Russell Patrick Brown, PhD
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Russell Patrick Brown, PhD
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Romani Survival Embodiment
Dance • Strength • Recovery
Harper, Engineer, Researcher, Multi-disciplinary Artist
that history, engineering, psychology and even poetry cannot. This is the last piece in a three-part series explaining the role mirrors played in colonizing our bodies and how dancing itself decolonizes destiny.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:58 PM
For those looking to help US Americans resist, I wrote a piece on “meaningful participation”. It emerged because some have asked me what they can do.

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January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Excited to say my chapter proposal on “Naming Betrayal: Romani Knowledge and the Making of American Bohemianism” is accepted for a book with Routledge on “Romani Realities in the Americas.” From “Romany Marie”’s founding of the Greenwich Village Bohemian movement at 20 Christopher
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Until my landlord at 18 Gay Street NYC died, she gave us gift bags every year for the holidays. She wasn’t a saint, but she did say I love you every time saw her. I miss her dearly. She was proof that you don’t have to be evil to give people a place to stay as a tenant.
December 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Another housing crisis tenant rights issued to add to the fire.
December 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy St Nicholas Day. I hope you may consider making a donation to a mother-child charity this year. They need your help.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
May this super moon help heal the world tonight
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
2025 forced me to flee the U.S. and live in hiding. For years, the city, state, and federal governments were supposed to protect me didn’t while people targeted me for my housing rights activism. I lost my home, my career, my love life and my friends.
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When the world goes upside down, I do too so that I can hold on.
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If you’re around in Clare tomorrow, swing on by! I’ll be sharing some new Hiberno-Romani futurtist dances, singing some tunes with my harp and reading from my upcoming podcast. There’ll be a workshop on my PhD on impact-driven dance and open discussion after. Donations go to PCRF and Chirikli 🥾👠🦶✨
September 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Agreed!
August 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM