Amy Frishkey

#utsafaculty #academicleadership #facultydevelopment | Siobhán Fleming, PhD We got to know our 2024-2025 New Faculty Academy cohort last August and today we joined them for lunch to celebrate the end of their first year at The University of Texas at San Antonio! With Tracy C...

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In the Dominican Republic, the Trujillo dictatorship co opted and created museums that erased African legacies and legacies of resistance.These and the persecution of scholars transformed how history has been taught for generations to fuel colonialist and antiblackness. Now the US does the same.

Great film. See it.

Beyonce's best album Grammy: a long time coming — AFP News The Grammy for Album of the Year eluded Beyonce for so many years -- despite so many critically and commercially acclaimed albums, through endless industry analysis -- that the narrative took on an au...

A little late sharing but here’s the follow up on Beyoncé finally taking home AOTY with quotes from me and @birgittajohnson.bsky.social 🤠

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Now more than ever.

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

AOC: I don’t celebrate RAPISTS, so no, I’m not going to the inauguration tomorrow

🚨BREAKING🚨

Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency

After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.

R.I.P. Sam Moore, "Soul Man" singer R.I.P. Sam Moore, "Soul Man" singer

Sam Moore, half of legendary soul duo Sam & Dave, has died.
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We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality We are living through a terrible time in humanity. Here’s why we tend to stick our heads in the sand and why we need to pull them out, fast

"Truth tellers are the Achilles heel of collective denial.
And so those who wear masks are ridiculed, scientists reporting on COVID-19 risks are cast as fearmongers, and those with long COVID are dismissed as having anxiety disorders."

Fantastic piece on the tactics behind denial by sociologists.