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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I am forever grateful that my job keeps me in school spaces. 💛 Loving this Women’s History Month bulletin board at one of my contract schools. It’s giving inspiration!

A Women’s History Month bulletin board is displayed in a school setting. The board has a pastel rainbow border and features a collage of notable women from various fields, including SZA, Rihanna, Serena Williams, Zendaya, Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris, Olivia Rodrigo, and Simone Biles. Each woman is highlighted with a pink background and a brief biography. The bulletin board is mounted on a white wall, with a conference-style table and chairs in the foreground. Natural light from large windows brightens the space.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Growing up as a Black girl in a rural community shaped so much of who I am. Having the privilege to teach in one deepened my understanding of how unique the experiences of Black girls are in these spaces. Know a young person eligible for this compensated study, please encourage them to sign up. 🖤✨

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A digital flyer with a yellow background and bold red text titled “The Experiences of Black Girls in Rural Schools Study” seeks research participants. Below the title, five illustrated Black girls of varying ages and styles stand together, representing diversity in appearance and experience.

The flyer provides key information:
• Study Purpose: Investigating the lived experiences of Black girls in rural schools.
• Why Participate? Black girls in rural areas are often overlooked in research. This study aims to inform educators, administrators, and policymakers to better support them.
• Who Can Participate? Black girls aged 12-18 who attend school in a rural or small-town community.
• How to Join? A parent/guardian must complete an interest form at bit.ly/ruralschoolstudy. Participants will receive a $50 gift card for their time.

At the bottom, contact information is provided for Dr. Tomika Ferguson, Assistant Professor at VCU (tferguson2@vcu.edu).

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Bluesky deserves to know my good news, too. So blessed and happy to be nearing the end of my PhD journey!✨

A celebratory flyer titled "PhD Era" features a grid paper background with bold, graffiti-style text. The flyer highlights key events for Christina Tillery’s PhD journey.

The flyer includes a collage of black-and-white photos of Christina at different life stages, from childhood to adulthood, with doodles of hearts, stars, and handwritten-style text. A playful "Bye VCU!" is written in orange at the bottom

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The following five weeks are about to be surreal and extremely busy.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Ms. Varnee had the most personalized homegoing I've ever been to. 🥰 even had her infamous tractor. 💚

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Whatever you do, please serve seafood salad at my repast.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

“It’s all smoke, nothing but smoke. The Quester says that everything’s smoke.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭12‬:‭8‬ ‭

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The way imma go ghost this summer. 😅

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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 08/03/2025

Shoutout to @tillerylives.bsky.social for planning an entire youth symposium while writing an entire dissertation. GREATER. 💛💙

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Any educational institution blindly following Trump and Youngkin’s DEI dismantling is weak. And let’s be real, you shouldn’t be taking cues from Youngkin and his puffer vest anyway.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

everybody love the sunshine 😭 #RIP Roy Ayers

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

My first Reddit post is doing numbers LOL

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Iconic vibraphonist, composer and producer Roy Ayers has died at 84, his family announces

A photo of Roy Ayers looking up, holding drumsticks

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Dang ppl really passing away. 🕊️

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I have to lock in this week like I've never locked in before. But I am very jet lagged. 😭

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

My chair is moving too fast 🤣 girl, I’m not ready or am I?

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Sitting between two masked individuals on the plane. A great feeling 😷😷

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

One of my former sixth graders just sent me pictures of their first child. So precious and also, how old am I ????????!!!!

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Grandma Queen said y'all need to take your vitamins.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I ain’t never been this hot in February.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Walking around LA, and the Tyler the Creator concert is happening, and the NAACP Image Awards are across the street. So cool.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

A cool unintentional perk of my job is getting to see my baby cousin when I travel to California.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I thought the same thing! Someone leaked 😂😂

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

All the Black people winning. 🥰

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

My writing breaks include watching one (1) episode of Law & Order SVU.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

If you ask me a dumbass question, then I should be able to take your degree.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

There's a teen branch of the shade room?! Why?

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

But who's be lovin' you lately? Who's willing to go half on the baby? Who who who's trying to flag our ship? They just tryin' to get the love you give, but baby

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Even with the presenter discount ($750 😅), this summit is still a lot. Did no one consider how inequitable this is for doc students?

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So many meetings this morning; time for a brain break.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Sometimes you have to let the hairline go and just be bald.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I love older studs. They’re so kind.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

There’s some yappers on this flight.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My Richmond crush is on my flight 🤣

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Chapter 5 will be done this week. No excuses.

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Britni Danielle @britnidanielle.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Doechii with the GOOD word to Black women, that's fitting for Black History Month and beyond: "You are exactly who you need to be to be right where you are and I am a testimony.” #GRAMMYs

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Bey really gave birth to a mini best friend!

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Stevie seeing so many of his peers go on to Glory has to be a lot #Grammys

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This guy was sitting in my seat, and the flight attendants had to let him know. He's being so disrespectful to the staff, especially after the week American Airlines has had. White privilege is wild.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Tired of being a no sabo kid when the abuelas need help translating.

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BlackEduSky @blackedusky.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#BHM Day One: Ms. Claudette Colvin "I was about 4 years old the first time I ever saw what happened when you acted up to whites" (Hoose, 12). But when she was 15, her bus ride would change history as she was the first to be arrested for not giving up her seat to white people, 9 mts before Parks.

Claudette Colvin. Black woman in a red shirt.

Newspaper article. Girl 15 guilty in bus seat case. Claudette Colvin. Black girl in black shirt.

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Do the producers also not like Kyle?! #RHOB

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chris please ✨ @tillerylives.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Having your profession listed in an executive order is wild.

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