Dr. Aria Halliday
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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.
19thnews.org
😬 read a bit about me and my new book—Black Girls and How We Fail Them!
Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️
Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️
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This is the highbrow version of getting rid of sex ed in schools so that kids don't have the language to describe the abuse they're suffering.
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
This is the highbrow version of getting rid of sex ed in schools so that kids don't have the language to describe the abuse they're suffering.
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Jill Scott’s long awaited NPR Tiny Desk concert will premiere Monday at noon EST:
February 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Jill Scott’s long awaited NPR Tiny Desk concert will premiere Monday at noon EST:
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OPINION: "[Ida B. Wells'] articles about Black life and racism became popular, appearing in many of the 200 Black newspapers in the U.S. at the time. In 1889, she was invited to join the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight as a reporter and co-owner," Richard Campbell writes.
Opinion | Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
Richard Campbell writes about how Ida B. Wells paved the way for civil-rights activists who came after her.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
OPINION: "[Ida B. Wells'] articles about Black life and racism became popular, appearing in many of the 200 Black newspapers in the U.S. at the time. In 1889, she was invited to join the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight as a reporter and co-owner," Richard Campbell writes.
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“Your data is yours and yours always,” said Oura CEO Tom Hale.
This doesn't mean... anything? Oura data *isn't* end-to-end encrypted, it's stored in a way that allows Oura *staff* to access sensitive health data, and Oura's spokesperson has admitted it has received government demands for user data!
This doesn't mean... anything? Oura data *isn't* end-to-end encrypted, it's stored in a way that allows Oura *staff* to access sensitive health data, and Oura's spokesperson has admitted it has received government demands for user data!
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
“Your data is yours and yours always,” said Oura CEO Tom Hale.
This doesn't mean... anything? Oura data *isn't* end-to-end encrypted, it's stored in a way that allows Oura *staff* to access sensitive health data, and Oura's spokesperson has admitted it has received government demands for user data!
This doesn't mean... anything? Oura data *isn't* end-to-end encrypted, it's stored in a way that allows Oura *staff* to access sensitive health data, and Oura's spokesperson has admitted it has received government demands for user data!
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Facial recognition + bad data protection structures + "AI" that regularly gets behavioral prediction very badly wrong + glaring holes in tech regulations & privacy laws + a stunning & nakedly bigoted authoritarian regime= a threat surface, a bottleneck, & an arm of oppressive state control, all in 1
DHS document states ICE will NOT let people decline from being scanned by its new facial recognition app - Mobile Fortify.
It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.
It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Facial recognition + bad data protection structures + "AI" that regularly gets behavioral prediction very badly wrong + glaring holes in tech regulations & privacy laws + a stunning & nakedly bigoted authoritarian regime= a threat surface, a bottleneck, & an arm of oppressive state control, all in 1
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P.T. Barnum, the so-called Greatest Showman, made his name by exploiting a blind, elderly Black woman— even pulling out her remaining teeth to convince people she was old enough to be George Washington's nanny— until he worked her to death and sold tickets to her autopsy.
Her name was Joice Heth.
Her name was Joice Heth.
February 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
P.T. Barnum, the so-called Greatest Showman, made his name by exploiting a blind, elderly Black woman— even pulling out her remaining teeth to convince people she was old enough to be George Washington's nanny— until he worked her to death and sold tickets to her autopsy.
Her name was Joice Heth.
Her name was Joice Heth.
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“The arguments that justify adjunct labor can be and are turned around on those who thought their positions were secure, a point adjuncts have been making for decades.”
A Profession, If You Can Keep It
Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.
contingentmagazine.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
“The arguments that justify adjunct labor can be and are turned around on those who thought their positions were secure, a point adjuncts have been making for decades.”
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You have to read this. Must read this. Nick Shirley is taking his vigilanteism across the country, terrorizing childcare providers well beyond Minnesota.
This is how the American right works. Vicious losers like Shirley get elevated, profit from terrorizing innocent people.
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This is how the American right works. Vicious losers like Shirley get elevated, profit from terrorizing innocent people.
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After Trump elevated a video with unfounded claims of fraud in Somali-American run childcares and used it as context for the ICE occupation of Minnesota, childcare providers around the country have been subject to vigilante harassment and surveillance www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Childcare Providers Around the Country Are Being Targeted by Vigilante Surveillance
In response to bogus allegations of fraud in Minnesota, strangers are filming them, knocking on their doors, demanding to be let in. It’s scaring parents and costing providers.
www.thenation.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
You have to read this. Must read this. Nick Shirley is taking his vigilanteism across the country, terrorizing childcare providers well beyond Minnesota.
This is how the American right works. Vicious losers like Shirley get elevated, profit from terrorizing innocent people.
