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Sorry we’re not riding at dawn. We’re having coffee and catastrophizing the day at dawn. Then we’re doing Wordle. Then we’re doing 35 minutes of doomscrolling, then we’re taking the longest hottest shower, then we’re sitting on the edge of the bed staring at nothing for a while, THEN maybe we ride.

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You get introduced to some ppl so young & thru the lens of history. To you, they are a legend, an idea, a symbol of excellence, a commitment to Blackness and its humanity. And when they die, you are in profound disbelief. Both surprisingly and predictably, I forgot she was human.

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Read it for free: Publishing Taught Me, essays on writing and editing while BIPOC by @dianapho.bsky.social @kanishkt.bsky.social @emilyjiang.bsky.social @deuceofgears.bsky.social and many cool others! Edited by me @somtoihezue.bsky.social and @witchywonderer.bsky.social www.sfwa.org/sfwa-publica...

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

When you're writing about the work of an author you follow on social media, it feels weird. The blend of the self-projection you created while reading their work versus their online self can be jarring.

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I feel this in my SOUL.

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Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I promise you this. I promise it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.

submitted 88 days ago • 24 comments

I interviewed Dionne Brand for @thenation.com. Read for a discussion of the English novel, an alternative tradition, and more www.thenation.com/article/cult...

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Includes my new book—BLACK GIRLS AND HOW WE FAIL THEM! Get it now 👇🏾

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Disgusting.

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I'm learning that decentering "perfect writing" is a way to thwart AI usage. What makes writing human? What do we lose without freewriting?

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I'm going incorporate collaborative annotations next semester to center on deep reading and comprehension. "The beautiful and difficult struggle for meaning."

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Student selected pop culture topics this semester: Overconsumption and Fast Fashion, Ethics and True Crime . . . A nice range of topics.

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Student selected pop culture essay topics this semester: The Dangers of Reality Love Shows, Celebrities Lack of Accountability for Sexual Abuse, Dangerous Algorithms, The Problem with the Child Skincare Trend, Platform Era Influence on Elections, Contemporary Artists Drive Social Change.

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Breaking: Chelsea Manning is leading a bathroom sit in protest at the Capitol. Courtesy of Pablo Manriquez.

submitted 89 days ago • 126 comments

Fun fact The atlas moth has wings that mimic two snakes watching her back.

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Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

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Hey y’all! Here’s a big mega list of 160+ Black Owned Bookstores all over the U.S. + a few other countries as well! U can filter it by state. I posted about this on the clock app today, but figured I’d share here too! aalbc.com/bookstores/l... Happy Reading! 📚💙 #Booksky #BlackBookSky #BlackSky

submitted 106 days ago • 94 comments

"First, it appears that free speech is policed differentially based upon the identity of the speaker and whether they are supporting or challenging power." - Victor Ray, "Weaponizing Free Speech" www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/...

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"It is time to stop assuming good faith in the free speech debate. The right has weaponized free speech, framing campus debates in a way that resonates with liberals to destroy the very things liberals purport to care about."

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Woke this morning thinking about Charles Mills’s notion of the “epistemology of ignorance,” the collective agreement, on the part of some, to see the world wrongly and through distorted, delusional lenses.

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The worst kept secret in education? students are using AI to write their papers 🤐 Time to give them a taste of their own medicine 💊 #edusky #aiedu #maktok #genai

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The negative effects of an education system built to promote assimilation:

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One day - soon - Western societies are going to deeply regret combining reading and writing into single classes. Big mistake.

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You guysssss!!! The Flesh of the Matter in honor of Hortense Spillers is here!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

Why can't I be one of those people that wakes up ready to seize the day?

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“If you look at the history of the segregation movement, they wanted vouchers to prop up segregation academies...and now they’re getting vouchers in some of these areas to prop up these schools.” A must read 📝 @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/segr...

submitted 106 days ago • 7 comments

Soon. #DeathoftheAuthor #RustedRobots Death, disability, ability, the complexity of culture, immigrants and the next generations, machines, AI, gun-ownership, creative writing, the space race, so much more. And at its heart, it is about the power of humanity’s greatest creation: STORYTELLING.

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