In the the age of deep fakes and AI, I actually do not give permission to record. But I am happy to share my reference list!
Posts by Laurian Bowles PhD
Scholarship is never a solo journey—it’s a conversation. And thank you to everyone who showed up, listened so thoughtfully, and asked such invigorating questions.
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Deeply honored to have delivered this year's the Leith Mullings Memorial Lecture at @cuny_gc. 🕊️
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Click to email congress: demanding they pass the War Powers Resolutions to block war on Iran.
We must prevent further devastation to Iranians and people across the region.
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academics who act chummy at the conference knowing that they e-ghosted you the last six months 😡
Black Friday is canceled
Beach
Sex
Travel
and Carla 😆
Rest in power Imam Jamal Alamin formerly known as H Rap Brown former chairman of SNCC former minister of justice of the Black Panther Party.
Five books on a table with a white tablecloth. Pictured at center is HEADSTRONG: Women Porters,Blackness and Modernity in Accra by Laurian Bowles
Grab a catalog sheet & get 50% off my book at the 2025 @americananthro.bsky.social conference.
Just saw a Rimowa suitcase with a big ole dent in it. I would be mad as hell
A glass of gin and cranberry juice sitting on a tray table on an airplane
Acting like I'm grown
Charlotte’s the home of NASCAR — NASCAR’s origin is curbing the feds and bootlegging. It's not called a hornest's nest for nothing
The New York Times opinion column by Bret Stephens “The Case for Overthrowing Maduro” Nov 17, 2025
I wish y’all would stop subscribing to and legitimizing the NY Times
I hope he recovered from that structural functionalism
NC weather is completely unhinged. An almost 30 degree temperature drop in 24 hours?
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"I think it’s wise to decline speaking to the Times on principle. The reasons aren’t especially obscure: Palestine superabundantly, but also decades of hyper-sensationalizing crime reporting, the neverending centrist stooge’ing, all the unparody-able rest of it."
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I really have to re-break this habit of scrolling before bed. Last night's nightmare featured a person from my tt feed 😩
Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
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Thread on what journalists with integrity go through. 🧵