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Dr. Aria Halliday

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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · Feb 12

😬 read a bit about me and my new book—Black Girls and How We Fail Them!

Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️

19thnews @19thnews.org · Feb 12

The 19th spoke with Aria S. Halliday about her inspiration for the book, her own journey and what Black girls and women can learn from each other.

Black girls are ‘missing’ from popular media. Here’s how we can do better.

In her new book, author and cultural critic Aria S. Halliday considers how society has limited who Black girls are — and who they can become.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 12h

Belatedly reading about this and as always really important to remind people in *every breath* that when the right talks about “woke” and “DEI” they are talking about the cultural and political wins of the civil rights movement. This arrangement existed for 52 years because of historical activism.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23h

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UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t hold back! Remember this is your book and it’s their job to help you sell it. Leverage that!

Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 1d

I was deeply involved in both. BUY BLACK was designed by an artist friend after we consulted on a few sketches. BLACK GIRLS was a LOT of emails between me and the in-house book designer.

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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 1d

But clearly I have a thing for teal.

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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 1d

I think my most recent 2 were stunning

Cover for the book Black Girls and How We Fail Them by Aria Halliday

Cover for the book Buy Black by Aria Halliday

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

lede = introductory section in journalism

bury the lede = hiding the most relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information

Allegedly, it’s spelled ‘lede’ to avoid confusion with ‘lead,’ which was the strip of metal that would separate lines of type.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award. n.pr/4of1xku

A MacArthur 'genius' gleans surprising lessons from ancient bones, shards and trash

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

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Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Three new hip-hop releases show a way forward for mid-level artists: albums the length of a network sitcom, and committing to the audience you already have. n.pr/3J4z81p

In an age of streaming excess, cult rappers master the mini-album

Three new hip-hop releases show a way forward for mid-level artists: albums the length of a network sitcom, and committing to the audience you already have.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3d

New Study Finds Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

This is the episode you have been waiting for.

The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 3d

Ep. 170: The Pseudoscience of Trans Exclusion

In a LONG awaited and vital ep, the whole crew is joined by Sheree Bekker and @annaposbergh.bsky.social to delve into and refute the 'science' deployed to justify the anti-trans movement in sport.

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Stuart Hall Foundation @stuarthallfdn.bsky.social · 3d

Just a few days remain to enter this year's Stuart Hall Essay Prize, open until 5pm GMT on Monday November 3, 2025.

Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, the prize invites new and unpublished writing that connects with Hall’s ideas and impacts broad public discourse.

The Stuart Hall Essay Prize.

25 days left to enter.

Open to UK-based entrants aged 18-30, the Stuart Hall Essay Prize awards £2,000 to a selected writer whose essay best offers an original, radical critique of contemporary society.

Welcoming academic, journalistic and creative essays that resonate with the lines of political, cultural and educational inquiry which Hall pursued.

Inviting new and unpublished essays of 4500-5000 words connecting with Hall’s interests and his concern to address the current ‘conjuncture’.

Submissions due by November 3, 2025.

Stuart Hall Foundation | 10 Years.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 4d

“No one is wired to live with sustained stressors and traumas in our life,” Hilado said. “Prolonged chronic stress [and]exposure to trauma does change how we see ourselves, how we see the people around us, how we see our futures.”

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

A mental health expert offers coping tips for those experiencing stress from immigration operations, as the climate has created widespread fear and uncertainty.

Expert says threats of militarization and immigration enforcement fuel anxieties

One mental health expert offers tips on how to cope with the stress of immigration operations in the Chicago region.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 4d

I very rarely have direct contact on newsroom projects anymore, but this is cool because I did work with folks to help with the original collection protocol to make sure this information was handled and stored privately and wouldn't leave us with a re-identifiable dataset.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

How does TikTok keep its millions of users scrolling, swiping and staring at their phones?

With readers' help, we collected data from more than 1,000 TikTok users to find out: https://wapo.st/4nC6Nyr

How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

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Kyla Wazana Tompkins @kwazana.bsky.social · 4d

Can’t wait to celebrate Kim Hall’s new book!!

ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 5d

And join us for the virtual launch on October 30th at 6:30pm with luminaries Patricia A. Matthew, Debapriya Sarkar, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, and Jennifer Morgan!!! bcrw.barnard.edu/event/the-sw...

The Sweet Taste of Empire: Sugar, Mastery, and Pleasure in the Anglo Caribbean | Barnard Center for Research on Women

Kim Hall in conversation with Patricia A. Matthew, Debapriya Sarkar, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, and Jennifer Morgan; moderated by Tapiwa Gambura

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Evolve Wellness Group @evolvewellness.bsky.social · 4d

When diet culture meets hormonal changes and ageism, it creates conditions for "menorexia" — but it often looks like wellness trends, making it easy to miss.

Bodies are meant to change.

@huffpost.com @brittanywong.huffpost.com @drmuhlheim.bsky.social
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'Menorexia' Is Quietly Affecting Many Adults In Midlife— Here’s What Doctors Aren’t Telling You

Midlife adults are prone to this disorder, especially women.

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 5d

Please read @sivav.bsky.social 's destruction of the Trump/McMahon "compact".

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 6d

There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Be Authentic at Work

Workers have been told to bring themselves to work, only to be disappointed time and time again, argues author Jodi-Ann Burey in her new book
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There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Be Authentic at Work

Workers have been told to bring themselves to work, only to be disappointed time and time again, argues author Jodi-Ann Burey in her new book.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 6d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 6d

….i feel like lying to a court is a basic legal no-no. Lying to the Supreme Court? Well…

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

“You cannot offer false evidence, and if you do so accidentally and find out, you have to correct that … They claim our work supports conversion therapy when our work clearly and specifically condemns conversion therapy on the same page they’re citing.”

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 6d

The Quiet Creep of Censorship: How ‘Everyday Banning’ Is Reshaping American Schools | @penamerica.bsky.social's new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the country, writes @drtab.bsky.social. #BannedBooksWeek

The Quiet Creep of Censorship: How ‘Everyday Banning’ Is Reshaping American Schools - Bucks County Beacon

PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 7d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 8d

Please, take it from a Californian born and bred: you cannot trust Gavin Newsom. I don’t care if he has Good Posters working for him; he’ll sell vulnerable people down the river without blinking an eye.

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Brilliance Proper @brillianceproper.blackskycomra.de · 8d

New Reading Rainbow theme song.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 10d

The stories of enslaved African people and more than 1,000 British plantation owners who were compensated after abolition have been brought together in a searchable archive for the first time.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive

Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors

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