Tressie McMillan Cottom
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Has a local event ever been better designed for my personal tastes, preferences, & convenience? I think not!
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Has a local event ever been better designed for my personal tastes, preferences, & convenience? I think not!
Someone I know is in a “vintage tee” phase, by which they mean clothes I wore brand new in the 1990s. So here I am, a fool, buying marked used stuff I probably threw away. Christmas.
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Someone I know is in a “vintage tee” phase, by which they mean clothes I wore brand new in the 1990s. So here I am, a fool, buying marked used stuff I probably threw away. Christmas.
Hung out with this lovely woman.
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Hung out with this lovely woman.
Also found a tapas joint with hot toddys and pork belly. It’s been a good food and drink trip. Doesn’t always happen!
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Also found a tapas joint with hot toddys and pork belly. It’s been a good food and drink trip. Doesn’t always happen!
Amber copping a feel.
I still got it 🤌🏿💅🏿
I still got it 🤌🏿💅🏿
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Amber copping a feel.
I still got it 🤌🏿💅🏿
I still got it 🤌🏿💅🏿
44th St. New York. 2025. They walked OUT THE STORE and just left these here. Times done changed.
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
44th St. New York. 2025. They walked OUT THE STORE and just left these here. Times done changed.
One day you’re hip. You’re cool. You have a special table at a bar.
The next day you’re doing your mother’s weird finger point thing and you don’t know when that started happening.
The next day you’re doing your mother’s weird finger point thing and you don’t know when that started happening.
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
One day you’re hip. You’re cool. You have a special table at a bar.
The next day you’re doing your mother’s weird finger point thing and you don’t know when that started happening.
The next day you’re doing your mother’s weird finger point thing and you don’t know when that started happening.
I’ve not been feeling my best. Still gotta slang this hash and love my people and all that jazz. Today I solved for X by walking directly to a Szechuan restaurant that reliably cleared my sinuses like a traffic cop. Even the salad was spicy! So grateful.
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I’ve not been feeling my best. Still gotta slang this hash and love my people and all that jazz. Today I solved for X by walking directly to a Szechuan restaurant that reliably cleared my sinuses like a traffic cop. Even the salad was spicy! So grateful.
“Trailer Park Criterion” took me smooth out.
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“Trailer Park Criterion” took me smooth out.
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
And I truly don’t know the “correct” protocol for refusing this president’s honor given how this administration probably harasses those who do. But I’m sure you don’t have to say this
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And I truly don’t know the “correct” protocol for refusing this president’s honor given how this administration probably harasses those who do. But I’m sure you don’t have to say this
King George
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
King George
Reading this with a preteen. We are having a Read Off - our best literary/theatrical recitation.
I don’t like to brag but…I’m not losing!
I don’t like to brag but…I’m not losing!
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Reading this with a preteen. We are having a Read Off - our best literary/theatrical recitation.
I don’t like to brag but…I’m not losing!
I don’t like to brag but…I’m not losing!
Yola goes absolutely bananas, every single time.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Yola goes absolutely bananas, every single time.
I think of this post about once a week.
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I think of this post about once a week.
Who wants a sumo lift update?
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Who wants a sumo lift update?
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
This album skewed my end-of-year results by quite a lot, I would wager.
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This album skewed my end-of-year results by quite a lot, I would wager.
I joke about it but 79-year-old Joan really is the only “fitness influencer” that I follow. I follow some coaches & Jen Thompson, the powerlifter, of course. But they’re scientists. I’m with Joan for pure parasocial motivation.
Lately she is kicking my ass. Now she is in leather! I can’t keep up.
Lately she is kicking my ass. Now she is in leather! I can’t keep up.
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I joke about it but 79-year-old Joan really is the only “fitness influencer” that I follow. I follow some coaches & Jen Thompson, the powerlifter, of course. But they’re scientists. I’m with Joan for pure parasocial motivation.
Lately she is kicking my ass. Now she is in leather! I can’t keep up.
Lately she is kicking my ass. Now she is in leather! I can’t keep up.
Someone sent this to me as proof that *i* am wrong about my own self.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Someone sent this to me as proof that *i* am wrong about my own self.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
One thing of which I am deeply proud — I am *exactly* who I think I am. 😬
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One thing of which I am deeply proud — I am *exactly* who I think I am. 😬
When you google “what time is the game” it returns betting odds. I’m sure this is totally fine.
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
When you google “what time is the game” it returns betting odds. I’m sure this is totally fine.
Otis Redding was my grandmother’s favorite singer. Every year on the anniversary of his death my pious gentle grandma would get drunk as a skunk and cry over his 8 Tracks.
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Otis Redding was my grandmother’s favorite singer. Every year on the anniversary of his death my pious gentle grandma would get drunk as a skunk and cry over his 8 Tracks.
Do or do not. 🤷🏾♀️
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Do or do not. 🤷🏾♀️
Photo Credit: JP Leong for Urban Consulate
Very nice of JP to capture me in my natural state - a little tired and generally bemused by *waves hand* all of this
(Seriously, thank you JP. This is very kind of you.)
Very nice of JP to capture me in my natural state - a little tired and generally bemused by *waves hand* all of this
(Seriously, thank you JP. This is very kind of you.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Photo Credit: JP Leong for Urban Consulate
Very nice of JP to capture me in my natural state - a little tired and generally bemused by *waves hand* all of this
(Seriously, thank you JP. This is very kind of you.)
Very nice of JP to capture me in my natural state - a little tired and generally bemused by *waves hand* all of this
(Seriously, thank you JP. This is very kind of you.)