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Samantha Pinto
@samanthapinto.bsky.social
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Prof. of global race & feminism, celebrity, STS, performance, literature, culture, theory. Editor of Black Feminism on the Edge series with Duke UP. I only rep myself.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Jun 2
We’ve had so many great conversations, proposals, and ideas come to us already— we love learning what cutting edge ECRs are up to and need in the field, and we love the creative ideas we’ve been fielding from already established authors. @jennifercnash.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
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Jennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · Jun 2
Black Feminism on the Edge, our @dukepress.bsky.social book series, has 2 new titles coming out - Dana Murphy and Justin Mann. Want to chat more about it? Book ideas you want to discuss? Contact us! (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social)
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Sep 2
TY!!!! 💜
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 30
Cannot WAIT for this gorgeous, brilliant one @scottsvisor.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @jennifercnash.bsky.social
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Jennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · Aug 29
Third book in our (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) Black Feminism in the Edge Series ( @dukepress.bsky.social) comes out in March! Congrats to Justin Mann (and check out the gorgeous cover). www.dukeupress.edu/breaking-the...
Breaking the World
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Jennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · Aug 29
Third book in our (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) Black Feminism in the Edge Series ( @dukepress.bsky.social) comes out in March! Congrats to Justin Mann (and check out the gorgeous cover). www.dukeupress.edu/breaking-the...
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 24
I've been thinking a lot about mentors this week as I lost one of mine; hold the people who help you do your own gut check close. For everyone making hard decisions, this episode with @smartgirl07.bsky.social is for you. 🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/2459505
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National Humanities Center @natlhumanities.bsky.social · Aug 18
A fellowship at the National Humanities Center isn't just a break from teaching or a change of scenery. It's an opportunity to draft chapters, reimagine arguments, and follow ideas into unexpected terrain.

Application Deadline: October 2, 2025

Learn more: bit.ly/nhc-scholarly-programs
2026–27 Residential Fellowship Program at the National Humanities Center. Application Deadline: October 2, 2025.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 16
Excited beyond measure for @durba.bsky.social being brilliant
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · Aug 15
proofs 😭

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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · Aug 15
proofs 😭

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · Aug 15
I'm so lucky and grateful to be working for a university that's not running from its humanities programs. news.asu.edu/20250812-art...
ASU Humanities initiative launches as one-stop shop for all things humanities | ASU News
This August, Arizona State University launched ASU Humanities, which gives students and community members a one-stop shop for all things humanities at ASU.The initiative’s new website highlights caree...
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The Pembroke Center at Brown University @pembrokecenter.bsky.social · Aug 12
Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
2026-27 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at the Pembroke Center. Applications Now Open. Applications due Monday Nov 24 2025. Complete applications must include curriculum vitae, cover letter, writing sample.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 4
Better link to the issue here! Intergenerational Feminisms with @jennifercnash.bsky.social and so many great folks! journals.sagepub.com/toc/ftya/26/3
Feminist Theory - Volume 26, Number 3
Table of contents for Feminist Theory, 26, 3
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 4
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Feminist Theory - Volume 26, Number 3
Table of contents for Feminist Theory, 26, 3
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 4
It’s up! Full issue on Intergenerational feminisms: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fty/curr... with @jennifercnash.bsky.social
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 2
Talking to @smartgirl07.bsky.social about being labeled the "smart girl" in her family, being a first-gen college and grad school student (esp. in the humanities!), and, you know, libraries (cue the study music).
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La’Tonya Rease Miles @smartgirl07.bsky.social · Aug 2
Calling all Smart Girl smarties. If you want a deeper dive into the book, come hang out with Sam and me!
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 1
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 1
Boom! Black Ravenclaw, the first ep, is out! www.buzzsprout.com/2459505
Smart Girl
Deep dives about the major themes found in SMART GIRL: A FIRST-GEN ORIGIN STORY feat. Samantha Pinto and the author, La'Tonya Rease Miles.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Aug 1
Boom! Black Ravenclaw, the first ep, is out! www.buzzsprout.com/2459505
Smart Girl
Deep dives about the major themes found in SMART GIRL: A FIRST-GEN ORIGIN STORY feat. Samantha Pinto and the author, La'Tonya Rease Miles.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Jul 31
It's happening . . . starting tomorrow with @smartgirl07.bsky.social
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 26
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).

