Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app
Professor and Chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. ΔΣΘ ❤️. OES ⭐️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
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SFFTV 18.3 (a special issue on the Dark Fantastic guest-edited by S.R. Toliver and Autumn A. Griffin) is now live! This is a special one (including SFFTV's first venture into creative praxis).
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
When @danhf.bsky.social shared with me his idea for a special issue on The Dark Fantastic, I was surprised, honored & (truly) shy about it all.
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
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I remember seeing these in libraries after the Patriot Act passed
February 1, 2026 at 6:02 AM
I remember seeing these in libraries after the Patriot Act passed
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At the same time the Epstein Files are reinforcing how protected sexual abusers really are, Neil Gaiman is using the nightmarish sexual violence allegations against him to market his next book. His DARVO defense is the first selling point. Rape culture is everywhere and unavoidable.
February 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
At the same time the Epstein Files are reinforcing how protected sexual abusers really are, Neil Gaiman is using the nightmarish sexual violence allegations against him to market his next book. His DARVO defense is the first selling point. Rape culture is everywhere and unavoidable.
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Did you just find out your favorite, super successful author is a piece of crap?
Good news! There are literally hundreds of other, amazing and vibrant writers out there who are pretty rad. Not perfect (who is?) but definitely worth your time.
Good news! There are literally hundreds of other, amazing and vibrant writers out there who are pretty rad. Not perfect (who is?) but definitely worth your time.
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Did you just find out your favorite, super successful author is a piece of crap?
Good news! There are literally hundreds of other, amazing and vibrant writers out there who are pretty rad. Not perfect (who is?) but definitely worth your time.
Good news! There are literally hundreds of other, amazing and vibrant writers out there who are pretty rad. Not perfect (who is?) but definitely worth your time.
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furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
In Neil Gaiman’s “I did nothing wrong ever” statement he says there’s been no good journalism about him or his assaults. There has been, of course.
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
A Burn It Down video extravaganza, and thoughts on Neil Gaiman, creative gods, American Gods and rotten pedestals
Hello!
Chicago folks, on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m., I’ll be in conversation with my friend Steve Darnall at The Book Cellar in Chicago. The occasion is the reissue of Uncle Sam, a brilliant graph...
www.moryan.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
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thinking a lot about this woman I met at a protest last spring who was in SNCC with John Lewis, who said something along the lines of “there’s a reason the youth had a separate organization”
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
thinking a lot about this woman I met at a protest last spring who was in SNCC with John Lewis, who said something along the lines of “there’s a reason the youth had a separate organization”
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kind of meaning that folks who were new to things had a tendency to drive their seniors insane
I need to find her again, she was so great
I need to find her again, she was so great
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 AM
kind of meaning that folks who were new to things had a tendency to drive their seniors insane
I need to find her again, she was so great
I need to find her again, she was so great
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and despite doing this for so long she was adamantly anti-doomerism
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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The most U.S. of American question I've ever seen. The breeziness of it.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The most U.S. of American question I've ever seen. The breeziness of it.
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White people
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
White people
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Some were already here because it’s their land, but most came by boats piloted by their kidnappers who remain a truly despicable breed.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Some were already here because it’s their land, but most came by boats piloted by their kidnappers who remain a truly despicable breed.
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well they put mexico around us and then they put america around us
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
well they put mexico around us and then they put america around us
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What brought my family here? Hmmm, the bowels of slave ships? The Middle Passage?
February 3, 2026 at 2:24 AM
What brought my family here? Hmmm, the bowels of slave ships? The Middle Passage?
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*stares Natively*
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 1:43 AM
*stares Natively*
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They had a choice.
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 AM
They had a choice.
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I had a friend that when ppl pressed her she said that she was "slave Black"
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I had a friend that when ppl pressed her she said that she was "slave Black"
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Slavery and rape.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Slavery and rape.
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What a thing to ask during BHM. Like…
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
What a thing to ask during BHM. Like…
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They were Eastern European Jews. The rest of the answer should be obvious.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
They were Eastern European Jews. The rest of the answer should be obvious.
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My ancestors were slaves in South Carolina. After being freed, they moved up to North Carolina.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 AM
My ancestors were slaves in South Carolina. After being freed, they moved up to North Carolina.
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Slave ships.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Slave ships.
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My ancestors were looking for a better life in their own country when they suddenly got snatched onto some boats
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
My ancestors were looking for a better life in their own country when they suddenly got snatched onto some boats
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Lots of regular degular, never-done-an-activism folks have been activated in recent months and are working alongside a bunch of seasoned, die-hard, been-tired-for-ten-years-or-more organizers, and you don't know all of those stories bc most people are moving with a bit of discretion in these times.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Lots of regular degular, never-done-an-activism folks have been activated in recent months and are working alongside a bunch of seasoned, die-hard, been-tired-for-ten-years-or-more organizers, and you don't know all of those stories bc most people are moving with a bit of discretion in these times.
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They arrested at 21 year old too along with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort - share.inquirer.com/ebzCYi [gift link]
Temple student arrested for anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church in case involving journalist Don Lemon
Jerome Richardson, 21, a senior at Temple who is a native of St. Paul, turned himself in Monday morning to federal authorities in Philadelphia.
share.inquirer.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
They arrested at 21 year old too along with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort - share.inquirer.com/ebzCYi [gift link]
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Nina Simone at the Globe Jazz festival at Symphony Hall on March 20, 1986
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Nina Simone at the Globe Jazz festival at Symphony Hall on March 20, 1986
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This is how direct the lineage is, Muddy Waters learned guitar in Mississippi Juke Joints watching Son House & Robert Johnson. 20 plus years later he finds Buddy Guy, fresh off the train from LA & starving in Chicago. Buys him food, & gets him a gig.
Legend isn’t even enough.
Legend isn’t even enough.
So cool for 89-year-old blues legend Buddy Guy to be honored. Appearance in Sinners last year (and on the soundtrack). And just won Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album.
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is how direct the lineage is, Muddy Waters learned guitar in Mississippi Juke Joints watching Son House & Robert Johnson. 20 plus years later he finds Buddy Guy, fresh off the train from LA & starving in Chicago. Buys him food, & gets him a gig.
Legend isn’t even enough.
Legend isn’t even enough.