Morning yall. That #friendbreakup tweet is still going. It’s striking a chord with a lot of folks. I’ve tried to share resources as they get suggested, but my mentions are pretty chaotic right now.
In the last day & a half I’ve gained 2k new followers so I just want to say hi & welcome to the new folks. I tweet about everything from my academic work & teaching to pop culture& pleasure activism from my perspective as a fat Black queer polyamorous woman with chronic pain.
Some things you’ll see commonly: 1. #collectyourcousins (calls for typically white or straight folks to come educate one of their own who is engaging with me but not getting it). I do not encourage my followers to harass but actually try to help people learn with kindness.
2. #workgoals, less so in this moment because I’m taking a leave, but when I am working full time I tweet my daily goals to give folks a sense of my workload & work pace as a professor.
3. Unicorns, makeup, fashion, twerking aka #pleasureactivism: these are all things that make me happy & help me live a full, complex, honest & authentic life. I try to be real here & that includes my pleasure, my joy, my penchant for ridiculous silly things.
I’m happy to have so many new followers, especially those who are interested in thinking more about ethical, complex adult relationships outside of simplistic heterosexual patriarchal monogamous models. Let’s bring joy to our politics as we each aim be our highest & best selves.
