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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We're joining the amazing faculty and students at Spelman College to discuss our new book! Scan the QR Code to register for free.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

What a gorgeous show. Seeing the men playing dominoes and the vendors😍...it was PR but it felt so familiar to anyone from the islands.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Happy Black History Month!!! If given a choice, I'd choose to be a Black woman every single time.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

First time seeing this clip from Dr. King's 39th birthday. His friend saying "We're gonna celebrate Martin Luther King's day today" feels so haunting and beautiful since this would be is last birthday.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Happy publication day!!! We poured our hearts into this anthology. You've likely heard th adage "Listen to Black women" This volume provides an opportunity to learn from Black women and engage with our ideas and experiences. share.google/Up2RobefGCnS... 35% off Discount code: GLR AT8

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

What a cover! In a world that often treats Black women with little regard, my new book defiantly & unapologetically declares that Black women are worthy & that Black feminist thought remains relevant & necessary. www.bloomsbury.com/us/spaces-fo... 35% off Discount code: GLR AT8

Black woman against a red background. Title: Spaces for Resistance.

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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I’ll never forget the transcendent feeling of singing Total Praise with my college choir. May his memory be a blessing.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I know Total Praise is Richard Smallwood's most famous song but "Thank You" is the one you listen to when things get heavy. IYKYK.

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

People still matter. Good morning.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

If you're a praying person, please pray for my country. The trajectory and strength looks horrific.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Where's the support group for moms of sons who have heard "6-7" yelled several times a day since September? We are TIRED!

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I actually feel this more deeply than I thought I would. I discuss one of her lesser known films, Baby Boom, when teaching on media portrayals of gender norms post the Women's Liberation Movement.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

As a Mets fan, I share the sentiments of Boston's mayor. The Yankees lose: Red Sox fans 🤝 Mets Fans

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."

its a picture of a ballerina teaching future young ballerinas!!!

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

My retired mother volunteers at a library and today she was excited to share that someone returned two books: Mine and another about Justice Sotomayor. These are the things that make my little nerd heart smile.

Two books. One about supreme court Justice Sotomayor and the othe This is Our Freedom by Geniece Mondé.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I'm always amazed (and deeply grateful) when I consider what elders bravely faced when they were still adolescents.

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Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Pray for ya girl.🫠 I might have to break my "no going to the office on Saturday" rule for the first time, but this book is worth it. I'm excited to share it soon.

Image to two thumbs up above water indicating that one is pretending to be ok while stressed and overwhelmed.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

"My lived experience makes me a better scientist. It sharpens my research. It deepens my compassion. It fuels my teaching. I’ve faced parole boards and dissertation committees. I’ve survived prison, rejection, and structural racism. I’m not afraid of grant panels, or of students who need grace."

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How I Went From Prison to Tenure

What if we saw incarceration not as a liability, but as a credential?

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Finished this yesterday and WOW!!! These characters are so well developed, and the plot structure works so well. From beginning to end, this book was satisfying, complex, and tender. It's definitely in my top 3 books for the year.

Colorful book cover titled Vanishing Half

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Hummingbirds always bring me such joy. I captured this little guy this week by one of my flowered plants.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Unsolicited Writing Advice, no. 3214566: Trying to follow writing trends is usually a waste of time. By the time you can see them, they're over. Instead, just write what you love. Write it as well as you can, and wait. Don't be afraid to be different. One day, maybe, you'll be the trend.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I was able to complete one more book before my time is consumed with teaching prep, grading, and writing. This book detailed heavy and painful experiences, yet, the women's wit and candor made me laugh loud. The author centered Southern Black women and their lives.

Image of 3 Black women set against a colorful background.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Happy Jamaican Independence! On August 6, 1962, Jamaica officially became independent from British rule. My parents still recount how they and other children dressed in all white and paraded through their town to mark the occasion. We likkle but we tallawah! (We're small but mighty) 🇯🇲

Jamaican flag with Jamaican Independence Day written

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Academics on August 1st

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Enjoying tonight's thunderstorm while sitting in my screened porch.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Today, on what would have been Emmett Till's 84th birthday, I'm sharing one of my favorite poems by Eve Ewing.

I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store.

