Reposted by Samantha Pinto The Blackstudies Podcast @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Amazing new episode to start the week! Samantha Pinto talking about expressive culture, literary studies, and the complexity of building Black Studies as a multidisciplinary field. A great listen, here and at most streams: go.umd.edu/SamanthaPintogo.umd.eduSamantha Pinto - Department of English, University of Texas, AustinPodcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 28 · 47m 011
Reposted by Samantha PintoDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Save 30% on #NewBook "Naturalization" by Siobahn B. Somerville, which shows how naturalization has long functioned as both a powerful metaphor and a contradictory state practice at the core of the US settler colonial project. buff.ly/8zFt1me 0123
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Writing is weird and hard. Fake dating is, too. avidly.org/first-senten... 142
Reposted by Samantha PintoKarla J. Strand @karlajstrand.com · 24/08/2026Because I suck at social media, I have completely neglected to post about my July and August columns with @msmagazine.com. July incl. books by @samanthapinto.bsky.social, @robertakwok.bsky.social, Red Jordan Arobateau, Natalie Moss, Edna Bonhomme, and more. msmagazine.com/2026/07/01/b...msmagazine.comJuly 2026 Reads for the Rest of UsEach month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But now, I wan... 2106
Reposted by Samantha PintoLa’Tonya Rease Miles @smartgirl07.bsky.social · 23/08/2026More ways to think about W.E.B. Du Bois as a relatable first-gen college graduate for today's learners. #blackfirstgen @samanthapinto.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Samantha PintoDurba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 16/08/2026so deeply grateful for this review of my book, The Future That Was, in Dawn newspaper in Pakistan Cannot wait for the South Asia edition of my book, to be distributed by Penguin Random House India in September 2026 @princetonupress.bsky.social www.dawn.com/news/2022907dawn.comNON-FICTION: HOW ‘THIRD WORLD’ FEMINISM WAS BUILTA recent book documents how women in the Global South utilised knowledge production and built transnational networks to challenge 12210
Reposted by Samantha PintoLaura Vrana @callmevrana.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Just learned that my monograph will soon be entering a paperback printing as well, which is exciting! Still happy to talk about this work and would love folks to keep reading. (You can contact me for an author discount code if needed!) 021
Reposted by Samantha PintoLa’Tonya Rease Miles @smartgirl07.bsky.social · 07/08/2026In the latest episode, we speak with Dr. Thea James, the first Black and the first female drum major at GW High School in Alexandria, VA, the rival of TC Williams. www.buzzsprout.com/2459505/epis...buzzsprout.comBreaking Rules And Leading The Band In Alexandria feat. Thea James - Smart GirlPart 2 of the Virginia Humanities series about Alexandria, Virginia. LT and Sam talk with Dr. Thea James about growing up in Alexandria and learning to lead by questioning rules, from winning a ... 021
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It’s your piece that’s amazing, fiery, necessary @durba.bsky.social 120
Reposted by Samantha PintoDurba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 25/07/2026 ⬆️ Not focused on academy and literary studies, but the roundtable by @jennifercnash.bsky.social and Emily Owens is terrific. I wrote a short piece, but see especially @profcrunk.bsky.social, @samanthapinto.bsky.social, L. Briggs, others who offer powerful assessments of current crises re: WGS 171
Reposted by Samantha Pinto Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Very happy to say that you can now Pre-Order "Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times" and get 30% off with CODE E26FCLTS. (Paperback is $18.17)(@dukepress.bsky.social) Here's the link: dukeupress.edu/faculties 22112
Reposted by Samantha PintoSarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Look at what beautiful book just arrived!! Inside the Body of Black Feminism: Science, Race, Culture by Dr. Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social 💐💐💐 Can’t wait to read ❤️ @dukepress.bsky.social @jennifercnash.bsky.social 1116
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Still can't believe the Inside the Body of Black Feminism is on here! Out now from @dukepress.bsky.social 0124
Reposted by Samantha PintoMs. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 15/07/2026Our July reading list take us on journeys through diasporas, deaths and diaries.msmagazine.comJuly 2026 Reads for the Rest of UsEach month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But now, I… 0147
