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@SorayaMcDonald
finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer in criticism. scribbling for
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JournalistOccupied Lenapehokingbio.site/SorayaMJoined February 2012
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A Shady Dame From Seville
@SorayaMcDonald
Florida really likes authoritarianism.
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Jessica Valenti
@JessicaValenti
Despite public outcry, the Florida High School Athletics Association is standing by its decision that girls submit menstruation info to schools: including age of their first period, how many days are typically in between their periods, and the date of their most recent period.
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@SorayaMcDonald
The cultural wake of Dobbs spreads far and wide and to Black women it says "shut up wench" if it bothers to acknowledge our existence at all
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Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
As the only African born, not being on the Africa subcommittee is not just an elimination of a unique voice but an elimination of all the voices that have never been heard on a committee on the continent. It’s racist, xenophobic and discriminatory.
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Guy Branum
@guybranum
A really smart piece from
@battymamzelle
in
@Cosmopolitan
about the dangerous messages reinforced by fat suits. She was nice enough to let me yell more about "The Whale", and have
@yrfatfriend
say more composed, eloquent things. Please read it.
cosmopolitan.com
It’s Past Time to Get Rid of Fat Suits (the Same Way We Did Blackface)
Why do actors still receive critical acclaim for doing a crude, cruel imitation of fat people’s experiences?
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@SorayaMcDonald
I just cringed I can hear the sound of it cranking open. UGH I hope J. Marion Sims is spending eternity stepping on rusty nails
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simone!
@parasocialyte
i have to schedule a pap smear this year and i want someone to explain to me why we have no other tools for performing pap smears than the one that looks like a literal medieval torture device
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@SorayaMcDonald
It should not be lost on anyone that much of the scholarship he's attempting to delegitimize is the scholarship of Black women like Angela Davis, bell hooks, and Kimberlé Crenshaw. Never mind the now annual banning of Toni Morrison.
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Karen Attiah IS ON INSTAGRAM @karenattiah
@KarenAttiah
My latest. Black journalists knew from the jump that the end game of the CRT panic was to justify legalizing anti-Black efforts. Florida and DeSantis are showing us what was under their *ahem* hoods this entire time. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/
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@SorayaMcDonald
New film by the ENDLINGS playwright I I quoted in my essay on NOPE!👇🏽
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Robert Daniels
@812filmreviews
Still thinking about Celine Song’s acutely rendered PAST LIVES. A perfect script, and an assured lens. Greta Lee is fantastic (as is John Magaro). But Yoo Teo gives an immaculate performance, fluctuating through different tensions that build to three devastating words. #Sundance
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Will Bunch
@Will_Bunch
Less than 3 years ago, the world marched for George Floyd and to end police violence Today, killings by cops are at an all time high. Keenan Anderson, Tyree Nichols, and Tortuguita are dead. And we're not doing nearly enough to stop it My new column
inquirer.com
‘They’re trying to George Floyd me’: Killings by U.S. cops rise | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, is there a link between an indicted FBI agent and a 2016 NYT story that helped Trump?
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Mark Anthony Neal
@NewBlackMan
“These are real histories. The arguments about them are based on scholarly investigation and research...” Roderick Ferguson said. DeSantis calls Black history course ‘indoctrination.’ What do the authors Florida criticized say?
latimes.com
DeSantis stands behind Florida's rejection of Black history course, says it pushes political agenda
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated the state's rejection of a proposed nationwide Black studies course, saying it pushes a political agenda.
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@SorayaMcDonald
"Only the black woman can say ‘when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole … race enters with me.’" Is Anna Julia Cooper's work verboten in Florida too?
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Joel S.
@jh_swanson
There’s a new, growing form of right-wing antisemitism that claims to love Judaism but disdains most actual American Jews for supposedly doing Judaism inauthentically, compared to how these non-Jews think it should be done. Asking about opinions of “Judaism” won’t capture this.
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@SorayaMcDonald
Close. There are like, 16 first-time acting noms. This Oscars has quite a bit of diversity. Just no eyes for black women
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The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
Andrea Riseborough and Ana de Armas are in, while predicted nominees Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler are nowhere to be found. The Academy loves surprises—but not diversity. @beastobsessed breaks down what is going on with the Best Actress race: trib.al/acWxQ9r
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