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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

i have been shouting justice for ashley sanchez for YEARS and tonight is what i've been waiting for!

Me texting my best friend, Shannonperson, some variation of "justice for ashley sanchez" over and over again since november of 2023

Shannonperson

"Justice for ashley sanchez" in Mess...
8:17 PM
JUSTICE FOR ASHLEY
SANCHEZ
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Saturday
Justice for ashley sanchez! At long last!
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Shannonperson
Justice for ashley sanchez!!!
9/9/25
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Shannonperson
5/28/24
You know how I keep saying justice for Ashley Sanchez? This episode is enlightening
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Shannonperson
2/27/24
(Even though i still want justice for ashley sanchez Imao but i give up)
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Shannonperson
11/20/23
I still want justice for ashley sanchez but other than that, im pleased
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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hi! I'm okay with splitting them up, but I saw that you're hoping to stay under $100 and we ended up paying 270 each. (Sec 130, row 2). Please do message me if this isn't a dealbreaker though!

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

ah mine are are in the second row, so not super fancy including food and whatnot but unfortunately not under 100 either. thanks for sharing though!

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I've got 4 tickets for sale for this Saturday's #USWNT game at Audi if anyone in or around the DMV is interested! My folks can't go anymore. Selling at face value

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2

Screenshot of database titled "Explore All Incidents Where Citizens Were Detained." Text below explains that this is every incident ProPublica could find in which one or more citizens were reportedly detained between January 2025 and September 2026. There are 506 citizens' cases in the database, and users can sort by what the incidents involve, where the incident is located, and the recency of the case.

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

havent read the article and don't intend to but i find the choosin texas discourse really funny for one reason and one reason only

Screenshot of Dennie family group chat from Tue, Aug 25

Me: White people made a good song recently

Yall heard choosin texas? Good lil country song

https://youtu.be/hLOheGDwD_O

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 26/09/2026

The Dennie family group chat is my favorite sitcom

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Big sis conveniently ignored that question lol

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

mine and @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app's nephew just got his first phone and idk who's more excited, him or us

Keebsy: Got him a soccer flip phone
Only for soccer travel and games

Me: So you mean to tell me i still need to call my little friend on his ipad and not his phone?

Deebs: What's redacted number?

Keebsy: We have to charge it when we get home from dinner and then yall can call him

Deebs: He got unlimited texts?

Keebsy: redacted
Omg

Me: He does know how to read

Keebsy: Yall are a mess

Me: Its good for literacy
Redacted
Easy to remember

Keebsy: Yup lol
Wait until we get home and yall can call him. Its about to die

Keebsy: Yall are too excited for this

Me: No such thing

Mama Dennie: gif of Jason Momoa smirking innocently/gleefullu and spinning around in a chair

Keebsy: Thats exactly how yall acting

Mama Dennie: He texted me that he's going to bed

Me: Ahahahaha
Imma text him
With proper grammar

Keebsy: I just entered your number
Gimme a sec
Oh lol

Keebsy:
Hes gonna text
Good good

Deebs:
Me too me too!

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

shameless deserves to somewhere be on this list

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anyone in or around the DMV looking for #USWNT tickets for the game at rowdy Audi on October 10? My family can't make it anymore so I've got 6 for sale.

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I finally remembered what the NHJ article reminded me of. A Dorothy Roberts interview about her memoir, where she discusses her unease around her white father (an anthropologist) researching interracial marriage, then marrying her Black mother. I will not elaborate. www.npr.org/2026/02/19/n...

npr.org

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

(I usually don't answer spam calls, but I didn't know if this was spam or something someone actually has a reason to be calling me for)

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*matter. First of all, personal and business cancel each other out. Which one is it. Second of all, the lady identified herself by name, then I asked who she's with, and she said her name with some kinda business, but each time she kept asking if she was speaking to me. why would I confirm my name??

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I've been getting calls from the same number basically every single day for a week (they even woke me up when i forgot to put on DND!) and today i finally picked up. When i asked what they were calling about they said "a personal business manner" girl get off my phone

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

taking an axe to something you wrote that simply needs to be shorter is excruciating but i'd still never ask ai to do it bc nothing can replace the feeling of triumph when i yell a victorious "HA!" with every act of wordsmithing that gets me under the page limit before i inevitably exceed it again

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

trin's options at this point are helicopter or pj. i hope she makes it

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

question for #academicsky. besides ACLS fellowships, are there other non-residential fellowships in the humanities that tenured faculty are eligible for? as someone who's newly tenured, i'm realizing that most of the non-residential ones i knew of are only for students, postdocs, and junior faculty

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Mega👻Thee🎃Tron @valarmordollars.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Watching tv together

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i will never understand people who leave their curtains wide open at night. i shouldn't be able to see straight into my neighbor's bedroom, where they are currently making the bed.

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A student at my university and his dad were detained by ICE on their way to move him back into his dorm. They have an asylum case right now, but we know none of that matters to this administration. Here's the GFM if you can donate or share: www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...

gofundme.com

Donate to Help Bring Luis Alejandro & His Father Home, organized by Anais Gosling

There is an empty bed in a college dorm room at one of this country’s top … Anais Gosling needs your support for Help Bring Luis Alejandro & His Father Home

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wait are you messing with me rn lol

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Now that a new school year is upon us, allow me to share that I'm accepting book requests for lectures on Black history, feminism, and activism! If your department or organization is looking for a speaker, contact me at nnekadennie.com.

Flyer with text stating:

Black History, Feminism, and Activism.

Now accepting bookings through 2027! Visit nnekadennie.com to request a lecture.

Dr. Nneka D. Dennie

Topics

- African Diasporan History
- Black Feminism
- Black Women's Studies
- Race, Gender, and Society
- Slavery and Abolition
- Women's Suffrage

Lectures can be tailored to meet your needs.

Dr. Dennie researches 19th- and 20th-century Black intellectual thought. She is Associate Professor of History at Washington and Lee University.

Picture of a woman smiling with a pink blazer and fall foliage in the background.

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Referring to a person as "it" is dehumanizing, plain and simple. You have several options of words to use, but you choose to politicize the use of any of the aforementioned words because you're committed to dehumanizing a baby. You could even say "the baby" or "the toddler" if you're inexplicably...

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

a few months ago a colleague and i became the first Black women to be tenured in our department and today was the first time we've seen each other since the decision. the hug we shared was glorious

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

😂😂😂 hello new internet friend!

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

i haven't gone to my preferred wine spot in a few weeks and this would be the PERFECT time to open a bottle but all i have is one im saving. (yes, i realize we are a stone's throw away from this being a champagne problem)

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

yessss checked the us open schedule just in time to see coco's match just started

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

👏🏾epistemic👏🏾humility!

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

my street is being repaved with liquid asphalt and residents aren't supposed to park/drive on the street for around 48 hours but there's no signage and i just saw a delivery driver passing by 😬 hope their tires are okay

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

normalize telling people they don't know what they're talking about.

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

furthermore, and perhaps more importantly, everyone's opinion does not hold the same weight all the time and more people should say so. we're all on the same internet. but we're not equally knowledgeable about the same topics. we do not all have the same range. and it is okay to say so!

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

these rhetorical moves are only possible if you don't value the humanities or the expertise of people who have spent decades training themselves and their students. if you dont care about the humanities, whatever, do what you want but leave the rest of us who do out of your shenanigans

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

in one breath, it's "i dont need to know about this job to have an opinion," then dodging accountability with "i never SAID i know about this field," then it's "but in MY experience, ai is useful for this thing that i misunderstand as the historian's craft." this is all, to be technical, bullshit

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

if we accept the premise that we value experiential knowledge, then obviously that of all of the history professors, teachers, historians, archivists, and other humanities educators saying "hey thats incorrect" should mean something. but the gag is, that's all irrelevant bc the goal is to evangelize

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