Reposted by Samantha PintoLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"Basile’s essentializing of 'what' Harden is strikes me as wrong in more ways than one." Mike Fortun responds to Jonathan Basile's review of Kathryn Paige Harden’s "Original Sin": lareviewofbooks.org/article/kathryn… 0115
Reposted by Samantha PintoReview of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 15/07/2026🎙️ In our latest podcast, @durba.bsky.social discusses the emergence of women's internationalism as both a political project and a mode of knowledge production that grew out of the crisis of developmental nationalism in the 1970s. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3my66d3k 0126
Reposted by Samantha PintoFeminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Final call! Seeking short pieces on gender & sports (e.g. trans athletes and SCOTUS, colorism in sports, NIL, sexualization of athletes, antiblackness, ideas of "fairness," history of women in sports, politics of country club sports) - 1,500 words (ish). Details on our website. Please submit by 8/1! 075
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It’s so pretty and it’s pub day! Get it for your library/self! dukeupress.edu/inside-the-b... 010
Reposted by Samantha PintoSarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Dr. Samantha Pinto’s book release date is today. Please join me in congratulating @samanthapinto.bsky.social 💐💐💐💐 1157
Reposted by Samantha PintoJennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · 13/07/2026One of the very best parts of my intellectual life has been thinking and writing with the incomparable @samanthapinto.bsky.social. Her new brilliant book is out tomorrow! Happy almost pub day, my friend. 0249
Reposted by Samantha PintoDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Today we're speaking with @samanthapinto.bsky.social, author of "Inside the Body of Black Feminism," about powerful bodily metaphors, natural history museums, and more. Read the interview on our blog: buff.ly/wMhFOxb 0145
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Q&A with Samantha Pinto, author of Inside the Body of Black Feminism dukeupress.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/q... 0188
Reposted by Samantha PintoAmy Laura Hall @profligategrace.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Bloomsbury is having a summer sale! You can order my book (audio included) at 30% off : ) 252
Reposted by Samantha Pinto The Blackstudies Podcast @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026From ep285 (7/8), Karla Holloway talking about ritual, memory, and contemplation. Great conversation, you can find full episode via linktr.ee/blstpodcast #blackstudies #blackstudiespodcast 154
Reposted by Samantha PintoBenjamin Williams @bkwilliams21.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I sat down with Iván Chaar López, one of the most intellectually generous academics I know, to discuss his 2024 book, The Cybernetic Border (Duke UP) for the latest episode of @reverb-podcast.bsky.social You can listen here: www.reverbcast.com/podcasts/202...reverbcast.comE109: The Cybernetic Border (w/ Dr. Iván Chaar López) — re:verbEpisode 109: The Cybernetic Border: Drones, Technology, and Intrusion (w/ Dr. Iván Chaar López) On today’s show, Ben sits down with Dr. Iván Chaar López, Assistant Professor with the Department of A... 1134
Reposted by Samantha PintoDustin Friedman @dustinfriedman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Hey everyone! I edited a special issue of Nineteenth-Century Literature on the “Fin de Fin de Siècle”. Check it out! 0126
Reposted by Samantha PintoAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026go AAUP, go Texas faculty, fight!! www.texastribune.org/2026/07/08/t...texastribune.orgTexas Tech sued over limits on race, gender instructionThe lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the restrictions as discriminatory, improperly vague and a violation of free speech. 622695
Reposted by Samantha PintoFeminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@durba.bsky.social writing about connections between institutionalized misogyny, Epstein's countless faculty allies, and Harvard's starvation of WGS. An important analysis of the particular ways the Ivies have gutted WGS. (All free, all open access on MUSE) 0169
Reposted by Samantha PintoFeminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The new issue is live! Catch us on Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/issue/57134 Work by @profcrunk.bsky.social, @samanthapinto.bsky.social, @durba.bsky.social, Vanessa Pitts-Taylor, Julie Enszer, and more! Our dossier on teaching WGS now is free and accessible on MUSE. 0165
Reposted by Samantha PintoSarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Beautiful books spotted today at Labyrinth Books, Princeton @dukepress.bsky.social 1156
