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2 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I’ve got to get some white friends to takeover my whole fossil fuel situation. I don’t have the time to figure it out.
Unrelated, I also need a white friend who can tell me if the white actors in the show I’m watching are “hot”.
Like, I think I want to add solar panels to my house and get an electric car but the way Black time is set up…
On the tv thing, you realize that none of Cameron Diaz’s films make any sense to you if, like me, you didn’t know she was hot? I just need to someone I can send a text to like, “why is this happening?”

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24 Jun
A couple months ago I did a very systematic, possibly criminally nerdy overhaul of my whole packing situation. A label maker and packing cubes and diagrams were involved. It has already paid off. So much less stressful packing for a work trip now.
The biggest improvement is having a complete set of travel duplicates for all my hair and beauty crap. It was such a hassle with COVId (and not cheap) but now my bag is always packed with every essential I need. I just throw underwear and clothes in the bag.
I even keep a set of workout clothes and shoes in the bag. That was a big deal, too. I guess I try to do stupid exercise now or whatever.
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18 Jun
Can I just say that solidarity/organizing events aren’t supposed to be like MLM parties where you don’t tell people why you invited them. I mention this because people keep trying to stealth recruit me to things.
I’m no pro but I’m not a novice either. You don’t trick people into an action! If you have to lie, even by omission, about what the action is then you’re basically Amway.
I’m going to say more than I normally would because I’m kinda livid. Someone invited me to dinner and then 20 minutes into says, “so there’s a reason we asked you here” AND IT WASN’T TO GIVE ME A MILLION DOLLARS.
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15 Jun
You know how most financial advice is, “be born rich or hate yourself until you become less poor”? I hate that advice. This week on ⁦@HearToSlay⁩ we had the financial advice we wish existed. The good brother ⁦@KieseLaymon⁩ joins us. apple.co/slay to listen Image
You might also like Kie and I in Critical Sociology talking about the intimate life of money when you’re Black, real Black, and aspirations find you somehow. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
We are also joined by the loveliest sister financial planner, Anna N’Jie Conte. We literally asked her to bring us the advice for people who have “cousins”. And she did. daretodreamplanning.com/meet-anna
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15 Jun
Another week and another "study" about how morning people are better than night people. I don't get what they're so pleased about. Ooh ooh look at your working harder for less before noon and not having any friends who will tell you that its annoying.
Maybe being a night person is how I contribute to the revolution. Have you ever thought about that??
"People who wake up early live longer!" Wow, 1.45 more years they have to wake before the sun. No thanks.
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13 Jun
I know it’s a hot market so sellers can do whatever. But builders should still get a stager without such a strong affinity for colonialism cause this is not cute
Anyway when people ask me what they can do with a social science degree, I’m going to add, “not choose the racist decor items”.
Based on comments to my mood social observations #onhere, I hypothesize that white people hear Black people at some register that triggers their primal racism brain. It’s the only way to explain what people come up with.
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11 Jun
Mare’s Hair avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2021/06/10/mar… via @Avidly Critical essay on blondness, dark roots, power and the show everyone on my TL keeps talking about? YES PLEASE.
I've only watch The Holiday a million times. And the page references in THICK is just my kind of carrying on.
I read something once about how films signal that a (white) woman has lost her shit, e.g. ponytail and sweatpants = mental breakdown. This read of time and the fading of blonde is both a character study and plot device is something.
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