Reposted by Chuck JacksonDr. Michelle @lipsticklitterati.bsky.social · 12/09/2026@chuckjackson.bsky.social check this out. 112
Reposted by Chuck JacksonJean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Dog, 1982 botfrens.com/collections/27/content… 0589
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026The incredible @kayte8.bsky.social interviews Ross Gay. This is beautiful.ipm.orgKayte Young and Ross Gay DigressNice Work host Kayte Young in conversation with poet and writer Ross Gay. Ross Gay’s books include Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, The Book of Delights, and Inciting Joy. 020
Reposted by Chuck JacksonAlix Beeston @alixbeeston.bsky.social · 06/02/2026A few years ago in the Kathleen Collins archive in New York, I started reading a heavily edited, coffee-spilled notebook. I'm honored to share an excerpt of Collins's first novel, virtually unread before now, in dream magazine @parisreview.bsky.social: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/02...theparisreview.orgUnfinished: On Kathleen Collins’s “Blue Obstacles” by Alix BeestonFebruary 5, 2026 – “To reappraise women’s incomplete works can be to resist the exclusionary gestures—the refusals, rejections, and roadblocks—that all too often stymie and limit the public careers of... 21812
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Here's the NYT on films to stream for Black History Month, but in the entry on LOSING GROUND (dir. Kathleen Collins, 1982), 1) Jessie Maple's name is misspelled and 2) it is inaccurate for the author to claim that Maple's films "emphasize sexually adventurous Black women."nytimes.com10 Movies to Stream for Black History Month 010
Reposted by Chuck JacksonDr. Michelle @lipsticklitterati.bsky.social · 26/12/2025@chuckjackson.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Chuck JacksonMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 26/12/2025now streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social ‘Will’ Review: Heartache and Hope in Harlem In Jessie Maple’s restored 1981 drama, one of the first feature-length films by a Black woman, a heroin addict mentors a young boy and tries to find his footing. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/m...nytimes.com‘Will’ Review: Heartache and Hope in Harlem 01612
Reposted by Chuck JacksonKEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 26/12/2025The Texas African American Photography Archive in Dallas Expands Photo History glasstire.com/2025/12/16/t... It includes more than 60,000 photographic prints—circa 1850s to the 1990s—& over 20 recorded oral histories of largely unknown & previously uncelebrated #Blackphotographers from across TX.glasstire.comThe Texas African American Photography Archive Expands History | GlasstireCammie Tipton-Amini writes about the past, present, and future of the Texas African American Photography Archive in Dallas. 08352
Reposted by Chuck JacksonAAUP @aaup.org · 17/10/2025BOOM! After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe, UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH! ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾 M.I.T. ☑️ BROWN ☑️ PENN ☑️ USC☑️ UVA ☑️ This is People Power in Action. #DefendHigherEd 121333252
Reposted by Chuck JacksonErin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster 463159605
Reposted by Chuck JacksonTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 09/09/2025We are deeply concerned about this unfolding case. Academic freedom, which Texas A&M endorses, refers to instructors’ right to teach in their area of expertise free from government interference. 21313
Reposted by Chuck JacksonDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/08/2025"Plan to Rig the 2026 Midterms": Ari Berman on Trump's Push to Redraw Texas Congressional Mapdemocracynow.org“Plan to Rig the 2026 Midterms”: Ari Berman on Trump’s Push to Redraw Texas Congressional MapPresident Trump is pushing for a major redrawing of Texas’s congressional districts to favor Republicans and shape the outcome of future elections, including next year’s midterms. Voting rights expert... 48835
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Summer Black Studies in Houston : airtable.com/appU7v4EiMh8... 050
Reposted by Chuck JacksonCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 14/06/2025If you're marching tomorrow show us your signs! And if you want to march but aren't sure where, find a protest near you here. There are a LOT. www.nokings.orgnokings.orgNo KingsOn June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ... 143402122
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Check out the new issue of BLACK CAMERA. Honored to be published as part of the Jessie Maple Patton Dossier: 020
Reposted by Chuck JacksonKristin Anderson @kristinanderson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Please read and share! Challenging petulant and unconstitutional demands is no guarantee of winning, but caving is a guarantee of losing. www.benignbigotry.org/blog/2025/6/...benignbigotry.orgCompliance or Defiance? — Kristin J. AndersonResponding to the Relentless Demands of Authoritarianism 011
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I'll see you there!houstonchronicle.comAurora Picture Show to hold grand opening at new space in East EndA Houston nonprofit will host the grand opening of a new creative space in the East End for independent film screenings and media art experiences. 020
Reposted by Chuck Jacksonmaya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · 06/05/2025some news: in 2026, i will become the president and owner of @milestonefilms.bsky.social, the distribution home of charles burnett, kathleen collins, bridgett m. davis, and many others. to be a champion of cinema is my life’s greatest honor & pleasure. learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/m... 1031715266
