Maia Butler, Ph.D.

“Contending w/the Palimpsest: Reading the Land through Black Women’s Emotional Geographies” by @FreeBlackTX & @MaiaLButler is among 60+ free-access articles this month on #blackgeographies #juneteenth bit.ly/3NdjFci

My "Many Voices, Many Souths" online SUII "Intro to Lit" course (61113) is near cancellation. Need students who want to read/watch Black, Latinx, Caribbean, LGBTQ authors/films and chat about Landscapes, Past in the Present, and Borderwork. @UNCWilmington @uncwenglish @UNCW_CAS

@scholrblktivist Yay!

@voixdemichele @rchskns Hayyyyyyy boo!

HEY BOO

@rchskns Hay boo

hey babes in depression who are seemingly to our friends always in crisis don’t forget to check in with them when things are going well so they’ll know all those times they be pumping us and gassing us up and surrounding us in love are never for nothing let them see you shining

@rchskns Hugs ♡♡

I had to put my foot down with one of my kids like, 3 hours ago, and I’m still weepy about the exchange. They need consequences so they don’t turn into the office asshole or somebody, but the disciplining is still tough for me. You can hug me if you want. I need it.

@AcevedoWrites It's heartbreaking.

@AmyClukey I have an 18 year old living at home and in college. Honestly, issa lot, but we doin it!

My first peer-reviewed journal article FINALLY went live this week. "Seeing It for Wearing It: Autoethnography as Black Feminist Methodology" explores some of the challenges Black women who do work FOR and ABOUT Black women encounter in the academy. digitalcommons.lsu.edu/taboo/vol18/is…

@scholrblktivist O.o

@ericahoskins45 WHEW

Our dog had cancer earlier this year and when the vet cut off the growth she was like I think we got it but if it comes back then expect the worst.

@BlkSocWithQTNA @NPR ♡♡ thanks! She is everything!

@NPR @MaiaLButler check this out!!

Most of the characters in Edwidge Danticat's short story collection are Haitian American. While they may live in the U.S., Haiti is on their minds. "These days more than ever, we are reminded that whether or not we belong is not defined by us," she says. n.pr/2zwN115

See: NY Times: "Everything Inside: Stories" by Edwidge Danticat nytimes.com/2019/08/27/boo…

NPR Interview: npr.org/2019/08/30/754…

@FreeBlackTX LOLOLOL when she said Debbie Allen bout to walk in here right now. Lol. Rod said Debbie Allen bout to show up to Loretta's house for breakfast tmrw.

Everything about this is so Houston. 😅😅 Down to the being mad, but never admitting to being mad. lol.

Mapping Black Ecologies arrives when we desperately need it. There is no understanding the planetary crisis without Black Studies. PERIODT! Thank you @JTRoane and Justin Hosbey for this sound and fury. Looking forward to the future installments.

1/3: Honored to co-publish "Black Placemaking in Texas Sonic and Social Histories of Newton and Jasper County Freedom Colonies" with MJ Biazar in the latest issue of Current Research in Digital History! crdh.rrchnm.org/essays/v02-06-…

@scholrblktivist Aww

@freefringes @guarnaschelli I can't wait!!

@freefringes @guarnaschelli Her own show?! In the vein of GGG and CK? We love her so so much. Like, so much!