Evie Shockley

@seminewblack.bsky.social

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poet & literary scholar, people-oriented introvert, optimist of the will

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💔💔💔 rest in peace, Faith Ringgold

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Oh you thought the earthquake before the eclipse was wild? Mount Etna in Sicily is sending out volcanic Spaghetti-O's right now: apnews.com/video/italy-...

Mount Etna blows spectacular smoke rings into the skyapnews.com Mount Etna in Sicily, the largest active volcano in Europe, has been blowing spectacular “smoke rings” into the sky since Wednesday.

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They're talking about water being diverted from crops to data centers.

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Octavia E. Butler predicted that we will soon have ballots that only have the candidates' photos because most won't be able to read and people will decide based on who looks "presidential" and tells them what they want to hear.

in one of my poly sci classes I learned that a huge chunk of ppl vote based solely on name recognition. which is why signs work. but ummm, so does irresponsible media coverage

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In just three weeks we're hosting--online--poet & scholar @seminewblack.bsky.social who will explore how Black #poetry and other artwork 1990-2015 engaged/interrogated the period's dominant ideology of "colorblindness," looking especially at intersections of text & image. Free: register today!

Evie Shockley: "Black Graphics: Slavery and Black Women's Bodies (of Work)"cla.umn.edu The Rutgers professor and poet will share her current research.

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May His Memory be for a Revolution

Righteous Torrence "TK" Hill (Chevy) was murdered on February 29, 2024 in Atlanta, GA. He was a Black Trans man and the founder and owner a full service salon dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community. His murder has received little to no MSM coverage. In these times, we cannot be silent. Please Reskeet.

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Quite the #Oscars image by @vpsreports.bsky.social

There is a large pro-Palestine protest outside the Oscars that's not being covered by the mainstream press. LAPD riot cops are out in force and shoving people with batons. @vpsreports.bsky.social @tinadesireeberg.com, Sam Braslow, and AcatWithNews are covering the protest on the Other Site.

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This is a relief: researchers who test the tests confirm that COVID rapid home tests are sensitive to new variants. Please test whenever you feel even slightly sick or have been exposed to COVID. You can have it and transmit it without symptoms 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

COVID Rapid Tests Reliably Detect New Variantswww.scientificamerican.com Researchers who “test the tests” say that COVID rapid tests have kept up with new variants

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It will be sold online and in the family planning aisle of drugstores, convenience stores and supermarkets later this month, the manufacturer announced Monday.

First over-the-counter birth control pill heads to storeswww.npr.org Women will be able to buy the pill without a prescription later this month at pharmacies and grocery stores.

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We never ask this about bombs.

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That's so weird I must have missed the nyt breaking news alert

“There were plenty of moments during Mr Trump’s campaign events in Greensboro, North Carolina and later in Richmond when he appeared to struggle to deliver his speech or seemed to be confused.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama againwww.independent.co.uk ‘Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word,’ Trump says

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The names of the dead at a vigil in Clark Park. I am completely undone

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Picture below is of bird straddling two flowers with both legs apart like Van Damme.

Bonjour 💜

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What does it mean to unmake history? To sound a future one. Don't miss today's episode with Canisia Lubrin, about her 59 stories that, alongside Torkwase Dyson, with pen and with brush, unmake the 59 Black codes of King Louis XIV. Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/cani...

Canisia Lubrin : Code Noir - Tin Housetinhouse.com Award-winning poet Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir. The fifty-nine stories in this collection are each prefaced by one of Louis XIV’s fifty-nine “Black codes,” the rules of con...

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It’s truly amazing to see this particular comic traveling around social media uncredited and apparently edited. Original from FB on left. Artist: eat the rich comedian / FB eattherich_comic / IG

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Being a Christian and a capitalist requires way more theological creativity than being Christian and LGBTQ-affirming IMO

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‘He started hyperventilating before he realised it wasn’t attacking, it was…embracing. Calming. Not his enemy; his friend. He didn’t know how he knew that, but he did.’ New today in IZ Digital, ‘The Ghost on the Server’, a story by Gregory Neil Harris with art by Dante Luiz! ko-fi.com/izd

THE GHOST ON THE SERVER // IZ Digitalinterzone.digital ‘He started hyperventilating before he realised it wasn’t attacking, it was…embracing. Calming. Not his enemy; his friend. He didn’t know how he knew that, but he did.’ // ‘The Ghost on the Server’, a story by Gregory Neil Harris with art by Dante Luiz

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The February 2024 Lights & Shadows Poetry Book Giveaway is accepting entries through the end of the month. Read the rules and enter at the link to win a free poetry book of your choice for you and a friend! www.cortneylamarcharleston.com/lights-shado...

What other forms of knowledge are too expensive to maintain, Duke U? Asking for a society.

sad news - Duke University decided to dump their herbarium, which has over 800,000 plant specimens, one of the largest among in America, and includes many type specimens of Lady Gaga ferns. What a shame. Please stop Duke admins for making this horrible mistake!!

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Ouch damn

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I’m old enough to remember when Israel said Rafah was the safe zone.

evacuated to where!??!?!?!

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Library Folks: A new article co-written by me dropped today - The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet) Disability, Accommodations, and Working in Libraries. I hope you will take a look 👀 crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

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Happy Lunar New Year! 🐉

Hey, folks! The deadline for applications to REDI has been extended to Feb. 21. If you just needed a bit more time—you got it! Send us your interested / curious students! ✌🏽

Literature Profs: do you have a strong student of a background underrepresented in the professoriate whom you’d like to encourage to consider pursuing a Ph.D. in literary studies? Or are *you* that student? The REDI program is accepting applications now! english.rutgers.edu/redi-home.html

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In case you missed it, there’s still time to read my amicus brief in Trump v Anderson: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...

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Whatcha doing Saturday evening, NYC? Getting your Black poetry fix, you say? Right on. Come celebrate a fabulous new anthology: This Is the Honey! I hope to see you there! www.lincolncenter.org/series/linco...

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NEWS: The @chicagotribune newsroom is walking out on strike tomorrow alongside Alden Tribune journalists across the country in our fight for a fair contract. DON’T read the paper or website tomorrow. We will rally in the morning at 560 W Grand Avenue. This is our open letter.