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This is how the American right works. Vicious losers like Shirley get elevated, profit from terrorizing innocent people.
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For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at [email protected]
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at [email protected]
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Last night, Eve received her second career Grammy at the Recording Academy Honors presented by The Black Music Collective.
After 27 Years, Eve Finally Receives Grammy for Uncredited Verse on The Roots’ “You Got Me”
Last night, Eve received her second career Grammy at the Recording Academy Honors presented by The Black Music Collective.
bit.ly
January 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Last night, Eve received her second career Grammy at the Recording Academy Honors presented by The Black Music Collective.
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A lot of independent bookstores closed yesterday in protest of the gestapo which means today is a good day to shop indies like @loyaltybooks.bsky.social 🌈🤸🏽💙📚
!!!BOOK NEWS!!!
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
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Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
January 31, 2026 at 3:13 PM
A lot of independent bookstores closed yesterday in protest of the gestapo which means today is a good day to shop indies like @loyaltybooks.bsky.social 🌈🤸🏽💙📚
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Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History
Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general
uncpress.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
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Health insurance costs are up. Women and LGBTQ+ people are paying the price — as some dip into savings, take on second jobs or go without coverage at all.
written with my colleagues @shefali.bsky.social @bcrodriguez.bsky.social
written with my colleagues @shefali.bsky.social @bcrodriguez.bsky.social
Health insurance costs are up. Women and LGBTQ+ people are paying the price.
After the expiration of ACA subsidies, soaring health care costs have forced some to dip into savings, take on second jobs or go without coverage.
19thnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Health insurance costs are up. Women and LGBTQ+ people are paying the price — as some dip into savings, take on second jobs or go without coverage at all.
written with my colleagues @shefali.bsky.social @bcrodriguez.bsky.social
written with my colleagues @shefali.bsky.social @bcrodriguez.bsky.social
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More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies. Proposed budget cuts of 35% — amounting to US$32 billion. These are just a few of the ways Donald Trump has downsized and disrupted US science
go.nature.com/4sTPWdp
go.nature.com/4sTPWdp
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:50 PM
More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies. Proposed budget cuts of 35% — amounting to US$32 billion. These are just a few of the ways Donald Trump has downsized and disrupted US science
go.nature.com/4sTPWdp
go.nature.com/4sTPWdp
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Families were promised their children's data would be protected. Instead it was fed into shoddy, pseudoscientific research making claims about race and IQ. Now amplified by AI bots, compounding the harm. We need an honest reckoning with how genomic data can be weaponized for scientific racism.
January 24, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Families were promised their children's data would be protected. Instead it was fed into shoddy, pseudoscientific research making claims about race and IQ. Now amplified by AI bots, compounding the harm. We need an honest reckoning with how genomic data can be weaponized for scientific racism.
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🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
I’m taking a break from socials in Q1. Email is the best way to contact me. Take care of yourselves and each other.
a woman is making a peace sign with her hands while looking at the camera .
ALT: a woman is making a peace sign with her hands while looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I’m taking a break from socials in Q1. Email is the best way to contact me. Take care of yourselves and each other.
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The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
Beneath Jordanelle Reservoir, a little-known chapter of history
The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
www.sltrib.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is officially Mayor of New York City! 🎉🗽 We spoke to attendees at the new mayor's block party what they hope he accomplishes in his first term. ⬇️
Young New Yorkers React to Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration
Teen Vogue spoke to attendees at the new NYC mayor's block party.
www.teenvogue.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is officially Mayor of New York City! 🎉🗽 We spoke to attendees at the new mayor's block party what they hope he accomplishes in his first term. ⬇️
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There is no state in this country where you can live a comfortable life on $15 an hour.
19 states will raise their minimum wages to ring in the new year for 2026, with most of them reaching a rate of $15 per hour or higher
19 States To Raise Their Minimum Wage For The New Year
As the federal minimum wage languishes, 20 states are on their way to a $15 wage floor if they haven't reached it already.
www.huffpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There is no state in this country where you can live a comfortable life on $15 an hour.
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Lawn darts, Four Loko, and Panera death lemonade had a lower body count combined and were banned faster.
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lawn darts, Four Loko, and Panera death lemonade had a lower body count combined and were banned faster.
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And disproportionately affects Black people with uteruses — I’ve seen reporting that 50-80% have the condition. This from the Mayo Clinic says 90% by age 50, it’s outrageous
mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...
mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...
December 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
And disproportionately affects Black people with uteruses — I’ve seen reporting that 50-80% have the condition. This from the Mayo Clinic says 90% by age 50, it’s outrageous
mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...
mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...
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We are not living the same reality because we are dying a faster death.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
We are not living the same reality because we are dying a faster death.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.