Dr. Quinn
@rachelafi.bsky.social
transnat'l feminist theory, black popular culture & mixed race; art & architecture, author of 'Being La Dominicana: Race and Identity in the Visual Culture of Santo Domingo' (2021). What are you reading/watching/eating? Wandering Capricorn w/ a Leo moon...
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Dr. Quinn
@rachelafi.bsky.social
· Jan 16
ASAP/16: Worldmaking/Worldbreaking
Join us for the annual ASAP convention in Houston, Texas!
www.artsofthepresent.org
Excited about this gathering in Houston this fall. Come be apart of some important imaginings in Texas:
"...when everything is breaking, how do we also hold onto a queer impulse to shatter more: to break the structures that break?"
"...when everything is breaking, how do we also hold onto a queer impulse to shatter more: to break the structures that break?"
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As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
the garden variety racism that this incredible athlete is used to dealing with...
After a heated second round match at the US Open, American Taylor Townsend calls out her opponent, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko:
"She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."
"She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."
August 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
the garden variety racism that this incredible athlete is used to dealing with...
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Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.
July 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.
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The Weekly Read is "On Exhaustion: Toward a Post-Care Feminism" by Samantha Pinto and Jennifer C. Nash. The article was published in Dossier: Limits of Legibility—Questions of Blackness and Sexuality, a special issue of @differences.bsky.social (36:1).
Read the article for free: buff.ly/XDrQAhF
Read the article for free: buff.ly/XDrQAhF
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Weekly Read is "On Exhaustion: Toward a Post-Care Feminism" by Samantha Pinto and Jennifer C. Nash. The article was published in Dossier: Limits of Legibility—Questions of Blackness and Sexuality, a special issue of @differences.bsky.social (36:1).
Read the article for free: buff.ly/XDrQAhF
Read the article for free: buff.ly/XDrQAhF
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Feeding starving children should be something we can all agree on.
3 simple steps:
1 Sign the Petition
2 Call your member of Congress 202 224 3121
3 Give to worldcentralkitchen.org
(Repeat 2 & 3 frequently)
www.foodaidforgaza.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
3 simple steps:
1 Sign the Petition
2 Call your member of Congress 202 224 3121
3 Give to worldcentralkitchen.org
(Repeat 2 & 3 frequently)
www.foodaidforgaza.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Jews for Food Aid for Gaza
Jewish people support food aid for families in Gaza and an immediate end to the Israeli government’s food aid blockade. #JewsForFoodAidForPeopleInGaza
www.foodaidforgaza.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Feeding starving children should be something we can all agree on.
3 simple steps:
1 Sign the Petition
2 Call your member of Congress 202 224 3121
3 Give to worldcentralkitchen.org
(Repeat 2 & 3 frequently)
www.foodaidforgaza.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
3 simple steps:
1 Sign the Petition
2 Call your member of Congress 202 224 3121
3 Give to worldcentralkitchen.org
(Repeat 2 & 3 frequently)
www.foodaidforgaza.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
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JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked the cancelation of $175 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, mass terminated by DOGE in April. She says the effort was transparent viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
July 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked the cancelation of $175 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, mass terminated by DOGE in April. She says the effort was transparent viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
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It’s been 16 years since Congress raised the minimum wage. Meanwhile, folks are out here trying to survive on $7.25 an hour. In this economy?!
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
July 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s been 16 years since Congress raised the minimum wage. Meanwhile, folks are out here trying to survive on $7.25 an hour. In this economy?!
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
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NYC's largest union—the mighty @dc37nyc.bsky.social—stood with us in the primary when few thought victory was possible. Now they're all in for the general election.
Together, we'll deliver a city where the people who keep it running can afford it too.
From last week's endorsement:
Together, we'll deliver a city where the people who keep it running can afford it too.
From last week's endorsement:
July 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NYC's largest union—the mighty @dc37nyc.bsky.social—stood with us in the primary when few thought victory was possible. Now they're all in for the general election.
Together, we'll deliver a city where the people who keep it running can afford it too.
From last week's endorsement:
Together, we'll deliver a city where the people who keep it running can afford it too.
From last week's endorsement:
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Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
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July 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
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Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
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Texas is a majority-minority state—they know it. That’s why they’re scrambling to redraw the maps and mute our voices. But I believe in the people of Texas; our voices aren’t going anywhere, no matter how they draw the lines.
July 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Texas is a majority-minority state—they know it. That’s why they’re scrambling to redraw the maps and mute our voices. But I believe in the people of Texas; our voices aren’t going anywhere, no matter how they draw the lines.
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Kentucky's Mitch McConnell was one of three Senate Republicans to vote against starting debate on bill stripping funds from NPR, PBS, foreign aid.
VP JD Vance had to break tie.
@jennifershutt.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/15/r...
VP JD Vance had to break tie.
@jennifershutt.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/15/r...