By Eve Ewing

looking over the plums, one by one
lifting each to his eyes and
turning it slowly, a little earth,
checking the smooth skin for pockmarks
and rot, or signs of unkind days or people,
then sliding them gently into the plastic.
whistling softly, reaching with a slim, woolen arm
into the cart, he first balanced them over the wire
before realizing the danger of bruising
and lifting them back out, cradling them
in the crook of his elbow until
something harder could take that bottom space.

I knew him from his hat, one of those
fine porkpie numbers they used to sell
on Roosevelt Road. it had lost its feather but
he had carefully folded a dollar bill
and slid it between the ribbon and the felt
and it stood at attention. he wore his money.
upright and strong, he was already to the checkout
by the time I caught up with him. I called out his name
and he spun like a dancer, candy bar in hand,
looked at me quizzically for a moment before
remembering my face. he smiled. well
hello young lady

hello, so chilly today
should have worn my warm coat like you

yes so cool for August in Chicago

how are things going for you

oh he sighed and put the candy on the belt
it goes, it goes.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Ever finish a book and wish you could time traveling a week in the past, so that you could begin reading it again? As a Jamaican woman who has watched my mother and grandmother prepare black cake, this story, like the dessert is rich, textured and complex. Outstanding!

Book cover with a silver spoon and the words "Black cake"

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Yardyspice @yardyspice.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

IF YOU ARE UNDER 40, YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND HOW DEVASTATED WE ARE RIGHT NOW!!! NOT THEO!!!

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Oldest daughter & first grandchild in an immigrant household.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The real ones know just how good this is.

Bottle of Ting,a Jamaican grapefruit beverage.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Charmaine Wilkerson developed these characters with care. There is pain, yes, but we see Black prosperity and self-determination. I left the novel feeling full.

Image of a broken jar. Book cover of book Good Dirt.

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

annual self-evaluations are for noting all your work accomplishments but my inclination is always to highlight the fact that I got work done at all amid anything and everything happening outside of and on top of it which lbh is probably more important than work

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

"Black women are often called brave for speaking truths that others won’t, but this emotional labor comes with a cost."

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For Black Women, Life in America Has Always Been a Crossroads

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We can not lament the cruelty of their deaths without acknowledging the hatred that motivated the murderer. And we can not acknowledge that hatred without acknowledging that those ideologies remain firmly embedded in the lives of many.

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10 years after Charleston church massacre, faith leaders lament that the country hasn't changed

Mother Emanuel AME church made an ecumenical gesture for the commemoration of a racist shooting that killed nine of its Black members 10 years ago on Tuesday.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Finishing Sula this week reminded why writing about Black women's lives in the dry, academic way that aligns with my sociological training just isn't going to work in the next phase of my career. I may not be able to compose a symphony of words like Morrison, but my words need more rhythm & music.

Image of a Black woman wearing a floral dress, hat and fur with birds in the background.

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We are pleased to announce that Alford Young, Jr. @umich.edu has been elected the 2026-2027 ASA President, and Jessica Calarco, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected Vice President. Read full election results: bit.ly/3mFBhFz.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Always read Dorothy Roberts

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

LOL. I had to watch the first season in between my 1 year old's nap time. That child is about to start 5th grade.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Reminder:Memorial Day was started by freed slaves. "The fact that the freed slaves’ Memorial Day tribute is not as well remembered is emblematic of the struggle that would follow, as African Americans’ fight to be fully recognized for their contributions to American society continues to this day."

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The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865

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Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

On Friday, April 25th, I became the first* African American woman to earn tenure & promotion in the Univ. of Vermont’s College of Education & Social Services history. Naturally, I went home to reflect on my educational past & to think about my future. *(sadly, yes, in 2025) 1/2?

Photo of Brit, a light-skinned Black woman, wearing a dimming stud earring in her top hole, “door knocker” earrings that say tenured in the lower hole, removable gold teeth, a ring on her right index finger, and holding her hand in the Aloha-style to emphasize the earrings and teeth. She’s wearing a Black Mac Duggal gown and standing on ATL’s iconic Jackson Street bridge where you can see the city’s skyline.

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Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Yesterday, students, faculty administrators, and family at Virginia State University celebrated commencement with jubilance. Black joy is beautiful!

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