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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😂😂😂😂😂 they tryna put single people (read "women") in camps lol
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
😂😂😂😂😂 they tryna put single people (read "women") in camps lol
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not only is it a black aave term, it's a NICHE aave term!!! half the black people using it be wrong af too!!!
Woke is not your term. No, not even if you think you are woke. I’m sorry that the billionaire (that sold Twitter to the white supremacist) told y’all that you could Stay Woke and made cute t shirts with the phrase but you cannot in fact stay woke when you were never woke to begin with 😭
February 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
not only is it a black aave term, it's a NICHE aave term!!! half the black people using it be wrong af too!!!
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Borders are lines on maps. Powerful people have made them matter.
February 1, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Borders are lines on maps. Powerful people have made them matter.
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Until 9/11, you could cross into Canada from Detroit with a driver's license. You're supposed to show your birth certificate or passport, but 9 times out of 10, they'd wave you through.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
For a very long time you did not need a passport to cross back and forth to Mexico and Canada. I am Gen X and El Paso folks my age remember crossing to drink in Mexico for the night and then coming back home. There are families who continued living in the same place when the border moved.
The people who are saying shit like "well it's either this or the borders are totally open" are doing their best to convince America that we should have completely open borders.
February 1, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Until 9/11, you could cross into Canada from Detroit with a driver's license. You're supposed to show your birth certificate or passport, but 9 times out of 10, they'd wave you through.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
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This century has been a letdown in many ways, and one of them is the reinforcement of the US/Canada border up here.
It hasn't been militarized the way the US/Mexico border has, but they definitely hassle BIPOC. And usually it's the US agents coming back over.
It hasn't been militarized the way the US/Mexico border has, but they definitely hassle BIPOC. And usually it's the US agents coming back over.
February 1, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This century has been a letdown in many ways, and one of them is the reinforcement of the US/Canada border up here.
It hasn't been militarized the way the US/Mexico border has, but they definitely hassle BIPOC. And usually it's the US agents coming back over.
It hasn't been militarized the way the US/Mexico border has, but they definitely hassle BIPOC. And usually it's the US agents coming back over.
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I grew up near Niagara Falls, and crossing there was the same back in the 1970s-'80s -- just a drivers license. "Do you have anything to declare?" "Nope." "Have a nice day."
February 1, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I grew up near Niagara Falls, and crossing there was the same back in the 1970s-'80s -- just a drivers license. "Do you have anything to declare?" "Nope." "Have a nice day."
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Used to go to Windsor/Toronto all the time before that
Looooved getting harassed by border patrol after that
Looooved getting harassed by border patrol after that
February 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Used to go to Windsor/Toronto all the time before that
Looooved getting harassed by border patrol after that
Looooved getting harassed by border patrol after that
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I went to Windsor for NYE '01 and was waived through without being carded. Started going again for shopping and lunch with an enhanced DL in '14 and there was flash photography from every angle, invasive questioning, and our car was searched in both directions on the third trip.
February 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I went to Windsor for NYE '01 and was waived through without being carded. Started going again for shopping and lunch with an enhanced DL in '14 and there was flash photography from every angle, invasive questioning, and our car was searched in both directions on the third trip.
The Himalaya!!! Totally remember hearing about that one although I never went... we'd always go to Windsor for Chinese food.
And I'm rooting for our next door neighbors, too. Keep us out of there! 🇨🇦
And I'm rooting for our next door neighbors, too. Keep us out of there! 🇨🇦
My favorite restaurant ever ever ever was in Windsor. The Himalaya! Magical place, glorious food. Owner/chef died a while ago. But I think 9/11 border crackdown really hurt the business during its last few years. I visit Pt. Pelee much less often now too. I fully sympathize with “Elbows Up” though.
February 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The Himalaya!!! Totally remember hearing about that one although I never went... we'd always go to Windsor for Chinese food.
And I'm rooting for our next door neighbors, too. Keep us out of there! 🇨🇦
And I'm rooting for our next door neighbors, too. Keep us out of there! 🇨🇦
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Can confirm. I am a former practicing immigration lawyer who practiced in Detroit in the late ‘90s. Before 9/11, I very easily walked clients across the Detroit-Windsor border both ways. In high school, we drove to Canada all the time (we went on prom night). Those days are sadly long gone 😔
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Can confirm. I am a former practicing immigration lawyer who practiced in Detroit in the late ‘90s. Before 9/11, I very easily walked clients across the Detroit-Windsor border both ways. In high school, we drove to Canada all the time (we went on prom night). Those days are sadly long gone 😔
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I tried to go to Toronto to visit with a queer-positive Muslim group and celebrate a religious holiday. Border agents at Windsor saw my black headscarf & black robe & randomly selected me for a random thorough inspection of everything from my clothes to the contents of my suitcase.
February 1, 2026 at 4:16 AM
I tried to go to Toronto to visit with a queer-positive Muslim group and celebrate a religious holiday. Border agents at Windsor saw my black headscarf & black robe & randomly selected me for a random thorough inspection of everything from my clothes to the contents of my suitcase.
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They told me that if I ever tried to cross again without proof that I had a home to return to in Michigan and ties to people that would draw me back home that they would detain and report me, and permanently ban me.
Friendly country my fucking ass. Bigots, more like.
Friendly country my fucking ass. Bigots, more like.
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 AM
They told me that if I ever tried to cross again without proof that I had a home to return to in Michigan and ties to people that would draw me back home that they would detain and report me, and permanently ban me.
Friendly country my fucking ass. Bigots, more like.
Friendly country my fucking ass. Bigots, more like.
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I flew through Detroit this weekend and the shuttle bus driver to the airport said that a woman walked across Lake Erie from Canada to the US and the US arrested her when she got to shore. Before 9/11 they would have celebrated her and done a TV interview with her
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I flew through Detroit this weekend and the shuttle bus driver to the airport said that a woman walked across Lake Erie from Canada to the US and the US arrested her when she got to shore. Before 9/11 they would have celebrated her and done a TV interview with her
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I like to say "food does not come from the grocery store," and no one knows that better than The Black Forager (now with extra Blackness cause February).
HE’S MAD I CALL MYSELF ‘BLACK FORAGER’ 🙃
YouTube video by BlackForager
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February 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I like to say "food does not come from the grocery store," and no one knows that better than The Black Forager (now with extra Blackness cause February).
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February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Considering that 4chan's /pol/ board was the originating website of the #EndFathersDay hoax that directly led to #YourSlipIsShowing
& that /pol/ was started because of an email between the site's founder and Jeffery Epstein
This means that Epstein has a direct effect on my life & Shafiqah's life.
& that /pol/ was started because of an email between the site's founder and Jeffery Epstein
This means that Epstein has a direct effect on my life & Shafiqah's life.
February 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Considering that 4chan's /pol/ board was the originating website of the #EndFathersDay hoax that directly led to #YourSlipIsShowing
& that /pol/ was started because of an email between the site's founder and Jeffery Epstein
This means that Epstein has a direct effect on my life & Shafiqah's life.
& that /pol/ was started because of an email between the site's founder and Jeffery Epstein
This means that Epstein has a direct effect on my life & Shafiqah's life.
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I have feelings about how powerful evil people can shape the world in their image and the rest of us are just supposed to suffer through it
February 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I have feelings about how powerful evil people can shape the world in their image and the rest of us are just supposed to suffer through it
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You do understand that these people *must* be defeated, *by any and all means*
February 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
You do understand that these people *must* be defeated, *by any and all means*
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Benito dedicating his award to all Latinos feels so special during a time I’ve felt so hopeless. It’s like saying, “I recognize that beauty in and of you as you recognize that same beauty in and of me.” 🧡
Bad Bunny thanked his mom
for having him in Puerto Rico, told the people on the island there's nothing they can't do, and dedicated his award to all Latinos and to immigrants who keep pushing forward with a lot of strength.
for having him in Puerto Rico, told the people on the island there's nothing they can't do, and dedicated his award to all Latinos and to immigrants who keep pushing forward with a lot of strength.
February 2, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Benito dedicating his award to all Latinos feels so special during a time I’ve felt so hopeless. It’s like saying, “I recognize that beauty in and of you as you recognize that same beauty in and of me.” 🧡
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:52 AM
death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted
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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 4:44 AM
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.
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After what I've learned today, it's not an exaggeration for me to say that I've been personally harassed by 4channers for over a decade now, across multiple platforms
& that it was all part of a larger RW psyop funded by eugenic white supremacist pedophiles & I'm not exaggerating even a little bit
& that it was all part of a larger RW psyop funded by eugenic white supremacist pedophiles & I'm not exaggerating even a little bit
Considering that 4chan's /pol/ board was the originating website of the #EndFathersDay hoax that directly led to #YourSlipIsShowing
& that /pol/ was started because of an email between the site's founder and Jeffery Epstein
This means that Epstein has a direct effect on my life & Shafiqah's life.
& that /pol/ was started because of an email between the site's founder and Jeffery Epstein
This means that Epstein has a direct effect on my life & Shafiqah's life.
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM
After what I've learned today, it's not an exaggeration for me to say that I've been personally harassed by 4channers for over a decade now, across multiple platforms
& that it was all part of a larger RW psyop funded by eugenic white supremacist pedophiles & I'm not exaggerating even a little bit
& that it was all part of a larger RW psyop funded by eugenic white supremacist pedophiles & I'm not exaggerating even a little bit
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This is why I wrote about you and Shafiqah in HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT while writing about Epstein and the right-wing and their plots. People accused me of "going off-topic" and I kept saying it was the same topic and that what you two did was important.
February 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
This is why I wrote about you and Shafiqah in HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT while writing about Epstein and the right-wing and their plots. People accused me of "going off-topic" and I kept saying it was the same topic and that what you two did was important.