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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 1d

#QOTD: "Theater, after all, is an art form of the relentless present, but one that builds retrospection and anticipation as it moves inexorably forward." -Robbie McCauley #inspirationalquotes #quoteoftheday

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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 3d

Before you crashout on social media, put the phone down and go out for cocktails with friends.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 5d

Watching friends and acquaintances post what's happening with ICE in Chicago, LA, Memphis, and DC has been overwhelming, disturbing, and heartbreaking. I've spent time in all of these cities, especially Memphis. All cities have issues, but humane treatment has to lead the solutions. Stop the trauma.

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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 6d

I'm late, but I've now watched #ThePitt. In the beginning it feels like ER and Chicago Med. However, the last three episodes of the first season are where it distinguishes itself from other medical shows. In it, the lives the doctors snd nurses are most concerned with saving are their own.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 12d

This new Mariah Carey album is her best one in years. Her pen is sharp. The sound feels authentic to her life. Mimi makes happy pop music best. We love a frivolous fall moment.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 13d

This weekend in #Atlanta I am seeing so much energy around the #arts. Atlanta Art Fair, the Art Publishing & Writing Symposium, Old Fourth Ward Arts Festival, and no less than 20 exhibition openings are happening this weekend. I wish this was every weekend. I wish performing arts would take note.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 14d

My God on today...

apnews.com/article/assa...

Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...

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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 14d

Latest column! "The sum of my time in the theatre is not only that I found a place to belong, but also that I became a more sympathetic and empathetic human being who on my best day extends that sense of belonging and embrace to others." #theater #journalism

www.americantheatre.org/2025/09/26/t...

Theatre and the Search for Belonging

Like many, I found a home for my imagination and my best self to bloom on school stages. Are those same chances still open to new generations?

www.americantheatre.org

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 17d

Toilet paper is $27 for 36 rolls at Sam's Club. Send help.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 20d

"What looks like an inclusive gesture becomes a funnel that only a narrow, already advantaged group can pass through. Everyone else is marked as “too late,” even when their work and lives reflect the realities of systemic exclusion rather than personal failure."

hyperallergic.com/1042641/when...

When Artists Are Too Old to Be “Emerging”

If the art world is serious about equity, it has to stop equating emergence with youth and start building structures that reflect the multiplicity of artistic timelines.

hyperallergic.com

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 23d

Well this is heartbreaking...the end of an era for sure, but hopefully good things are still on the horizon... roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/09/17/w...

WABE ends 'City Lights Collective' due to federal funding cuts

After just three months, WABE has ended “City Lights Collective,” its weekday arts and culture show, due to federal funding cuts.

roughdraftatlanta.com

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 26d

Couples, talk to me about these uneven flight status relationships where y'all travel together but don't upgrade each other, cuz as a scorpio I don't understand.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 26d

I don't know how millennials have been allowed to spread this narrative that our party days aren't on the web. We were the first generation to get fired because of our party days being online. Also people were hiring decorators for their dorms then too. It's not new, but it may be a class thing.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 28d

Sleep will heal the world. When in doubt, go to bed.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 29d

Watching #LoveConRevenge Netflix, the formula seems to be love bombing, occupying time, asking for small amounts of money, moving in, the asks get larger, and then they back away and disappear. It's sad because not everyone gets justice. Also, my momma told me a real man don't need nothing from you.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's been like four political assassinations and way too many school shootings in the U.S. this year and it's just September. This should be alarming to everyone. But more than alarming, it should be motivating. Assert your personhood and demand better.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Sep 7

This article should have been written 15 years ago, which is the fundamental problem with the state of theater criticism.

www.broadwayworld.com/article/Miss...

Mission Critical for Arts Criticism

In the job posting heard ‘round the theatre world a few weeks ago, the powers that be at The New York Times declared that their new theatre critic will be “eager to embrace new story forms with strong...

www.broadwayworld.com

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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Sep 7

Black people who believe their own people to be more violent than other people really grind my gears. There is a whole memorial in this country dedicated to THOUSANDS of our ancestors who were lynched by white terrorists. Yet propoganda about Black people is being used to erode democracy. It's wild.

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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Sep 7

Some of the most harmful pieces of propaganda is the lie that Black people are inherently violent. Most people who are victims of violent crime are victimized by people who look like them. This is true for all people, not just Black people. Crime stats orgs have found this to be true for decades.

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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Sep 3

When affirmative action was overturned, I knew it was time to leave higher education staff and I'm glad I did. My former employer just announced it would end its DEI programs. DEI was apart of my beat, which was campus and community engagement. president.emory.edu/communicatio...

Update on DEI Offices and Programs | Emory University | Atlanta GA

president.emory.edu

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is wild

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Brandy's career is really a testament to marketing genius, but the fact that we never had and Never Say Never perfume is something that perplexes me because it was just right there in the name.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Aug 31

I don't know what's more fascinating about #TheGildedAge, the costumes or the fact that these characters are based on actual tycoons, like the Carnegies and the Vanderbilts, and these families still have so much money and no one has been able to unseat them and slave labor led to most of it.

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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Aug 29

Culturally speaking, Americans spend entirely too much time, labor, and money fooling ourselves into thinking we're preventing things that rarely or never happen instead of addressing things that actually happen.

Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · Aug 27

The number of people who used generative AI to write their cover letter to apply for an editing position is wild. Pro tip: When you all enter the same inputs you all get the same outputs. We don't have to run it through software to tell you didn't write it.

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