ProfKori
@profkori.bsky.social
Feminist scholar who coined the term: know-your-place aggression. Author of LIVING WITH LYNCHING + FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. Editor of IOLA LEROY + INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. Literary & Cultural Critic. Runner.
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I absolutely love SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST!
Today is about gratitude. NY folk better be grateful my location disqualifies me!!!
Today is about gratitude. NY folk better be grateful my location disqualifies me!!!
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I absolutely love SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST!
Today is about gratitude. NY folk better be grateful my location disqualifies me!!!
Today is about gratitude. NY folk better be grateful my location disqualifies me!!!
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New: If you're queer, you know that the holidays can be rough. Maybe you have a bad relationship with your family and holidays carry painful memories. I spoke to LGBTQ+ Texans across the state about how they find community this time of year: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Where can LGBTQ+ Texans go for Thanksgiving when home is off-limits?
"I just couldn't deal with knowing that I have people that have nowhere to go."
www.chron.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New: If you're queer, you know that the holidays can be rough. Maybe you have a bad relationship with your family and holidays carry painful memories. I spoke to LGBTQ+ Texans across the state about how they find community this time of year: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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7 years old now and I just discovered it has a whopping 5 reviews on Goodreads, which freaked me out. But in the interest of emphasizing that shelf life is real: it was just this year cited in a CFP for a panel about generous modernisms. 🎁
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November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
7 years old now and I just discovered it has a whopping 5 reviews on Goodreads, which freaked me out. But in the interest of emphasizing that shelf life is real: it was just this year cited in a CFP for a panel about generous modernisms. 🎁
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Happy birthday to the one and only @theferocity.bsky.social!!! YOU are the gift, but you also give us gifts with your speaking and writing. One of COUNTLESS examples:
"... I am protecting myself.
I am pulling up the drawbridge. I'm asking
Black women to pull up the drawbridge."
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"... I am protecting myself.
I am pulling up the drawbridge. I'm asking
Black women to pull up the drawbridge."
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November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Happy birthday to the one and only @theferocity.bsky.social!!! YOU are the gift, but you also give us gifts with your speaking and writing. One of COUNTLESS examples:
"... I am protecting myself.
I am pulling up the drawbridge. I'm asking
Black women to pull up the drawbridge."
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"... I am protecting myself.
I am pulling up the drawbridge. I'm asking
Black women to pull up the drawbridge."
+
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@profkori.bsky.social is a good follow if you’re not following her already.
Absolutely I am 💯💯💯 for finding BW mentors and authors who have written books on this. It is so important
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@profkori.bsky.social is a good follow if you’re not following her already.
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Interviews should be recorded.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Interviews should be recorded.
I look forward to getting pictures from the AAR presidential plenary I participated in, but I’m glad I got these. AAR felt even bigger and more complex than MLA, but it was another reminder of how long I’ve been in the profession and how much mutual respect I enjoy with folk in countless fields.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I look forward to getting pictures from the AAR presidential plenary I participated in, but I’m glad I got these. AAR felt even bigger and more complex than MLA, but it was another reminder of how long I’ve been in the profession and how much mutual respect I enjoy with folk in countless fields.
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I don’t go in for conspiracy theories. There really was something fishy going on.
How Did 6 Million People Vote In Burke County, Florida—When It Doesn't Exist?
And Why Over 1.5 Million Votes for Harris Disappeared on Election Night
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I don’t go in for conspiracy theories. There really was something fishy going on.
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Soooo like I have to 2 questions
1. Who’s gonna be the Dj at the Blacksky Function?
2. What songs will be played at the Blacksky Function?
1. Who’s gonna be the Dj at the Blacksky Function?
2. What songs will be played at the Blacksky Function?
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Soooo like I have to 2 questions
1. Who’s gonna be the Dj at the Blacksky Function?
2. What songs will be played at the Blacksky Function?
1. Who’s gonna be the Dj at the Blacksky Function?
2. What songs will be played at the Blacksky Function?
What a gift to catch up with ASA folk! And AAR went reasonably well, though my running around Boston involved nearly getting towed. I came out just in time! I’m glad this semester’s travel is over. And glad the semester’s end is in sight.
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What a gift to catch up with ASA folk! And AAR went reasonably well, though my running around Boston involved nearly getting towed. I came out just in time! I’m glad this semester’s travel is over. And glad the semester’s end is in sight.
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One of the things I keep thinking is that he is manipulating white Americans (bigotry is an easy tool of distraction) while robbing them too.
