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I’ll be reading my newly published essay live on Twitter Spaces. Join me as I theorize my own journey of pleasure and poetics. And let’s talk after. 🖤
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stony morrison, PhD
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stony morrison, PhD
@rrandolphjr
pleasure theorist | dad | educator | writer | vernacularist | morrison/baldwin/hooks acolyte | country boy | phd in educational/cultural studies 🌺
- Shonda Rhimes used to carry ABC on her back (more than 2 BILLION dollars), and it all ended over some tickets to Disneyland. It really wasn’t about the tickets, but rather her audacity to even ask. One executive said to her, “Don’t you have enough?” I—
- if a Black man serially murdered and cannibalized gay white men *and* gained a weird cult following and notoriety for it, I have a suspicion that we would not see that on our TV screens as a pithy allegory about self-discovery, forgiveness, insecurity and abandonment 🙄
- Toni Morrison’s knife is so sharp, you don’t even realize that she’s slit your throat. #ToniMorrison #WhenIGrowUp #IAmTheMainstream
00:00 - Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21. Fred Hampton was 21.
- Otis Redding was 26 when he passed. And I’m always reminded of that when I see videos of him bc he don’t look 26 😭Remembering Otis Redding born on this day, the legendary "King of Soul" in 1967.🎶
00:00 - Gather musicians, composers, lyricists, vocalists…tell me why this song is so good? Like I want an analysis about harmonics and chords, and all dat. I legit wanna know your expert opinion.pulls me from the brink every time…
- Once, I asked my Black Masculinities class which man was ‘playing dumb,’ and the whole class interrupted into a great debate, until finally one student rejected my framing and said this…
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Ok, all you geniuses: who’s a -smart- person’s idea of a smart person? Whose intellectual work and manner of presenting it has earned your respect? Or do we not commit ourselves that way on Twitter?- One of the biggest takeaways: you can’t play an ethical game with unethical people.13 years ago today the biggest plot twist in television history happened!
