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Anna Gifty

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An (un)serious person, author, and Harvard PhD student☀️ #GodsPlan #IStandWithDrLisaCook THE DOUBLE TAX IS OUT NOW 👉🏿 annagifty.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 21d

TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!

#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.

Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

THE DOUBLE TAX IS FINALLY OUT

Black woman in a yellow sweater in front of the Cambridge public library holding "The Double Tax" and covering her face

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

TUNE INTO MY FRIEND'S WAWA'S INTERVIEW ON THE DAILY SHOW WITH JOSH JOHNSON!!!!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoB...

Wawa Gatheru - Closing the Climate Work Gap Through Black Girl Environmentalist | The Daily Show

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

TUNE INTO MY FRIEND'S WAWA'S INTERVIEW ON THE DAILY SHOW WITH JOSH JOHNSON!!!!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoB...

Wawa Gatheru - Closing the Climate Work Gap Through Black Girl Environmentalist | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

lol why did Keke Palmer interview Offset? I'm asking genuinely.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

lol people just be lying lOL

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 7h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

lol streets are saying a certain speaker is projecting like hell

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

"These mf are crazy" - VP Kamala Harris LMFAOOOOOOOO

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 8h

Kamala Harris: “These Motherfuckers Are CRAZY” 😂💀

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

lol God please take what Dolly got and give it and triple it for everyone making it hard to survive right now

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

lol "why should I care about Black people?" because not caring about us is how we got here. 🤷🏿‍♀️

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

I can't believe my friend Wawa is talking to Josh Johnson. Why do I feel like I too won at life? LOL

Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 13h

I’ll see yall in a few hours.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

Trial and error also books

✨Spooky Yams 🍑👻🕸️🎃 @funsizesnicker.bsky.social · 7h

How did you learn to be a friend ? Was it something you just knew to do or did someone teach you ?

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

lol my slight flex now is I am one degree removed from @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social and ALSO i helped pick Wawa's amazing fit for the night lol. She looks FABULOUS in red!

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

MY DEAR FRIEND WAWA GATHERU IS ON THE DAILY SHOW TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE AND RACIAL JUSTICE with @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social and my heart is HAPPY.

I am so freaking proud of her. Wawa's an award winning founder of Black Girl Environmentalist. 😍 #blacksky

www.cc.com/fan-hub/the-...

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 8h

lol "I've encountered racism lately all from mentally unstable Black women" and you're wondering WHY #Blacksky exists?

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 9h

IS DOLLY OKAY?

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 12h

PRAY FOR DOLLY PARTON ❤️‍🩹

Freida Parton, sister of Dolly Parton, asks for prayers for Dolly’s health. She says with prayers she know Dolly is going to be just fine.

We all love you, Dolly! Praying 💛

people.com/dolly-parton-sister-was-up-all-night-praying-for-singer-amid-health-struggles-11826073

A happy Dolly Parton reads books aloud to happy kids

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 9h

lol my makeup was too good to not share

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 9h

lol a whole author (2025) #blacksky #booksky #librarysky

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 9h

Evergreen.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 9h

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 9h

lol can someone help me migrate?

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 12h

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 10h

ANOTHER VIRTUAL EVENT about #TheDoubleTax HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!!!! Tune in with me and the Brown Girl Collective:

#blacksky #econsky #librarysky

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman: The Double Tax | Live Well, Sister!

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 10h

ANOTHER VIRTUAL EVENT about #TheDoubleTax HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!!!! Tune in with me and the Brown Girl Collective:

#blacksky #econsky #librarysky

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman: The Double Tax | Live Well, Sister!

YouTube video by Brown Girl Collective

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 18h

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 19h

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 11h

SURPRISE!!!!! The first stop of #TheDoubleTax book tour was in NYC with Chelsea Clinton and is now on Youtube!!! This conversation was full of lots and lots of laughs as well as some powerful insights. Enjoy!!!! #blacksky #booksky

Styled by: Kalifa Alexander
Hair and makeup: ME MYSELF AND I

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman with Chelsea Clinton: The Double Tax

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 12h

lol the women outhot the men on #LoveIsBlind

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Beronda L. Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social · 12h

Ran into this amazing human being @itsafronomics.bsky.social in a crosswalk. Though our first in person meeting, I'm a big fan of Anna's work & vision. If you've not picked her new book The Double Tax do it now!
Also pre-order my next book, When Trees Testify too!
Link: bookshop.org/p/books/when...

Two Black women, Anna Gifty and Beronda Montgomery, smiling while standing outside

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