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Aiesha Turman

@aieshaturman.bsky.social
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Educator, writer, mama to a brilliant #righthemi and Reiki Master Teacher. Passionate about African American history, literature, art, and exploring the intersections of culture and liberation. One link. All the things. msha.ke/aieshaturman

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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I wrote about making Unseen Routes—a short film and meditation on memory, spirit, and place—and what it taught me about home, return, and the stories buried under our feet. It’s up now on Electric Relaxation. open.substack.com/pub/electric...
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Beneath the Concrete: Notes on Unseen Routes and the Maps We Make
(watch the film “Unseen Routes: Mapping Black Albany’s Past, Present, and Possible Futures”)
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Brief read. Made some connections. Shared some books. www.aieshaturman.com/saltwater-fu...
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Saltwater Futures: On Black Speculative Fiction, Hoodoo, and Gullah Geechee Memory
October is Black Speculative Fiction Month. It’s also Hoodoo Heritage Month...and Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Month. That overlap isn’t random, it’s resonance. Each celebrates the ways Black peop...
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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thanks to homie @aieshaturman.bsky.social, I've been into tiny houses, which eventually led me to meet one of leaders of the movement, Jewel Pearson! Her latest email asks for signatures to have tiny houses on wheels be a part of the International Residential Code. Pls sign: chng.it/9TBshZGnLv
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Tiny House Appendix: Act 2
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
✨ New Work at Opalka Gallery ✨ My film installation Unseen Routes is now part of Compass Roses: Maps by Artists — Albany, alongside my daughter Zen’s piece Loved Here. Together, our works trace Black Albany’s past, present, and possible futures. www.aieshaturman.com/unseen-route...
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Unseen Routes + Loved Here: A Mother–Daughter Mapping at Opalka Gallery
Unseen Routes is a digital film installation that blends archival research, speculative storytelling, and memory work.
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
A new post about new(ish) things. electricrelaxation.substack.com/p/on-return
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On Return
Approximately one year ago, I returned to the city of my birth.
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Britni Danielle @britnidanielle.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The latest from the brilliant @thefrankiedlc.news on this latest dumb (and harmful!) "trend" of throwing sex toys at WNBA games. "A man throwing a sex toy shaped like a male anatomy at a women’s sporting event is perpetuating rape culture, plain and simple." andscape.com/features/wnb...
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Throwing sex toys on court at WNBA games is about power, not humor
This latest 'trend' is not funny. It's harassment
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
One year ago, I came home to the city where I was born and hadn’t lived in since I was 6. Toni Morrison said the isms exist to pull us from our work. I’ve been clearing the noise so I can keep doing mine. New post about this return → www.aieshaturman.com/new-roots-ne...
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New Roots, New Routes
If you’ve been with me for a while — thank you for walking with me. If you’re new — I’m so glad you’re here. The last time I wrote here was in January, when the year felt wide open and the calendar w...
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Today makes 40 years since the original The Color Purple was released in theaters. Yet and still…
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I take terrible selfies, but I loved the lighting after teaching 2 particularly good back-to-back classes.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
It’s Girl Scout cookie season…so if you’re thinking of getting some please consider Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters www.girlscoutsnyc.org/en/discover/...
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Troop 6000
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
On the Bellamy salute... carlynbeccia.medium.com/the-ancient-...
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The Ancient Roman Salute That Never Existed
Is America gaslighting itself?
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I’m a member of the steering committee for the inaugural Zora Neale Hurston Summit being held at Barnard College at the end of the month. Still time to register or sign up to volunteer or vend! www.zoranealehurstonsummit.com
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Zora Neale Hurston Summit
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech is often celebrated for its beauty, but what if we looked deeper? What if we saw it for what it truly was—a bold act of Black radical imagination? In this piece, I explore how his dream wasn’t just about hope but a call to reimagine and rebuild the world.
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Vision as Resistance: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Black Futures and Revolutionary Imagination
When we talk about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his I Have a Dream speech, it’s tempting to reduce it to a string of lofty phrases or a feel-good hallmark of American progress. It’s become the kind ...
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I loved teaching Frankenstein to 11th graders. One year I was able to take them to the Frankenstein exhibit at The Morgan and they loved it. There had fragments of Shelley’s skull on display.
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
My 2024 reading recap from @thestorygraph.com and the books I plan to read for Q1. I listened to a lot of audiobooks while unpacking from my move. I also tend to buy books and let them sit until they are ready to be read. My goal is 24 books, not including what I read for work.
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I didn’t make make my reading quota of 50 books (outside of what I read for work/teaching) and I am ok with that. I’m at 41 and will hit 42 tomorrow. This year I am going to half that amount. Compiling my list of books for Q1 now and I will continue to use @thestorygraph.com I love the interface.
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I was having a bit of a sad moment then I remembered that I had a container of my Aunt Betty’s potato salad in the fridge. All is well. #NomNomNom
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Just finished Keke Palmer’s memoir Master of Me. I wish I had it when I was in my 20s and I’m getting a copy for my daughter. I am not the target audience, but I’m a believer that we can and should learn from younger folk and intergenerational relationships and mentoring are important. Loved it!
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Aiesha Turman @aieshaturman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I should be grading.
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