Opinion @cp-trendsimmuno.bsky.social @sjturn.bsky.social Targeting the fate of exhausted CD8+ T cells www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"when war crimes and genocides are no longer televised, and white kids aren’t being shot on college campuses for protesting being drafted to illegal forever wars" by Naa Asheley Ashitey (@foreverasheley.bsky.social) genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/w...

when war crimes and genocides are no longer televised, and white kids aren’t being shot on college campuses for protesting being drafted to illegal forever wars –  Naa Asheley Ashitey

I woke up and saw a line of bodies laid across my eyes. Some of them were covered in what looks like the scraps from kente and Joann’s fabric whenever my mother sowed. A soft wind lifted the barely…

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excited to have a new piece out with @genrepunkmag.bsky.social . I wrote this while listening to the Kent State Episode of @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social Podcast. Check it out: genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/w...

when war crimes and genocides are no longer televised, and white kids aren’t being shot on college campuses for protesting being drafted to illegal forever wars –  Naa Asheley Ashitey

I woke up and saw a line of bodies laid across my eyes. Some of them were covered in what looks like the scraps from kente and Joann’s fabric whenever my mother sowed. A soft wind lifted the barely…

genrepunkmag.wordpress.com

the recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now live!! it was such a joy to hear @lowghost.bsky.social, Dorsía Smith Silva, & @foreverasheley.bsky.social read their work — check it out at the 🔗 below :)

currently reading poems at Night Light Poems hosted by @tomsnarsky.bsky.social ! Excited to share some new pieces/unpublished pieces and some favorites from the past year! Join the zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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this is tomorrow night!! excited for this tremendous lineup — hope you can join us at the 🔗 below :)

Tom Snarsky@tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 3w ago

so excited to announce the lineup for this coming week’s Night Light reading — @lowghost.bsky.social, Dorsía Smith Silva, Chandler Hyde Camerato, & @foreverasheley.bsky.social are going to read some brilliant work this Thursday!! sign up to listen in below :) 💡

Tumor reprograms neutrophils to promote metastasis, but this reprogramming also unravels their vulnerability www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

so excited to announce the lineup for this coming week’s Night Light reading — @lowghost.bsky.social, Dorsía Smith Silva, Chandler Hyde Camerato, & @foreverasheley.bsky.social are going to read some brilliant work this Thursday!! sign up to listen in below :) 💡

Hello, today is the last day to comment on the OMB Proposal and its potential changes to scientific oversight. Please follow the links in my op-ed on how to submit public comments related to the OMB Proposal. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | Science Has Always Been Political. Now Politicians Want the Final Say.

We cannot afford to stay silent about the proposed federal grant-making rule

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A Republican senator criticized a proposed rule from the White House's budget office that would substantially change how federal grants are managed, arguing that it has the potential to harm patients. https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/122110

Republican Senator Blasts Proposed Changes to Federal Grantmaking Process

And Senate Democrats called for the proposed rule to be 'immediately rescinded'

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Thank you to The Wisconsin State Journal (@madison.com) for giving me the chance to talk more about the gaps HR-1 aka the one Big Beautiful Bill, and it's impact on the future of medical school admissions. Low-income students deserve to be in medicine: madison.com/news/local/e...

Trump student loan caps causing some Wisconsin students to rethink graduate degrees

New federal student loan changes in effect this week are meant to lower tuition but have left some Wisconsin students with concerns about how they will finance their education.

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I’m 27 today which means no lit journals can send me rejections today right?

Thank you to The Scientist for giving me a platform to talk about my feelings related to being Black in medicine currently.

On Being a Black Trainee in Medicine | The Scientist

Legacy students and children of faculty have never had to prove they belong. Black trainees, even when we exceed every standard, have not been afforded the same privilege.

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"Now more than ever, we cannot afford silence." Read the #OpEd, from MD-PhD student Naa Asheley Ashitey at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/121819

Opinion | Science Has Always Been Political. Now Politicians Want the Final Say.

We cannot afford to stay silent about the proposed federal grant-making rule

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Thank you again to @medpagetoday.com for giving me a platform to speak on this important issue

MedPage Today@medpagetoday.com · 2mo ago

"Now more than ever, we cannot afford silence." Read the #OpEd, from MD-PhD student Naa Asheley Ashitey at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/121819

thank you @medpagetoday.com for letting me share why this recent announcement about research funding from the OMB is extremely concerning. Please read, share this op-ed and a reminder that public comments are still open. info in op-ed: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | Science Has Always Been Political. Now Politicians Want the Final Say.

We cannot afford to stay silent about the proposed federal grant-making rule

medpagetoday.com

fun fact, the poem " TO BE A BLACK GIRL IN THE WORKPLACE" got my first ever personal response from @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social, so it means a lot to finally have this piece published: www.subnivean.org/post/naa-ash...

excited to share new pieces out with Subnivean Mag. I recently became a finalist for their 2026 poetry prize so it's an honor to know my work was read and considered by @chenchenwrites.bsky.social, who is one of my favorite poets! That itself is a win to me. www.subnivean.org/post/naa-ash...

Thank you to @livescience.com @livescience.com.web.brid.gy for giving me a chance to share my story and emphasize why the LCME removal structural competency from medical school curriculum will have a harmful impact not just on medical education, but our patients as well.

Doctors need to understand patients' lived experiences to treat them well — but medical schools may stop requiring that training

The board that accredits medical schools is poised to take away requirements that doctors learn about factors, such as income, neighborhood, and culture, that can affect medical treatment approaches. ...

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so honored to have my poem "Genesis" up with @brittlepaper.bsky.social ! Thank you again for giving this place a home. Truly honored. brittlepaper.com/2026/05/gene...

"Sending out work is a vulnerable process! So, I really do strive to read everything with care...seeing so many different styles, experiments, loci in slush makes me bolder as a writer, more expansive." Kate Jayroe and Andy Sia discuss their work at CR. Link in thread.

I think my twitter algorithm is messed up because I never realized this piece got posted!! but big thank you to @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social fifthwheelpress.com/blog/feature...

Feature: one poem by Naa Asheley Ashitey — fifth wheel press

Naa Asheley Ashitey is a Chicago-born writer and MD–PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A first-generation, low-income Ghanaian-American and University of Chicago alumna, she writes...

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The last place I saw your name above ground was in the Sunday obituaries.I stared at weathered ink  of em-dashes and slashes that explained the correct way to say Your last name that anyone who rea…

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Thank you to Vilas Avenue for publishing a new piece of mine. Check it out here: vilasavenue.com/8-2/

Issue Eight

Issue Eight / Spring 2026 ISSN 2380-0232 I. THE FIRST OF 30 BOB ROSS WORKS AUCTIONED IN 2025 / Allison BurrisDRY CLEANING / Naa Asheley AshiteyII.SOUND BEFORE NAMING / Stacey C. Johnson BLUE MOON /…

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trying to pitch 2-3 op-eds right now and I'm feeling hopeless so I'm calling out to the world, if you're interested in hearing an op-ed from an md-phd student about issues relating to funding scientific research and potential med school education changes, please dm me

my two immediate reactions after rereading these pieces for the first time in months: 1. damn, am I okay LMAOO 2. fuck, I really wasn't okay. am I okay now? well, that's a slippery question. But I know at the very least, I am different from the version that wrote this piece.

"I woke up sobbing because God, in the form of my girlfriend, helped rest the pistol in my mouth and the last thing I heard was his laugh echoed over hers when she helped pull the trigger." @foreverasheley.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...