Tressie McMillan Cottom+

I refuse with you.

I refuse with you.

Ahhh my emotional support tee shirts! They come from Perfect White Tee and I’m o

Ahhh my emotional support tee shirts! They come from Perfect White Tee and I’m only sharing because they have never let me down. This particular one is the boxy relaxed. Cheers.

Who is this for???

Who is this for???

Siri, show me “not reading the room”

Siri, show me “not reading the room”

Them and that shitty brisket can kick rocks.

Them and that shitty brisket can kick rocks.

When you make a tax a fine, the rich will treat it as a convenience.

When you make a tax a fine, the rich will treat it as a convenience.

Or, as I say about once a week, I’m funny but I ain’t never a joke.

Or, as I say about once a week, I’m funny but I ain’t never a joke.

This is my motto. There’s nothing worse than a smart talented person who canno

This is my motto. There’s nothing worse than a smart talented person who cannot laugh at themselves. It makes a tyrant.

It’s been a busy day so I’m just seeing this. Maybe this has been the Rapture

It’s been a busy day so I’m just seeing this. Maybe this has been the Rapture and none of us made it.

One of the worst cancers!!

One of the worst cancers!!

We had a blast.

We had a blast.

I literally cannot say anything without someone getting in their feelings. It’s

I literally cannot say anything without someone getting in their feelings. It’s so absurd.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for this ambitious thread. I lack all ambition. It’s very generous.

Thank you for this ambitious thread. I lack all ambition. It’s very generous.

👍🏾

👍🏾

Rage!!! 😂😂

Rage!!! 😂😂

(The gag is the first time I encountered Gramsci, it was in a beat up paper book

(The gag is the first time I encountered Gramsci, it was in a beat up paper book I took from my uncle’s house. At like 13. Just laying around the house. 😂)

I keep wondering if we will ever see that well of prestige run dry.

I keep wondering if we will ever see that well of prestige run dry.

Totally fine not to know! He isn’t exactly a pop culture go-to? Not so fine to

Totally fine not to know! He isn’t exactly a pop culture go-to? Not so fine to think I backed my way into his concept without knowing it or him.

I remember when many of us hypothesized this during the MOOC IP grab. It sounded

I remember when many of us hypothesized this during the MOOC IP grab. It sounded insane. Now:

😂 it took three reads for me to figure it out

😂 it took three reads for me to figure it out

People always want a prize for circumventing all the ways I screen for them. Lik

People always want a prize for circumventing all the ways I screen for them. Like it’s been some elaborate game and not a sign that they should reconsider contacting me.

almost drove me to take FMLA and I’m not kidding

almost drove me to take FMLA and I’m not kidding

Anyway, everyone think I’m an idiot. I mean, everyone.

Anyway, everyone think I’m an idiot. I mean, everyone.

Or the time I co-presented with another colleague and every time I posed a quest

Or the time I co-presented with another colleague and every time I posed a question (I can be a bit Socratic-focus-inquiry driven in class) to the students he would turn to me and answer it. as if I were asking the question.

It’s like the time my colleague slowly explained the Foucault lectures were…afte

It’s like the time my colleague slowly explained the Foucault lectures were…after I had been invited to give the Foucault lectures at a university. We were both sociologists, fwiw.

Socials team posted video of me talking about organic intellectualism (as part o

Socials team posted video of me talking about organic intellectualism (as part of a keynote where it made sense). Today, hundreds of (mostly) men are telling me that I might like this guy with similar ideas. The guy? Gramsci.

Deferred maintenance is kicking our butts

Deferred maintenance is kicking our butts

And I know Ted’s work. that isn’t what he has argued. Weird.

And I know Ted’s work. that isn’t what he has argued. Weird.

I under and that’s what you think but there isn’t a lot of evidence that you are

I under and that’s what you think but there isn’t a lot of evidence that you are correct.

It seems like a minor thing but this is actually THE thing.

It seems like a minor thing but this is actually THE thing.

