Gina Murrell
@ginamurrell1.bsky.social
Librarian. Copy Editor. Writer. Zine and Graphic Novel Enthusiast. View-Master Reel Collector. Burrito Eater. Reader. Bi. Femme. She/her. All Black Lives Matter✊🏾🌈
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An underrated life skill is deciding if something is even worth your energy and moving accordingly.
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
An underrated life skill is deciding if something is even worth your energy and moving accordingly.
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NYT: Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NYT: Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Gift link1
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Gift link1
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Salt-N-Pepa romp through 'Push It' as they join Rock Hall of Fame with Outkast and White Stripes www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Salt-N-Pepa romp through 'Push It' as they join Rock Hall of Fame with Outkast and White Stripes
"This is for every woman who picked up a mic when they told her she couldn't," Cheryl "Salt" James said Saturday while accepting the musical influence award that made her, Sandra "Pepa" Denton and DJ ...
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Salt-N-Pepa romp through 'Push It' as they join Rock Hall of Fame with Outkast and White Stripes www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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I’m glad they reconciled with Spinderella. They don’t crossover without the “Push It” video, those posters & single/album covers after Spin joined. Also salute Play from Kid N’ Play for designing their iconic jackets & gear, the Salt N’ Pepa logo & Kid’s role in the Idol Makers/Invincibles team
Thank you Salt, Pepa and Spinderella for style, sound, fearlessness and unrelenting greatness that has done so much with and for the culture ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m glad they reconciled with Spinderella. They don’t crossover without the “Push It” video, those posters & single/album covers after Spin joined. Also salute Play from Kid N’ Play for designing their iconic jackets & gear, the Salt N’ Pepa logo & Kid’s role in the Idol Makers/Invincibles team
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Shout out to @andre3000 and @bigboi aka @outkast for their induction into the @rockhall … was cool@to see Dre repping Fishbone in part of the montage… the closest we’ll get to being part of it… salute
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Shout out to @andre3000 and @bigboi aka @outkast for their induction into the @rockhall … was cool@to see Dre repping Fishbone in part of the montage… the closest we’ll get to being part of it… salute
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"I SAID GOOD MORNING" is Black culture.
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"I SAID GOOD MORNING" is Black culture.
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Loretta Gyles Pulling a Bow and Arrow at a Target at Camp Fern Rock, Bear Mountain, New York, 1943
📷 Gordon Parks
📷 Gordon Parks
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Loretta Gyles Pulling a Bow and Arrow at a Target at Camp Fern Rock, Bear Mountain, New York, 1943
📷 Gordon Parks
📷 Gordon Parks
TODAY! Lavender Literary Society: "Gender Queer: A Memoir" with Maia Kobabe and Mey Rude in conversation about Kobabe’s “groundbreaking and widely challenged graphic memoir.” Virtual, starting at 6:30PM EST. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/october-la... #books #memoir #GraphicNovel #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
TODAY! Lavender Literary Society: "Gender Queer: A Memoir" with Maia Kobabe and Mey Rude in conversation about Kobabe’s “groundbreaking and widely challenged graphic memoir.” Virtual, starting at 6:30PM EST. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/october-la... #books #memoir #GraphicNovel #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Some good news this morning! 🙌🏾🏳️🌈
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Some good news this morning! 🙌🏾🏳️🌈
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
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The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
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How did New Yorkers elect a democratic socialist as their mayor? We have a reading list for that.
Want to understand the Zohran phenomenon? Here’s a mini reading list.
Have you thanked a bodega cat today? Remember, they won’t be getting raises under the new administration. For 51% of New York City bipeds, however, it’s a pretty great week. Zohran Mamd…
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November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How did New Yorkers elect a democratic socialist as their mayor? We have a reading list for that.
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Deeply moving to see this first family.
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Deeply moving to see this first family.
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The part of Mamdani's speech that I found most exciting was "you dismantle the conditions that allowed him to gain power. That's how we stop Trump — and the next one."
We need popular political figures to point out that Trump is not an anomaly and there are plenty more to take his place.
We need popular political figures to point out that Trump is not an anomaly and there are plenty more to take his place.
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The part of Mamdani's speech that I found most exciting was "you dismantle the conditions that allowed him to gain power. That's how we stop Trump — and the next one."
We need popular political figures to point out that Trump is not an anomaly and there are plenty more to take his place.
