Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD
@taoleighgoffe.bsky.social
Writer • Associate Professor @ CUNY• PhDJ• order my book 📒🏝️DARK LABORATORY (Doubleday, 2025). Manhattanite. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301/dark-laboratory-by-tao-leigh-goffe/
www.taoleighgoffe.com
Harvard Kennedy School fellow
www.taoleighgoffe.com
Harvard Kennedy School fellow
Pinned
I’m SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES official!! My book #DarkLaboratory. A thrill to be read and understood. Feels like seeing my name in lights. Ran to the news stand with Dragon Baby 🩵🐲 to buy some hard copies yesterday.
I like how S. Korea mirrors back hypercapitalism to the US, and defeats it, because the militaristic occupation is ongoing.
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I like how S. Korea mirrors back hypercapitalism to the US, and defeats it, because the militaristic occupation is ongoing.
Tonight we had a little tribute in class for #JimmyCliff 🕯️
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Tonight we had a little tribute in class for #JimmyCliff 🕯️
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LIVE: Lava flows from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano
Lava flows from the Kilauea volcano, located in a national park on Hawaii's Big Island.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aryl...
Lava flows from the Kilauea volcano, located in a national park on Hawaii's Big Island.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aryl...
LIVE: Lava flows from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano | REUTERS
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November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
LIVE: Lava flows from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano
Lava flows from the Kilauea volcano, located in a national park on Hawaii's Big Island.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aryl...
Lava flows from the Kilauea volcano, located in a national park on Hawaii's Big Island.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aryl...
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Firelei Bàez is very much influenced by afrofuturism, science fiction, afrosurrealism.
One work included a painting of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. Two room-sized installations referenced Afro-Carribean deities, the Drexciya mythology, and various cosmologies (Glissant!).
#BlackSky
One work included a painting of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. Two room-sized installations referenced Afro-Carribean deities, the Drexciya mythology, and various cosmologies (Glissant!).
#BlackSky
Closeups of The Parable of the Sower, and a single eye of resting figure polking through flower blooms.
May 26, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Firelei Bàez is very much influenced by afrofuturism, science fiction, afrosurrealism.
One work included a painting of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. Two room-sized installations referenced Afro-Carribean deities, the Drexciya mythology, and various cosmologies (Glissant!).
#BlackSky
One work included a painting of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. Two room-sized installations referenced Afro-Carribean deities, the Drexciya mythology, and various cosmologies (Glissant!).
#BlackSky
Geology babes, tap in! I’m a geology professor! So nice to be appointed @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Grad Center in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Much love to the colleagues who nominated and voted for me.
Read my bio below. 🧗🏾♀️🪨
Read my bio below. 🧗🏾♀️🪨
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Geology babes, tap in! I’m a geology professor! So nice to be appointed @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Grad Center in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Much love to the colleagues who nominated and voted for me.
Read my bio below. 🧗🏾♀️🪨
Read my bio below. 🧗🏾♀️🪨
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This is why my new book MILK really is a history of deferred maternity / parental leave / and what it means to be left behind.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
A professor (man) told me I was ambitious for having a book and a baby. I’m an Associate Professor.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is why my new book MILK really is a history of deferred maternity / parental leave / and what it means to be left behind.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
This is why my new book MILK really is a history of deferred maternity / parental leave / and what it means to be left behind.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
A professor (man) told me I was ambitious for having a book and a baby. I’m an Associate Professor.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is why my new book MILK really is a history of deferred maternity / parental leave / and what it means to be left behind.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
How we all lose our milk to the unquenchable thirst of capitalism. Some more than others.
A professor (man) told me I was ambitious for having a book and a baby. I’m an Associate Professor.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A professor (man) told me I was ambitious for having a book and a baby. I’m an Associate Professor.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
He meant it as a compliment, but this is the problem with our profession.
I think everyday about how right he was, and how wrong that is.
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
It’s my job to teach about dancehall. I love that for me. My students are amazing! Inspiring. @huntercollege.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It’s my job to teach about dancehall. I love that for me. My students are amazing! Inspiring. @huntercollege.bsky.social
Thank you @imaniperry.bsky.social for joining the #DarkLab board. 🧪🧪
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Thank you @imaniperry.bsky.social for joining the #DarkLab board. 🧪🧪
Capitalism is replacing itself.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Capitalism is replacing itself.
Today I got 30/85 things done on my to-do list 👏🏾👏🏾
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Today I got 30/85 things done on my to-do list 👏🏾👏🏾
Can anyone recommend books on Vaudeville and / or the Borscht Belt? Docs and articles welcome too. Thx! New book project incoming.
