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Lily m Kunda. I study race and popular culture. I teach Critical Digital Race Studies at *redacted*. I also take a lot of naps. Tweets are for fun.
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I have to accept that it's not my job to fix the problems created by systemic racism. I'll do my best to teach the kids about how systems of power operate, how to finesse these system. And spend the rest of my time finding joy, happiness, and pleasure.
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This the one right here. Not sure who the dancer was, but I hope she's ok wherever she is 🧡
Which Reggae song you think was created PERFECTLY?
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Me writing the dissertation for the PhD program I begged God to let me into 🥲
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@IamJulito
She never even got the gfm money and it doesn't cost 40k to go to fucking Jamaica. Pls stfu. Y'all want black women to suffer so bad. Like her life has been turned upside down. She has suffered. Jesus fucking christ.
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I was an undocumented immigrant for over 10 years. I had a baby in 11th grade. People thought I wouldn't even graduate high school. And not only do I have 3 degrees atp. I'm approximately 6 months out from finishing my PhD.
I'm the literal definition of beating the odds.
Black folks: post a true, non-humble, flex about yourself that you’d never say out loud because you have couth.
I wanna see Ya’ll BRAG on what your Ancestors have rendered!
Me: I’m one the best thinkers, writers and speakers of my generation.
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@BDTRELILBROTHER
One day we need to have a serious conversation about how a certain demographic of men want to have daughters they find sexually attractive.
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So honored to finally be able to call myself Dr. Lily M Kunda. We thank God for the day 🧡. Thank you to all my friends and family who supported me during me defense today ✨.
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The revisions are in, and I'm finally done. So looking forward to going into this semester as just a Professor and no longer a student.
Took some pics to commemorate being PhinesheD 🧡✨
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@brownxloud
Imagine disrespecting the BLM movement for including queer folks when the BLM was created by queer women?!
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Being
#BlackInTheIvory
is always being the “only”. The only black person in your cohort. The only black person in your department. The only black person in a class. The only black panelist. The only black person on a committee. How many of us have been the “only”?
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@shaTIRED
AND THIS IS WHAT'S BOTHERING ME! It's so damn weird. They call black children every slur in the book and treat them like an inconvenience simply fit existing. Like why don't black kids deserve any ounce of humanity?
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Friends, I submitted the full draft of my dissertation to my committee. I wrote the the thing 😭. I cannot believe it. Defense day up next 🙈🤞🏾💪🏾.
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@leroymitchell54
@lorraine_pilime
And a lot of y'all don't even do the financial providing part!!!
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Super excited to share that this Fall I will be taking my teaching talents to
@williamandmary
as a Lecturer in Critical Digital Race Studies for a joint appointment in their Africana Studies & American Studies departments. I have a great feeling about what's to come ✨💚🤍
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@YSburneraccount
No fr. Bc wdym somethings you just "don't need to bother yourself about, particularly those things that sap your energy" LIKE YOUR CHILDREN?!
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Update: my neighbor payed for a room for me and the boys at the hotel i have been sitting in the lobby in since 930pm yesterday. Checkin is in 2 hours. I haven’t slept in over 24 hours. I am weary but ok. Pls continue to amplify for those still stuck in their homes.
#poweroutage
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@WrittenByHanna
Not just your last trimester but like when you're due any day??? I would have given her a pass if the explaination was "he was asking me if we should still order dinner atp" or he wanted to know if EYE still wanted dinner or something to that effect.
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@NeonAng16253768
@_ShamGod
Court docs are public. How you writing a letter of support but want it to be private. Stand on it.
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@_Rawilcox
I’m genuinely curious, how can we help families like the Rices’? I get the commodification is questionable. Would they prefer attention not be brought to this fight? Or perhaps a different way? I’m so perplexed on what is the right way to go about this type of sj work
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@NinaSerafina
Not even a little and I'm not of the belief that children can't be sneaky. You could have had a conversation with her and threw the cereal away to "prove a point" but to play psychological games with your child for that long is mad weird. Esp over some damn cereal.
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How I’m going to sleep after watching the
#BETAwards
and just relishing in the fact that I’m a black queen 👑 goodnight
#Blacktwitter
✊🏾
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THIS is what yall fail to understand. You guys think Meg is the one who pressed charges. But it's the state. You can't just go fire an illegal weapon recklessly & think you will get away with it. If your defense is really Kelsey did it, you would have got on the stand & said that
Tory Lanez is facing a minimum of nine years in prison, Deputy DA Alex Bott said.
“I think any time you point a gun at someone and pull the trigger five times, that’s an action that could easily kill a person, and I think that’s an action that should have serious consequences.”
