Josie Pickens

@jonubian

Professor. Cultural Critic. Writer. Radio Host. “city of a woman” -Lucille Clifton

Houston, TX
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Joined February 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 30

    My latest for talks our need- as Black women- to push back against internalized misogynoir. I discuss recent comments from E Badu, T Henson, and Da Brat re R Kelly Please read + share!

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  2. May 7

    Everybody I meet that reveals their sign to me is a damn Taurus, and I don’t know what to do with that. Tauruses are a lot of work. Says the Scorpio. 😂

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    May 7

    All week, is bailing out Black mamas & caregivers across 30 U.S. cities to reunite them with their families for ! Support -- donate to pay bail for a mama who hasn’t been convicted of a crime & can’t afford bail:

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  4. May 7

    Summer anthem?

    Megan Thee Stallion works better on me than Red Bull.
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  5. Retweeted
    May 5

    My Dad is . with my mother. Everyone knows it. And he isn’t afraid to show it. 😭😩😂

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    May 6

    If you wanna know what Camp is, skip right over Susan Sontag’s “Notes on Camp” (1964) and go straight to the source, Zora Neale Hurston’s “Characteristics of Negro Expression” (1934).

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  7. May 7

    Black men as accessory? Fetishization?

    Kendall is the happiest person in this picture 😂🤣
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    May 6

    Lesson from on her 97th Birthday: “If you are no longer able to think and act as radically as [the youth] do then do not try to lead but follow.” Gloria Richardson, 1964

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  9. May 6

    BILLY PORTER NEEDS TO TAKE HIS FOOT OFF MY DAMN NECK. MY GOD!

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  10. May 6

    I mean, I have a list. But that’s a good start.

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  11. May 6

    I’m writing about pleasure; so, what’s your kink? Mine? Super nerdy Black folks who come of as goody-goody, but who surprise you by talking abt sex or telling dirty jokes. You know we Scorpios think we can read people instantly, so that always gets me hoooooootttt Your turn.

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  12. May 5

    Want.

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    because it’s my moms birthday (well it was yesterday) and my parents are so cute it’s hilarious
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  13. May 4

    This is going to be an amazing documentary! If you’re in Houston, please consider sharing your story!

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    Hey! Are you in the Houston, Texas area? DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO SHARE ABOUT We're making a documentary and would like you to be in it! Please contact us at info@tobeusproductions.com
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  14. Retweeted
    May 3

    Landmark study confirms what HIV activists and organizers have been saying all along.

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  15. May 3

    It was pronounced NowALater where I’m from. What about you?

    I just discovered that my childhood dentist’s number one nemesis is actually called Now AND Later *not* Now OR Later. Quite honestly I’m shook.
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  16. May 3

    Teach and preach!

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    This is called a DIP! It has never been called a death drop until it became mainsteam and non voguers and non ballroom individuals decided to rename it, hence always getting it wrong...
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    27 Apr 2018

    Friends, did you know that Ramadan is coming up this year mid May? Most schools will not be done by then. Here's a piece I wrote last year about how teachers can support their practicing students during the month of Ramadan:

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  18. Retweeted
    Apr 30

    I wish a citational practice could be applied to the use of black queer slang, cause some of y’all talking bout ‘spilling the tea’ don’t respect humanity of the people who coined the phrase...

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    May 1

    I wrote a little bit about Rosewood, and John Singleton's ambitious attempts at prioritizing honesty over comfort.

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    May 1

    "Akinmowo has over 1,000 books in what she has named the Free Black Women’s Library. Since then, she's set up a collection of books in monthly pop-ups all around Brooklyn, New York."

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