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Can anyone recommend books on Vaudeville and / or the Borscht Belt? Docs and articles welcome too. Thx! New book project incoming.
My mind is in a million places and shattered pieces at once because of Hurricane Melissa. Sleepless. Trying to strategize routes for repair.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My mind is in a million places and shattered pieces at once because of Hurricane Melissa. Sleepless. Trying to strategize routes for repair.
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Many families & individuals face SNAP benefit cuts (read: are being starved) in November. Please donate to your local food banks. Money generally goes further than donated food because food banks can purchase in bulk.
www.houstonfoodbank.org
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www.houstonfoodbank.org
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Houston Food Bank: Donate – Volunteer – Find Help
The Houston Food Bank provides food for better lives in 18 counties in southeast Texas through our 1,500 community partners.
www.houstonfoodbank.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Many families & individuals face SNAP benefit cuts (read: are being starved) in November. Please donate to your local food banks. Money generally goes further than donated food because food banks can purchase in bulk.
www.houstonfoodbank.org
imgh.org/imhouston-me...
www.houstonfoodbank.org
imgh.org/imhouston-me...
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Hi friends and colleagues! I would love to include any work you would like to share in an article I am completing on *the digital presence of Asians in Latin America*. Please send publications and other recommendations my way! Looking forward to highlighting your contributions 🧚🏾♂️
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Hi friends and colleagues! I would love to include any work you would like to share in an article I am completing on *the digital presence of Asians in Latin America*. Please send publications and other recommendations my way! Looking forward to highlighting your contributions 🧚🏾♂️
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
Reporting from night school @huntercollege.bsky.social CUNY.
-💔💔💔 We talked about the cycle of crisis with hurricanes in Jamaica.
-Kingston Noir, Marlon James
-The Pagoda, Patricia Powell
Afro-Chinese add LGBT narratives 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ in the #Caribbean
Donate to help Jamaica 🇯🇲
supportjamaica.gov.jm
-💔💔💔 We talked about the cycle of crisis with hurricanes in Jamaica.
-Kingston Noir, Marlon James
-The Pagoda, Patricia Powell
Afro-Chinese add LGBT narratives 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ in the #Caribbean
Donate to help Jamaica 🇯🇲
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Reporting from night school @huntercollege.bsky.social CUNY.
-💔💔💔 We talked about the cycle of crisis with hurricanes in Jamaica.
-Kingston Noir, Marlon James
-The Pagoda, Patricia Powell
Afro-Chinese add LGBT narratives 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ in the #Caribbean
Donate to help Jamaica 🇯🇲
supportjamaica.gov.jm
-💔💔💔 We talked about the cycle of crisis with hurricanes in Jamaica.
-Kingston Noir, Marlon James
-The Pagoda, Patricia Powell
Afro-Chinese add LGBT narratives 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ in the #Caribbean
Donate to help Jamaica 🇯🇲
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover
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CUNY DH Community deadline for the DHI Lightning Talks is tonight! Presenters and attendees, please register at cuny.is/cunydhi25
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
CUNY DH Community deadline for the DHI Lightning Talks is tonight! Presenters and attendees, please register at cuny.is/cunydhi25
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We are delighted to announce that Kader Attia will deliver this year’s Nikos Stangos Lecture, titled “The Body/Gaze: A Territory to Be Reappropriated.”
🗓️ 20 November 2025, 18:15–20:30
📍 B40, Darwin Lecture Theatre (Reception to follow)
👉 Book your free place: shorturl.at/0Rhh1
🗓️ 20 November 2025, 18:15–20:30
📍 B40, Darwin Lecture Theatre (Reception to follow)
👉 Book your free place: shorturl.at/0Rhh1
Nikos Stangos Memorial Lecture 2025: Kader Attia
UCL History of Art is delighted to announce that Kader Attia will deliver this year’s Nikos Stangos Lecture, titled “The Body/Gaze: A Territory to Be Reappropriated.”
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October 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We are delighted to announce that Kader Attia will deliver this year’s Nikos Stangos Lecture, titled “The Body/Gaze: A Territory to Be Reappropriated.”
🗓️ 20 November 2025, 18:15–20:30
📍 B40, Darwin Lecture Theatre (Reception to follow)
👉 Book your free place: shorturl.at/0Rhh1
🗓️ 20 November 2025, 18:15–20:30
📍 B40, Darwin Lecture Theatre (Reception to follow)
👉 Book your free place: shorturl.at/0Rhh1
Category 3 Hurricane, headed towards Jamaica
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Category 3 Hurricane, headed towards Jamaica