Vickie
@vickiemass.bsky.social
English Prof | black literature | blackness, aesthetics, and criticism.
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Vickie
@vickiemass.bsky.social
· Nov 16
What does it say about me that I never get tired of this clip?
Reminded of these words by Christina Sharpe (IN THE WAKE): “In the midst of so much death and the fact of Black life as proximate to death, how do we attend to the physical, social, and figurative death and also to the largeness that is Black life, Black life insisted from death?”
January 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Reminded of these words by Christina Sharpe (IN THE WAKE): “In the midst of so much death and the fact of Black life as proximate to death, how do we attend to the physical, social, and figurative death and also to the largeness that is Black life, Black life insisted from death?”
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Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
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Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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With the recent casting of Eva Green (the luminous star of Penny Dreadful) as Aunt Ophelia in Netflix’s Wednesday and Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating Frankenstein finally out in the world, it’s a good time to revisit why we still miss Penny Dreadful.
With Eva Green Joining 'Wednesday', We’re Missing 'Penny Dreadful' More Than Ever | Black Girl Nerds
With Eva Green as Aunt Ophelia in Netflix’s Wednesday and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein out it’s a good time to revisit
blackgirlnerds.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
With the recent casting of Eva Green (the luminous star of Penny Dreadful) as Aunt Ophelia in Netflix’s Wednesday and Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating Frankenstein finally out in the world, it’s a good time to revisit why we still miss Penny Dreadful.
Let’s go, Ayiti!! World Cup bound. 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Let’s go, Ayiti!! World Cup bound. 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
My students were activated which made for a great and busy week. Time to wind down now. Looking forward to closing off my week with Hedda.
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My students were activated which made for a great and busy week. Time to wind down now. Looking forward to closing off my week with Hedda.
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"The finished product of a close reading exudes confidence, obscuring how much of close reading is uncertainty." @profdgd.bsky.social on "Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-problem-of-the-parlor/
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The finished product of a close reading exudes confidence, obscuring how much of close reading is uncertainty." @profdgd.bsky.social on "Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-problem-of-the-parlor/
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"We should do all these things.
But we should also read. And study. And debate. And learn.
Read up on the practical examples that Black history especially has to offer- not just solidarity but usable forms +portable practices from those who came before us."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/educ...
But we should also read. And study. And debate. And learn.
Read up on the practical examples that Black history especially has to offer- not just solidarity but usable forms +portable practices from those who came before us."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/educ...
After No Kings Day, Feed Your Head | Common Dreams
We should commit ourselves to becoming students of struggle because there is so much to be gained not simply from action, but from deliberative, informed, and educated action.
www.commondreams.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"We should do all these things.
But we should also read. And study. And debate. And learn.
Read up on the practical examples that Black history especially has to offer- not just solidarity but usable forms +portable practices from those who came before us."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/educ...
But we should also read. And study. And debate. And learn.
Read up on the practical examples that Black history especially has to offer- not just solidarity but usable forms +portable practices from those who came before us."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/educ...
The cruelty is the point. They are admitting that by kidnapping Kilmar Abrego Garcia whenever they so choose; over and over. They have signaled over and over that humanity is reserved for some and only they define it as they see fit.
August 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The cruelty is the point. They are admitting that by kidnapping Kilmar Abrego Garcia whenever they so choose; over and over. They have signaled over and over that humanity is reserved for some and only they define it as they see fit.
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The structural core of U.S. society — settler colonialism, racial capitalism, and heteronormative patriarchy — is being reasserted through state and vigilante violence in order to crush insurgent social and demographic movements that threaten its 400-year-old power. It’s violence all the way down.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The structural core of U.S. society — settler colonialism, racial capitalism, and heteronormative patriarchy — is being reasserted through state and vigilante violence in order to crush insurgent social and demographic movements that threaten its 400-year-old power. It’s violence all the way down.
I see it's time to, once again, share this wonderful piece by Tobi Haslett.
Irrational Man
Thomas Chatterton Williams’s confused argument for a post-racial society – Tobi Haslett
www.bookforum.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I see it's time to, once again, share this wonderful piece by Tobi Haslett.
It’s a great night to be a New Yorker!!
June 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It’s a great night to be a New Yorker!!
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Ahead of #WindrushDay, we're looking back at the bold, pioneering women who left everything behind to build new lives.
Wasafiri honours the women writers of the Windrush era, including Beryl Gilroy, poet, author, and the UK’s first Black woman headteacher: bit.ly/BLWindrushWo...
Wasafiri honours the women writers of the Windrush era, including Beryl Gilroy, poet, author, and the UK’s first Black woman headteacher: bit.ly/BLWindrushWo...
June 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ahead of #WindrushDay, we're looking back at the bold, pioneering women who left everything behind to build new lives.
Wasafiri honours the women writers of the Windrush era, including Beryl Gilroy, poet, author, and the UK’s first Black woman headteacher: bit.ly/BLWindrushWo...
Wasafiri honours the women writers of the Windrush era, including Beryl Gilroy, poet, author, and the UK’s first Black woman headteacher: bit.ly/BLWindrushWo...
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
