company member now. I’ve never been so proud of any interaction as an educator. Ever.

One of the simplest ways to organize is to GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS. What are their names, how many people live there, where do they go for work, do they have an needs. You need no organization or resources to help you with this. Just speak to your neighbors.

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.