Aretina R. Hamilton, PhD
blackgeographer.bsky.social
Aretina R. Hamilton, PhD
@blackgeographer.bsky.social
Southern (Gothic) Writer
Poet
Geographer
Free
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Sharing a new syllabus week by week. Creative nonfiction, emphasis on literary journalism responding to the moment. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-report...
The Reporters: A Syllabus for Right Now
On documenting the pauses between fight or flight
slowcivilwar.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/
March 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The New Yorker poetry editor Kevin Young reflects on James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind,” an essay that caused a sensation when it was published, in 1962, and has proved wildly influential ever since.
Kevin Young on James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind”
The essay served as a definitive diagnosis of American race relations. Events soon gave it the force of prophecy.
www.newyorker.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day, especially to anyone who might identify with one of the letters in LGBTQ, particularly the day after someone Trumpy stripped the letter T and then the letter Q from the National Park Service website for Stonewall in New York City.
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.

guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
LibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
guides.lib.virginia.edu
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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In honor of black inventors.

#BlackHistoryMonth
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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This is your reminder to

USE YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

THERE'S BOOKS THERE
AND MOVIES
MUSIC
PUBLIC COMPUTERS W/ INTERNET

IT'S ALSO FREE
February 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Write new worlds. Write beautiful places. Write angry people. Write imaginary beasts, futile quests, broken hearts, lifelong injustices, mysteries, love affairs, lost children, newfound purpose. Write anything that allows you to escape or heal or vent or rage or explore or reconcile. Write 🖤
February 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Are you funded by #NIH, #NSF or #CDC? Please post any letters or communications you’ve received from these agencies or HHS about restrictions on grant funding, publications etc. I want to catalog all of them for the record. #medsky #episky
February 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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This Black History Month, you'll be supporting Black Penned Stories. Follow this Starter Pack. This isn't DEI. It's Anti-Segregation. #BlackSky #BookSky

go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
February 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Five years ago I wrote about the potential government funding cuts in higher education. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
It’s sad to say that the future has arrived.
The white unseen: On white supremacy and dangerous entanglements in geography - Aretina R Hamilton, 2020
journals.sagepub.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Time to post this again
January 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The “A” in DEIA stands for accessibility. Federal workers with disabilities, including many veterans, deserve respect and the opportunity to work in public service. A diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace makes public service better and makes everyone’s lives better.
January 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM