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I didn’t run this week, but I did 4 walks and 3 personal training sessions! Lifting that often is a feat! Glad when I can pull it off. #Grateful #Walking

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 15h

More theatre for #DateNight! THE COVENANT, produced by SpeakEasy Stage and directed by Dawn Simmons! #TeamKoJo

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Everytime I mention that BlueSky is just not good for non-US global news and discussion, I get piled on. BlueSky is great for many, many reasons, but the rest of the world is still very much on Twitter / X. What is happening in India is *massive*.

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Despite being the “go-to person” in her department, Sharon Davis was fired from her job at the FDA after 24 years of employment. She and more than 95,000 Black women were affected by the massive job cuts led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. bit.ly/4hPDwP3

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A 'Gut Punch': Black Women Fired by DOGE Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame

This story is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, and was edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga When Sharon Davis opened her email at 5 a....

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

MAAH Stone Book Award knows how to show some love for the study of African American History & Culture!!! It was great to be in the house to celebrate with so many folk I adore!

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes, and "Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930" by @profkori.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

press.uillinois.edu

Living with Lynching

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Everything Solnit says… because this is know-your-place aggression, too.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Once in college, I was in the window seat on a flight talking to a lovely older woman who had just come back from Greece. We talked the whole flight in large part because I didn’t want her to turn and see that the man across the aisle was jacking off the entire flight.

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There are always folk doing things I would never think someone would do. …as if I needed more proof than *gestures wildly*

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop:

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Let's be clear: If not for state AGs, your access to mail-in voting would've been at risk in this upcoming election. While Donald Trump spreads chaos and confusion to suppress YOUR voice, you can count on my office to ensure that your vote is safe and secure. bit.ly/4hR3f9X

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Trump is suddenly urging Republicans to ‘vote by mail’

President Donald Trump has called mail-in voting "corrupt" and a "disaster." Now he says: “Vote early. Vote by mail.”

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Heads up, people! Hers is a singular voice, and she’s making remarkable intellectual & artistic contributions! Tune in to NYC’s WNYC MONDAY October 12 at 12pm ET. Candice Hoyes will sing Minnie Riperton music (and her own) on “All of It with Alison Stewart” WNYC.org

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And to make an even bigger point, a lot of conservatives deny their abortion was an abortion because it was a wanted pregnancy. For example: "Florida regulators say ectopic pregnancies are not abortions" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Republican representative’s ectopic pregnancy clashes with Florida abortion law

Kat Cammack blames left’s fearmongering after medical staff hesitated to give her drugs needed to end pregnancy

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's a luxury to believe the fringe elements of the anti-abortion movement don't affect mainstream policy, because they do. Trump's FDA is 'reviewing' the safety of mifepristone based on a fake study, but they've postponed action until after the midterms. Women are expendable to them.

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not to be cynical here, but as someone who works in abortion rights I can tell you a substantial portion of the anti-abortion movement - Josh Hawley, Ken Paxton, "Students for Life" - opposes women getting an abortion regardless of circumstances. Ken Paxton blocked Kate Cox's abortion repeatedly.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

CALL ARIZONA U.S. Senators! Let them know they are attacking community members who are protecting their land. Demand federal agents leave tribal land.

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My first book, LIVING WITH LYNCHING, came into the world 15 years ago this month! Writing it taught me so much and gave me a strong foundation. Publishing it taught me how good it feels to be both proud of my work and thrilled with how it is packaged. #CountingBlessings

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)

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Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schools

According to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva...

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maybe these were always for sale. But these "gas money" Christmas ornaments where you can stuff real money hit differently with diesel at $6/gal or higher in the US. 👀⛽🎅🏾 www.currentcatalog.com/buy/gas-can-...

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Gas Can Money Ornament - BOGO | Current Catalog

Gas Can Money Ornament - BOGO Get 6 ornaments for the price of 3! A clever way to gift cash! Roll cash and insert in front compartment. Includes hanging string. Plastic, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2"W. Cash not incl...

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Ginnette Powell Bluesky is not a dating app @caffeinehusky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My friends and I had had walks on a lovely fall day around a lake , ate goodies, and had community. We meet every few months and it's divine!

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For #DateNight, we saw PURPOSE at The Huntington Theatre and had a lovely dinner.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 03/10/2026

What the FUCK? The arrogance of this. *sighs* I am so sorry Nicole. This is so deeply unethical. Shit like this is why people don't trust journalists. I am so furious. Furious.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh, how lovely ! Thank you! No, I’m focusing on writing these days, but I expect there will be another period of being active in those spaces again at some point.

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Charlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks for the reminder that Crenshaw was at Cornell. I had completely forgotten that even though I read her book this summer….

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

also thinking of Emma Sulkowicz and Columbia University and, and, and)

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

to quantify the injustice of how routinely women do the extraordinary while carrying burdens they never should’ve had to carry. Meanwhile, some folk think they are working hard but don’t even know what that is … because they’ve never worked while hauling loads that don’t belong to them. (Yes, I’m

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can’t stop thinking about the most recent Jane Doe atrocity to enter public consciousness. Among other things, it reminds me that Cornell University is where one of Kimberlé Crenshaw’s most harrowing experiences was made more so by the institution’s investment in abandoning her. There’s no way

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@Kinspire2 @kinspire2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@profkori.bsky.social Me getting it in 😅 #workout #lifestyle I miss my Personal Trainer (s) but I’ve learned a lot from them. Having a home gym helps me a lot. Might not have All of the equipment but have enough to Modify* as my 1 PT has taught me to do.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New bro code: "Protect women. Respect women. Believe women." The code is accountability, human decency, human kindness, respect. It has to be.

New bro code:
"Protect women. Respect women. Believe women."

Photo of Mychal in Valkyries shirt.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. The state of Tennessee botched an execution and tried to hide the gory consequences as witnesses twice watched a woman survival the supposedly “lethal” injection. The death penalty is a crime against humanity.

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This little trip to NYC for Deesha Philyaw’s book launch has been a delight! Once I get home, I’ll avoid traveling for a few weeks and make as much writing progress as possible. The last few months have been full of inspiration!

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Since the pandemic, I’ve tried to be deliberate about quality IRL time and picture keepsakes. I achieved both by meeting the FIERCE Dr. Monica McLemore for lunch at Rockefeller Center! I was already in awe, but she’s even more of a model for how to move in the world than I knew!!!

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

powerful conversation with Cleyvis Natera, I got to speak with so many authors I’ve read & been connected to online but never met IRL. I’ve even taught some of their work. I was absolutely GIDDY! THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN is out today! Get your copy and let’s talk when you finish!

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Deesha Philyaw rocked my world in 2020 with THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES, so I’ve eagerly awaited her debut novel. Indeed, I’ve already read & reviewed it. (Will post when that’s published in 2 weeks.) So, there was NO WAY I was gonna miss her NYC book launch. Besides witnessing a fun, …

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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

September really had somewhere to be…

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My soul left my body as I watched the ending

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#BPT2026 was special! And I didn’t even get to experience all of it. It confirmed that there’s nothing like being in each other’s physical presence and nothing like CREATING together! I don’t have the group pics yet & I didn’t get every selfie I wanted, but I got IRL time that I’ll cherish.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

imagine telling people that you prefer the output of a computer to experiencing the wonder of another human's imagination like you're announcing that you are an anti-social asshole with bad taste, just to be clear

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

By guiding LIVING WITH LYNCHING, Theatre History & Performance Studies made me the thinker I am. I couldn’t miss Black Performance Theory’s 15th year of modeling an investment in embodied intellectual rigor. #BPT2026 #Pressure

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