agreed. actually black people everywhere imo.

We, @heyouneedtherapy.bsky.social and I are thinking of starting a book club. What y’all think bookshop.org/lists/book-c...

"You have to share all of your personal info to protect children..."
It's us. They keep showing us that our safe isn't safe and we keep logging in. Group Kink is wilder than Group Think

We aren't fighting fascism right now

and most people aren't willing to admit that because they don't want to say

" I am invested in a world where I am UNABLE to wield certain privileges when I am uncomfortable"

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Best game to murder the KKK in?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/LKtPIl/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Red Dead Redemption 2
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/LKtPIl/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wolfienstien II: The New Collosus
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/LKtPIl/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mafia III

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In case you missed it earlier this week, I’ve started a new blog!

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free...

Why are they dressed like racist small town bankers who CAN'T WAIT to deny the new Black family a loan, in a period piece drama?

What I’d give for the Tiny Desk version of “Run It Back” by Madison McFerrin to be available as a single to stream/buy

cc @madmcferrin.bsky.social

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

BlueSky ReplyGuy: "Why don't you allow people to comment on your posts? Afraid you're wrong?"

No, just not interested in "debating" strangers on the internet who argue for sport without a care for the gravity of the situation at hand.

In my “Fine, I’ll do it myself” - era.

I’ll have more to say on Ghost of Yōtei later but for now…? Yeah! Hell Yeah!! Oh Shit Fuck Yeah!!!

I think about this a lot -- I read her memoir and it really hit home for me that she quietly was the person who wrote all of her hit songs and people simply assume it was some dude who is smarter than her when she's the brains behind the operation

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

Radical idea: don’t buy books on Amazon when they have deals. Buy from indie bookstores & presses instead!

I have my students watch this now-classic video to get them to come to office hours for intellectual vibing (but so few come 😭)

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

Across time, across continents, why does THEIR progress always mean OUR pain?!

Speaking as a Birmingham native, Bessemer ain’t nothing but black folks — and I find it oh so interesting that black neighborhoods are where they keep shoving all these data centers

Nah the alt text is killing me slim 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