Dr. Aria Halliday
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The 19th spoke with Aria S. Halliday about her inspiration for the book, her own journey and what Black girls and women can learn from each other.
Black girls are ‘missing’ from popular media. Here’s how we can do better.
In her new book, author and cultural critic Aria S. Halliday considers how society has limited who Black girls are — and who they can become.
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😬 read a bit about me and my new book—Black Girls and How We Fail Them!
Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️
Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️
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You know what to do!!!!!
here’s another Portland-area fundraiser for a family torn apart by ICE. husband shipped to Tacoma, wife just gave birth to twins www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
You know what to do!!!!!
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I'm begging everyone making gufaw surface level comments about disability accommodations to read about universal design.
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm begging everyone making gufaw surface level comments about disability accommodations to read about universal design.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
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Some people don't care about the well-being of others. Okay! Fine!
Just imagine the sick art you'd get if every creator had food and housing security. The endless stream of groundbreaking stuff you'd enjoy if we weren't constantly struggling.
Just imagine the sick art you'd get if every creator had food and housing security. The endless stream of groundbreaking stuff you'd enjoy if we weren't constantly struggling.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Some people don't care about the well-being of others. Okay! Fine!
Just imagine the sick art you'd get if every creator had food and housing security. The endless stream of groundbreaking stuff you'd enjoy if we weren't constantly struggling.
Just imagine the sick art you'd get if every creator had food and housing security. The endless stream of groundbreaking stuff you'd enjoy if we weren't constantly struggling.
He still mad about that Nobel Peace Prize?!?!
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
He still mad about that Nobel Peace Prize?!?!
I think I’m gonna do this too. USPS got some cute ass stamps! Who wants a letter?!
2026 i want to start writing letters to people so if anyone wants to become pen pals please let me know
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I think I’m gonna do this too. USPS got some cute ass stamps! Who wants a letter?!
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Here's Jewel Han: she is the mind behind wrapped becoming more interactive/engaging and genuinely having flavour. She did this during her internship and wasn't given credit for it.
If you wanna support her, here's her insta: www.instagram.com/whateverjewe...
If you wanna support her, here's her insta: www.instagram.com/whateverjewe...
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here's Jewel Han: she is the mind behind wrapped becoming more interactive/engaging and genuinely having flavour. She did this during her internship and wasn't given credit for it.
If you wanna support her, here's her insta: www.instagram.com/whateverjewe...
If you wanna support her, here's her insta: www.instagram.com/whateverjewe...
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Great episode ya’ll. AI slop has hit music…and it’s so disconcerting.
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Great episode ya’ll. AI slop has hit music…and it’s so disconcerting.
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The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses. n.pr/48yohW6
Check your cheese: Shredded and grated varieties are recalled nationwide
The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses. n.pr/48yohW6
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December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Women and LGBTQ+ people have long been sidelined in mainstream news. At The 19th, we center their experiences with the depth and nuance they deserve — and your donation helps ensure they have a more equal role in shaping America’s future. Donate today, and your gift will be matched.
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JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
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With this week’s shakeup at the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, an ivermectin-promoting anti-vax group is well positioned to influence vaccine policy in the U.S.
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
Pro-Ivermectin, Anti-Vax Group Positioned to Influence CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee
New ACIP Chair Dr. Kirk Milhoan, who attacks mRNA vaccines, is affiliated with the Independent Medical Alliance.
www.importantcontext.news
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
With this week’s shakeup at the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, an ivermectin-promoting anti-vax group is well positioned to influence vaccine policy in the U.S.
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
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🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
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The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.
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"We all want to be able to safely have children in Kentucky. And right now, we can’t. I can’t.” - Jessica Kalb, plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Kentucky's abortion ban.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
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@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
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Back in court, Kentucky Jewish woman fights to clarify abortion, IVF laws • Kentucky Lantern
A Louisville judge heard new arguments in a 2022 court case challenging Kentucky’s abortion ban and seeking to clarify the legality of IVF.
kentuckylantern.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"We all want to be able to safely have children in Kentucky. And right now, we can’t. I can’t.” - Jessica Kalb, plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Kentucky's abortion ban.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
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@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
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Older people now make up 5x as much of the prison population as they did 3 decades ago.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the nation’s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the nation’s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Older people now make up 5x as much of the prison population as they did 3 decades ago.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the nation’s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the nation’s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
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“The government has responded by arguing that the president's power to oversee the executive branch under Article II of the U.S. Constitution essentially overrides that core civil rights law, Nemer's attorney said.”
