Crystal N. Dunivant

What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.

The Wilderness is so good. I just borrowed Mean Boys from Libby. Thank you.

I am reading this right now and I am hooked.

Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌

Coffee and sweet potatoes over here.

While most folks were kicked back enjoying their feasts & family, a lot of Natives are out here suffering on our own homelands:
homeless, health crises, barely surviving as our lives slowly implode. #Share my cousin’s post and #help in any way you can. She’s entering winter life in a car with 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛

2 books by Kielen King. L to R: Broken Hourglass (composite cover art consisting of a Black woman with a serious expression superimposed over a blending of tropical village, abstract digital design, and a hand holding a technological cube), Disposable Dagger (composite cover art consisting of Black man with determined, intense expression looking at the viewer standing in front of a futuristic window frame with a city skyline visible on the other side of the window)

Price updates for Black Friday! Please consider supporting an independent author! Sci-fi short stories: Paperback - $5 / eBook - $1 | Children's book (paperback) - $10

Pick one up today, tomorrow, whenever you like!
#SciFi #SelfPublished #booksky 📚🤏 #BlackBooksky

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Brandon Taylor’s Limited Notions of Blackness His Black characters treat whiteness as all-powerful but also blameless and beyond reproach.

Reviews like this are great reminders why we need Black writers and critics to properly analyze Black art
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Book cover of The Intentions of Thunder by Patricia. Beautiful person with dark skin, big hair, and bright green eyeshadow. National Book Award sticker is on the bottom right.

Patricia Smith just won the National Book Award for Poetry for this collection. The first couple of poems had me in a chokehold. Smith is giving me new life right now.

Ohio really showed up at the polls a few weeks ago. Major blue wins across the state. Local and state issues matter.

Celebrating Love and the Quiet Hope is not a substitute for strategy. Percival Everett

Nana turns 92 years old today.

I wrote this last year but it still holds true.

“I see my love reflected in the face of the woman who not that long ago yelled across the hall “Nikki are you still there?” “I am here.”

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Donate to Support Families Devastated by I.C.E, organized by Nana Adjei For the last several years, with your help, during the holiday season we’ve raised mon… Nana Adjei needs your support for Support Families Devastated by I.C.E

Looking for a way to help this holiday season? The fabulous Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (FRIDAY BLACK; CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS) and Proyecto Faro are raising money for families in Spring Valley & Rockland County, NY, who've been targeted by recent ICE raids. Learn more and if you're able, donate here:

Imani Perry’s writing is top tier. I am glad that you enjoyed the audio.

Not official yet, but there will be a tenured or tenure track teaching position in Fiction at Bowling Green State advertised soon. Please share. #writingcommunity #booksky

Bill regulating drugs including medication abortion pills passes Ohio House committee • Ohio Capital Journal A bill regulating certain medications, which could include medication abortion drugs, was passed out of an Ohio House committee on Wednesday, on its way to a full House vote.

A bill regulating certain medications, which could include medication abortion drugs, was passed out of an Ohio House committee on Wednesday, on its way to a full House vote. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/b...

The Prophets was so good. You might already know this but Robert is on Substack being vulnerable and so honest.

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens.

Ohio GOP lawmakers move to ban telehealth, mail-order abortion pills • Ohio Capital Journal Despite Ohioans overwhelmingly protecting access to abortion, Republican lawmakers are moving to restrict the procedure by ending telehealth prescriptions and mail-order pills.

Despite Ohioans overwhelmingly protecting access to abortion, Republican lawmakers are moving to restrict the procedure by ending telehealth prescriptions and mail-order pills ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/18/o...

Donate to Support My Journey to Safety and Wellness, organized by Lenée A. Voss Hi, I'm Lenée. I am an organizer and cultural worker. I need your help to get … Lenée A. Voss needs your support for Support My Journey to Safety and Wellness

Hello! Please help and share for my friend!

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Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs

It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ... 6,794 likes, 536 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at th...

May my friend @sfdirewolf.bsky.social rest in power. I will especially miss texting with her about Star Trek.

We were lucky, all of us, to have Alice and her warmth and enthusiasm.

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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.

I Accidentally Took Myself on a Date “Do you have a reservation?”

Reading and writing are helping me stay grounded right now.

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I have been bragging about the major local wins in Ohio since last Tuesday. Engagement increased. Voters showed up and showed out. We are now preparing for the gubernatorial election in 2026.

not snark, actually asking: after pushing a comma strategy that focused on health care, what is the case for the Democrats making a deal to end the shutdown now that doesn't involve a win on health care?

I read a lot but I am particular about the books I purchase. Libby has most of the ebooks and audiobooks that I need. It is a good time.

A women's soccer star is the target of an anti-trans activist - Outsports Barbra Banda's peers in the NWSL stood up for her when the head of an anti-trans fashion brand tried to demean her.

Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial.

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Fresh off Election Day, the Statehouse GOP is hearing SB 293, a bill slashing early voting via mail, popular among all voters. This is the 2026 (& beyond) playbook. Politicians in power are deliberately making it harder for you to vote, for 100% political reasons.

Who Is This Woman in the Pictures? It is never about losing weight.Nacolle’s Emancipation is a reader-supported publication.

I was loving my body on Friday and by Saturday I felt a little indifferent. Both of those feelings are okay.

Writing keeps me grounded so I have been writing about this evolving relationship with this body of mine.

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TW: Suicide
Realizing that I was trans saved my life. People underestimate the power of social transitioning, but social transitioning is the reason I am still here.