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Cover of differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, Volume 36, Number 1 (May 2025). The background is solid yellow with a horizontal beige band across the middle containing the journal title "differences" in lowercase serif letters. Below the band, the issue’s featured dossier is titled "Limits of Legibility—Questions of Blackness and Sexuality," with contributing authors listed: Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Matthew Helm, Iván A. Ramos, Jennifer C. Nash, Samantha Pinto, Lee Edelman, David Marriott, and Selamawit D. Terrefe.
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Laura Vrana @callmevrana.bsky.social · Jul 18
Just pre ordered and cannot wait...!
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 17
Save 30% on #NewBook "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy, which examines the importance of eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism. buff.ly/ArluZMm
Cover of Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism by Dana Murphy. The cover features A Vivid Imagination, a hand-stitched silk collage by Billie Zangewa. The piece depicts the artist herself, a Black woman, sunbathing in her garden. The figure sits in a lounge chair, wearing a dark green bikini, sunglasses, and a stylish white, collared shirt as a cover-up. Various potted plants surround her.
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Mónica A. Jiménez @monijimenez.bsky.social · Jul 17
I am so very grateful for this honor from the Caribbean Studies Association. It is so very meaningful to me that the book resonated with my peers in Caribbean Studies.
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · Jul 17
Congratulations @monijimenez.bsky.social 🎉👏

MAKING NEVER-NEVER LAND wins the 2025 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis book award from the Caribbean Studies Association 🙌

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 17
Save 30% on #NewBook "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy, which examines the importance of eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism. buff.ly/ArluZMm
Cover of Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism by Dana Murphy. The cover features A Vivid Imagination, a hand-stitched silk collage by Billie Zangewa. The piece depicts the artist herself, a Black woman, sunbathing in her garden. The figure sits in a lounge chair, wearing a dark green bikini, sunglasses, and a stylish white, collared shirt as a cover-up. Various potted plants surround her.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Jul 17
“As a United Nations report released last month reveals, quality health care and gender equity are crucial to helping people fulfill their fertility desires.”
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Heather Houser @heatherhouser.bsky.social · Jul 17
Some thots on getting real support for women and families instead of bogus pronatalism. Austin American-Statesman online & in print tmrw www.statesman.com/story/opinio...
Mothers don't need medals. Families need health care and paid leave | Opinion
We've lost the plot when leaders tell women to keep reproducing as they cut SNAP and health care and neglect America's appalling rates of maternal …
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Heather Houser @heatherhouser.bsky.social · Jul 17
Some thots on getting real support for women and families instead of bogus pronatalism. Austin American-Statesman online & in print tmrw www.statesman.com/story/opinio...
Mothers don't need medals. Families need health care and paid leave | Opinion
We've lost the plot when leaders tell women to keep reproducing as they cut SNAP and health care and neglect America's appalling rates of maternal …
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Jul 17
This book traces a rich, underexplored genealogy— and method— of black feminist theory. More titles in the series coming soon from @scottsvisor.bsky.social @jamesbliss.bsky.social and more! @jennifercnash.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 1
Check out our brand new July titles, including "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy. #FeministTheory #LiteraryStudies
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Cover of Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism by Dana Murphy. The cover features A Vivid Imagination, a hand-stitched silk collage by Billie Zangewa. The piece depicts the artist herself, a Black woman, sunbathing in her garden. The figure sits in a lounge chair, wearing a dark green bikini, sunglasses, and a stylish white, collared shirt as a cover-up. Various potted plants surround her.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Jul 17
So excited for this to be out in the world!
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 1
Check out our brand new July titles, including "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy. #FeministTheory #LiteraryStudies
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Cover of Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism by Dana Murphy. The cover features A Vivid Imagination, a hand-stitched silk collage by Billie Zangewa. The piece depicts the artist herself, a Black woman, sunbathing in her garden. The figure sits in a lounge chair, wearing a dark green bikini, sunglasses, and a stylish white, collared shirt as a cover-up. Various potted plants surround her.
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Jennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · Jul 17
Dana Murphy's fabulous book is out on @dukepress.bsky.social. It's the second book in our series Black Feminism on the Edge (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social) and we are so excited to see it in the world! Congrats to Dana!
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 1
Check out our brand new July titles, including "Foremother Love" by Dana Murphy. #FeministTheory #LiteraryStudies
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Cover of Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism by Dana Murphy. The cover features A Vivid Imagination, a hand-stitched silk collage by Billie Zangewa. The piece depicts the artist herself, a Black woman, sunbathing in her garden. The figure sits in a lounge chair, wearing a dark green bikini, sunglasses, and a stylish white, collared shirt as a cover-up. Various potted plants surround her.
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