“Why is it the case that whenever they attack ‘wokeness,’ they attack our story?” @esglaude.bsky.social asks in response to Trump’s complaints that the Smithsonian Institution overemphasizes slavery. “We cannot become passive participants in this destruction,” warns @imaniperry.bsky.social.
‘An attack on democracy itself’: Trump wants museums to shut up about slavery
Princeton’s Eddie Glaude describes Donald Trump’s efforts to remove exhibits on slavery from Smithsonian museums as an “an all-out assault on what made my mom and dad and their grandparents possible.” In addition to this being an attack against the Black community, Harvard University professor Imani Perry says it’s also an attack on “deeply democratic knowledge” and “therefore an attack on democracy itself.”
www.msnbc.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
One of the things I keep thinking is that he is manipulating white Americans (bigotry is an easy tool of distraction) while robbing them too.
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OMG! This is BIG news, @imaniperry.bsky.social!
Imani Perry follows Sara Birmingham to Random House in a two-book deal, Viking takes Isle McElroy’s third novel, and more.
Book Deals: Week of October 27, 2025
Imani Perry follows Sara Birmingham to Random House in a two-book deal, Viking takes Isle McElroy’s third novel, and more.
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
OMG! This is BIG news, @imaniperry.bsky.social!
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SEVENTEEN strikes.
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
SEVENTEEN strikes.
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we already knew all our falsely meritorious systems were rigged to benefit some & disenfranchise others, but this - all of this is designed, bankrolled & idealized to cripple, exhaust, punish, discard & kill many, many more, very quickly…some won’t know what hit them
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
we already knew all our falsely meritorious systems were rigged to benefit some & disenfranchise others, but this - all of this is designed, bankrolled & idealized to cripple, exhaust, punish, discard & kill many, many more, very quickly…some won’t know what hit them
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The move to MA has been great for all kinds of reasons. That it was for my partner’s job, not mine, is on the list. It also led to my 2nd job, so I didn’t know how nice starting at an institution as a full professor would be. This feature is well done! A gift!
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
The Power of Black Literature | Arts & Sciences
www.bu.edu
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The move to MA has been great for all kinds of reasons. That it was for my partner’s job, not mine, is on the list. It also led to my 2nd job, so I didn’t know how nice starting at an institution as a full professor would be. This feature is well done! A gift!
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
Looks like I’ll make it to Boston in time to participate in the presidential roundtable at AAR. Tank top possibilities are no more, but good ASA energy remains. I appreciated the Presidential address from Dr. Alex Lubin! His remarkable career prepard him to offer…
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Looks like I’ll make it to Boston in time to participate in the presidential roundtable at AAR. Tank top possibilities are no more, but good ASA energy remains. I appreciated the Presidential address from Dr. Alex Lubin! His remarkable career prepard him to offer…
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Seizing the assets of those five billionaire pedophiles would probably heal America.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Seizing the assets of those five billionaire pedophiles would probably heal America.
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“It’s my job to highlight what dominant culture doesn’t want us to notice." @profkori.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“It’s my job to highlight what dominant culture doesn’t want us to notice." @profkori.bsky.social
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
The move to MA has been great for all kinds of reasons. That it was for my partner’s job, not mine, is on the list. It also led to my 2nd job, so I didn’t know how nice starting at an institution as a full professor would be. This feature is well done! A gift!
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
The Power of Black Literature | Arts & Sciences
www.bu.edu
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The move to MA has been great for all kinds of reasons. That it was for my partner’s job, not mine, is on the list. It also led to my 2nd job, so I didn’t know how nice starting at an institution as a full professor would be. This feature is well done! A gift!
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
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I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
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The failings of the existing system are always framed as “in spite of the fact” failings, while the potential failings of the alternative are always framed as inherent.
In a country where the cost of living rises but wages don't, where illness can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” trib.al/YmIjeGU
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to lead the charge.
trib.al
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The failings of the existing system are always framed as “in spite of the fact” failings, while the potential failings of the alternative are always framed as inherent.
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Know ASA people who made it the Puerto Rico? Make sure they pay attention to this!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Know ASA people who made it the Puerto Rico? Make sure they pay attention to this!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
Know ASA people who made it the Puerto Rico? Make sure they pay attention to this!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Know ASA people who made it the Puerto Rico? Make sure they pay attention to this!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
After another great day of gathering that ASA President Alex Lubin helped make possible, come celebrate him and hear from him! I know he’s got a good word for us for these tumultuous times!
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Henry Box Brown would be proud
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Henry Box Brown would be proud
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought