Sara Smith
@geogsara.bsky.social
Love. Intimacy. Geopolitics. Political geographer at UNC-CH. Author of Intimate Geopolitics & Political Geography: a Critical Introduction. Insta @geogsara and @landbackabolition. Free 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/geogsara
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year”
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year”
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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new article! how might the emergence of the 'new' carbon economy be disrupted, shifted in favor of communities rather than serving as another round of capitalist accumulation?
thanks to @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting this work!
here's a link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
thanks to @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting this work!
here's a link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
new article! how might the emergence of the 'new' carbon economy be disrupted, shifted in favor of communities rather than serving as another round of capitalist accumulation?
thanks to @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting this work!
here's a link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
thanks to @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting this work!
here's a link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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‼️ New article ‼️
I and Raajorshi conceptualise "everyday carcerality" to articulate how life is lived at the intersection of State-Capital-Land-Housing nexus in Delhi's urban margins. Open access link 👇
@urbanstudiesfoundation.org
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I and Raajorshi conceptualise "everyday carcerality" to articulate how life is lived at the intersection of State-Capital-Land-Housing nexus in Delhi's urban margins. Open access link 👇
@urbanstudiesfoundation.org
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Production of Everyday Carcerality in State‐Led Redevelopment of Informal Settlement in Delhi, India
This paper focuses on the everyday experiences of carcerality of a community, known as Kathputli Colony, that has been waiting to be rehoused by the state for over a decade in Delhi, India. We draw o....
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October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
‼️ New article ‼️
I and Raajorshi conceptualise "everyday carcerality" to articulate how life is lived at the intersection of State-Capital-Land-Housing nexus in Delhi's urban margins. Open access link 👇
@urbanstudiesfoundation.org
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I and Raajorshi conceptualise "everyday carcerality" to articulate how life is lived at the intersection of State-Capital-Land-Housing nexus in Delhi's urban margins. Open access link 👇
@urbanstudiesfoundation.org
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Come out to @scrapexchange.bsky.social today for a Handcrafts for Palestine fundraiser 12-5pm ♥️🇵🇸
September 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Come out to @scrapexchange.bsky.social today for a Handcrafts for Palestine fundraiser 12-5pm ♥️🇵🇸
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Hey geographers #geosky:
What is your favorite political ecology piece (academic article or other) to teach undergrads these days? Looking for syllabus recommendations that resonate really well, generate good discussion, and are clear and accessible. #politicalecology #geography
What is your favorite political ecology piece (academic article or other) to teach undergrads these days? Looking for syllabus recommendations that resonate really well, generate good discussion, and are clear and accessible. #politicalecology #geography
September 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey geographers #geosky:
What is your favorite political ecology piece (academic article or other) to teach undergrads these days? Looking for syllabus recommendations that resonate really well, generate good discussion, and are clear and accessible. #politicalecology #geography
What is your favorite political ecology piece (academic article or other) to teach undergrads these days? Looking for syllabus recommendations that resonate really well, generate good discussion, and are clear and accessible. #politicalecology #geography
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Intriguing new article by Danielle Purifoy, James Bryan, & Sara Smith examining the Landback Abolition Project at UNC & asks ‘how do faculty, students, staff, & community of a 234-year-old colonial institution create the conditions for a structural shift in our relations toward land & education?’
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September 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Intriguing new article by Danielle Purifoy, James Bryan, & Sara Smith examining the Landback Abolition Project at UNC & asks ‘how do faculty, students, staff, & community of a 234-year-old colonial institution create the conditions for a structural shift in our relations toward land & education?’
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Call for Abstracts: The inaugural Special Issue of “GeoHumanities” invites emerging geographic scholarship situated at the crossroads of Solidarities, #Humanitarianism, and #Scholarship-Activism.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by October 6, 2025: buff.ly/zt8LYcF
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by October 6, 2025: buff.ly/zt8LYcF
August 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Call for Abstracts: The inaugural Special Issue of “GeoHumanities” invites emerging geographic scholarship situated at the crossroads of Solidarities, #Humanitarianism, and #Scholarship-Activism.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by October 6, 2025: buff.ly/zt8LYcF
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by October 6, 2025: buff.ly/zt8LYcF
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Deadline Approaching: The Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference (REP) takes place November 5-8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sponsored by the University of New Mexico and the AAG. Register and submit your paper, panel, or poster before August 31.
Learn more about how to get involved: buff.ly/AOPikkl
Learn more about how to get involved: buff.ly/AOPikkl
August 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Deadline Approaching: The Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference (REP) takes place November 5-8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sponsored by the University of New Mexico and the AAG. Register and submit your paper, panel, or poster before August 31.
Learn more about how to get involved: buff.ly/AOPikkl
Learn more about how to get involved: buff.ly/AOPikkl
Intro to Environmental Justice let’s goooooo ♥️🔥
August 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Intro to Environmental Justice let’s goooooo ♥️🔥
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Deadline Extension!! Call for Proposals! Are you a librarian, archivist, historian, or memory worker preserving LGBTQ history? Join us for the 2026 Queer History South Conference!
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.
August 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Deadline Extension!! Call for Proposals! Are you a librarian, archivist, historian, or memory worker preserving LGBTQ history? Join us for the 2026 Queer History South Conference!
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.
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this Transactions piece had been in the slow cooker for many years I'm so glad that it's out!
This looks fascinating - excited to check out more of Smith's work! Her recent paper from Transactions also looks excellent: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this Transactions piece had been in the slow cooker for many years I'm so glad that it's out!
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...
Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
www.wnep.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...
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This workshop is today! Don’t miss it. Support grassroots mutual aid networks on the ground.
We are honored to invite you to our 5th workshop4sudan with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Robyn Maynard to discuss Leanne’s new book A Theory of Water. Sign up here and please share widely:
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June 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This workshop is today! Don’t miss it. Support grassroots mutual aid networks on the ground.
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if you set the distribution of harms from pollution (e.g. cancer and asthma rates) next to the distribution of benefits from economic cooperation (e.g. income/wealth gaps) then the narrative that environmentalism is for the rich is the thing we should find surprising!
This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.
June 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
if you set the distribution of harms from pollution (e.g. cancer and asthma rates) next to the distribution of benefits from economic cooperation (e.g. income/wealth gaps) then the narrative that environmentalism is for the rich is the thing we should find surprising!
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A new paper by my wonderful colleague Joanna Allan and her co-author Moiti Mohamed Azrouk, "Poetry, citizenship and diplomacy: The case of Western Sahara," looks fascinating!
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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This article argues for greater consideration of the role of poetry and poets in diplomacy and as a medium for the recognition of contested citizenships. We take Western Sahara, the site of an ongoin....
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April 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A new paper by my wonderful colleague Joanna Allan and her co-author Moiti Mohamed Azrouk, "Poetry, citizenship and diplomacy: The case of Western Sahara," looks fascinating!
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️
NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️
NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
1/8... 🧵
NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
1/8... 🧵
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Me: I love teaching!
Also me, preparing my classes:
Also me, preparing my classes:
May 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Me: I love teaching!
Also me, preparing my classes:
Also me, preparing my classes:
White people enacting violence after violence instead of grappling in earnest w history & how how it shapes us. Also frustrating as a teacher because many white students absolutely are capable of growth if you hold them to that standard. There’s a reason white supremacists find these bans so urgent.
May 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
White people enacting violence after violence instead of grappling in earnest w history & how how it shapes us. Also frustrating as a teacher because many white students absolutely are capable of growth if you hold them to that standard. There’s a reason white supremacists find these bans so urgent.