Steven Underwood
@blaqueword.bsky.social
He/him | Blerd, Author... Blerduthor? | Author of Forever for the Culture (Beacon) and Sundiata (Feiwal & Friends/Macmillan) | stevenunderwoodjr(at)blaqueword(dot)com
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Okay but where is Mallewi 😭
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Okay but where is Mallewi 😭
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
That post about Obio and Jermelle relationship dry hating.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
That post about Obio and Jermelle relationship dry hating.
Doechii really mind wiped everyone into forgetting she used to be the Swamp Witch
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Doechii really mind wiped everyone into forgetting she used to be the Swamp Witch
I use James Baldwins fucked love map and history IN REALITY and not what he'd ejaculate on the page to expound on why age gap relationships in Queer men is still a no go.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I use James Baldwins fucked love map and history IN REALITY and not what he'd ejaculate on the page to expound on why age gap relationships in Queer men is still a no go.
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Another enormous loss occurred in the #LongCOVID community last month.
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Leslie Lee III, culture critic and Long COVID advocate, dies at 43 - The Sick Times
Leslie Lee III, an educator, critic, and Long COVID advocate, died on November 10. He was 43.
thesicktimes.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Another enormous loss occurred in the #LongCOVID community last month.
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
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There’s been a new Black Digital Arts Renaissance happening, and @blaqueword.bsky.social has been documenting it as much as he’s been a part of it. His access to art began with his grandmother Kandy Kane.
Frank Ocean, First Kisses & George Floyd: Steven Underwood on Becoming in the New Black Digital Renaissance
Podcast Episode · Embracing All of Me · 11/28/2025 · 1h 1m
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December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There’s been a new Black Digital Arts Renaissance happening, and @blaqueword.bsky.social has been documenting it as much as he’s been a part of it. His access to art began with his grandmother Kandy Kane.
:( it just keeps getting worse
Your Uber arrives and the driver insists you sit in his lap and enjoy the ride. You riding with this weirdo?
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
:( it just keeps getting worse
So the jurors confirmed in the Diddy Doc that rape culture is why Diddy got his ruling.
I have to say this doc is just horrible at centering victims, naming rape culture or citing any experts or women with a powerful understanding of the predominant harm Hip Hop moguls perpetuate at women.
I have to say this doc is just horrible at centering victims, naming rape culture or citing any experts or women with a powerful understanding of the predominant harm Hip Hop moguls perpetuate at women.
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
So the jurors confirmed in the Diddy Doc that rape culture is why Diddy got his ruling.
I have to say this doc is just horrible at centering victims, naming rape culture or citing any experts or women with a powerful understanding of the predominant harm Hip Hop moguls perpetuate at women.
I have to say this doc is just horrible at centering victims, naming rape culture or citing any experts or women with a powerful understanding of the predominant harm Hip Hop moguls perpetuate at women.
I knew the Sean Combs doc would get to bashing single Black mothers but they got to it quick.
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I knew the Sean Combs doc would get to bashing single Black mothers but they got to it quick.
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Deku is a D1 lunatic.
They call Deku a cry baby but he will fuck you up like ohmygod Midoriya
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Deku is a D1 lunatic.
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Deku will put belt to ass through the tears
They call Deku a cry baby but he will fuck you up like ohmygod Midoriya
December 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Deku will put belt to ass through the tears
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Peak Atlantic.
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Peak Atlantic.
They call Deku a cry baby but he will fuck you up like ohmygod Midoriya
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
They call Deku a cry baby but he will fuck you up like ohmygod Midoriya
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For letter B, this year I read Bloodmarked and TRACY DEONN MY HEART IS HURTING. Read the Legendborn Cycle
B is also for:
Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison
The Ballad of Beta-2 by Samuel Delany
Barracoon, by Zore Neale Hurston
Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
B is also for:
Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison
The Ballad of Beta-2 by Samuel Delany
Barracoon, by Zore Neale Hurston
Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For letter B, this year I read Bloodmarked and TRACY DEONN MY HEART IS HURTING. Read the Legendborn Cycle
B is also for:
Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison
The Ballad of Beta-2 by Samuel Delany
Barracoon, by Zore Neale Hurston
Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
B is also for:
Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison
The Ballad of Beta-2 by Samuel Delany
Barracoon, by Zore Neale Hurston
Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
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Klarna even has CARDS NOW.
