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13 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Is this a top ten bag fumble? Has to be by now, right?
I mean this is epic. It’s a top tier mentee lesson, for sure: “Have your principles, but also read more than one book.”
The way that whole franchise fell apart after Boseman’s death is kind of sad. It all feels like a very specific Obama fueled delusion now. I can barely remember the mania.
I mean, it’s fine. Like how we can’t watch Cosby reruns anymore. It’s probably to the ultimate good. It’s just a little sad.
You cannot be the smartest girl in the universe like this though.

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Actual tears
This is how I do my babies lol One of them won’t even play make believe with me anymore. She is not into realism.
One time, my niece screamed at me, “I AM ONLY FOUR” and I lost the entirety of my ish.
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“Shot himself in the face”???
Is that the threshold now? I have to stay with you after you shoot yourself on the face??? Because I am gonna be real, that feels like an exit point.
Until this moment I would have felt safe saying, “yes, my last relationship ended after he shot himself in the in the face.” I would have thought everyone hearing that would nod in empathy.
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This week in the newsletter, I wrap up a three week series on what the hell is Sinema wearing. We covered speech acts, performance, pinkwashing, fitness morality, racism, and social class. Power is everyday.
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11 Nov
Multi-millionaire sings about having a busted truck. 🤣 These country performances always crack me up.
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I spent about five years on the road talking to institutions, media, faculty, students about how tertiary “partners” like 2U brought the #LowerEd model into not-for-profit universities. I got tired. Money talks.
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