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Students gave me an applause when we finished class today. And one student who I had this semester and last semester congratulated me on a great first year at W&M. Cheers to the amazing students. It's really been a great first year as a professor.
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After a few hiccups along the way, I can ~finally~ say I passed my comprehensive exams 😌. Cheers to never having to do that ever again!
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Camille lectures really be 5 minutes. No readings, no theory, no key terms, just vibes.
#Harlem
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@shanteerosado
Bc self branding is rooted in the neoliberal notion that our profitability should be our number 1 concern
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Did anyone feel like they lost friendships or relationships during their PhD process?
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@kemi_aa
@ParisNoire
I run in through an AI detector and say something along the lines of "your paper is reading as AI generated and has been detected as such, can you explain?" Then also request Google doc history. I also make it super clear on day 1 my very strong stance against AI generated work
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I KNOW this nigga Pardison did not fucking cheat on my girl during the worst time of her life. Let me go unfollow his bitch ass right now.
#Cobra
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Alyssa is absolutely wild. Bc what the actual fuck. You want to participate in the “experience” of married at first sight without actually dating, marrying or getting to know the spouse???
#mafs
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One thing I’ll say that has helped me survive being
#BlackintheIvory
is having white professors who advocated for me when I did experience racism. White professors, y’all REALLY have the power to shape the experiences of your black students by being relentless allies.
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I hate when people don't allow or acknowledge someone's experiences as valid. Y'all sit there and go to conferences and present papers on power dynamics yet you don't see how a junior scholar could view conferences as an unnecessary hurdle and a financial burden?
academic conferences are wild. $1000 in flights and lodging. talk about your work for 15mins. hear some questions that are more of comments. go to the plenary. a senior scholar says something completely out of pocket. "this is not who we are." overpriced cocktails at hotel bar.
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Am I the only one who lost it when Nicki said “I am who I am because I am who I am.” Like soak that in. I felt that shit in my soul.
🗣 I AM WHO I AM BECAUSE I AM WHO I MF AM!!!!!!!!
#QueenRadio
#JoeBuddenPodcast
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@Dreadful4Tymes
@elegantheaux
And this is what truly irritates me. Bc they didn't care about that child until now it's convenient to villainize Suki. Also misogyny and toxic masculinity is what promotes men to push sexuality on young boys way too soon.
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Me & my kids are sleeping in a hotel lobby bc
@texasgov
has taken power out of millions of homes in and the temp is 9 degrees. I called police to take us to a shelter bc i couldn’t stand it anymore. Only to find there are no shelters and all hotels are booked. So here we are
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Professors would literally rather see you have a mental break down before they reduce the amount of readings.
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I could write an entire essay on the pedagogical necessity of deadline extensions in the academy. & how rigorous deadlines are low-key (high key) classist, a symptom of capitalism, and a way for professor to flex their power. And ultimately do not aid in the learning process.
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@thisiskashmir
I think it would be less weird if she was older. But to blame a 4yo bc my grown husband has never taken the time to notice what cereal I keep in the house or that I don't like the kids eating sugary stuff?? Like how do you, as my husband and their father, not know that?
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And ofc Vlad is bullying black women scholars trying to get her fired bc she said white people shouldn't center themselves in black culture. Disgusting.
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Meg: Tory shot me
Y'all: no youre lying, there was no shooting
Kelsey: Tory shot Meg
Y'all: no Kelsey did it
Neighbor: The Little guy shot everywhere
Y'all: he was just letting off 5 warning shots
Audio DIRECTLY from Tory: I'm so sorry for what EYE did. Meg will never forgive me
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This woman will go down in the history books for the work she is doing
Real quick. Quan’Deitrick just wanted to address the “DEADBEAT” allegations.
I didn’t ask them to keep those babies!!!!!!
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@JenniferRoseNYC
You’re really trying to take down the YouTube hair expert industrial complex one tweet at a time 😭😭
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@Dark_Stark88
@obey_ivy_nicole
@YoAuntiePeachz
@tfromthetdot
@deray
@ReignOfApril
She's being completely unserious in her responses. This man has 12 kids in different states, and like 3 jobs (that we know of!). And she's acting like it's possible to be available to all kids at once. This after a BM was just complaining about not having help. Gtfoh
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@heyyitsjanea
I think the problem with this generation is women don't know how to persevere through hard times like or grandmother's used to. It's like as soon as things get difficult she's ready to leave. You can't sustain a relationship like that.