We did all the things. We subjected google search to pedagogical science, collab

We did all the things. We subjected google search to pedagogical science, collaborated on appropriate curriculum and use in education, refined the tool by teaching it how to interact with human information practices. And now it’s all gone.

I was thinking, fondly, of boolean search yesterday. not only is it a superior w

I was thinking, fondly, of boolean search yesterday. not only is it a superior way to query Internet archives, it’s also an example of academia and k-12 being as nimble and tech forward as AI boosters claim they want us to be. We pivoted very efficiently on Google search. And now it’s dead.

Yes. Exactly.

Yes. Exactly.

The people who attack you are always having a blast. It’s psychosexual. They are

The people who attack you are always having a blast. It’s psychosexual. They are livid when you exercise any autonomy — quote tweet to ending your life is one continuum of the same violation to them. How dare you not be an object.

Yes. They are actually angry at him for ruining their fun by injecting real worl

Yes. They are actually angry at him for ruining their fun by injecting real world consequences. that matches my experience of targeted harassment, a lesson you can see in how I engage on here.

We went and got Canada lit. Canada!

We went and got Canada lit. Canada!

This is my husband’s first new academic year in a college town. He is losing h

This is my husband’s first new academic year in a college town. He is losing his mind. “Who are all these people? Are they still coming?? This town can’t hold it all!”

They will infantilize her because blonde and baby fundie voice. they will appeal

They will infantilize her because blonde and baby fundie voice. they will appeal to the position’s gendered title (“secretary”) to make her seem weak & vulnerable. She is the most powerful person in any room that Trump occupies. She is the emperor’s clothes.

Still tapping the sign: bsky.app/profile/nich...

Still tapping the sign: bsky.app/profile/nich...

“Weekly groceries” is the most optimistic, irrational thing that I continue to b

“Weekly groceries” is the most optimistic, irrational thing that I continue to believe in.

And the men most emphatic about being isolated look like the least capable, skil

And the men most emphatic about being isolated look like the least capable, skilled men imaginable. These men *need* neighbors. They need a downtown. They need delivery apps. They can’t survive off the main road.

I’ve been obsessed with this motif for two decades. What are they doing in that

I’ve been obsessed with this motif for two decades. What are they doing in that house?!! Is it all sex parties or are they grilling naked or what?!!

All because MJ passed smh

All because MJ passed smh

We won’t sign waivers either. They don’t respect our opt-out. And you can tell t

We won’t sign waivers either. They don’t respect our opt-out. And you can tell they’re annoyed. To be fair, I know that it’s impractical to photograph school activities and exclude the kids whose parents dissent. I get that. I just don’t care. Leave us alone.

Of course. The love the military but hate the troops.

Of course. The love the military but hate the troops.

Hope they also have good liability coverage with their homeowner's policy becaus

Hope they also have good liability coverage with their homeowner's policy because a lot of someones are going to sue a lot of breadwinners for CSAM.

There is a cohort of parents who are culturally obligated to fight your kid if h

There is a cohort of parents who are culturally obligated to fight your kid if he records and publicly harasses their daughter. That's all I'm going to say. Hope Mom and Dad can fight.

Meta using disabled students for cover. Absolutely positively despicable.

Meta using disabled students for cover. Absolutely positively despicable.

This is seriously going to get people hurt and killed.

This is seriously going to get people hurt and killed.

oh oh i know this one! "the certificates take apple pay. if you want a student

oh oh i know this one! "the certificates take apple pay. if you want a student loan, enroll in a degree." "what if we promise to pay your student loans if you get a job from this fast degree?" "wait, we don't have the money to pay for that. why didn't you become a plumber?"

Yeah, I've thought about that a time or two. That is the right spot for on-the-j

Yeah, I've thought about that a time or two. That is the right spot for on-the-job training but that is a political and economic non-starter in late stage neo technofeudal or whatever capitalism. bookshop.org/p/books/lowe...?

Fifteen years and i have never seen good evidence of this.

Fifteen years and i have never seen good evidence of this.

