Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsShaun Robinson @shaunrobinson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025FAM, have you heard of the #EconomicBlackout today? Are you participating? 191
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Lorde's words for this moment: www.blackpast.org/african-amer...blackpast.org(1982) Audre Lorde, "Learning from the 60s" •In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University. Her presentation appears below. online pharmac... 130
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 19/02/2025www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comWhy Democrats Won’t Throw a Real PunchFaced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack. 020
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Y'all gave them the keys, the codes, the passwords. Sigh. 042
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 12/02/2025wapo.st/3CCgjzD Disgustedwapo.stNew Kennedy Center board elects Trump chair, ousts Rutter as presidentPresident Trump’s refashioned board of trustees voted him chairman and replaced the Kennedy Center’s president Deborah Rutter with Trump ally Richard Grenell. 141
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 06/02/2025“The liberal establishment has not raised the alarms. Worse, they have often served as the right’s complicit partner, oblivious to the precedents that Trump is now inheriting: broader police power, unaccountable presidential power, generalized repression, and gross restrictions on speech.”bostonreview.netThe Boomerang Comes Back - Boston ReviewHow the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border. 425791
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 06/02/2025wapo.st/4144prCwapo.stOpinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation.The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything 010
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsDa Real Juicy J @realjuicyjay.blacksky.app · 06/02/2025Finally, a journalist willing to call a spade a spade. More of this! 312029
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Today is Rosa Parks Day! We can learn so much from this courageous warrior for Black women's bodily autonomy and racial equality. 010
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsNina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 02/02/2025“This guide contains 28 selections from Black Film Archive. You will find visions of resistance, childlike wonder, and unending imagination. We will survive the fire this time and the next, and the time after that” Courtesy of @mayascade.bsky.socialblackfilmarchive.substack.com28 Films for the 28 Days of Black History MonthThe 5th Annual Edition of this Black Film Celebration! 03114
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025wapo.st/3PXqTnCwapo.stReview | A D.C. artist’s glowing monuments to Black livesTsedaye Makonnen’s ethereal pillars at the African Art Museum pay tribute to victims of violence and the perils of migration. 120
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsRuha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 27/01/2025On April 17, 2025 @aaup.bsky.social will bring together major higher ed unions, trade unions, student groups, and allied organizations in the fight to “Free Higher Education.” LEARN MORE: www.dayofactionforhighered.org?source=twitt...dayofactionforhighered.orgA National Day of Action for Higher EdOn April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for ... 018177
Reposted by Jennifer Williamseraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025brittlepaper.com/2025/01/spen...brittlepaper.comSpend the Summer at Spelman University Researching Audre LordeCall for Applications: The Audre Lorde Travel Grant for Summer 2025 The Spelman Archives is pleased to announce the Audre Lorde Travel Grant, offering two $2,500 travel awards to support PhD students... 03522
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsOni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 26/01/2025In this current time I would love to further investment in HBCUs. They do an outsize job of educating Black people including Black health professionals - for example, 4 HBCU med schools graduate 10% of Black docs. Would love to see Black celebs, etc increasing donations to these institutions. 13011
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/01/2025“The thing that makes me worry is how much these people are giving up the very mental tasks that make them human.” chuckpearson.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...chuckpearson.wordpress.comThe ethical case for resisting AII had my moment of reality regarding generative AI in my chemistry and physics classes this past term. I’ve always had the student frustration “I can’t Google your homework problems!” as a point of… 19598206
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 16/01/2025What is Apple Intelligence and do I want it or can I ignore it?🤨 201
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsTýr 🏳️🌈 @chaoticgooddemon.bsky.social · 27/12/2024For anyone to whom it may be useful: Black Mamas Matter Alliance focuses on every aspect of maternal well-being, and accepts donations (+ a few printed goods for purchase). Although no such organisations should be necessary in this country.blackmamasmatter.orgBlack Mamas Matter Alliance - Advancing Black Maternal Health, Rights & JusticeWe envision a world where Black mamas have the rights, respect, and resources to thrive before, during, and after pregnancy. We are a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance. We center Black mamas to ... 06319
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 22/12/2024www.them.us/story/combah...them.usFifty Years Ago, the Combahee River Collective Wrote the Blueprint for Black Feminism. How Far Have We Come?We joined three living members of the Combahee River Collective to discuss the state of Black feminism and the history of the movement. 031
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 20/12/2024This might be the creepiest pic I've seen in some time. Hums in Kendrick, "He a FAN, he a FAN, he a FAN..." 010
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsWRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 13/12/2024Brittany Howard and Doechii in conversation was something I didn’t know I needed. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comDoechii and Brittany Howard: 'It's a Great Time for Women' in MusicDoechii and Brittany Howard met up for a conversation at the Apollo Theater for Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians series 12298127
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsDr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Keep imagining better worlds. 828295
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Some youths were doing this in front of us at the film and I just ... WTF. Put your phone down. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/m...nytimes.comThe ‘Wicked’ Practice of Taking Pictures of the Movie Screen (Gift Article)Why are so many people snapping photos and taking videos at the movies? Will this trend ever go away? 021
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Has anyone else gotten a bunch of followers with "go fund me's"? Feels suspicious. 000
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsProf Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Today’s #readingrecommendation is #LightinGaza edited by Jehad Abusalim et al. It brings together a magnificent polyphony of Gazan voices & is an essential read and reference. PS I am teaching it today but I did warn this was a personal list #readpalestineweek 33320
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/12/2024"Targeted & Assassinated": Gaza Soup Kitchen Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun Killed by Israeli Dronedemocracynow.orgGaza Soup Kitchen Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun Killed by Israeli DroneIsrael killed more than 200 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including 40 members of a single family. The official death toll in Gaza is now over 44,000, although experts believe that is a vast undercount... 35521354
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 29/11/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/o... Great discussion. Saw it on my bday and am just in awe of Cynthia Erivo. The woman did her own stunts and broke into song afterwards!nytimes.comOpinion | Four Opinion Writers Visit Oz and Ask: Who’s Really ‘Wicked’? (Gift Article)A big-budget holiday film with a strong antifascist message? “Wicked” is not what we expected. 000
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 26/11/2024This #GivingTuesday and bday season, I'm supporting Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Please join me if you are able: www.bpf.orgbpf.orgBuddhist Peace Fellowship 030
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsJennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · 26/11/2024For those of us who think about the institutional life of women's/gender/sexuality studies, this is interesting (and, I think, sad) news: news.ucsc.edu/2024/11/femi...news.ucsc.eduAfter 50 successful years, Feminist Studies faculty vote to disestablish the formal department, making way for more wide-ranging feminist scholarship across campusFeminist Studies faculty and staff are committed to helping current students enrolled in the department's programs earn their degrees 1717967
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Thought to ponder this holiday season: "If we must die / on the front line / don’t let loneliness kill us." --Essex Hemphill 010
Reposted by Jennifer WilliamsRuha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni... 561567651
Jennifer Williams @drjendwilliams.bsky.social · 14/11/2024So this is what the Good Place feels like ... 130
