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Chelsi West Ohueri

@chelsiwo.bsky.social

Anthropologist. Scholar Mama. Spouse. Writing & teaching about race, marginalization, and health in the Balkans and US South. Mississippi made. New Book: Encountering Race in Albania, from Cornell UP.

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The Prime Minister of Albania came up to Macron and Azerbaijani President Aliyev and joked about how Trump had resolved the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijan.

02.10.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1613    πŸ” 412    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 113
Chelsi West Ohueri, "Encountering Race in Albania: An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife" (Cornell UP, 2025) - New Books Network

I was recently interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for my book, Encountering Race in Albania. Check it out! newbooksnetwork.com/encountering...

19.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh cool, thanks so much for letting me know this! And great to hear about your work!

19.09.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Shreveport, LA, the largest city in Speaker Mike Johnson's district, has a murder rate more than twice Chicago's, and a crime rate considerably higher than both the state and national average. And Johnson isn't calling for the military to invade it. One of many ways we know this isn't about crime.

09.09.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6074    πŸ” 2122    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 84

Love the Internet Archive.

06.09.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

just like Ben Carson

03.09.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocked Scott Colom’s Judicial Nomination. Now He’s Running Against Her for US Senate. Two years after U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked Scott Colom’s nomination to a federal court, he’s running against her for U.S. Senate.

NEW: When Biden nominated Scott Colom to a federal court, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith used the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to block his nomination.

Now, instead of a federal judgeship, Colom is aiming to unseat her in the Senate.

@heatherharrison.bsky.social reports on his campaign launch:

03.09.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10

Have four or more babies in Hungary and you'll pay no income tax for life

When are we going to do this in America?

Have four or more babies in Hungary and you'll pay no income tax for life When are we going to do this in America?

tbh i'm deeply amused how we went from accusations of welfare queen stuff in the 70s/80s to this

02.09.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1168    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 23

exactly!

02.09.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oooh I love doing this too in my med humanities and social medicine courses

02.09.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And when people read my book and ask how ideas of "West" and "white" are related, I'll just show them this...because if people are migrating then populations are increasing right???

02.09.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.

28.08.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 17514    πŸ” 2868    πŸ’¬ 442    πŸ“Œ 216

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

27.08.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 20679    πŸ” 6720    πŸ’¬ 229    πŸ“Œ 182

Imagine you gotta be really dedicated to the white community to want to meet with the third paragraph people

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White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums In a letter to the Smithsonian’s leader, White House officials said they would review exhibition text, curation, exhibition planning and collections starting with eight museums.

Breaking news: The White House will launch an aggressive review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebrations next year.

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Dr. Anna Willow is doing an exploratory research project to understand the impacts of policy changes on anthropologists and their field of study. She is seeking US-based anthropologists to participate in online interviews over the next several months. For more info, contact willow.1@osu.edu.

12.08.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Funny enough when I first read your post I didn't even know what you were talking about...like what is that and why isn't she saying shebert...

08.08.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

honestly I hate the whole framing that a woman choosing not to sleep with or go out with a man is β€œrejecting” him

it makes it sound so active, like the default is to say yes

when in actuality we all walk by hundreds of people every day that we’re not going to sleep with

04.08.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1749    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11

Wow, ok this is loud: "Perfectionism perpetuates an endless state of striving. It’s an affliction of futility, an addiction to finding masochistic refuge in the familiar hell of feeling insufficient. It might not feel good, but it feels like home."

04.08.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just when I get excited about getting my inbox to 0, here comes another one...

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In a Ukrainian maternity ward, a Russian missile delivered death A missile killed Diana Koshyk and her unborn son in the hospital where she was being treated, near a building Ukrainian soldiers used as a warehouse.

A Russian missile killed a pregnant woman in the Ukrainian hospital where she was being treated.

β€œWe were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.

04.08.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1299    πŸ” 554    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 44

too real this morning

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Charles Adult Entertainment Cheese

02.07.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1395    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 10
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Today is the LAST DAY of our #CUP5DaySale!

Use code 095000 to take 50% off all books in print* now through tonight at midnight (Eastern Time).

See all books: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/books

* US orders only. Excludes Leuven UP. Not for pre-order books.

27.06.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

absolutely. i just added new and colorful monthly tabs to mine.

26.06.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @cornellupress.bsky.social! My book is now available--check it out!

10.06.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for sharing!!!

04.06.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know I've been recently wondering if apps like Google Maps have made this worse? That maybe people used to miss their exit and just find a way to turn around but now they have a voice that prompts them to hurriedly exit so people make more rash and often more stupid exit attempts...

28.05.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

thank you!!

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