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@afak6Scorp
@charlisangel__
I think she went in there looking for uche then production said it was a no go and she just lucked up and found Milton. I know a crazy girl when I see one. Hate that for Aaliyah
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These cannot be the only candidates they have for us
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@NativeSheWolf
I think the credit was a final straw. & he was misleading about it n then all the other little things he said he would do (cook for her, whatever else) he didn't. I think if someone is accustom to a certain lifestyle it's not wrong to not want less. I just think she's classist.
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@Thabile_TTO
@BARIJUKU
And this is what annoys me. Latto didn't do wrong by that lady. And even tried to maturely hash things out. Now the narrative is she's being "punished." mind you she's doing well. Putting out hits. Getting features left and right. On the festival circuit.
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@thisiskashmir
I hate Stan culture as well but there's a way to not engage w/o calling people slurs. Im sure she had no problem spending all that stan money lol. Those ppl like/respect her so if she just normally said "Im not into the stan stuff & don't want a hive name" they would follow suit
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I really love Black women doing what they need and want to protect their mental health.
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@frodeci
But also was screaming “get over it” when she was in despair. I hate it here so much.
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I just realized that
@yandysmith
didn’t bring up Mendeces at all this season. Not a call or nothin. Like how is he?
#LHHNY
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@niahbouttabagg
@SUCKAW0RLD
That's what I don't understand. Like if we aren't friends. We don't talk fr. And your tone is low-keynasty, and you're bringing up calling my man, why would I think your joking?! And better yet why are you "joking" like this.
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@MrsBundrige
Mind you. They literally don't respect you bc of what you're wearing but claim it's not about respectability lol
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Imagine being a whole professor making full time money and serving a GRAD STUDENT with legal papers knowing they don’t have the means to get a lawyer themselves?! Like whet
After you call folks in the discipline to call me to say you’re willing to talk. I reach out and ask what is the convo about and i don’t hear anything but get a response from your lawyer 9 days later.
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@PumpkinKing1886
@bluloveslife
@nna_onu
Seee I do believe in cutting men slack but why exactly am EYE cooking dinner at 9 months pregnant?? Lol.
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I knew my son was hanging with his grandpa too much when he asked me for some “bread and jam”
Kids that are raised by their grandparents talk so old. 5 year old talking like they where alive during segregation.
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@_KayAyWhyElleAy
@jshauntaee
Talking about technology ruins their brains when a majority of schools are currently VIRTUAL through a CHROMEBOOK rn. But go awf
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Let me me get this straight. Last week y'all were mourning Jackie Oh and discussing the tragedies of the pressures women feel to get cosmetic surgery. But this week y'all are fat shaming Jorja Smith (who isn't fat btw?!). But y'all don't see ANY connection between these things...
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So I just wanted to share something with the good people of Twitter as I’m generally a very transparent person. I haven’t been able to pay my rent all summer and my TX Rent Relief application was FINALLY approved and paid off my balance of $3,984.60. Praise to the most high 🙌🏾.
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Also, what I loved about
#hustlers
is the fact that there were no storylines about men/romance. Like every man in the movie was peripheral as hell. Like what happened to Destiny’s BD? In fact what was even his name? Don’t know, don’t care lol.
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Super excited to share that next semester I'm teaching a special topics class on Beyonce! For the course I think it would be really fun to wear a different Beyonce shirt to every class. So this year for my birthday(today lol) I'm requesting donations to help me buy Beyonce merch!
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@ItsBabyGator
Drake is not from Houston. The Houston legends fw Meg who he's disrespected. And a big part of what made Kendricks performance special is he is still connected w/ ppl he came up with. Whereas Drake friend hops and makes new enemies constantly.
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@obey_ivy_nicole
@tfromthetdot
@deray
@ReignOfApril
"people don't just fall sick at once" have you ever heard of cold and flu season??? Bffr
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@nhoodpublicist
THANK YOU bc WHAT?! After 5 days of groceries and 2 trips to the gas station she's done.
Idk i feel her. As a mom of 2/fam of 4, we buy groceries weekly & spend about $150 a trip. Then thinking about gas plus needing things like lunch or doing summ w/ my kids on the weekend. $200 for 10 days is bad. Yes there are p doing worse but I stress every check in this situati
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Just changed my name on my syllabus from "Professor Lily Kunda" to "Dr. Lily Kunda" like omg is this real?!
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#AzealiaBanks
can’t sit there preaching about black Women’s empowerment then down
@iamcardib
constantly and bash her grammar as if so many black girls and woc don’t speak just like her! The mandate of needing to “speak proper” is a symptom of white supremacy
@breakfastclubam
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