The fact that there is a handful of women who have the time to put things together (&get things published) while you're the voice of a movement & they are organizing things w/ other white ppl & non-Black POC (outside your field) to "save the field" is really brazen. They have 2/6
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not spent countless hours pushing ppl, the field, the public &being the constant "go-to" doing unpaid labor, giving time/energy. They come away completely unscathed never having interacted w/ some of the filth that calls you ever name you can think of, &questions your worth 3/
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as a human, a scholar, a Black person. But these same women will come in & save the field. Mark my words. Wyte women will be the saviors of medieval studies. They will do this on the backs of BIPOC labor who'll be erased. In moments like this all of them are silent but they 4/
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are busy looking out for their careers and names. Moving up b/c we have to wait for them to get tenure before they use their voice & we, of course, should wait in line. Many of us aren't seen as women, so we should wait in line like the white women did. White women are going 5/
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to think they are saving the field but one day in say, 10 yrs, they might look around & see that the field is still white & that they have replaced all the old guard with their friends who are still mostly white but most of all invested in whiteness. 6/6
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I love and appreciate your work, friend.

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Thank you. Love you back, B.
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You're such an integral part of the movement. I am so glad you are here, and I appreciate the work you do.pic.twitter.com/6AQR88dQSm
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Thank youuu. Early English studies sucks though.
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I was reading through the thread and kept imagining taking off my earrings, securing my hair, and rolling up my sleeves with each additional tweet. I’m here for you and this movement/ fight. Let the Reckoning commence.
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The fiercest people, like you, are by my side. I feel and know it. The battle with whiteness is exhausting though. Thank you for being you.
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