In making arrangements for our anniversary, I’ve come across a restaurant that warns: we don’t have high chairs for children. #SummerOfPlay2026 #WeOutside
ProfKori
@profkori.bsky.social
Feminist scholar who coined the term: know-your-place aggression. Author of LIVING WITH LYNCHING + FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. Editor of IOLA LEROY + INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. Literary & Cultural Critic. Runner. KorithaMitchell.com
Public Service Announcement: if you can go experience this, GO!
Public Service Announcement: if you can go experience this, GO!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter (Gift Article)
The open letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon fell far short of the attempt at a compact last year that dangled research money in return for embracing the Trump administration’s agenda.
nytimes.com
Heads up, people! @markanthonyneal.bsky.social has another gift for us!!!
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)@markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 3d ago“The book functions as a playlist as much as a memoir...these references create a throughline between generations of Black men who could not always say what they needed to say but could find it somewhere in their music.” — DeQuendre (Goodreads) music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
As I told @monicatorrr.bsky.social of @huffpost.com, "As [women] grow older and more mature in their careers, they lose some of the fear of speaking their mind. And certain men don’t like that." www.huffpost.com/entry/age-di...
Data Reveals An Infuriating Reason Women Over 40 Are Held Back At Work
A recent study exposes how insidious age discrimination is — and it should make you mad.
huffpost.com
Just finished talking to a friend, who asked the question so many are asking about the brazen criminals of this administration: “Have they no shame?” I laughed. The only response I could muster was, “How quaint.” So many words have lost their meaning in these times or have been rendered obsolete.
A beautiful 😍 start to Black August included meeting @profkori.bsky.social IRL fed my soul. We were at Just Book-ish! #BlackAugust #Knubians #melaninpopping
A beautiful day to see my partner play! He hit a double shortly after I arrived, and he pitched six innings! #TeamKoJo #SummerOfPlay2026 #WeOutside
Comrades what day is it today? And for the rest of the month? It's fucking Black August! Let's get empowered in study from the gifts our siblings have given applying their intellects & imaginations to our Black struggle & stand with all our fighters, those behind bars, those in the streets! 🖤🖤🖤
The discovery that chronic inflammation is a cause of myriad illnesses could be this century's biggest medical breakthrough. nyti.ms/4fxV7LK
Inflammation Keeps Us Alive. It's Also Making Us Sick.
The discovery that chronic inflammation is a cause of myriad illnesses could be this century's biggest medical breakthrough.
nyti.ms
I very much enjoyed Company One’s production of A NEW ERA! (And I was wearing a shorter-than-usual dress for #DateNight.) #SummerOfPlay2026 #WeOutside Near Boston? Go see it!
“Go on offense. Take our side. Don’t let them mask perversion as policy.”
Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5d agoIn a moment when American families need politicians to make life better and more affordable, Republicans are out there passing the policy equivalent of upskirt pics.
President Trump is about to deport tens of thousands of Haitians. My full statement.👇🏼
Prioritizing convenience over each other (each other’s time, labor, and humanity) is so much more dangerous than I think we realize. But realizing it is so incredibly demoralizing. I guess that’s why we keep looking away. Lord, help. Lorde, help.
From the Texas Tribune: “I believe every person in this situation, like me, deserves to be heard, deserves to be listened to, deserves to be given attention and opportunity.” —Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja sojo.net/articles/new...
South Texas Nun Detained by ICE Faces Uncertain Future in U.S.
After being detained by ICE last month, Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja, a 56-year-old nun from Nigeria, could be detained again or subjected to constant monitoring.
sojo.net
Trump Escalates Pressure to Pass the SAVE America Act Before Senate Recess msmagazine.com/2026/07/06/r...
Trump Escalates Pressure to Pass the SAVE America Act Before Senate Recess
Republicans try to pass the SAVE America Act, despite Senate defeats and concerns it would make voter registration harder for eligible Americans.
msmagazine.com
As our 22nd wedding anniversary approaches, here's my annual share of what I find to be more accurate than most messages American culture sends about romantic relationships...
I won’t mince my words from what I saw at the ICE detention center at Dilley. Today in America, babies and toddlers are imprisoned. Men, women, & children treated like numbers and confined without easy access to basic needs.
People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.
Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
By popular demand, I have turned my 'if i am dead, look here' list into a fillable template: (Almost) everything someone wrapping up your estate needs to know about finances, how to access your accounts, and other fun things. www.realsesmith.com/the-list
What an awesome t-shirt! It’s inspiring me to create something for my annual women’s retreat.