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Samantha Pinto

@samanthapinto.bsky.social
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Author. Books: Inside the Body of Black Feminism, Infamous Bodies, Difficult Diasporas. Editor of Black Feminism on the Edge series with Duke UP. I only rep myself.

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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Blackstudies Podcast @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Amazing 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/SamanthaPinto
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Samantha Pinto - Department of English, University of Texas, Austin
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 28 · 47m
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Save 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
Cover of Naturalization: A Queer Genealogy of US Citizenship, Race, and Sexuality by Siobhan B. Somerville. The cover features dried plant stems interwoven with printed text, resembling a woven basket, against a blue background. The title appears in capitalized, pink serif font. The subtitle and author's name appear below in white and pale blue fonts. The text is on a split navy blue and dark blue block.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Writing is weird and hard. Fake dating is, too. avidly.org/first-senten...
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Karla J. Strand @karlajstrand.com · 24/08/2026
Because 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...
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July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Each 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...
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La’Tonya Rease Miles @smartgirl07.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
More ways to think about W.E.B. Du Bois as a relatable first-gen college graduate for today's learners. #blackfirstgen @samanthapinto.bsky.social
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
so 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/2022907
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NON-FICTION: HOW ‘THIRD WORLD’ FEMINISM WAS BUILT
A recent book documents how women in the Global South utilised knowledge production and built transnational networks to challenge
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Laura Vrana @callmevrana.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Just 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!)
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La’Tonya Rease Miles @smartgirl07.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In 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...
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Breaking Rules And Leading The Band In Alexandria feat. Thea James - Smart Girl
Part 2 of the Virginia Humanities series about Alexandria, Virginia. &nbsp;LT and Sam talk with Dr. Thea James about growing up in Alexandria and learning to lead by questioning rules, from winning a ...
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It’s your piece that’s amazing, fiery, necessary @durba.bsky.social
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Durba 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
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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Very 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
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Look 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
The cover of Inside the Body of Black Feminism:
Science, Race, Culture by Dr. Samantha Pinto depicts an abstract black figure against a red and white background. The black figure is overlaid with white pen like scribbles, red brushstrokes, and peach, red, ochre, and aqua cloud like formations. The words are in yellow, white and peach
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Still can't believe the Inside the Body of Black Feminism is on here! Out now from @dukepress.bsky.social
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 15/07/2026
Our July reading list take us on journeys through diasporas, deaths and diaries.
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July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Each 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…
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Los 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…
the cover of Original Sin
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Review 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
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Feminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Final 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!
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It’s so pretty and it’s pub day! Get it for your library/self! dukeupress.edu/inside-the-b...
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Dr. Samantha Pinto’s book release date is today. Please join me in congratulating @samanthapinto.bsky.social 💐💐💐💐
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Jennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
One 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.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Today 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
Headshot of Samantha PintoCover of Inside the Body of Black Feminism: Science, Race, Culture by Samantha Pinto.The cover features a piece of art made with paint and oil pastels. It features a black figure against a deep red circle. The figure is outlined in multiple colors and their insides are drawn abstractly in different colors and with different textures. The title appears to the right in a yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is below in white. The author’s name is below this in a pale pink.
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Q&A with Samantha Pinto, author of Inside the Body of Black Feminism dukeupress.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/q...
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Amy Laura Hall @profligategrace.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Bloomsbury is having a summer sale! You can order my book (audio included) at 30% off : )
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The Blackstudies Podcast @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
From ep285 (7/8), Karla Holloway talking about ritual, memory, and contemplation. Great conversation, you can find full episode via linktr.ee/blstpodcast #blackstudies #blackstudiespodcast
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Benjamin Williams @bkwilliams21.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I 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...
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E109: The Cybernetic Border (w/ Dr. Iván Chaar López) — re:verb
Episode 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...
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Dustin Friedman @dustinfriedman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Hey everyone! I edited a special issue of Nineteenth-Century Literature on the “Fin de Fin de Siècle”. Check it out!
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
go AAUP, go Texas faculty, fight!! www.texastribune.org/2026/07/08/t...
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Texas Tech sued over limits on race, gender instruction
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the restrictions as discriminatory, improperly vague and a violation of free speech.
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Feminist 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)
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Feminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The 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.
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Beautiful books spotted today at Labyrinth Books, Princeton @dukepress.bsky.social
Book covers: on left, black and blue, starry galaxy with a rust-colored nebula-Title, Breaking the World Black Insecurity and the Horizons of Speculative Fiction. By Justin L. Mann

On right, a blue book with a black abstract shape centered that features title and contributors, Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World: PHOEBE BOSWELL; SAIDIYA HARTMAN; JANAÍNA OLIVEIRA
JOSEPH M. PIERCE; CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA, With an Introduction by
CHRISTINA SHARPE
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A month from today ❤️
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
THE Ms. Magazine? @msmagazine.com @dukepress.bsky.social 💜 I’m full 💀 and squealing in my baby feminist head. msmagazine.com/2026/07/01/b...
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July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Each 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...
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
THE Ms. Magazine? @msmagazine.com @dukepress.bsky.social 💜 I’m full 💀 and squealing in my baby feminist head. msmagazine.com/2026/07/01/b...
msmagazine.com
July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Each 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...
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Check 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
Cover of Inside the Body of Black Feminism: Science, Race, Culture by Samantha Pinto.The cover features a piece of art made with paint and oil pastels. It features a black figure against a deep red circle. The figure is outlined in multiple colors and their insides are drawn abstractly in different colors and with different textures. The title appears to the right in a yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is below in white. The author’s name is below this in a pale pink.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy July! Today on our blog, check out new books coming out this month. buff.ly/zs9RK2C
Graphic features new Duke University Press books. Seven book covers are arranged in a grid on the left, including "Making Gay History," "Cisgender," "Inside the Body of Black Feminism," "Alfredo Jaar," "The Future of Totality," "Resurgency," and "How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent." Large teal text on the right reads “New Books” with red italic text below reading “out this month.”
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Juan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Friends! 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...
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View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Looking forward to this book 💐💐💐💐 @samanthapinto.bsky.social
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Juan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Book! 👇
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
My 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...
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Gorgeous cover art by a'driane nieves: www.addyeb.com
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a'driane nieves
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Save 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
Cover of Inside the Body of Black Feminism: Science, Race, Culture by Samantha Pinto.The cover features a piece of art made with paint and oil pastels. It features a black figure against a deep red circle. The figure is outlined in multiple colors and their insides are drawn abstractly in different colors and with different textures. The title appears to the right in a yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is below in white. The author’s name is below this in a pale pink.
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Diane Brown @dianeberrettbrown.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The 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
A series of three windows in a brick hallway in the Humanities Quadrangle at Yale University
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Thank 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
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It’s shipping, y’all! @dukepress.bsky.social
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New 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.
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“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.”
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Dr. 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
Image of Dr. Roshanak Kheshti’s book cover ‘We See With the Skin: Zora Neale Hurston’s Methodology’

The image is called “Lenox Avenue” by artist Sargent Claude Johnson, for the WPA, 1938) it is a black and white line drawing of a face, made by abstract shapes of black, grey and white—the face transects with piano keys and a pencil. 

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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Big 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...
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