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The Blackstudies Podcast @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Great week on the podcast: Monday, 7/13 Dylan Penningroth, University of California, Berkeley Wednesday, 7/15 Ousmane Power-Greene, Clark University Friday, 7/17 A.D. Carson, University of Virginia

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Such a great conversation! Thank you so much for being on

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 03/05/2025

‘SINNERS’ has officially surpassed $200 MILLION at the global box office.

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

yo, protect this little sister at ALL costs ✊🏽✨

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Finally saw Sinners… now I can stop dodging spoilers left and right lol

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Blend-Your-Own Whiskey tour for my scholar-sista’s bday is a perfect way to spend the afternoon ❤️

Gallery Punch cocktail recipe with drink

Tour guide describing the distillery process in the barrel room of Baltimore Spirit Co.

Black womans smiling in front of whiskey flight

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Me on Independent Bookstore Day

Gru with a large white pad that says "First we get a book". In the next panel it says "Then, we get another book". In the next panel it says "And then we say no more books". In the next panel it says "But then, we see another book". In the last panel Gru looks excited and it says "So we get two more books!"

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Extraordinarily proud to announce that Hunter College Senate leads New York State by passing a resolution in our senate for a mutual defense compact of our public institutions, SUNY & CUNY, to stand up for higher ed & our students!! Onwards! nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Hunter Mutual Defense Resolution

Hunter Mutual Defense Resolution Resolution to Build a New York State Alliance in Defense of Higher Education, Academic Freedom, and Research as Public Goods in a Democratic Society[1] April 23, 2025 ...

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Kids Opening Day and my kid is freezing 😂😂

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Got to witness my former TA successfully defend her dissertation this morning. This evening I got to catch up with former colleagues… AND another great reminder on why I’m where I am. Today has been a long, but good day.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The wrong people are dying.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Black people are the patriots white America has always pretended to be. Period. New paragraph.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

My princess sat on the panel with us this weekend… she didn’t talk (this time lol) but apparently told the senior scholar who chaired our session afterwards that she’s “not a scholar yet, but I will be” she continues to be so many things I’m still working towards ❤️

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Margaritas with my bestie for the first time in too long 💜

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

'Marisa Fuentes discusses how #BlackStudies informs critical historical research, the theoretical and ethical problem of reading for silences, and how practices of careful, archive-attuned fabulation have deep and abiding impact...' podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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Marisa Fuentes - Department of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/12/2025 · 41m

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Xavier D’Leau @xavierdleau.com · 12/03/2025

nothing is real

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr. Jones for the Black Studies Podcast, and getting to talk about this fabulous book. Be sure to check out the book and any local talks about it.

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Martha S. Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Coming to BALTIMORE in March and April! First up, Monday night March 10 at the ENOCH PRATT LIBRARY LIVE! with Juana Summers from NPR’s All Things Considered. #thetroubleofcolor open.substack.com/pub/hardhist...

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The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir

From Hard Histories director, Martha Jones. Coming to Baltimore in March and April.

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Tonight has been a lot. But at least I get to sleep in a little tomorrow.

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I already didn’t really want to make this trip… the fact that our flight has already been delayed four hours really just makes me want to go back home.

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This is going to be the longest week ever.

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Bringing Black Studies to Black People On weekends, Stanford University professor Adam Banks flies from the California campus to Cleveland, on a mission to teach a college-level African American studies class to the Black community — for free. wordinblack.com/2025/02/brin...

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Bringing Black Studies to Black People

Dr. Adam Banks flies from the Bay Area to Cleveland most weekends to teach. Black studies in a neighborhood cafe.

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

WWE, 4-star hotel, and getting lost with the princess was the perfect way to spend the day ❤️

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Snow day tomorrow means I really should catch up on sleep tonight… instead I’ll be working on a grant app and grading 🙃

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

On the latest episode of The Black Studies Podcast I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Mary Phillips, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Check it out on all major streaming platforms. open.spotify.com/episode/034g...

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Mary Phillips - Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

SERENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

"I want to perform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue" - Kendrick Lamar

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

On the latest episode of The Black Studies Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with the amazing artists behind the Slavery in Motion art exhibit, including @ma-jess-tic.bsky.social Check it out on all major streaming platforms open.spotify.com/episode/6uin...

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Romaine McNeil, Tatiana Esh, Sha-Shonna Rogers, Jessica Newby, and Julia Mallory - Slavery in Motion Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art

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Dolla Tree Big Sean @simplytaylor.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy BLACK History Month yall! 🖤🫶🏾

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Academic institutions in the US need to seriously consider how they will support and protect their minority faculty during this time. The conditions we face are already hostile for most - targeted attacks and added barriers to advancement will push many to simply walk away.

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

One of my students wrote her course reflection as if she was Lady Whistledown… definite points for creativity lol

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Cyntee @cyntizzle.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I don’t care what the temp is. If my room ain’t cold when I go to sleep, a fan gonna spin.

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Last week my interview with Dr. Sonja Lanehart dropped, and today the one with Dr. Nwando Achebe is out. Both inspiring and important conversations on a day like today. Check both out on all major streaming platforms open.spotify.com/show/0faw8UO...

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The Black Studies Podcast

Podcast · Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski · The Black Studies Podcast is a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide ra...

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John Drabinski @jdrabinski.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

@sjcerv.bsky.social on The Black Studies Podcast talking about expressive culture, performance studies, gender, and how Black Studies shapes and refines critical reflection and sensibilities. Smart and interesting, listen on Spotify or most streaming services: open.spotify.com/episode/4whl...

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Sarah Jane Cervenak - Departments of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and African American and African Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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Ashley L @topntchsmles.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

These conference registration prices have really gotten out of control. I’m sure there are valid reasons but $400/conference is… a lot. And a reason folks probably *aren’t* actually registering.

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