Writer. Chicago/Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Joined July 2009
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Hi! My debut book Super Sad Black Girl has a cover and a release date! This book has been many years in the making and I’m excited to share with you all. You can pre-order it through the link in my bio! 💜🌸💜
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Not going to bother sounding particularly insightful here, but the older I get the more i'm like, "wow, animals are incredible." I'm donating to some animal charity like once a week at this rate. they got me.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani is partnering with NEON to present free screenings of William and David Greaves’ acclaimed ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM’ in NYC on October 24 and 25.
RSVP here: eventbrite.com/cc/free-nyc-s…
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A woman went to jail bc someone used her stolen SSN/ details to open a Cash App account. That scammer then committed fraud using that account, so she's been blamed for it.
The woman can't get details from Cash App bc they say the account isn't hers
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This is pushing me to the brink
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This is a good overview of how completely broken book discovery has become. I wish it talked more about author identity plays into this — marginalized authors get hit hardest by these issues. elle.com/culture/books/a7376…
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When “indie sleaze” was actually happening, it was just called indie. But as the era gets repackaged through playlists, party photos, and Pinterest boards, the Black artists who helped shape the era are being left out.
@Santigold, Spank Rock, and @kilokish shed light on the scene they experienced, the boxes the industry put them in, and how the people telling its story shape what gets remembered.
Read the full feature by @precious1otus here: pigeonsandplanes.com/read/wh…
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the trump admin is cutting WHAT
The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade, experts say. The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the US from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years. cnn.it/4k6eD4o
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Emma Mae [a.k.a. Black Sister's Revenge] (1976) is a brilliant film made by the late Jamaa Fanaka. Shot on location in Watts, California, and with a cast of mostly non-professional actors; this film is a great example of vivid and independent filmmaking in the 1970s.
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Every exec needs to internalize this post. Leaders lead. You're either on the train or you're off it, but it's going either way.
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Netflix wants to lead culture, but its obsession w/ data means waiting for audiences to validate show before committing to more. Then we get 18 months between seasons.
Sorry. Can't lead culture by waiting for it to tell you where to go.
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scared to read this b/c it seems like such a gift to raise a child from an infant to a full-fledged adult but damn it also sounds like it sucks
& when ppl with kids give you that wistful sigh and dead eyed stare and say “you’re so lucky” about a random weekend trip? SPOOKY!!
Wrote about having two kids gq.com/story/second-child-fa…
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for the @guardian, charles burnett & i spoke about “my brother’s wedding” and our years of creative partnership. the story is anchored by my discovery of never before seen images.
to be @1CharlesBurnett’s archivist & film distributor is a great honor. theguardian.com/culture/ng-i…
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The last decade of our lives between Trump, Covid and this economy has stolen so much from us.
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Going according to plan. Very intentional. They said this is what they were going to do.
The median net worth of Black American households declined by 25 percent from 2022 to 2025, according to newly released Federal Reserve data cepr.net/publications/black-…
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There are a few replies to this that are like, “duh, just visit the website and you’ll understand DSA” and…I get it, but I think that kind of response sort of helps prove Ta-Nehisi’s point.
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ALL OF CHICAGO NEEDS TO LOCK IN NOW. WE MUST MAKE A SACRIFICE TO LAKE MICHIGAN. PUT A ROSARY AROUND THE BEAN. PRAYER CIRCLE AT EVERY PORTILLOS IN THE CITY.
Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the Vatican confirms.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Important context: The cancer was detected at an early stage and was surgically removed. Doctors anticipate a very good prognosis for Pope Leo XIV’s recovery.
cnn.com/2026/10/13/hea…
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in Chicago wondering why spots in the West Loop (TimeOut Market, Gus’ Fried Chicken, Kuma’s) that have been around for like years with good foot traffic closed down.
Come to find out a lot of those fixed 15-20yr mortgages/leases are coming to an end and the rates skyrocketed
