Tananarive Due - The Reformatory

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That's TOO scary. xoxo

Real ones know that Thanksgiving weekend is when you take down your Halloween decorations.

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In fairness, no one in this regime has read the Constitution.

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.

And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

MNSPJ condemns St. Paul police attacks on journalists The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns attacks on journalists by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, during a federal operation in St. Paul. At least three local photojournalists were injured by less-lethal munitions deployed by St. Paul police officers while covering the story. One was transported to the hospital in an ambulance. All three journalists were clearly identified as press with badges and/or vests, in addition to having cameras in hand, clearly at work. All three photojournalists and multiple other local journalists on scene were also injured by chemical irritants. Kerem Yücel, with MPR News, was hit by a less-lethal munition in the shoulder and was transported to a hospital by ambulance. He has since been released and is recovering. Tim Evans, a freelance photojournalist with Reuters, was struck in the stomach with a pepper ball round. Aaron Nesheim, a photojournalist with Sahan Journal, was struck in the head with a pepper ball round. Evans and Nesheim did not require hospitalization. The three journalists hit by munitions shared with MNSPJ that they believe they were targeted by law enforcement for doing their jobs. Photojournalists are on the frontlines of documenting history and it is imperative that they are kept safe and their First Amendment rights are protected. Attacking journalists sends a message to both journalists and everyday citizens that their First Amendment rights will not be respected. The First Amendment protects the rights of journalists to report on their communities and provide information that communities need — information that, on Tuesday, was not transparently available from any law enforcement agency. We demand answers from St. Paul city leadership about why the city’s police department attacked our colleagues and a commitment to seeing that this will never happen again.

From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.

I topped off this recipe a lil' bit by broiling to brown the top some more.

My macaroni and cheese.

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xoxo - For next year!

You will ask yourself at every turn "Is this too much cheese?"
The answer is YES. But this recipe says KEEP GOING.

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My macaroni and cheese.

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DMed. (I know you know this, but so others know.)
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Thanks for this post! The Sunken Place is an adaptation of my UCLA course, but for the public: www.sunkenplaceclass.com

Hubby @kundalinisteve.bsky.social and I have collected donations to a charity fund for those in need at the holidays.

Reach out if you need a little extra money via PayPal to get by.
It's not enough for rent or a car payment, but it's enough for groceries and smaller gaps.

A black laptop whose monitor shows the live feed of Prof. Tananarive Due, left, and Prof. Imani Perry, right, sharing the screen as they discuss Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy.

Watching @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social talk about Octavia E. Butler—master of the gray area, master of discomfort, aka my matron saint 👑—was my jam last night. 🙏🏽They reminded me that I’m long overdue for another reread of her Xenogenesis trilogy. Reading it now 1/3

LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION THE UNITED STATES BOLDLY BROKE WITH THE ANCIENT MILITARY CUSTOM OF SWEARING LOYALTY TO A LEADER. ARTICLE VI REQUIRED THAT AMERICAN OFFICERS THEREAFTER SWEAR LOYALTY TO OUR BASIC LAW, THE CONSTITUTION. WHILE MANY OTHER NATIONS HAVE SUBBERED MIMITARY ROMPE THE UNITED STATES NEVER HAS OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.

Such a wonderful & meaningful @libraryofamerica.bsky.social convo: @imaniperry.bsky.social's comments about needing to embrace discomfort to rightly course correct & achieve needed change & @tananarivedue.bsky.social's perceptive comments about Black women leading--both the promise & peril therein.

Two Black women smiling, Tananarive Due (upper) & Imani Perry (lower)

In @libraryofamerica.bsky.social convo "The Radical Imagination of Octavia E. Butler" with writers @imaniperry.bsky.social & @tananarivedue.bsky.social, both offered such beautiful reflections on Butler's expansive craft but also Due commented on Butler's humanity based on knowing her personally.

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The Reformatory Audiobook on Libro.fm *Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award * “You’re in for a treat...one of those books...

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due @tananarivedue.bsky.social is on sale at Libro for $3.49 members, $4.99 everyone else.

The story is fantastically terrifying.

The narration is excellent and you forget that it's only one person reading.

Everyone needs this book

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Photo from the George RR Martin workshop with Tananarive and other faculty members and workshop students.

Mid-career journalists!! Don't miss your chance to apply for the 2026 George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop to help journalists write fiction.

I have taught there twice, and it's a great chance to jump-start your fiction.

Deadline 1/12/26

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Are they his daughters? I don't even know. But it makes me throw up a little bit in the back of my mouth.

Please stop reposting that photo of Tr*mp hugging those little girls.