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Assistant Professor. Black feminist. Writer. Mentor. Dreamer. Public Speaker. She/her ✊🏾🖖🏾🩷 You can buy my first book: Say Her Name (Rutgers U. Press) https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/say-her-name/9781978831797/

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 15h

It was a time!

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 19h

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 16h

Next time, its so worth it!

DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 18h

It was so delicious and delightful 😊

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catherineandmarys.com

Dinner from Catherine and Mary's in Memphis, Tennessee.

An abstract painting: Where the Wild Things Are meets Alice in Wonderland, meets Dr. Seuse

DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 18h

flightmemphis.com

Some bites and sips from Flight, in Memphis Tennessee

Stuffed halibut, crab, shrimp and lobster in a chorizo butter sauce

Deviled eggs topped with fried oysters and a bacon garnish

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 18h

Food from The Four Way Grill in Memphis, Tennessee.

Fried chicken thigh/leg, turnip green, mac and cheese with a piece of cornbread

DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 18h

Some sights from the Stax Museum of African American Music 🎶 🎵

More about Issac Hayes Cadillac, an image of Al Bell, Stax Records President

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 18h

Issac Hayes, Black Moses, Cadillac in the Stax Museum of African American Music in Memphis

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 19h

Be suspicious of everything they taught you. Carry a research notebook. Be curious. Resist. Rest."

~ Tricia Hersey

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto 🌸🌸🌸
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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 19h

"Take up space. Be risky in your observations. Be a maroon. Decide you ain’t ever going back to enslavement. Take a nap to receive a Word from your Ancestors. Be subversive. Embrace radical love that is outside the confines of tradition. /1

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 19h

This fits!

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 19h

Count Von Count on the cover of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

Do it!

DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

October 11th

a girl with red hair and freckles is holding a piece of chocolate and asking when her birthday is .

Alt: Lindsey Lohan as Annie in the parent trap: red haired girl with freckles is holding a piece of chocolate and asking when her birthday is .

media.tenor.com

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 17d

My latest @theguardian.com: "Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel." As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for soccer’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel

As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for football’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold

www.theguardian.com

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

Next year! Still, celebrate 🥳

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon leopard is wearing a police uniform and holding a baton .

Alt: a cartoon leopard is wearing a police uniform, saying "so cute"

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

"Beware:
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease."

~Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents 🌸🌸🌸

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nationaltoday.com/black-girl-d...

"Black Girl Day Off is observed every October 11 annually in the United States. It is a day dedicated to encouraging black women to take a mental day off to focus on their emotional well-being."

Celebrating Black Girl Day Off 🌸🌸

Black Girl Day Off

Today is Black Girl Day Off, a day dedicated to promoting health involvement in black communities to close the gap in health inequalities.

nationaltoday.com

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

Be brave in your journey! Hold your head up high, and keep moving forward."

~ Stephanie Lahart 🌸🌸🌸

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

"Don’t be so hard on yourself. Be perfectly okay with being who YOU are. Fully embrace yourself, flaws and all. Love yourself right where you are. Strive to do better, but don’t beat yourself up for every shortcoming that you may have. /1

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the International Day of the Girl Child!!

Celebrating the little Black girl I once was, and all the little Black girls moving through the world today. We aren't always allowed to remain children. Our childhoods aren't always cherished. So today I remind us that we are worthy of both 🌸🌸🌸

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