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Dr. Laina Dawes

@lainad.bsky.social
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Post-Doctoral scholar @CWRU. Music Critic. Metalhead. Author, "What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal: www.amazon.com/What-Are-You-Doing-H…

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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
When he gets released, I hope Garcia sues the fuck out of Noem and the Dept. of Homeland.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Finally watched SINNERS last night. It is an ethnomusicologist's wet dream. Wow.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Finishing up my postdoc at Case Western. Pleased that Case wrote a nice piece on my research: artsci.case.edu/news/laina-d...
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Laina Dawes plays the final notes for her postdoctoral fellowship - College of Arts and Sciences
The Murphy Postdoctoral Fellow reflects on her career, CWRU experience and her teaching a love for metal!
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Is it audacity, or sheer stupidity? The way how Trump is speaking to the president South Africa is fucking unbelievable. For those who think that what he is saying is the "truth," please for the love of christ do your research.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
ROFL!!!!
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I agree.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
*Smashes head on desk*
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Interested. However, I'm an ethnomusicologist. Would this work?
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Nice! Sprinkling a dash of homophobia ontop of his mountain of racism.....
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Wow. Never thought that I'd agree with Piers Morgan. All I have to say to that white girl is "fuck around and find out."
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I mean, I assumed that Musk would only take white folks to Mars, but this is pretty extreme.......
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
So this explains the weird text message I just received......
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Imagine being a white boomer/Gen X'er screaming about affirmative action, DEI and "merit" in schools and jobs... Meanwhile, their kids and grandkids are using ChatGPT to write essays, date, and are becoming functionally illiterate...
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I'm a soccer fan, but I hope the stands are empty.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Thank you so much for posting @atrupar.com !
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
C'mon, now. Really?
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The worst part about all of this shit is that despite all the advancements that society has made, the power of white opinion overrides the narratives of the marginalized people who speak from experience. But when you negate one's humanity for generations, this is what you get, I guess.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Love this!!!!
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
WTF
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
OMG.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Yep! I remember working in law offices and whites getting mad when all the black employees would go to lunch together. Nuts.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Best Canadian punk band!!!!
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Best news all day! #Liverpool
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
What happened to abolishing DEI?
nytimes.com
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Yep.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I was thinking of writing about this issue because it drives me mad. Maybe I need a few days to cool down.....
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I'm worried about repercussions. I DO think that activism is important, but I am just worried about how the administration (and cops) would react.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
As an alumni, I know that we are getting into activist season, but is this a good idea?
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
GO LEAFS!!!!! #proudcanadian
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Isn't he a podcaster? Why is he there? Why is he wearing a knit hat in the Spring? Is he cold, or balding?
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Yep.
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
People that SWORE Black people couldn't have possibly earned their accomplishments, are getting fired in less than 2 months of work. Poetic.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Umm whattttt? Jesus this man will kill us all
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
WOW!
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
What the hell????
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Yeah, this was a pathetic move, but I get what they are going for - assuming the general public looks at brown male bodies as a violent monolith, which in turn, obscures the capacity that white folks commit crime against young white ( and pretty) girls too. This mother is being used as a pawn. Sad.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
People should be VERY concerned when the AG feels very comfortable in spewing racist lies to acquiesce to the president. This demonstrates that she cares more about her career than the people she is supposed to work for.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I'd like to have a long talk with his parents.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Oh, the irony.
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Melvin Gibbs @melvingibbs.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
this is heartbreaking
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I've been thinking about this for a long time.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Her hair extensions look great in this pic. Very Zena the Warrior.
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Again, they want slavery folks.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I swear, one day some shit about his personal (sexual?) proclivities will come out. He's too unhinged to get any sexual gratification by regular means........
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I really want to find a crumb of goodness in Tim Burchett, but I just can't.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I am literally stunned by this photo. Who dresses up like Hitler as a flex? To protect a car dealership?
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
So he is the victim? I wish these people understood "self-reflection" a bit more...... I'm glad, though, that people are getting under his skin.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
What a disgraceful photo-op. Girl must have gotten new hair extensions for this trip.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
WORD.
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Dr. Laina Dawes @lainad.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I've privately thought many nasty things about Abbott, but I keep them to myself. Yeah, I wouldn't have used these words, but until the GOP answers for their "Haitians eat cats and dogs" bullshit, I'll give Jasmine a pass.
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