“What is with ex Obama people” is a question that should be put in wikipedia

“What is with ex Obama people” is a question that should be put in wikipedia

And they owe Florence Pugh big time for being a better, less smarmy franchise te

And they owe Florence Pugh big time for being a better, less smarmy franchise team player than the Bad Chris.

That Spider-Man movie is one of the best in the franchise. i really enjoyed it.

That Spider-Man movie is one of the best in the franchise. i really enjoyed it.

Yeah I didn’t want to do body comments this time but she is also reading as…well

Yeah I didn’t want to do body comments this time but she is also reading as…well, too weak to stand.

Yeah I have to use it for a lot of group work. But I hate it every time.

Yeah I have to use it for a lot of group work. But I hate it every time.

Yes I have used a computer shortcut before.

Yes I have used a computer shortcut before.

There is a story here about parsing political ruptures from weak political trend

There is a story here about parsing political ruptures from weak political trends. I think the idea of standards has been a weak trend line, easy and safe to miss until a rupture, ie Trump.

I am LIVID every single time.

I am LIVID every single time.

Let me tell you what I’ve fallen for three times now. There’s a prompt in Google

Let me tell you what I’ve fallen for three times now. There’s a prompt in Google Docs that says something like match the original text style. me, a gen-xer, keeps thinking they’ve finally made it easy to paste formatted text into a document style. SIKE! it prompts ai to rewrite the copied text

Jesus lord in heaven

Jesus lord in heaven

Over-coached and first time in high heels. I recognize this specific look: a bab

Over-coached and first time in high heels. I recognize this specific look: a baby gazelle trying to be a supermodel. the blank stare because mental tape is running all the coaching cues.

Oh now I see. :(

Oh now I see. :(

People who won.

People who won.

I believe the implication in Josh’s list was winning candidates.

I believe the implication in Josh’s list was winning candidates.

that's the answer to which question, exactly?

that's the answer to which question, exactly?

Certainly people will try it, especially for any woman that runs, but it feels l

Certainly people will try it, especially for any woman that runs, but it feels like it will be a hard sell. I know we have short memories and people don't pay attention and he is funny sometimes but my sense from time around people is that they are disgusted with all of this.

But are we really going to issue fit tests like legislative experience after two

But are we really going to issue fit tests like legislative experience after two Trump administrations? they had a ufc fight on the white house lawn. What are we doing here?

Someone recently said that there are two factions here and its not progressives

Someone recently said that there are two factions here and its not progressives versus establishment. It's those who think trump is an abheration or an inevitable consequence of political choices. This return to standards comes from that first faction.

I’m more amenable to the concern about chauvinism than I am to any concerns abou

I’m more amenable to the concern about chauvinism than I am to any concerns about experience.

How do we maintain a straight face about candidate standards and “executive” exp

How do we maintain a straight face about candidate standards and “executive” experience for POTUS after electing this

I cut all the insults and the closing invitation but this point is of a type.

I cut all the insults and the closing invitation but this point is of a type. How do we return to the fantasy of some presidential standard (qualifications) after electing Trump twice? And whose interests are served if we do?

For a generation exposed to so much affective content they are woefully unprepar

For a generation exposed to so much affective content they are woefully unprepared to discern affect and meaning, i am finding.

this kind of slippage really worries me. nothing means anything anymore.

this kind of slippage really worries me. nothing means anything anymore.

Also adding another data point to my experimental art piece, "doing literally an

Also adding another data point to my experimental art piece, "doing literally anything else is better than arguing with people on the internet."

Instead of doing one of the 194 items on my to-do list, I finally soaked my favo

Instead of doing one of the 194 items on my to-do list, I finally soaked my favorite tea kettle in limescale remover and scrubbed it down with an old fashioned wad of stainless steel. I've had massages less satisfying.

🤌🏿

🤌🏿

That's a deep cut! My mom was a Kelly Girl and so was I. Talk about a generation

That's a deep cut! My mom was a Kelly Girl and so was I. Talk about a generational moment.