US Senate Republicans advance bill stripping funds from NPR, PBS, foreign aid • Kentucky Lantern
U.S. Senate on Tuesday moves step closer to canceling $9 billion in previously approved funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting.
kentuckylantern.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Kentucky's Mitch McConnell was one of three Senate Republicans to vote against starting debate on bill stripping funds from NPR, PBS, foreign aid.
VP JD Vance had to break tie.
@jennifershutt.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/15/r...
VP JD Vance had to break tie.
@jennifershutt.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/15/r...
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Imagine leading FEMA and not believing in emergency management. You’d think, as a former governor, she’d know what was going on.
But I guess this is what you get when the president’s cabinet is full of unqualified conspiracy theorists.
The American people deserve better.
But I guess this is what you get when the president’s cabinet is full of unqualified conspiracy theorists.
The American people deserve better.
July 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Imagine leading FEMA and not believing in emergency management. You’d think, as a former governor, she’d know what was going on.
But I guess this is what you get when the president’s cabinet is full of unqualified conspiracy theorists.
The American people deserve better.
But I guess this is what you get when the president’s cabinet is full of unqualified conspiracy theorists.
The American people deserve better.
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Apply for a Radcliffe Fellowship!
Applications in humanities, social sciences, & creative arts are due Sept 11, 2025
Applications in science, engineering, & math due Sept 30, 2025
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fe...
(I hear they'd especially welcome projects related to climate change)
#HPS ⚒️
Applications in humanities, social sciences, & creative arts are due Sept 11, 2025
Applications in science, engineering, & math due Sept 30, 2025
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fe...
(I hear they'd especially welcome projects related to climate change)
#HPS ⚒️
Harvard Radcliffe Institute Online Fellowship Application Portal - How to Apply
content.radcliffe.harvard.edu
July 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Apply for a Radcliffe Fellowship!
Applications in humanities, social sciences, & creative arts are due Sept 11, 2025
Applications in science, engineering, & math due Sept 30, 2025
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fe...
(I hear they'd especially welcome projects related to climate change)
#HPS ⚒️
Applications in humanities, social sciences, & creative arts are due Sept 11, 2025
Applications in science, engineering, & math due Sept 30, 2025
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fe...
(I hear they'd especially welcome projects related to climate change)
#HPS ⚒️
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STOP KILLING STARVING, INJURED PEOPLE QUEUING FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD. This is not complicated. #endthegenocideNOW
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
[alt text: two women, one dressed in black and a second dressed in leapard print, hold a crying child in a red and blue t-shirt]
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
[alt text: two women, one dressed in black and a second dressed in leapard print, hold a crying child in a red and blue t-shirt]
Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza
Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
STOP KILLING STARVING, INJURED PEOPLE QUEUING FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD. This is not complicated. #endthegenocideNOW
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
[alt text: two women, one dressed in black and a second dressed in leapard print, hold a crying child in a red and blue t-shirt]
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
[alt text: two women, one dressed in black and a second dressed in leapard print, hold a crying child in a red and blue t-shirt]
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Some will say that writing poetry isn’t anything to do with resistance- but history tells us poets are the first ones, killed, expelled, kidnapped or prosecuted. #Poets, keep writing. #Poetry #LatinxLetters
July 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Some will say that writing poetry isn’t anything to do with resistance- but history tells us poets are the first ones, killed, expelled, kidnapped or prosecuted. #Poets, keep writing. #Poetry #LatinxLetters
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Job Opportunity!
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas | H-Net
networks.h-net.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Job Opportunity!
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
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We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
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Republican abortion bans are making it more deadly to be pregnant in America.
Routine care is being denied, and women are being forced to nearly bleed to death before they can get help. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Routine care is being denied, and women are being forced to nearly bleed to death before they can get help. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.
Using seven years of hospital discharge data, we found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion.
www.propublica.org
July 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Republican abortion bans are making it more deadly to be pregnant in America.
Routine care is being denied, and women are being forced to nearly bleed to death before they can get help. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Routine care is being denied, and women are being forced to nearly bleed to death before they can get help. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Today in James Baldwin already said it: “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
July 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Today in James Baldwin already said it: “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
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We The People ✊
LA, CA
LA, CA
July 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We The People ✊
LA, CA
LA, CA
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LL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
LL COOL J drops out of Wawa Welcome America concert because of union strike
LL COOL J said that he is not going to perform at Wawa Welcome America on July 4th in light of the AFSCME District Council 33 strike in Philadelphia.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
LL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
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The news about IU is horrible. Of course, we could predict that African American, American Studies and Folklore (a revered and long-standing program there) would be eliminated, but public health?
July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The news about IU is horrible. Of course, we could predict that African American, American Studies and Folklore (a revered and long-standing program there) would be eliminated, but public health?
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We need the arts now more than ever. #supportthearts #supportrealartists #saynotoai #weneedthearts #illustration #kidlitart #picturebookillustration #scbwi #mixedmedia #whimsy
June 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We need the arts now more than ever. #supportthearts #supportrealartists #saynotoai #weneedthearts #illustration #kidlitart #picturebookillustration #scbwi #mixedmedia #whimsy