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Leslye Joy Allen
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Historian, Oral Historian, Dramaturge, Agnes Scott College & Georgia State University alum, She/Her, 🚫DMs, 🚫TERFS, 🚫Crypto, 🚫MAGA. #ILoveAllOfUs✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🌈🏳️‍⚧️™️ https://leslyejoyallen.com/2025/09/06/baldwin-gaza-and-venezuela-open-letter-to-the-born-again-1979/
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 1d
A beautiful throwback moment between my Brother-King Billy Porter as “Pray Tell” and my Daughter-Sister-Queen Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as “Blanca” on POSE.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 1d
I do photography sometimes. I photographed this a few years ago in honor of one of my favorite pianists Ahmad Jamal who often used two percussionists. I live for when the acorns start falling in this piece. Here is his “Acorn.”
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations on this incredible milestone!!
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 2d
It is EVIL behavior. There are no known psychological disorders that would explain Trump’s behavior to the rest of the world. Why? You can be a narcissist without specifically targeting and harming people.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 2d
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The Word is Empathy: A Remembrance of the Impact of POSE and QUEEN SUGAR
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 4d
THIS👇🏽. Take your time and listen and watch.

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Kamala Harris: America Is At Breaking Point & I'm Deeply Concerned About The State Of The Country!
Vice-President Kamala Harris breaks silence on the real cost of Trump winning, Biden's shocking debate day call, why skipping Joe Rogan was a big mistake, election loss lessons, and...will she run aga...
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 5d
For Queen Sugar fans who will remember…
For Queen Sugar fans who will remember… For Queen Sugar fans who will remember…
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 5d
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Why Paying Attention to Code Violations Matter, Particularly Now
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 5d
I love it!
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Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff selfie from LA tour stop yesterday. 💙
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 7d
Some history for fun, levity, and common sense…
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Kaffa and Common Sense
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 8d
Debbie Allen and Misty Copeland embrace after Copeland’s final performance with the American Ballet Theater.

Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Yes, Goddess, Yes!
Debbie Allen and Misty Copeland embrace after Copeland’s final performance with the American Ballet Theater. Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Yes, Goddess, Yes!
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 9d
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Re-Visit John Adams
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 9d
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Part III: Another Update on The Ominous Outage on October 20, 2025
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 10d
“I’M EVERY WOMAN” These are the people I belong to, for good.

I truly miss Black men like composer/lyricist Nick Ashford, performing here with his wife, master composer Valerie Simpson!

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Ashford & Simpson - I'm Every Woman - Live at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, New York City - 2008
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 10d
Fellow Atlantans, Go Vote Early or Vote on November 4, 2025!
Fellow Atlantans, Go Vote Early or Vote on November 4, 2025!
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 10d
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12d
I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified.

So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life.

Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 14d
“If a glitch or a malfunction in Amazon Web Services East can create problems for most of the world’s businesses and consumers, then it has too much control and too much reach.”

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That Ominous Outage on October 20, 2025
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 15d
It’s October 20th. So Happy Birthday Kamala Harris! This is one of my favorite photos of her in 1998 with her sister Maya on Maya’s wedding day.
It’s October 20th. So Happy Birthday Kamala Harris! This is one of my favorite photos of her in 1998 with her sister Maya on Maya’s wedding day.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 20d
Musician-Singer-Composer D'Angelo has died after a hard battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51-years-old. RIP.
Musician-Singer-Composer D'Angelo has died after a hard battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51-years-old. RIP.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 21d
Columbus did not land on Turtle Island (what we now call the United States and Canada). He was looking for a sea route to India and China and landed on what is now called Trinidad. He led one of the worst navigation teams in human history; and was a greedy, blood thirsty opportunist.

HAPPY…
F*ck Columbus. Columbus did not land on Turtle Island (what we now call the United States and Canada). He was looking for a sea route to India and China and landed on what is now called Trinidad. He led one of the worst navigation teams in human history; and was a greedy, blood thirsty opportunist. HAPPY… Indigenous Peoples Day Because They Were Here First.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 23d
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Ode To Pepper Sauce
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 24d
Same 💩. Different Hat.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 25d
My sister Kamala Harris is on 🔥 and free.
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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 25d
People that remember and used Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style and Shertzer’s The Elements of Grammar have absolutely no need for autocorrect which proves there is no such thing as artificial intelligence. After all, if it is artificial how can it be intelligent?”— ©️Leslye Joy Allen
People that remember and used Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style and Shertzer’s The Elements of Grammar have absolutely no need for autocorrect which proves there is no such thing as artificial intelligence. After all, if it is artificial how can it be intelligent; and if it is intelligent how can it be artificial? Everyone say ‘Oxymoron.’” — ©️Leslye Joy Allen
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