If there are folks who would like to design a couple of "FUND OUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES" posters, holler at me at niapoetry@gmail.com and please tell me your rate for this. Poster size would be 11 by 17 landscape size.
I need to print some posters for a forthcoming event.
Screengrab from Princesse Tam-Tam (Edmond T. Gréville, 1935)
Image from Black Girl (Ousmane Sembène, 1966)
One day I'd like to program a double feature of Princesse Tam-Tam (Edmond T. Gréville, 1935) and Black Girl (Ousmane Sembène, 1966). Both films are about the movement of a young Black woman from a French colony or post-colony in Africa (Tunisia in Tam-Tam, Senegal in Black Girl) to France.
Fair enough, I've lived in France as well. I think they're a culture that understands joy and pleasure and but also that "happiness" is fleeting. And they definitely don't worry much about being cheerful, which as someone from LA was difficult at first but ultimately good to experience.
This. Also, the French and certain other cultures are not happy either but they are not looking to be.
I agree w/ you although we're the minority apparently.It's worth defining happiness for the sake of clarity but no, USians are not happy. Oh we're great at the PURSUIT of it. But a culture this individualistic, awash w/big T & little t traumas due to systemic inequities, happy? Absolutely not.
for a task that regularly took them 2 yrs, they demanded the deliverable in one month--she got it done in 18 hours & 26 minutes??
Fun fact: The Onion's acquisition of Infowars was an almost 2-year long process that cost a shit ton of money.
Much more fun fact: You can show your appreciation by subscribing to the Onion for $9 a month AND get a print copy delivered right to your doorstep. membership.theonion.com
This is a reminder that you can still ask real people for advice and recommendations. You don't have to ask the robot for everything. In fact there are some things you definitely should not be asking the robot about.
many of us no longer have access to songs of mourning,so we have Blink 182, or some other modern song.the sincerity of grief needs some way to know itself whether an aria or a pop song. I know the loss never goes away but I hope your days get easier.
It's SO pretty! There's just something about fuschia
"They had managed to get through college, graduate school, nursing school, law school… They developed systems to elicit focus — spreadsheets, schedules, repetition — and once on task, they could do nothing else for hours or days."
free: archive.ph/2026.03.25-2...
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"Ever seen something like that before?"
"Not since I been off cocaine."
Edward G. Robinson tries to pass a little culture along to his sidekick Russell Hopton in Little Giant (1933), about a gangster who tries buy his way into high society.
"[Palestinians] are not superior to any other life, but no other life is superior to us."
Palestinian-American activist, academic, and author Noura Erakat tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the double standard the West applies to war crimes against Palestinians.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/iran-gaza-...
June Jordan, like Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman , and others who are also fighting for the rights of their communities to live, gladly paid the price in order to support Palestine.
Fannie Lou Hamer was June Jordan’s mentor and role model— Jordan often stayed at Hamer's home as did many others.
what if we normalized mental/emotional/social health checkups like physical checkups? just quick meeting once a year, covered by health insurance. Oh a referral for therapy? would you like maybe career counseling? you're feeling sad but you think it's reasonable level, shall we check in in 3 months?
YES! All too often there's a "just be grateful you're alive" kind of thinking that I've seen to people navigating disabilities. I believe that the search & experience of pleasure helps us uncover new strategies& technologies for better individual and collective living. Thank you for the work you do!
We already KNOW how to make super babies, you eugenicist creeps! And it's all the things you fucking fucks are fucking up! THREAD!
"She tutored the activists on immunology and virology and schooled them in the intricacies of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process and pharmaceutical research protocols."
[Gift article]
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly
Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way
It's truly phenomenal, just allow the music and the different vignettes to wash over you.
This is hilarious 😂😂
They made a song out of the comment section on this video! 🤣🤣
In this digital illustration, three baby dragons are sheltered from rain by their gigantic mama dragon. They are on a rooftop in front of a cityscape. The babies gaze up at their mom, smiling.
Sheltering the littlest flames
Record profits are unpaid wages and unpaid taxes.
Folks, don’t miss Dorothy Arzner’s WORKING GIRLS next month on @criterionchannl.bsky.social! An incisive feminist critique of the sexual double standard and sexual harassment in the workplace — all in a snappy pre-Code frame.
An anthropomorphic piece of sliced bread and a bunch of red roses smiling, walking hand-in-hand. The slice of bread carries a red banner that says "We Want It All" Beneath the image it says Haymarket Books Est. 2001, Chicago IL
We want it all
New design collab with @harebrained.bsky.social
Crab, fish, net, gryphon among poppies and a shooting star. Illustration made digitally
Free Ornamentation IV. This work is dedicated to the public domain 🐌
I think when something does numbers, we're allowed to pitch something?
Would you consider donating to @swopbehindbars.bsky.social?
We're tying to get some re-entry kits together for incarcerated sex workers about to get out. Basic materials, cell phones, gift cards
www.swopbehindbars.org/donate
“I really want to hold onto the distinction between someone who is actually my enemy and someone who is talking out of their ass, or making me mad right now, or who has hurt me, or become my opponent in a particular moment. Those are not all the same thing. And if I start treating them as though they are, that distorts my politics and makes me worse at navigating conflict. When I am dealing with my own communities, my responses actually help define, not only who I am, but who I am in relation to those people, and if I am treating them like the enemy anytime we disagree, I am going to become their enemy, whatever my intentions are.” - Kelly Hayes
"I want to be clear that I am not talking about Nazis here ... I’m never going to be in a process with one of those people, or trying to repair a relationship that we don’t actually have." truthout.org/audio/ruptur...
If you have to admit it's a reference from Black American culture, the next step is being forced to admit that Black Americans HAVE a culture. One that is separate and produced for ourselves out of love and not for the comfort and entertainment of non-black people.
A lot of people don't like that.
This looks AMAZING!! Whenever you have a moment, would you share any bullet points or takeaways or somewhere we can find out more? My work focuses on pleasure and power.
