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Nicole Symmonds, PhD

@spicyethicsprof.bsky.social

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Christian Ethics & Women Gender Sexuality Prof-Sartorial Scholar-Pop Culture Enthusiast-Couch Potato Commentator-Funny girl, Soca Lover, Cerebral Carnivalist 🇯🇲 FAMU 🐍 Emory 🦅 *Don’t need no holleration in my DMs*

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 15h

Michaela Angela Davis is what you call an icon living. Cop the book y’all, the excerpts alone had me ready to take a week off to just read and read again.

Image of me in denim jacket holding Michaela Angela Davis’ memoir “Tenderheaded.” Michaela Angela Davis with her signature blond fro, aviator style eyeglasses, and white button up shirt

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 1d

As I processed her words I thought about how hard some of the dance seems because the trauma of a Christianity that estranged African diasporic people from their bodies. Healing from that trauma takes work, hard work. But I certainly feel the results of that work

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 1d

She shared that she had some traumatic experiences and was in a bad way when she started doing capoeira. Initially it was hard because of the trauma stored in her body but her teacher at that time told her if she wants it she must go harder. So she trained harder in capoeira and her healing came

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s Afro Brazilian dance class was such a blessing. The more I get active in this cultural dance and community, the more I see how estranged from our bodies Christianity makes us. I was reminded of this as the teacher shared how she came into Afro Brazilian dance.

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 1d

Jason because Freddy’s face triggers my trypophobia 🥴

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*SPOOKY SEASON*

Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees?

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 2d

And this is why you don’t text during mass

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 2d

Sitting in mass listening to a visiting priest shared about sponsoring children & elders in Africa when I text a friend to tell them about it and my friend said, “Not to mention we about to be them African children if Trump has his way.” The way I almost busted out laughing in mass. 😭

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 2d

Moodle really be pissing me off. Even when I have no problems with it, I just always feel like saying that.

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 3d

Y'all Skeeters with babies, how long do you use those fancy backpacks you be asking for? I'm tryna see something 😂

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B_Rye989 @brye989.bsky.social · 4d

Imma rest my eyes for a little bit.

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

I’m finishing up this Philly season of Ready to Love and after this I want this show put down

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

Woke up to the news of someone other than Trump winning the Nobel Peace Prize and thanked God. It feels sad to be thankful for that but I really was worried because we are in unprecedented times

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

I’m sorry to hear this. I did know that Basic only supports the web based version of their apps not the desktop, so that’s not a switch I’d make or advise anyone to make if you’ve been working with the desktop version and have copious files. I hope they can restore your docs though 🙏🏾

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

I'll keep an eye out for this, thanks y'all!

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

How much is the license? Because I'm sick of this annual fee crap

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

Drats, yeah. Some workplaces automatically upgrades to CoPilot, I guess for their idea of productivity. As someone who has it on my personal computers and desktop, I don't want the AI extension nor price tag

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

Go into your Microsoft356 subscription page, click cancel subscription, then you will see an option for the Microsoft with CoPilot for $99.99 or without it which is consider Classic for $69.99. I think you have to disable by cancelling it as functionality in your MS365 subscription

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not sure who uses Microsoft 365 and needs to hear this, but the recent price increase from $69.99 to $99.99 is for the added functionality of CoPilot, their AI tool. If you choose Microsoft 365 without CoPilot, you can retain the $69.99/year subscription price.

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 5d

I was today year’s old when I learned that in the beginning of Junior Reid’s “One Blood,” he’s saying “Modern vampires of the city hunting blood, blooood.” Like I knew he said blood but what he said before that was simply a soup and salad of unintelligibility, a Jamaican war cry if you will 😭

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 5d

After a long day, getting a Dorito seasoned like this is a reminder that literally every little thing is gonna be alright. 🤌🏾

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 6d

This new Lego build is so satisfying. It’s nice to do something that has a foreseeable and good end.

An LEGO GameBoy in process of being built

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 7d

Here is the flyer with their tour dates. If you're an HBCU alum or ally or just love Black folk, and you are in these areas, show up and out to defend our campuses against these sick, sad individuals

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 7d

May Blexit swifty have to exit the campus because they are immobilized by the Rattler venom. I trust that our young Rattlers will sort them out.

Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently, Turning Point's Blexit, that is their chapter of sunken place negroes, has plans to tour HBCUs this month. They are going to FAMU next Friday, Oct. 17. My prayer is that the students and administration will do as we always do, strike, strike, and strike again.

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 7d

And to be clear, she posts all videos to our passista chat. But we are all our toughest critics, not each other’s but our own.