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    Apr 28

    This often comes up abt fiction but also holds true for nonfiction: Don't just think about whose story you want to tell & why--also think about if it's *your* story to tell in the 1st place. Plenty of ways for "allies" to help that don't involve speaking *for* marginalized folks.

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    8 hours ago

    We are delighted to host "Latinx Magic: Latinx Authors on Speculative Fiction" w/ an panel, moderated by 10/24

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    6 hours ago

    This is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family, and other government officials’ lives in danger while we try to save the lives of our fellow Americans. It needs to stop.

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    The President mentions the Governor of Michigan, the crowd chants lock her up, and the President says lock them all up
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    6 hours ago

    I was wondering if this was one of those "applying precedent leads us to this unfortunately result..." cases but, no, the reality is that Barrett plowed through state law and a jury's factual findings to cheat the plaintiff out of her fair compensation. /1

    Amy Coney Barrett reversed a jury award to a pregnant teen raped by a prison guard because raping pregnant teens wasn't part of his job description.
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  5. 3 hours ago

    Whatachmacallit, 100 Grand, and 5th Avenue bars have been my go-to "underrated" chocolate bars since I was a kid. Butterfingers, Twix, and Kit Kats are also my favorites. And when I wanted to feel FANCY as a kid: Andes Mints!

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  6. 3 hours ago

    Whatchamacallit, no question.

    you can only have one (underrated candy bar edition)
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    3 hours ago

    We have a responsibility not to reinforce that fragility through not just our research, but our processes as a discipline. Which includes being far more critical of how we centre fannishness as a part of fan studies which damages BIPOC scholars due to how fandom functions.

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    3 hours ago

    When we talk about generational differences in fandom, we have to acknowledge that the dominant ideal of whiteness is passed on generationally from fans to fans, from academia to academia, from media to media. And in fandom, relies of white women's feelings and fragility.

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    3 hours ago

    The historical whiteness of fan studies, along with the whiteness of fandom and its media objects, obscures the racism that was *always* present. Toxic behaviour that was *always* present and uses whatever tools are at hand to reassert white supremacy (often via toxic positivity)

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    6 hours ago

    I remember that too. I remember sobbing and speaking on the steps of the Supreme Court during the vote while racist ADAPTers rolled by to lobby for their bill that went nowhere. They didn’t give a damn about the disabled women in the Kavanaugh Doe case.

    I remember when the leader of this ADAPT faction said protecting healthcare coverage for people with preexisting conditions "isn't a bread and butter issue for the disability community" and tried to prevent me & others from protesting Kavanaugh.
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    4 hours ago

    The fact that this happened, and that rhis man has made so many calls to tell MANY disabled women what they should be doing despite not having any authority to do so, is appalling. I can name at least half a dozen women who received these types of calls.

    Replying to @stevemlieberman @Tuesdaywithliz
    I personally got a call from leader Bruce Darling telling me to direct advocates not to enganage in the Kavanaugh fight, despite his HORRIBLE RECORD ON DISABILITY RIGHTS. How do they think SCOTUS w/ Kavanaugh & soon Barrett are going to interpret ANY disabilty law?
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    Oct 16

    This is a wonderful story about Chicago's black cowboys:

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    6 hours ago

    This is so fucked up

    Then he rails at : "Get your governor to open up your state and get your schools open!" A loud "Lock her up!" chant erupts. Trump: "Lock em all up!" This comes after 14 people were arrested for plotting to kidnap the governor.
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    4 hours ago

    This is a great episode where Oliver Stone gives lots of candor about telling the truth about US imperialism and war in film and the struggles even he has had. Also, highly recommend the related 3-episodes about Muslim representation in film & DoD funding in Hollywood.

    In this News Brief "Hollywood & the Pentagon: a Follow Up Conversation w/ Oliver Stone" we follow up Ep115 on Hollywoods relationship w/ the DOD by speaking w/ dir. Oliver Stone about his experience making US-critical films in a largely jingoistic industry
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    Oct 1

    This writing is luscious. Between my husband Alexandre Dumas and miss Shelley here I may never read a white dude period author again, like get good

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    6 hours ago

    On the one hand we’ve got a president who encourages violence towards a sitting governor who was nearly kidnapped and murdered. But then Joe Biden was a little snarky to a reporter asking about misinformation.

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    6 hours ago

    The “Biden is corrupt” argument (that centered on him somehow getting massive payments for... something?) doesn’t make sense. He made his taxes available, his primary source of income between age 29 and 73 was the federal government, etc.

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    14 hours ago

    Speaks two languages in her victory speech (Māori and English), kept their COVID outbreak to a minimum, and banned military-style semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles after one mass murder. This is a leader. Congratulations to Jacinda Ardern.

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    "Tonight's result has been strong and it is clear that Labour will lead the government for the next three years." Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has delivered her victory speech to a rapturous audience. More updates here:
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    6 hours ago

    This right here

    Imagine mistaking a crime against democracy for a feel-good story.
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    6 hours ago

    My Ignyte Awards look! Headwrap: My Fairy Blackmother, Beauty Coliseum, Philadelphia. (Owner: Simone Robinson.) Lips: Tauntus Cosmetics, Avenue of Fashion, Detroit. Shade: Infamous. (Owner: Nadonya Muslim.) Jewelry: Racking my brain; can't remember. Shirt: Uniqlo!

    Me! 10/17/2020
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  21. 6 hours ago

    Also I'm in awe of the team bringing in an awards show to time w/o making it rushed & despite navigating tech issues. I'm so used to awards shows running over significantly that this was refreshing as hell.

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