Reposted by Samantha PintoSarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 03/07/2026A month from today ❤️ 0155
Reposted by Samantha PintoSamantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026THE Ms. Magazine? @msmagazine.com @dukepress.bsky.social 💜 I’m full 💀 and squealing in my baby feminist head. msmagazine.com/2026/07/01/b...msmagazine.comJuly 2026 Reads for the Rest of UsEach month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But now, I wan... 0165
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026THE Ms. Magazine? @msmagazine.com @dukepress.bsky.social 💜 I’m full 💀 and squealing in my baby feminist head. msmagazine.com/2026/07/01/b...msmagazine.comJuly 2026 Reads for the Rest of UsEach month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But now, I wan... 0165
Reposted by Samantha PintoDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Check out our new July releases, including "Inside the Body of Black Feminism" by @samanthapinto.bsky.social, which connects historical studies of medical racism with Black feminist theories of the body. buff.ly/zs9RK2C 0157
Reposted by Samantha PintoDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Happy July! Today on our blog, check out new books coming out this month. buff.ly/zs9RK2C 052
Reposted by Samantha PintoJuan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Friends! Consider submitting an abstract for the ACLA 2027 seminar "Views from the Global South: New Horizons in World Literature" I have just proposed. Please click on the link for details, let me know if you have any questions, and please repost! www.acla.org/seminar/fcb8...acla.orgView Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association 2710
Reposted by Samantha PintoSarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Looking forward to this book 💐💐💐💐 @samanthapinto.bsky.social 1123
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 27/06/2026My kid asked if she could open the package, and I said no because it’s mommy’s book. “You write books?” 🤷🏻♀️ dukeupress.edu/inside-the-b... 170
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Gorgeous cover art by a'driane nieves: www.addyeb.comaddyeb.coma'driane nieves 0123
Reposted by Samantha PintoDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Save 30% on #NewBook "Inside the Body of Black Feminism" by @samanthapinto.bsky.social, which connects historical studies of medical racism with Black feminist theories of the body to reimagine the possibilities for political subjectivity across race, gender, and culture. buff.ly/3Lq1rc8 13016
Reposted by Samantha PintoDiane Brown @dianeberrettbrown.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The Whitney Humanities Center (WHC) at Yale invites applications from humanities scholars working at select HBCUs for a Faculty Fellow position for spring semester 2027 (January 1–May 31, 2027). Details here: apply.interfolio.com/186520 #hbcu 024
Reposted by Samantha PintoDurba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Thank you to the brilliant Emma Heaney @riislover667.bsky.social for this generous,wide-ranging, and deeply engaged conversation with me about my book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism @princetonupress.bsky.social 1208
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It’s shipping, y’all! @dukepress.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Samantha PintoPublic Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026New at PB: @riislover667.bsky.social interviews @durba.bsky.social about her new book “The Future That Was” (@princetonupress.bsky.social), the vital history of Third World feminism, and the place of feminist visions for the future in our world now.publicbooks.org“Seize the Means of Knowledge Production”: Durba Mitra on Third World Feminists and Their Fight Against Patriarchal Authoritarianism - Public Books“I suggest that the building of women’s organizations through cross border collaboration leads to a total transformation of civil society.” 01710
Reposted by Samantha PintoSarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Dr. Roshanak Kheshti just sent me the image of her book cover, ‘We See With The Skin’: On Zora Neale Hurston’s Methodology! the newest addition to the Black Outdoors book series, available for preorder and out August! Happy and proud @dukeuniversitypress 32410
Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Big thanks to @natlhumanities.bsky.social for my office in the woods that kicked off this book project and to folks @GsfDuke59558 Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute, @ucdgender.bsky.social, @amstnotredame, and @uvawgsdepartment. E26PINTO @dukepress.bsky.social: dukeupress.edu/inside-the-b... 120