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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired)

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Famous on Twitter. Educator, Creator & Exec Producer: @BlkFatFemmePod w/ @iheartpodcast and author of BLACK FAT FEMME (Wiley, 2025). www.DoctorJonPaul.com

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 1d

This week your BFF’s aren’t just talking about coming out, but we answer the more important question - what is life like after you do?

Listen to, “It’s Okay to be Gay” everywhere you get your podcasts! 🎧

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 2d

San Diego PEEPS:

You asked for it - and now it’s here.

Gonna be down to the Barnes & Noble down in Mira Mesa yapping about the book.

Can’t wait to see you there! 📚

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 8d

This week your besties are joined by the iconic social media doll @deandretheegiant to talk all things pop nostalgia, what iconic 2000’s items we miss and get down to the bottom of the important question, “which Black queer person was in Sister Act 2”?

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 14d

And now: a quick message from our sponsors - The Black Fat Femme pod is nominated for TWO @SignalAwards! Go vote now! (Thank you to everyone for your love and support!!!) 🌟
#blackfatfemme

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 15d

This week your besties are joined by legendary king of eats Tim Chantarangsu to talk food, family and the importance of a good meal. We also do a tribute to “Send Foodz” because you know the dolls love to eat and put each of y’all on.

Listen anywhere you get your favorite podcast!

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 15d

My podcast is a finalist for the 2025 Signal Awards! If you have it in your heart, please go vote for us. It would truly mean the world to me!

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 16d

Ready for tomorrow’s episode?

Listen everywhere you get your favorite podcast!

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 17d

What you believe is what you believe. Not what 👁️ believe.

Remember that.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 17d

I miss parts of the pandemic and that is one of them.

Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 17d

Woke up queer and Black again.

What a privilege.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 18d

And that someone out there is envying you?

Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 18d

Like do they ever get tired?

Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 20d

For new followers:

Hi.

Know I am not Candace Owens or Stacey Dash Black.

I am very James Baldwin and Toni Morrison Black.

Welcome. 🙂‍↔️

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 21d

Welcome to the room. I’ve been here.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 22d

This week your besties are joined by our favorite cousin Jarrett Hill to break down the Jussie Smollett Netflix documentary. We also get into Black sub-culture and talk Labubu price gouging.

Listen on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 23d

Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23d

The Trump administration has reportedly ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, including the historic photograph “The Scourged Back”

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The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, according to four people familiar with the matter, including a historic photograph of a formerly enslaved man showing scars on his back.
The individuals, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media, said the removals were in line with President Donald Trump’s March executive order directing the Interior Department to eliminate information that reflects a “corrosive ideology” that disparages historic Americans. National Park Service officials are broadly interpreting that directive to apply to information on racism, sexism, slavery, gay rights or persecution of Indigenous people.
Following Trump’s order, Interior Department officials issued policies ordering agency employees to report any information, including signage and gift shop items, that might be out of compliance. Trump officials also launched an effort asking park visitors to report offending material, but they mostly received criticisms of the administration and praise for the parks.
The latest orders include removing information at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia, two people familiar with the matter said, where the abolitionist John Brown led a raid seeking to arm slaves for a revolt. Staff have also been told that information at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, where George Washington kept slaves, does not comply with the policy, according to a third individual.

The Scourged Back” shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863.

At Harpers Ferry, staff flagged more than 30 signs, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Post, that highlight information potentially in violation of Trump’s policy. They include signs referring to racial discrimination and the hostility of white people to people who were formerly enslaved.
Instead of responding to each panel, Park Service officials marked the entire submission as “out of compliance,” with staff now expected to cover up parts of signs or remove them, the person said.
Separately, Park Service officials have ordered the removal of a photograph illustrating violence against slaves, known as “The Scourged Back,” at one national park. The photograph, taken in 1863, shows scars on the back of a man probably named Peter Gordon from wounds inflicted by his masters before he escaped slavery.
The photo was circulated widely at the time, and Northern audiences were shocked at what the photo showed, said Anne Cross, a scholar of 19th century photography at Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 23d

I’m more over on Threads! Come hang there.

Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 25d

Does anyone just randomly scream, “GIMME KISS, BIG DADDY YOU SO PRETTY?? SOO PRETTY!?”

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 25d

If that man represents your type of Christianity, y’all can KEEP it.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 26d

Folks got real quiet when they identified the culprit.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 26d

Absolutely!

Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 27d

‘I didn’t agree with everything Charlie Kirk said’

Please tell us, what…did you…agree…with?

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 27d

You know who doesn’t deserve violence?

Black people.
Queer people.
Brown people.
Women.

But yet, we somehow experience it every damn day in some form or fashion. That being said, I’m saving my empathy for the folks out here trying to make this world and life better.

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 28d

Empathy? For a racist?

a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show

ALT: a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show

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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.blue · 28d

Grand closing.