Faiza Rahman, Ph.D.

film was marvelous!

Black Legacy Month Fosters Community, Invites Reflection | Dartmouth

This year marks not just the 10th anniversary of Black Legacy Month at #Dartmouth, but 50 years of Black History Month and 100 years since the creation of Negro History Week.

The politics of beauty in the salons of Bangalore - LSE Review of Books Tulasi Srinivas's The Goddess in the Mirror explores Bangalore's beauty salons, asking how beauty intertwines with gender, labour, caste & myth in urban India.

NEW✨ The politics of beauty in the salons of Bangalore.

The Goddess in the Mirror by Tulasi Srinivas @emersonsoarts.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social is a study of how beauty intertwines with gender, labour, caste and myth in the beauty parlours of urban India.

Review by Gunjan Shekhawat 👇

Eww. Absolutely not!

Since the #Olympics are on, let's repost a classic thread here: a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.

Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.

here for this energy ❤️

Absolutely stunned at the escalation in the Gaza Strip. Shocked to witness the dignified and fearless people of Gaza face the humiliation of hunger, drop dead in hordes, and beg for assistance. May the Palestine Question forever haunt us. حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيل

In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪

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"Curricular Effectiveness Enhancement and Quality Magnification and Intensification Plan."

Exploring Ethnography of Outer Space | Methods and Perspectives | Jeni This book explores new methods and perspectives in the anthropology of outer space. For the past ten years, scholarship of outer space has grown significantly

Fascinating work!
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Pakistan Slides Into New 'Era Of Terrorism' In 2024, Pakistani security forces suffered the deadliest year in almost a decade. The trend has worried residents, who say the state has failed them.

I report on why #Pakistani security forces suffered the deadliest year in a decade. Its #Taliban policy has backfired, as well as the military’s reliance on brute force. Residents of the regions most affected by #terrorism say the state has failed them.

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In an overwhelming vote, the American Historical Association voted to condemn scholasticide in Gaza. The first week of 2025(!) brings—what else—more outrage. But today we look to a few good profs. This Sunday, following “a boisterous, hourlong, standing-room-only meeting,” the American…

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Forget the flying cars, I'm hoping scientists invent a way for society to cope with the fact that many things are good in some respects while being bad in other respects.

'Our Children Are Dying': The Toll Of Sectarian Violence In A Pakistani City Hundreds have been killed and injured in clashes between Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims in northwestern Pakistan this year. The violence has fueled a worsening humanitarian situation in one city.

I report on the worsening humanitarian situation in #Parachinar. The mostly Shi’ite city in northwestern #Pakistan has been cut off from the rest of the Sunni-majority country because of deadly sectarian clashes that have seen hundreds killed this year.

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Menstrual release has long been feared/celebrated as magical material across religions/myths/folklores of the world and features WIDELY in all kinds of spellbooks. Glad the science is catching up.

Crazy gals studying menstrual blood knew this since, like, a decade but recently important science-y ppl have written about it in their journals so its now fresh news.

In addition to lunar calendars and Metaformic Theory and centuries of herbal healing knowledge, menstruation also gives humankind stem cells with better regenerative powers than those in the bone marrow.

Seminal The complexities and controversies at the nexus of sperm, health, and politicsIn Seminal, experts from across the social sciences, humanities, law, and medic...

Learn more about the book, also co-edited with Brian T. Nguyen, on the @nyupress.bsky.social website:

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Long live a free Syria.

The best way to make bank for these crazy, angry academics is to tell everyone you work in higher education and can write an essay that shits on higher education. "This education brought to you by Amazon and IBM." These kids need to feed the capitalist beast, not THINK.

Every single abortion ban is extreme. There are no “reasonable” bans or restrictions. None.

Cover of How We Write Now: Living with Black Feminist Theory by Jennifer C. Nash. Cover features the painting "Upstairs" by Laura James, an image of a Black woman wearing an orange dress, in a brightly-colored, domestic room. There is a flip phone beside the woman’s hand. Behind her, a cat perches on a banister.

In "How We Write Now" Jennifer C. Nash examines how Black feminists use beautiful writing to allow writers and readers to stay close to the field’s central object and preoccupation: loss. Read the intro for free now!
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