“Storytelling through nature is part of a Black radical tradition—the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by a perennial strife for liberation.” Read “Who Shall Let This World Be Beautiful” by @Jacobinoire: vqronline.org/spring-2024/es…

It is shocking how the incendiary & false rhetoric about Haitians by Vance and Trump have continued to worsen since publishing my article for @slate about what being raised by Haitians & the history of our marginalisation. They should be ashamed. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Meanwhile, Haitians in Springfield, OH are considering leaving the town in face of threats and abuse. "They are afraid to go out, they are afraid to call Uber, they are afraid to send children to school." npr.org/2024/09/19/nx-…

The beauty of being on maternity leave is taking the time to read texts on my own terms and to get a deeper perspective on life & literature. I am delighted by Nathan Thrall narrative style & showing how a man—Abed—and his community—Anata—have been shaped by military occupation.

For those of you who are new to Jameson and are looking to get a sense of what he was about, I recommend Benjamin Kunkel "Into the Big Tent" London Review of Books, Leo Robson "Jameson After Post Critique" New Left Review, and Mark Greif "Glimmers of Totality" Harper's Magazine. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v32/…

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I have a big piece on the family and its discontents in here, featuring books by M.E. O'Brien Sophie Lewis Sophie K Rosa Alva Kristen Ghodsee and Helen Hester & Nick Srnicek

In this week’s maternity read, I am diving into cheeky commentary by millennials who remark on the economic pitfalls of our society.

“‘The Feminist’ was the most read piece of fiction in n+1’s history, and so some readers of REJECTION will anticipate the way a couple of endings move past cringe into criminal.” Jia Tolentino on Tony Tulathimutte! newyorker.com/books/under-re…

This is such an outrageous story. If you're a university administrator, how do you not know that history will judge you? How do you not see the shame you're bringing upon yourself and the institutions you work for? thenation.com/article/societ…

They will kill the world’s poorest people, hundreds and hundreds per day, using the most advanced weapons, for refusing to kneel

Loved listening to this conversation. And the space it held for us to consider when discussing Palestine, genocide and language.

#DADDYRecommends “Transfeminisms Chapter IV: Care and Kinship” at Mimosa House, London, 12 Sep – 26 Oct 2024. Celebrating community, resilience, and healing through diverse media. Featuring Sonia Boyce, Marcia Harvey Isaksson, Lubaina Himid, and more.

My Afghani landlord called me yesterday to say that I can assume that his family is now my family, and that he wanted to pass by to give me donations he already raised with his friends for Lebanon. I sobbed. This is what migrant love, support and protection look like.

“I have no money, I have nothing—I have God,” one former resident of Dahiyeh told me after she fled, only to spend a night sleeping on the street. In Beirut, after Nasrallah – my piece for Prospect prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-e…

'Haitians, Mexicans, Chinese, Jews, Palestinians and other "wretched of the earth" have been prime targets of hate speech, but tomorrow it could be any group. Dear Reader, your turn might be next.' -- Michel DeGraff newsweek.com/i-born-raised-…

While our household overcomes an illness, I will be reading Atossa Araxia Abrahamian latest book. The opening lines grabbed my attention, raising timely questions about place, capital, & nationalism. She confirms what I already knew, Geneva is a bizarre city & she explains why.

I wrote for The Baffler on Richard Powers' (underwhelming) new ocean-gazing novel PLAYGROUND, and all the things we can and should expect of writers thinking through the conditions of climate change and the anthropocene in their work. thebaffler.com/latest/clearly…

T minus one week! Get your pre-orders in amazon.com/Hidden-Globe-W…

J’ai eu l’honneur d’être entendue aux Nations Unies pour dénoncer les dynamiques racistes et sexistes opérant en France et ailleurs. Merci à United Nations Human Rights Council | 📍#HRC57 de m’avoir conviée pour participer à ces échanges d’importance primordiale. ➡️Mon intervention complète: youtu.be/jnbsXIeARb4?fe…