We need popular political figures to point out that Trump is not an anomaly and there are plenty more to take his place.
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
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"Fugs Film!" feature doc world premiere Wed Nov 12 at IFC Center in NYC w/ filmmaker Chuck Smith and Fug Ed Sanders doing Q & A, 2nd screening Nov 14 w/ Smith and Jeffrey Lewis Q & A // also you can screen it online in your hovel for a brief period, info at link
www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
FUGS FILM! - DOC NYC
WORLD PREMIERE DOC NYC alumnus Chuck Smith revels in 1960s sounds and the spirit of counterculture with this politically pointed look back at the volatile
www.docnyc.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"Fugs Film!" feature doc world premiere Wed Nov 12 at IFC Center in NYC w/ filmmaker Chuck Smith and Fug Ed Sanders doing Q & A, 2nd screening Nov 14 w/ Smith and Jeffrey Lewis Q & A // also you can screen it online in your hovel for a brief period, info at link
www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
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www.coastallinespress.com/p/get-your-c... Buy zines from Gaza to get the creators' work out there and to support them financially. Please add Coastal Lines zines to your library collections! 🇵🇸 📚
Get Your Copy
Zines are available by donation, with all profits going directly to the authors.
www.coastallinespress.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
www.coastallinespress.com/p/get-your-c... Buy zines from Gaza to get the creators' work out there and to support them financially. Please add Coastal Lines zines to your library collections! 🇵🇸 📚
The second, and final, day of the virtual #ZLuC25 was today. My favorite session I attended today was lightning talks that included Palestinian zine makers who use #zines to talk about what's going on in Gaza. The session's focus was using "zines to bring people together and enact change." #activism
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The second, and final, day of the virtual #ZLuC25 was today. My favorite session I attended today was lightning talks that included Palestinian zine makers who use #zines to talk about what's going on in Gaza. The session's focus was using "zines to bring people together and enact change." #activism
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Nov. 9, 1925: The divorce trial of white millionaire's son Leonard "Kip" Rhinelander and his biracial wife, Alice Jones Rhinelander, opens in White Plains, N.Y. The husband claims he was tricked into thinking she was white when they eloped last year. 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Nov. 9, 1925: The divorce trial of white millionaire's son Leonard "Kip" Rhinelander and his biracial wife, Alice Jones Rhinelander, opens in White Plains, N.Y. The husband claims he was tricked into thinking she was white when they eloped last year. 1/2
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On Jan. 14, 2024, five NY Black women were denied entry into a Pennsylvania Denny's restaurant. A waitress claimed there were electrical problems in the bathroom; but an all-White crowd was seated and it was business as usual.
Of course it was.🙄 (cont)
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
Of course it was.🙄 (cont)
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
Five New York women denied Denny’s service sue, charge racial discrimination
Five Black women who allege they were turned away from a Pennsylvania Denny’s because of electrical issues are suing for racial discrimination, claiming they went inside to use the bathroom and saw…
www.nydailynews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On Jan. 14, 2024, five NY Black women were denied entry into a Pennsylvania Denny's restaurant. A waitress claimed there were electrical problems in the bathroom; but an all-White crowd was seated and it was business as usual.
Of course it was.🙄 (cont)
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
Of course it was.🙄 (cont)
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
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Black farmers in Detroit are building towards food sovereignty for the city, using vacant land left behind when corporations and corruption failed them. It's the most inspiring, important work.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Black farmers in Detroit are building towards food sovereignty for the city, using vacant land left behind when corporations and corruption failed them. It's the most inspiring, important work.
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From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
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jada-amina on curating the 31st Black Harvest Film Festival. https://bit.ly/4oPeEsO
The 31st Black Harvest Film Festival: A seat at the table - Chicago Reader
Black Harvest Film Festival curator jada-amina on growing up with the fest, her curatorial vision, and her favorite cinematic morsel of the year
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November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
jada-amina on curating the 31st Black Harvest Film Festival. https://bit.ly/4oPeEsO
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The blacklist is back just as Hollywood is contracting and right-wing billionaires are capturing every broadcaster and studio. At this rate, mainstream entertainment as we’ve known it will be exclusively state media before these four years are up.
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The blacklist is back just as Hollywood is contracting and right-wing billionaires are capturing every broadcaster and studio. At this rate, mainstream entertainment as we’ve known it will be exclusively state media before these four years are up.