What I’m Watching
What our cities are missing- Andrewism on Youtube
Gen Z Needs Public Libraries- Eliot Sang on Youtube
Are the Menzies okay??? Insecurity& Control masquerading as care- Khadija Mbowe on Youtube
The real reason our justice system is so broken…- F.D Signifier on Youtube and Nebula
astronomy has a colonial problem- Dr. Fatima on Youtube| link below
https://youtu.be/R7hK5_Rj--8?si=qt16vcLtKBl7SJMe
Poets that Inspire Me
Amanda Gorman
Dr. Maya Angelou
Sarah Kay
Langston Hughes
Ntozake Shange https://www.afropoets.net/ntozakeshange9.html
June Jordan
Sonia Sanchez
Lucille Clifton
Refaat Alareer
What I’m Reading
all about love-bell hooks⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
all about love’ is a carefully considered dissection of love as an idea as a concept, and as an action. bell hooks takes us on a journey that encourages us to ask ourselves “What is love really?”. I think everyone should take the time to immerse themselves in such a truthful and dynamic read.
The Hate U Give- Angie Thomas⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Freedom is a Constant Struggle Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Elite Capture How the Powerful Took over Identity Politics(And Everything else) - Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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Belly of the Beast- The Politics of Anti-Fatness As Anti- Blackness - Da’Shaun L. Harrison ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Articles
from colonial to solarpunk education w/ andrewism- Human Restorationhttps://www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/on-solarpunk-education-w-andrewismDe-prioritizing caregiving, intimacy and relationships drives burnout & despair- Ayesha Khan, PH.D. https://wokescientist.substack.com/p/de-prioritizing-caregiving-intimacyhttps://www.whatsonemorepothos.com/post/a-reflection-on-palestine-grief-and-nina-simone-s-music
https://open.substack.com/pub/ismatu/p/the-case-for-a-global-strike?r=2kespz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
On Going
Sister Outsider- Audre Lorde
Women, Race, and Class - Angela Y. Davis
First & Fire poems that Inspire Action and Ignite Passion- Leslé Honoré
Assata- An autobiography- Assata Shakur
What I’m Listening to
conversations
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What I’m Writing
Imagine a quiet, eerie night interrupted with a chill in the air, a crows, loud cries and thunder for flare
The grass wet with dew and fog all around you
I present you now with a dimly lit street
houses on both sides owned by elites
The inhabitants want for nothing their employees have two jobs
How can one community have so many snobs?
A gated town without any fear
for the poor has no room there
I imagine rooms filled with red bottom pumps
children that grow up without facial bumps
imagine cars for days and a living wage
that’s more than fair
yet most of us without such couldn’t imagine even being there
how most would beg to be paid what their owed
with money to spare yet most don’t have enough
anymore to own their own homes, or go to school without taking out loans
What’s it like to have everything you need automatically with a snap of your fingers systematically
how does it feel to look down while you watch others drown? It feels like euphoria I imagine to most social elites for them, and their family will never know what it’s like on the streets.
food all around them always something to eat
Fear doesn’t drown them for their in charge of everything
Nothing looks as bad as when you give the poor a crumb when you have a when you have a chef and their kitchen controlled by your thumb.
communities cry they wither in pain
While the ones behind the gate, giggle without shame. ‘Look at all the poor people asking for help. If I sell them something they’ll make me big. I’m sure they forget all about the oppression they live in.’ I can hear them talking now meetings of control and mass distribution
this way of life is getting old, were in dire need of evolution.
-imagine an evolution
written and finished January 28 7:55 PM 2023