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Cohost of too many podcasts, bibliophile, Latinx Studies professor at Baruch (CUNY), brooklynite, multifandom fangirl (she/her)

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This is a great episode with three fantastic students talking about why they chose to major and minor in Black and Latino Studies!

@baruch.cuny.edu profs, share this with your students who are wondering what minor to pursue!

#cuny #blsbaruch #culturestudies #students

06.11.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a great episode with three fantastic students talking about why they chose to major and minor in Black and Latino Studies!

@baruch.cuny.edu profs, share this with your students who are wondering what minor to pursue!

#cuny #blsbaruch #culturestudies #students

06.11.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Today is only the beginning.

Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

04.11.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21609    ๐Ÿ” 4001    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 559    ๐Ÿ“Œ 363

I'm seeing a whole lot less outrage for the journalists of color who have been systematically discarded at places like NBC and CBS (and across journalism, really) than the response to Jimmy Kimmel's 5-day suspension.

02.11.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1782    ๐Ÿ” 560    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.

"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.

01.11.2025 04:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6804    ๐Ÿ” 1943    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 92

Undocumented immigrants don't get SNAP benefits.

Thet should, though, if they need it. Making people starve to death is fucking evil. Going across an imaginary line is not.

01.11.2025 03:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 868    ๐Ÿ” 189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Friendly reminder that the whole size zero weightloss bullshit weโ€˜re just reviving is part of a patriarchal, white supremacist ideology that wants to keep women small and under the control of these structures and by extension cis men. It glorifies whiteness, thinness and submission.

Eat, girls!

01.11.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Interesting! I never saw it until I moved to the city 15 years ago!

31.10.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.

Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

30.10.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14101    ๐Ÿ” 3344    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 230    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150

Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD.

Actually and literally.

31.10.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6757    ๐Ÿ” 1984    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

I just think that if youโ€™re okay with people โ€” adults, children, the elderly โ€” starving, your soul is destined for dark places bc you are an evil person.

31.10.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 510    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just donโ€™t think weโ€™re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population canโ€™t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.

30.10.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2245    ๐Ÿ” 703    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39273    ๐Ÿ” 14857    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 567    ๐Ÿ“Œ 657

Excited for new colleagues to join us next fall! If you or someone you know is on the market, check out this opportunity to join the faculty at #BaruchCollege in the #BLS department!

29.10.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€˜s something so beyond disconcerting to me that school teachers now let ChatGPT come up with exercises and lesson plans for them, even if they still edit it after.

29.10.2025 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 153    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts

The Trump administration has a rainy day fund that will keep SNAP from expiring in November. Trump is refusing to use it.

Funding SNAP isn't a choice he can make. It's a legal obligation. USDA must release the funds and stop punishing the American people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

28.10.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3053    ๐Ÿ” 1063    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
Senator Bernie Sanders

Senator Bernie Sanders

โ€œForget about the polls. Go into the last eight days of this election assuming you are five points behind.โ€

You heard the man: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

27.10.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7183    ๐Ÿ” 1296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other peopleโ€™s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wastedโ€”literally thrown in the garbageโ€”on purpose.

26.10.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10773    ๐Ÿ” 3580    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 163    ๐Ÿ“Œ 123
Guillermo del Toro at a Frankenstein screening with a mic in hand
Subtitles โ€žthank you very muchโ€œ โ€žand fuck AIโ€œ

Guillermo del Toro at a Frankenstein screening with a mic in hand Subtitles โ€žthank you very muchโ€œ โ€žand fuck AIโ€œ

The vibe I bring to the function

22.10.2025 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2775    ๐Ÿ” 888    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

It was hard not to buy all of the books in โ€œThe [insert country name] Readerโ€ series!

22.10.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
a panda bear is standing in a field with his hands on his chin Alt: a panda bear is standing in a field with his hands on his chin
17.10.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

17.10.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4687    ๐Ÿ” 1026    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150

Nah it was more connected with personal irl experiences on their parts. It would be a good strategy but I highly doubt (okay I straight up donโ€™t believe) that was the case here.

14.10.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

13.10.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5201    ๐Ÿ” 1600    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
Two women cosplaying as Zoey in a robe with a towel on their heads with side buns

Two women cosplaying as Zoey in a robe with a towel on their heads with side buns

Couch! Couch! Couch!

11.10.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
OP dressed in a white robe with a towel on her head with buns on the side

OP dressed in a white robe with a towel on her head with buns on the side

Today is for cosplayn #nycc #zoey #kpopdemonhunters

11.10.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ALWAYS!!!!! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

11.10.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ann M Martin and OP at NYCC in a scholastic booth designed to look like Claudiaโ€™s room from the Babysitters Club

Ann M Martin and OP at NYCC in a scholastic booth designed to look like Claudiaโ€™s room from the Babysitters Club

She also did a signing!

11.10.2025 10:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of Ann M Martin at New York Comic Con

Photo of Ann M Martin at New York Comic Con

Also Ann M Martin is doing a panel at #nycc and she is exactly what you would expect!

10.10.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screen announcing The BabySitters Club Musical

A screen announcing The BabySitters Club Musical

I need this yesterday!!!!

10.10.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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