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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I raised a young man who knows the transformative power of art & uses it as a medium for love. I sent him Ryan’s video on film with Kodak (my son is a young photographer in LA). He sent me a ticket & an uber, so we can watch it together on different coasts & discuss later.🥹❤️ #blacklove

A text between my son, Michael, and I in which I thank him for the ticket and uber to see Sinners.

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I’m going to watch Sinners tonight. A me, myself and I night. Courtesy of my son. I am so excited. I’ve been watching Ryan’s videos on creating the film. His enthusiasm is contagious and oh so beautiful to watch. youtu.be/1PoN2QKi33Q?...

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MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND RYAN COOGLER Write Their Own Rules

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Funny how European and Chinese companies have proven themselves compromised when it comes to telling the full story of luxury fashion…conveniently leaving out tanneries and leather artisans on Northern Nigeria. #fashionsky #fashionhistory #luxuryfashion youtu.be/YMsAMGPNQjU?...

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PEOPLE REACT TO LEATHERS USED IN MAKING LUXURY BRANDS ARE MADE IN NIGERIA AND NOT ITALY!

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Just me? I want to chop it up about art, fashion, culture, life…so I keep setting up my phone to shoot impromptu footage of me working and then I get overwhelmed with how ugly I feel and turn the camera off. This is getting disruptive. Spend more time with art and my therapist. Clearly.

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

For the record, if my client dance like this when they put on my clothes, I have to make them a fit on the house. Because baybeeee! xlotheshttps://youtube.com/shorts/AUMYX6RvVdE?si=GYV5xvZOdiuZxZTR

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Fast Freddy, 80s legend 😀

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Did I ever tell y’all that growing up every lady and their momma was sweating Bobby Brown but me? Nope. I had a big crush on Ralph Tresvant. Can you see why? #newedition #rnb #blacksky #culture #ralphtresvant #blackmusic #80s #90s youtube.com/shorts/Zzbg3...

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Ralph Tresvant is so smooth 🔥🐐

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Got parents in a nursing home or memory care facility receiving Social Security? If Elon, Trump and GOP grifters have their way, not only will Nana and PawPaw lose their support, YOU🫵🏾 will be left with the tab of your state calls for filial responsibility. 🤦🏾‍♀️ #stateofaffairs #socialsecurity

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Buy local if you must buy at all. Odds are, if you look carefully, you’ve got an excess of the things you want and can be morally and politically strategic with obtaining the things you need. #bethechange

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I.Am.Cathy @kitkat350.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I did my part to support the February 28th economic blackout! Now, I'm ready to support additional economic blackout dates! #LFG

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

If I am thinking about creating something sometimes I’ll “speed visualize” it being made. It’s kind of like when people say their lives flash before their eyes only it is not a life or death thing for me. It’s just the moment playing out fast and I kind of zone out so I can watch and feel the show.

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

When I say I love me some us, this is why. New Jazz Underground has created a sublime suite of music covering Kendrick Lamar’s work. Bless your heart & your ears with this dope dope. youtu.be/jNraVOF3mhE?... #jazz #hiphop #KendrickLamar #blacksky #musicsky #NJU #theculture #hbcu

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"Dying of Thirst": The Kendrick Lamar Suite | New Jazz Underground

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

The Yasiin Bey When I say I love hip hop, it is because if artists like Yasiin (formerly Mos Def) has kept the love alive. Living Black history. 💚🖤❤️ #hiphop #culture #rap #mosdef #lyricist #bhm #blackhistory #blackmen #ilovehiphop #blacksky youtu.be/zWXf_lZUiws?...

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Yasiin Bey & Large Professor 'The Making of Condition Of Terms'

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Too many influencers & rappers fat off the years upon years of doing mediocre work (journalism, analysis & creative production) while being the biggest misogynistic, entitled pricks have entered their jilted ex phase & it’s already exhausting. #hiphop #culture #blacksky youtu.be/UbV-XcIkVys?...

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

“Has everyone been in love?… Not on the basis of the evidence. If they have they’ve forgotten it. If everyone has been in love, they’d treat their children differently. They’d treat each other differently.” -James Baldwin #love #America #blacksky #bhm #JamesBaldwin 💚🖤❤️ youtube.com/shorts/bc6v_...

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What Does Love Mean To You? | James Baldwin On Treating Each Other Differently

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

@fetterman.senate.gov, you voted for Pam Bondi. I will be providing you with frequent reminders of this. You're welcome.

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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 05/02/2025

“Mississippi Goddamn”, Eunice Kathleen Waymon sang, even though she was born and raised in North Carolina. The 6th of 8 children Eunice always aspired to be a concert pianist. She began playing the piano at the young age of 3 & by age 12 she played her first concert. You know her as Nina Simone.

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Big Mama Thornton💚🖤❤️ Rock. Blues. American Legacy. Womanish. Hound Dog Down Home Shakedown FOH all imposters, propagandists, erasure deviants. You cannot fake this or bury it. #music #blacksky #bhm #theweeklyshe #rock #rnb #theblues #blackhistorymonth youtu.be/wxoGvBQtjpM?...

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‎(1965) Blues by Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog and Down Home Shakedown

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Welp…from banned books to banned words. Now we miss out on funding by utilizing these words? This is unraveling fast. #dosomething

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Trump federal fund freeze blocked again by judge. The senate didn’t stop him. Take notice. #dosomething youtu.be/HPTJzV6zjo0?...

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BREAKING: Trump Federal Funding Freeze Blocked for Third Time

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

There’s a coup at play in the US & the education system has failed so horribly. Too many don’t have the comprehension skills to understand how they are being manipulated. What can be done? How do you get people up to speed while blocking the fast-moving silent campaign overtaking them? #dosomething

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Find out who your senator is. Give them a call. Write them a letter. Visit their office respectfully & peacefully. They serve you. Tell them to stop this billionaire coup & to protect government agencies. To tell to move quickly & courageously. #dosomething www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

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U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Call your senator to demand that they use every lever at their disposal to block Elon Musk and Trump’s illegal takeover and shutdown of essential government agencies. 202-224-3121 #dosomething

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Trump got played again. Canada *already* has 8,500 frontline personnel at the border. www.canada.ca/en/border-se...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It’s all theatrics and performative. Trump creates the problem or challenge. Trump then offers a fake fix or solution to the fake problem or challenge. Trump sycophants then cheer him as a genius and a political leader and problem-solver for the ages. Rinse and repeat. Theatrics. That’s it.

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Are the tariff stunts meant to distract from the dirty deeds of the musky tech bros illegally accessing information at OPM, The Treasury and other vital agencies?

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I am so sensitive to all the shit accruing. The deportations, federal employees who haven’t received a paycheck since December, LA fires, unrest and insecurity…and the real struggles haven’t even those living in the US yet. How do I reconcile this as an artist, a mother and an empathetic human?

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

When will elected officials inform the good people of Kentucky that their biggest customers, 🇨🇦, pulled US bourbon from the shelves? I know Kentucky is one of the wealthiest & most educated of the states, so I’m sure they’re all over it. youtu.be/sPlbnZn6ZiY?... #bourbonban #trumptariff

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Canada fights back against US tariffs as American products boycotted | ABC News

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Maria Fenton @mariafenton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Black Thought is a dragon. Decades of spitting fire. Living icon. This feeds the soul. Who knew hip-hop was the salve we needed? The culture knew. The living institutions like this brother been knew. 🔥🔥🔥 youtu.be/fyBqfm_DRfU?... #Blacksky #HipHop #Music #Legends #Lyricist #poet #BlackThought

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Black Thought - State Prisoner | A COLORS SHOW | $HVN REMIX

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