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The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine.

“The essay-writing habits of my school days have never left me.” Zadie Smith shares a writing tip she’s used for decades.

i only liked three songs, maybe four on the new sabrina album but i’m seeing a lot of hate and dislike at large from people about it 😭😭

sending my condolences to you and your family, Tiffany 💐

Black Tourists Defend History as Trump Targets the Smithsonian Visitors have felt drawn to the National Museum of African American History and Culture recently, angered by the president’s actions.

“What we’re seeing right now is an attempt to erase the truth. If it happened, how can we not talk about it?”

Signed With Memories: The Enduring Tradition of the Student Yearbook Gallery: From heartfelt messages to senior superlatives, the student yearbook has spanned generations, marking the end of the school year.

Can we talk about this super-fun @the74.bsky.social @trinityaliciaa.bsky.social visual history of the yearbook?

I especially love that it features archival material. Whenever I have used an education-related archive in my reporting the yearbooks and yearbook staff artifacts are THE BEST.

Q&A: Kendrick Lamar ‘Used His Platform’ at Super Bowl as ‘Salute to Black History’ Compton USD’s Regis Inge on his former student’s music: ‘It’s very genuine … it’s debatable, you can talk about it and you can teach it.’

Can you even imagine being an English teacher who watches their student win a Pulitzer & go on to use that creative gift to put on a Super Bowl halftime show about Black history?

I'm just besotted with this @trinityaliciaa.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social interview with Compton's Regis Inge.

and i’m absolutely and undoubtedly an SKB girl all day long. him and fogelman give me life (and other emotions) >

How 4 Black Women Writers Shaped Black Feminism These influential women used literature to challenge societal norms.

Here’s a closer look at how each of these influential women used literature to challenge societal norms and paved the way for Black feminism today. ⤵️

chat.. did we just witness the greatest dunk in the history of the universe

Hundreds run 2.23 miles on Beltline five years after Ahmaud Arbery’s murder When news of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing spread nationwide, J.R. Hughes, a member of the South Fulton Running Partners, decided to run 2.23 miles in May 2020 with 10 others in solidarity.

“Typically as you move further from tragedy, it grows further from the mind, but I’m encouraged people still care and people continue to come out and show support...Ahmaud’s life still means something to people.”

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Suing Kendrick for having a superior diss track is something Kendrick would say Drake does in a diss track

SAQUON BARKLEY.

Dear Diner:
Just be a diner. Don’t renovate to try to look fancier or sexier or like something you’re not. Just be a diner. We love you for it, and we sometimes need a break from the “it” restaurants. Extra points for linoleum tabletops, vinyl booths, good coffee, and the definitive burger deluxe.

a date night to see gladiator ii should be in my future soon! just sayin🤭

If you don’t have to retrieve the box from your frozen dinner out of the garbage at least 3 times to see how long to cook it? We can’t be friends.

Can you afford to release your album on vinyl?

I work for a small vinyl pressing plant, our customers are mostly independent artists doing small-run pressings. My job is advising people on how it all works.

Here's a short thread outlining the very basic costs of pressing and releasing an album:

This New Museum Captures The Heartbeat Of D.C.’s Go-Go Music Scene The highly anticipated Go-Go Museum and Café in D.C.’s historic Anacostia neighborhood held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week.

I went to the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Go-Go Museum and Cafe in DC, which honors go-go’s place in the long lineage of Black liberation music

daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚

jonnu smith i’m so sorry i didn’t believe 😭

Coming on here and not seeing bots/engagement farmers

Kiyan Anthony announce he’s committing to Syracuse University, where his father Carmelo Anthony played