Reposted by Chuck JacksonMegan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 16/04/2025"I will no longer be able to continue teaching." Hyeongseon Jeon, an assistant professor at the University of Houston, said he had his foreign visa unexpectedly terminated and now must return to Korea immediately. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...houstonchronicle.comUniversity of Houston confirms math assistant professor had visa revokedA University of Houston assistant professor is among the foreign scholars whose visas were revoked in recent weeks, officials at the institution confirmed. 481697965
Reposted by Chuck JacksonU.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 08/03/2025ICYMI: Congressman Al Green’s Floor Speech Addressing His Being Censured. Watch Rep. Green’s floor speech by clicking here: youtu.be/Xn1Mtn0RiLY?...youtu.beICYMI: Congressman Al Green’s Floor Speech Addressing His Being CensuredYouTube video by Rep. Al Green 1842318503
Reposted by Chuck JacksonACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts. 3542491182
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025music.youtube.comData JanitorYouTube video by The Vandermark 5 - Topic 010
Reposted by Chuck Jacksonhankhancock.bsky.social @hankhancock.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Don't buy stuff Feb 28. 021
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Angela Davis / April 3 at UHDcglink.meLeadership in Difficult Times: A Candid Conversation with Angela Davis - Center for Student Advocacy & CommunityJoin the Center for Social Inquiry and Transformation for an inspiring discussion with renowned activist, scholar, and author Angela Davis. Explore the challenges of leadership in turbulent times, ... 041
Reposted by Chuck JacksonCrystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 18/02/2025An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...insidehighered.comGrassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislationEducation for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric. 302780974
Reposted by Chuck JacksonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2) 181211453533877
Reposted by Chuck JacksonMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 13/02/2025One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it. 523131463287
Reposted by Chuck Jacksonjosh (with paranormalities) @joshwithparenthes.es · 08/02/2025Premiering tomorrow at 10:30 AM PST: the conversation I need to have. ChatGPT, Gertrude Stein, Stephen King, and the mythy mountain. You are a better writer than AI. (Yes, you.) youtu.be/V5wLQ-8eyQIyoutu.beYou are a better writer than AI. (Yes, you.)YouTube video by josh (The Nukes) 1177
Reposted by Chuck JacksonAshley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 02/02/2025This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utilityvimeo.comWe Have Rights: When Documenting ICE ArrestsThis is "We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests" by MediaTank on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. 8466563419
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025blackfilmarchive.substack.com/p/28-films-f...blackfilmarchive.substack.com28 Films for the 28 Days of Black History MonthThe 5th Annual Edition of this Black Film Celebration! 031
Reposted by Chuck JacksonDavid Rangel @davdrangel.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Order your Girl Scout cookies from a trans Girl Scout to directly support their troopserininthemorning.com2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day! 11644265
Reposted by Chuck Jackson(s)crawl literary magazine @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social · 24/01/2025SUBMISSION CALL! submissions are open for (s)crawl literary magazine's inaugural fall 2025 issue. see submission guidelines & submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com know someone who would be interested? tag them and share this post to spread the word! #litmag #horrorlitmag #horrorwriters 10232148
Reposted by Chuck JacksonDr. Quinn @rachelafi.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Excited about this gathering in Houston this fall. Come be apart of some important imaginings in Texas: "...when everything is breaking, how do we also hold onto a queer impulse to shatter more: to break the structures that break?"artsofthepresent.orgASAP/16: Worldmaking/WorldbreakingJoin us for the annual ASAP convention in Houston, Texas! 173
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025View from Tony Marron Park, facing north: Buffalo Bayou and, see it across the way?, Japhet Creek 030
Reposted by Chuck JacksonJason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Here is todays counter programing, a free pdf of different ways of understanding and resisting our current moment. imbricate.press/book/capacit...imbricate.pressCapacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism<p>Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism is a collection of more than forty essays, poems, and visual works that convey myriad approaches for understanding, surviving, and creating counter-movement... 1219
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025pflag.orgResources for TX Trans + Nonbinary Youth - PFLAG 020
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024democracynow.org“I Am Ready, Warden”: New Film on TX Death Row Prisoner John RamirezWe speak with journalist Keri Blakinger about a new documentary, I Am Ready, Warden, based partly on her reporting about death row prisoner John Henry Ramirez, who was sentenced to die for the 2004 mu... 000
Chuck Jackson @chuckjackson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024youtube.comDe Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)YouTube video by Dead Can Dance - Topic 010
Reposted by Chuck Jacksoncmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Just learned about this wild 19th century Wilhelm Trübner painting titled “Caesar at the Rubicon” 202056583
