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I can’t say enough good things about @jsmooth995 on a normal day but today I’m at a loss for how to describe what a big statement of solidarity and humanity he has made by leaving his radio home of almost three decades in protest of them hiring Leonard Lopate.
For those who don’t know Lopate is a long time radio host fired from WNYC last year after an investigation into YEARS of sexual misconduct towards women. @WBAI decided they were ok with that and gave him another show. 😡
@jsmooth995 I appreciate you brother. I know you said it’s not about you and I hear you - but you’ve set a bar for male allyship here that should be recognized. 🙏🏾💕
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A year ago today I thought my world was falling apart. I woke up to find out that the hashtag #metoo had gone viral and I didn't see any of the work I laid out over the previous decade attached to it. I thought for sure I would be erased from a thing I worked so hard to build. +
I remember calling my friends frantic and trying to figure out what to do. I didn't know whether to go online and say - THIS ALREADY EXISTS! Or to just let it go, but then I realized letting it go wasn't an option in this moment.
Enter - the Sisters. Black women who knew my work and supported me over the years raised up in arms - namely @bevysmith @BritniDWrites @Luvvie @KWestSavali @MyBrownBaby @fiyawata @afrobella and many more! They activated a network and the support came from everywhere.
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What we witnessed yesterday in this moment was immediately recognized by women everywhere. It’s in your face but subtle, it’s demeaning but ‘a joke’, it’s love from an elder but it’s an abuse of power. So many of us are so conditioned that we saw it, cringed and moved on. #metoo
When I lived in Selma I met many elders from the Movement. They almost *always* found a way to hold me close or squeeze me in some way. I started calling it the Civil Rights hug.
Some of y’all know just what I mean.
Anyway, I won’t go on and on. I’m glad folks called it out and there is discussion about ALL of the misogyny we witnessed yesterday. I’m just gonna add...this is why we have to dig into sexual violence in our community openly and honestly from all sides. #therearelayers
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I’ve said repeatedly that the #metooMVMT is for all of us, including these brave young men who are now coming forward. It will continue to be jarring when we hear the names of some of our faves connected to sexual violence unless we shift from talking about individuals [+]
...and begin to talk about power. Sexual violence is about power and privilege. That doesn’t change if the perpetrator is your favorite actress, activist or professor of any gender.
And we won’t shift the culture unless we get serious about shifting these false narratives.
My hope is that as more folks come forward, particularly men, that we prepare ourselves for some hard conversations about power and humanity and privilege and harm. This issue is less about crime & punishment and more about harm and harm reduction.
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I’ve been told to censor my own CV (cut it down by half) so that academic departments will seriously consider me as a hire. I’ve also been told the reverse.

This shit is so frustrating and draining.
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1) Peter Strzok testified in an open Congressional hearing yesterday. Lisa Page is testifying in a closed session today (and probably Monday.)

Here's my #Qanon thread on the now famous FBI Agent and Attorney.

Q posts can be found here: qanon.pub
2) Note: #QAnon last posted on July 4th.
It is not unusual for Q to take breaks lasting 8 - 10 days.
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you have to understand,
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no one burns their palms
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