Tonia Sutherland
@toniasutherland.bsky.social
thinker. writer. lover. scholar of archives, community, & technology @ ucla. island girl. hoper of hopes.
There’s a whole chapter in my book about these digital resurrection / zombie / necromancy practices and why they are harmful. Just let people rest in peace.
September 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
There’s a whole chapter in my book about these digital resurrection / zombie / necromancy practices and why they are harmful. Just let people rest in peace.
“The popular post prompted others online to weigh in, saying that they resent living in a world where they never know if they're being recorded.”
August 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“The popular post prompted others online to weigh in, saying that they resent living in a world where they never know if they're being recorded.”
this kind of digital resurrection is exactly what i raise concerns about/warn against in RESURRECTING THE BLACK BODY — a digital afterlife with no agency, a (re)product(ion) with no moral code or compass, a (mis)representation
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
this kind of digital resurrection is exactly what i raise concerns about/warn against in RESURRECTING THE BLACK BODY — a digital afterlife with no agency, a (re)product(ion) with no moral code or compass, a (mis)representation
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
with your one wild and precious life?
July 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
with your one wild and precious life?
“Effective July 7, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public.”
June 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
“Effective July 7, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public.”
some of my companions on this new book journey—maybe someday i’ll write about oceans and rainbows, but right now this is what i’ve got
June 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
some of my companions on this new book journey—maybe someday i’ll write about oceans and rainbows, but right now this is what i’ve got
Speaking as someone who lives on Hollywood Blvd I can assure you that “other Nations” aren’t nearly as big a threat to Hollywood as the drugs and the homelessness.
May 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Speaking as someone who lives on Hollywood Blvd I can assure you that “other Nations” aren’t nearly as big a threat to Hollywood as the drugs and the homelessness.
So Ancestry is out here registering trademarks for “archives”? Cool, cool. Everything is fine. Privatizing NARA will be great for society. /s
April 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
So Ancestry is out here registering trademarks for “archives”? Cool, cool. Everything is fine. Privatizing NARA will be great for society. /s
Something tells me this isn’t about the showerheads but instead about other things encapsulated in the definitions.
April 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Something tells me this isn’t about the showerheads but instead about other things encapsulated in the definitions.
More excited for this with each passing day. Come thru!!
April 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
More excited for this with each passing day. Come thru!!
On a day when lives, libraries, books, and the humanities are under attack across the country, it was such a balm to receive, open, and spend some time with an offering as beautiful as Sarah Ensor’s Queer Lasting. 💜
April 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
On a day when lives, libraries, books, and the humanities are under attack across the country, it was such a balm to receive, open, and spend some time with an offering as beautiful as Sarah Ensor’s Queer Lasting. 💜
This argument is perhaps more compelling …
February 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This argument is perhaps more compelling …
My students have been asking about self-care, balance, staying present, not burning out. For me: this morning I took a long, hot bath & did some yoga. Now I’m curling up with this fuzzy blanket & these three books. Later, I’ll make some pasta, maybe from scratch, with Alfredo sauce & a big salad.
February 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My students have been asking about self-care, balance, staying present, not burning out. For me: this morning I took a long, hot bath & did some yoga. Now I’m curling up with this fuzzy blanket & these three books. Later, I’ll make some pasta, maybe from scratch, with Alfredo sauce & a big salad.
R E I N C A R N A T E D
November 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
R E I N C A R N A T E D
There’s a chapter in my book Resurrecting the Black Body that addresses these exact concerns. We all deserve to have the right to be remembered, and the right to be forgotten. Either way, these are human emotions, and must be treated as such.
September 25, 2024 at 7:18 AM
There’s a chapter in my book Resurrecting the Black Body that addresses these exact concerns. We all deserve to have the right to be remembered, and the right to be forgotten. Either way, these are human emotions, and must be treated as such.
Really looking forward to this workshop tomorrow. Come! Be in community. Movement and memory, shared with love. 💜🖤💜🖤
May 25, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Really looking forward to this workshop tomorrow. Come! Be in community. Movement and memory, shared with love. 💜🖤💜🖤
Happening now!!! Come thru!
March 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Happening now!!! Come thru!
Grateful to Seminary Co-op for including RESURRECTING THE BLACK BODY in their Notable Books of 2023 list! I’m in some great company!! https://simplebooklet.com/notables2023
December 12, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Grateful to Seminary Co-op for including RESURRECTING THE BLACK BODY in their Notable Books of 2023 list! I’m in some great company!! https://simplebooklet.com/notables2023
So many people inspired me as I wrote RESURRECTING THE BLACK BODY. Thank you @ruha9.bsky.social for showing us a collective way forward.
November 16, 2023 at 12:42 AM
So many people inspired me as I wrote RESURRECTING THE BLACK BODY. Thank you @ruha9.bsky.social for showing us a collective way forward.
It’s PUB DAY!!
October 17, 2023 at 4:14 PM
It’s PUB DAY!!
It’s officially PUB DAY on the east coast, so here I am with my first book and the first person I befriended in my first college class (Women’s Bodies, Women’s Lives), the inimitable Tucker G. Perry. 💜
October 17, 2023 at 4:37 AM
It’s officially PUB DAY on the east coast, so here I am with my first book and the first person I befriended in my first college class (Women’s Bodies, Women’s Lives), the inimitable Tucker G. Perry. 💜
With only one week to go until pub day, I’m geared up and ready to go! If you’d like to have me read from or talk about Resurrecting the Black Body, say the word—have book, will travel! #RTBB
October 10, 2023 at 4:16 PM
With only one week to go until pub day, I’m geared up and ready to go! If you’d like to have me read from or talk about Resurrecting the Black Body, say the word—have book, will travel! #RTBB
As @shilorae.bsky.social reminded me, rest is essential to creative production. Today I have the outline of my next book project because last week I listened to the waves, didn’t answer my phone or check email, and got some long overdue sleep.
August 1, 2023 at 9:23 AM
As @shilorae.bsky.social reminded me, rest is essential to creative production. Today I have the outline of my next book project because last week I listened to the waves, didn’t answer my phone or check email, and got some long overdue sleep.
Hourly wage at OCCC? $0.25/hr.
July 31, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Hourly wage at OCCC? $0.25/hr.