That is a credit card.
And earned wage access or “access your paycheck early” is USURY. They are even accepting TIPS on their apps. They have 20 million people on that Earn In app!
That is a credit card.
And earned wage access or “access your paycheck early” is USURY. They are even accepting TIPS on their apps. They have 20 million people on that Earn In app!
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Klarna even has CARDS NOW.
That is a credit card.
And earned wage access or “access your paycheck early” is USURY. They are even accepting TIPS on their apps. They have 20 million people on that Earn In app!
That is a credit card.
And earned wage access or “access your paycheck early” is USURY. They are even accepting TIPS on their apps. They have 20 million people on that Earn In app!
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The book of psalms is the spell book in the Bible AND communion is a ritual in which you take in what’s supposed to represent the flesh of Christ and the blood of Christ…
oprah winfrey is sitting on a couch making a funny face while holding a baby .
ALT: oprah winfrey is sitting on a couch making a funny face while holding a baby .
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December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The book of psalms is the spell book in the Bible AND communion is a ritual in which you take in what’s supposed to represent the flesh of Christ and the blood of Christ…
The funniest part of ths Black Entertainment industry is how quick someone will offer to help you with a project because they plan on not responding to the message until AFTER its already successful.
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The funniest part of ths Black Entertainment industry is how quick someone will offer to help you with a project because they plan on not responding to the message until AFTER its already successful.
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I remember having a conversation at Gen Con with another dev and he tried to tell me that "its ok to be bad."
I knew what he meant, but I told him simple. "I'm Black. I can't afford to be bad. EVER."
He didn't get it.
Its funny cause I was just thinking about when I saw this.
I knew what he meant, but I told him simple. "I'm Black. I can't afford to be bad. EVER."
He didn't get it.
Its funny cause I was just thinking about when I saw this.
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I remember having a conversation at Gen Con with another dev and he tried to tell me that "its ok to be bad."
I knew what he meant, but I told him simple. "I'm Black. I can't afford to be bad. EVER."
He didn't get it.
Its funny cause I was just thinking about when I saw this.
I knew what he meant, but I told him simple. "I'm Black. I can't afford to be bad. EVER."
He didn't get it.
Its funny cause I was just thinking about when I saw this.
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Even when we are perfect we will always still be Black and thus unworthy or at best, unrelateable to way too many people. If we aren't it just fulfills the negative preconceptions of our abilities in those people's eyes. We can't afford mediocrity and greatness is exhausting.
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Even when we are perfect we will always still be Black and thus unworthy or at best, unrelateable to way too many people. If we aren't it just fulfills the negative preconceptions of our abilities in those people's eyes. We can't afford mediocrity and greatness is exhausting.
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Truly I want the privilege of being mid.I want the celebration gifted others for being just above par and the grace to fail without it hanging over the heads of everyone that looks like me that comes after.
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Truly I want the privilege of being mid.I want the celebration gifted others for being just above par and the grace to fail without it hanging over the heads of everyone that looks like me that comes after.
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I want to be able to expect victory for less and be surprised, no indignant when I am met with failure.
I got up today and I thought...
"I just might not be talented enough to out work my Blackness."
And I wanted to cry.
I got up today and I thought...
"I just might not be talented enough to out work my Blackness."
And I wanted to cry.
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I want to be able to expect victory for less and be surprised, no indignant when I am met with failure.
I got up today and I thought...
"I just might not be talented enough to out work my Blackness."
And I wanted to cry.
I got up today and I thought...
"I just might not be talented enough to out work my Blackness."
And I wanted to cry.
This emphasis that Black writers prove themselves at everry level is frustrating. Especially when its other Black people doing it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This emphasis that Black writers prove themselves at everry level is frustrating. Especially when its other Black people doing it.