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15 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Mother worked for the airline. I didn’t pay for a flight until I was almost 30 years old.
One time, I flew to New York to get my hair done over the weekend. Between mother’s travel benefits and my aunt owning the salon, it was actually cheaper than going to the salon at home. The girls at school did NOT see it that way on Monday. Whew.
I was in upward bound that summer (which should tell you that we weren’t rich) and my “best friend” stole my favorite outfit after this. In retrospect, I may have deserved it.
My boyfriend bought me that outfit. From LERNER. Sorry. I’m clearly still in my feelings about this.

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12 May
A conversation with vivian about gas shortages ends with a story about how Spanky had a white girl whose father owned a gas station so the Party was able to get the gas they needed to run the community ambulances during the 70s gas crisis. Ma’am. Spanky???
“Spanky could have gotten killed messing with that white woman. But, you know. You did what you had to do.”
Spanky.
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10 May
Y’all did great with my kindle recommendations. No good deed and all that so I’m back for more help. Mother loves audiobooks. She mostly checks them out from the library. On CD. Is there a seamless (integrated) digital audio book tool/platform? Something with no converting etc?
Let me clarify. Is there something like a kindle but for audiobooks that won’t require converting soles etc because I don’t have time to walk her through it every time she downloads a new book.
Okay, the answer appears to be no. LOL Thank you.
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9 May
I am absolutely stunned at how many men just sit in public and pick their nose. This is why we have the plague right now.
I just stared this disgusting creature dead in his face as he picked his nose in a crowded room. No shame. I’m tempted to photograph him so his mother knows. I mean he is over 30 and cannot keep his fingers out of his nose.
He has a beard. Can you imagine what is in it?
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9 May
Sometimes I really question what family ties are even good for. I just learned that a relation I have known all my life is a celebrated blues singer??? This is like the time I learned a cousin I see every single year was also some kind of secret famous grill master.
The after times family reunions need to be straight up speed dating style where you actually *meet* these people you are related to.
I have known you my entire life and somehow no one ever mentioned that you are basically a ninja? That’s what this feels like.
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8 May
In one of my classes, students wrote discussion guides for their final assignment. They could choose from: Audrey Watters’ “Teaching Machines”; Dan Greene’s “The Promise of Access”; and, Safiya Noble’s “Algorithms of Oppression”. They are very engaged with these texts.
I will use them again in future courses. Questions include: disability access and teaching machines; access doctrine and carceral institutions; and, should librarians give info seekers the answer they want (satisfy need) or the right/correct answer?
In my other course, almost all of the students wrote final reflection papers on Victor Ray’s racialized orgs or Greene’s access doctrine. These frameworks really captured their imagination. I suspect both theories/frameworks will dominate new work.
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For those of you who don’t pay attention to how much mainstream country music is both changing and fighting to stay the same, this is the ACM awards right now 😂
They won’t let that death grip on radio play go but they have found every non-white person, however tenuously related to country music, to put on all of their award shows. Next up, CeCe Winans...
I did not know Maren's husband was this fine. Congratulations to you, ma'am. Keep him in those tight pants.
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