Notices by Andrea is Qualifiedt (thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io)

@mwyman @skinnylatte I agree but also wonder if there's some value for this particular case in celebrating the people power; maybe leaning into this sense of community self-sufficiency despite/in spite of state?

spirit told me a spell (gasp! witchcraft!!) this morning.

I'll pass it along for you to keep in your pocket.

clean rivers, clear seas.
clean air to breathe.
a free ethiopia. a free me.
a free congo. a free you.
a free sudan.
a free palestine.
a free Africa.
A free global majority.

In my lifetime, so mote it be.

(or else 😈 )

https://gtwaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trade-and-Critical-Minerals-The-Deadly-Cost-of-Cobalt-Mining-in-the-Congo.pdf

"The journey of cobalt from the DRC’s mines to the batteries powering EVs is fraught with peril and exploitation."

(Not just EVs but also our laptops, phones, etc.)

Before you go and purchase electronics you don't need, consider the human cost.

Who drinks poison so you don't have to?

#Cobalt #Congo #IPhone #AI #Claude #Tesla

quick question: what the fuck

I haven't shared any art in a long time; here's something from my sketchbook! Recently lined #Alt4Me pls

i feel like there's so many discussions on sm that are almost radio silent here, like the recent uptick in public cases of Black femicide, the klay thomson/meg thee stallion discourse. maybe this is a blessing, though

Just had a revelation: I tend to feel the safest in cities white people are afraid of (ie, Memphis, Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, St Louis)

Dr. Stacey is once again giving a WORD #NoKings #USPol #Protests

"Because the body leaves thinking something has shifted when structurally, nothing has. The policies remain. The institutions remain. The power dynamics remain intact. What changes is the feeling. And for many people, that feeling is enough to get them through another week, another news cycle, another wave of outrage, until the next protest. This is where it becomes dangerous..."

https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/no-kings-no-risk-no-change-the-protest?triedRedirect=true

@f800gecko Did you read the whole thing? Also, I am an American and it's not discouraging. If you find it so, please interrogate why suggesting consistent movement building would be discouraging to you. Hope that helps!

edit: If you really want to help with encouragement, help bail out some people from Memphis who were arrested yesterday. https://blacktwitter.io/@thiswomanswerk/116315430683087774

@f800gecko
Here ya go. Hope this helps! Again, read the *entire* thing before mentioning me again. Or just don't. Mention me, that is. :)

"The same people who are demanding answers from us are the same people who have historically ignored them, watered them down, voted against them, or called them “too extreme” the minute they required actual sacrifice."

https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/10-things-white-liberals-can-do-now?triedRedirect=true

I wrote the blog y'all: "What You're Getting Wrong about Identity Politics: Notes from a Re-Read of Combahee

"When leftists reject identity politics without having done the reading...I do not see the humility necessary to practice good political solidarity...I see someone who is not really interested in doing the hard work of building a coalition, but one who is enamored with political catharsis and hierarchy draped in revolutionary aesthetics.

https://ko-fi.com/post/What-Youre-Getting-Wrong-about-Identity-Politics-J3J11WM42B

Anyway I'm talking about identity politics again. This may shock you, but I'm once again thinking about how white ppl are wrong about it

if your first response to a socialist man (of color or otherwise) having SA allegations is to speculate that the "it seems too convenient," FUCK YOU.

YOU are part of the reason leftist spaces are not safe for women of color, full stop. You will excuse anything for your big man icons and it sickens me. You can go on and on about being revolutionary but it means nothing to me--you uphold the same hierarchy.

And yes you know who you are and if you're reading this I do mean you, bitch

finding out ppl apparently hate bubbly black girls makes so many things from my younger years make so much more sense

also: stop it-- get some help

I unmuted just to see something and...Trying to differentiate the n slur with "American vs English cultural history" is actually hilarious because who the fuck invented the word in the first place?

I swear you Europeans got some jolly good gotdamn nerve.

You can't even offer the basic grace of acknowledging the use of the word was harmful until you are shamed into it.

This is why I muted your ass, because there is literally no point in talking to you except to drain myself.

Happy US Black History Month! In my humble opinion the best way to celebrate us is to pay us. It's time for a #ReparationsThread babee ☺️

Black folks (across the diaspora!!) reply with your cash app, venmo, ko-fi, fedi fund ask, GoFundMe, etc if you like.

Others boost and donate!

eta: quite a few responses in the thread today! pls take a minute to look through and donate within your means.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BLM #BlackLivesMatter

****Pls boost****

Hey!!

Is anyone on here a Black birth worker or know one?

For my research, I am seeking to interview as many Black midwives (and other Blk birth workers, but midwifery is the central focus) as possible and get connected to birthing centers employing Black birth workers, esp. in the US South.

If you are/someone you know is interested, pls DM me! Thanks for reading!

*pls boost!!*

#BlackStudies #ReproductiveJustice #BlackWomen #BlackBirthingPeople #Midwifery #Doulas #BirthWork #MedicalAnthro

Also: the #SayHerName hashtag is for BLACK WOMEN. If you have a problem with that, I really don't care.

Black women's labor has been essential to just about every socio-political movement in this country's history, yet y'all constantly erase us. For you to feel entitled to co-opt yet another product of our labor designed to alleviate the deliberate erasure of us in order to center those with more privilege is nasty work and just another symptom of white supremacist delusion.

Support AshleyCae Lee through stage 4 leukemia. She is from Flint, MI and has endured medical racism:

"I unfortunately will be a #SayHerName statistic due to medical neglect and medical violence. Whether it’s purposely dismissing my pain or physically harming me to the point of tears, then laughing after. The insurance refusing to cover life-saving medication because my life is not worth anything to them. It is honestly terrifying."

https://gofund.me/9a066feae

*pls boost*

my fellow americans, voluntary and otherwise, I am once again asking us to be for fucking real.

as residents of metropole, we live in the belly of a beast: it is not only our uniquely situated opportunity, but also our obligation to dismantle the oppressive violence systems upheld by our country

join a collective/coalition
contribute to needs asks and mutual aid
be brave enough to challenge the system out loud when it counts
(as a start)