Michael Tristano Jr.

I would pay all of my money to see tatu live. Id take out loans for them.

VICTORY: Our clients UMD SJP will receive a $100,000 settlement from the University of Maryland — the highest financial penalty likely ever imposed on a US university for violating pro-Palestinian students’ free speech rights, to our knowledge.

palestinelegal.org/news/umd-set...

This is what it’s like to eat outside in phx.

And it was the second one.

I could never live in LA. I could never eat outside that much.

So sick of summer weather and trying to cook appropriately. So I’m getting really into my crock pot this August like it’s 2007 all over again.

Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, Gender and Sexuality exist in contradiction to the university. Our intellectual projects demand the abolition of what it was: colonial, heteronormative, elitist, white supremacist. That is why the university AND this administration keep agreeing to erase us.

This new wave of fascism is preoccupied with how empowering Black, Ethnic and gender studies has been for marginalized communities. Universities, which never welcomed us to begin with, and allowed us in only after students fought or law demanded it, are glad to concede. They never wanted us. 1/2

Today marks 5 years in Baltimore! The same amount of time I spent in PHX, which felt like a utter lifetime. Baltimore feels like home 🖤🏡🎈

Like many, I have been struggling to write for months. This week I made really good progress on a little project about sex work and I am excited to send it off for review. And for that, I am grateful.

This is like if you combined the Israeli government with a health insurance company. Just the absolute worst. Do not give this company money. Hey guys, did Anne Frank have any pre-existing conditions? Jesus christ.

The only Black Handala member. This is how white supremacy, zionism, and apartheid work together.

This man has always been and will always be a threat to queer and trans people everywhere.

Fav piece of reading on the matter from Yasmin Nair: yasminnair.com/american-gay...

GAY FLAMES MELT ICE 🔥 🔥 🔥 *the background image is from the White Night riots against SFPD.

GAY FLAMES MELT ICE
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Here’s the proof, iof have just now intercepted the Handala. They are the only force preventing aid into Gaza.

Btw, israeli forces are about to intercept the Handala and its volunteers, the flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, who are attempting to break the siege. The only one stopping them is the israeli navy.

Every accusation is a confession. They are perpetrators of a holocaust. Zionism will lose but we all must act before it comes at the cost the entire population of Palestine.

A Bari Weiss tweet which reads: “The price of flour shows the growing hunger crisis in Gaza. Important from @AmitSegal in @TheFP:” and links to: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-price-of-flour-shows-the-hunger-crisis-in-gaza-israel-war-hamas

The same right wing enablers of genocide are now trying to create false narratives of their sympathy for Palestinians which is a sign that everything is about to get horribly worse. It is an attempt to create an alibi for what they know is the impending final solution.

If you ever wondered how people could condone or ignore the systematic dehumanization & cold calculated atrocities carried out by the Nazis, you’re currently seeing that happen with the vast majority of elected reps, cultural institutions, religious orgs, and regular folks in both Israel and the US.

Obviously this is terrible, shameful, foreboding, etc. etc. But one thing it is NOT is surprising. Institutions have *never* been a bastion of left or even liberal thinking, they just do not have to hide their right wing agenda anymore. Anyone who has worked at one knows this.

The Sameer Project has been doing crucial work to get food into Gaza. Gaza is facing mass, created starvation- people are dropping in the street from lack of food and water. Never again is now. Donate if you can and spread the ord. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

He’s also a zi0nist, a political danger to all

Miracles do happen: I successfully got a jade leaf that fell off to root in dirt 🥹🤠

🌾 An urgent plea to our followers here and anyone who has taken a workshop with us, bought a book from our bookstore, or attended a reading group:

First, we appreciate you so much. Without your support and participation our workshops would mean nothing.

So fucking bleak. And the accuracy of what it feels like to be a faculty member in the age of AI: “quality control staff.”

The reviewer also noted, "I appreciate the citations in the description, but the rhetoric seems more incendiary than a focus on scholarship." My own work was cited in the description. Cool.

I am once again excited to announce a panel submitted to NCA, which I was a part of, received an egregiously racist review and was rejected from the conference.

No one who I would consider part of my “academic community” wants to write currently. This is not hyperbolic. Literally no one. Myself included.

Shit is rough out here.

potted her up and now’s she’s at home 😌

New Monstera Deliciosa sitting on a porch on a sunny day

The plant store half a block away having a 20% off sale got me good but look at her she’s so beautiful omg 🥹