Monique Y. Perry

“stay strong” Dearly Beloveds, I am writing to you across a day I cannot predict. But maybe that is always true. You will receive this on a day shaped by the countless (and possibly still being counted) decisions…

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The peace on Bluesky has made Twitter seem WORSE.

ABD! I passed my oral hearing proposal today! Thank you to my committee for their guidance and support! @DrEdBrock @sskavanagh @JanineRemillard @lizjmeyer
@PennGSE

bell hooks. Oh, wow. This is too much. I'm so saddened about her transition. May she rest in power. I can't even describe how influential she was in my life. She spoke to my soul on so many occasions.

How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won via @thenation

Philadelphia Black Lives Matter activists say the historic summer of protests was only the beginning via @phillyinquirer

I saw a headline about how CeeLo critiques WAP with Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion and I just closed my whole browser. No...not today. I just refuse...

This Sunday in Philly! Youth for Black Lives March will be 11AM-1PM, starting & ending at Art Museum steps. Wear a mask & bring water. #Y4BLM

Community Groups Pay $400,000 Bond to Free Trafficking Survivor Chrystul Kizer in Kenosha, WI

Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells Funeral Costs #BlackTransLivesMatter

U.S. Soccer Federation said the "players on the men's national team possess greater skill and have more demanding jobs than their" women counterparts. *blank stare*

"In examining sex & gender in Igbo society today, it is evident that colonisation was not just an event. Colonisation is a structure, an unhealed wound that remains open to this day, in the form of Western gender norms among multiple other manifestations"

Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong via @voxdotcom

To teach young kids the concept of consent, focus on bodily autonomy #EducatorsForConsentCulture

Philadelphia classroom aides are demanding pay parity with other cities via @phillyinquirer

Y'all @tibartoletta just did a video chat in my collaboration & conflict class today on high performing teams. Thank you @tibartoletta for sharing your knowledge with our class! Amazing!

Academic Books by and about Black Women - 2019 edition via @Blackfeminisms

Kendra Brooks won a Philadelphia City Council seat in a historic win for the Working Families Party and Philly progressives via @phillyinquirer

No school should go without a nurse, a social worker and a librarian via @SunTimes

Blocking Sex Ed Puts Our Children in Danger

Gender studies scholars say the field is coming under attack in many countries around the globe

Dorothy Porter challenged the racial bias in the Dewey Decimal System and put black scholars alongside their colleagues, where they belonged via @SmithsonianMag

I'm so excited to meet @DorothyERoberts, @sandylocks and Anita Hill before their talk this evening. Not even this ridiculous workload and mosquito bite on my eye can steal my joy. #nottodaysatan #JOYFUL

3rd viewing of Aretha Franklin will be at New Bethel Baptist Church via @detroitnews

#FreeBlackMamas: Cash bail hurts communities of color, but especially black women | Opinion via @phillydotcom

BBC News - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 81

Black beekeepers are transforming Detroit’s vacant lots into bee farms via @blackvoices

More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed At Work