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
Fired worker sues government in a case that could upend civil rights laws
A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“The government has responded by arguing that the president's power to oversee the executive branch under Article II of the U.S. Constitution essentially overrides that core civil rights law, Nemer's attorney said.”
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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"Uncle Sam has yet to acknowledge any federal liability" for the Flint water crisis ... "but he's in line for a cut from the civil settlement fund."
Via @paulegan4.bsky.social / @freep.com
Via @paulegan4.bsky.social / @freep.com
As Flint residents wait on $626.25M settlement, IRS also wants a cut
Because it is classified as a trust, settlement fund earnings such as interest are taxable by the Internal Revenue Service at a maximum rate of 37%.
www.freep.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Uncle Sam has yet to acknowledge any federal liability" for the Flint water crisis ... "but he's in line for a cut from the civil settlement fund."
Via @paulegan4.bsky.social / @freep.com
Via @paulegan4.bsky.social / @freep.com
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Hello! Today is the publication day of my new book, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
To celebrate, I have already received an email from a fake book club, offering to feature it in their Saturday Showcase.
(You can order it here: bookshop.org/p/books/a-lo...)
To celebrate, I have already received an email from a fake book club, offering to feature it in their Saturday Showcase.
(You can order it here: bookshop.org/p/books/a-lo...)
A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction
Notes on Writing Fiction
bookshop.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hello! Today is the publication day of my new book, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
To celebrate, I have already received an email from a fake book club, offering to feature it in their Saturday Showcase.
(You can order it here: bookshop.org/p/books/a-lo...)
To celebrate, I have already received an email from a fake book club, offering to feature it in their Saturday Showcase.
(You can order it here: bookshop.org/p/books/a-lo...)
Top 10 fav book!! Strings put her foot in this one
Any day is a good day to read Sabrina Strings’ book on how elite white culture shapes biological, social, and cultural narratives of skinniness and fatness
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nyupress.org/978147988675...
Fearing the Black Body
Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Di...
nyupress.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Top 10 fav book!! Strings put her foot in this one
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Too many boards and presidents appear to believe that the value and legitimacy of their university resides in the brand when it, in fact, resides in knowledge and judgment, which in turn resides in the faculty and academic staff.
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Too many boards and presidents appear to believe that the value and legitimacy of their university resides in the brand when it, in fact, resides in knowledge and judgment, which in turn resides in the faculty and academic staff.
Such a dope experience. I’m available for 2027 ☺️😏
Apps for black feminist theory summer institute due 12/15. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out. I can promise a week of exciting intellectual conversation, a delightful community of graduate students working on black feminist theory from an array of perspectives, and cookies.
Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Such a dope experience. I’m available for 2027 ☺️😏
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Bad Bunny's Halftime show will have Puerto Rican Sign Language (Lengua de Señas Puertorriqueña/LPSR) interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme 👏🇵🇷
Celimar Rivera Cosme hará historia en el Super Bowl LX junto al espectáculo de Bad Bunny
La boricua liderará la interpretación en Lengua de Señas Puertorriqueña como parte de un programa inclusivo que contará con artistas sordos en el entretenimiento previo
www.elnuevodia.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bad Bunny's Halftime show will have Puerto Rican Sign Language (Lengua de Señas Puertorriqueña/LPSR) interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme 👏🇵🇷
Talk about first amendment
Alice Magazine is a fashion and wellness magazine that primarily covers women. Nineteen Fifty-Six covers Black student life and culture.
“Hood said that the University made the decision and had not been spurred by a complaint about the magazines.“
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“Hood said that the University made the decision and had not been spurred by a complaint about the magazines.“
thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
University suspends Alice, Nineteen Fifty-Six student magazines
The University of Alabama Department of Student Life suspended Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine, two University-funded student magazines, on Monday, citing a federal memo issued by U.S. Attorney ...
thecrimsonwhite.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Talk about first amendment