Karen Attiah

@karenattiah.bsky.social

Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social

@karenattiah.bsky.social Pinned

I was reluctant to weigh in on the racial discourse about Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy.

But finally I did.

Here's why I don't think we *NEED* to have a Black Helen of Troy when Black/African cultures have so many other strong, beautiful heroines.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

open.substack.comWe Don't Need a Black Helen of Troy. We need more Black Mythology.We wouldn't be aspiring for Black inclusion in the White imagination if we had more Black heroes and heroines.
@prisonculture.bsky.socialReposted by @karenattiah.bsky.social

Can we be honest that so called 'wokeness' meant Black people demanding full social personhood and refusing to be silent about getting murdered/harmed by the state? So yes, that is more threatening to many in this country than is fascism. I think that's been clear.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

If you only read the opinion journalism in elite media over the last decade, you would have been convinced that wokeness, not fascism, was the greatest threats to American society. Now some of those authors are retconning by trying to relabel fascism as "the woke right." bsky.app/profile/donm...

@nameshiv.bsky.socialReposted by @karenattiah.bsky.social

modi has spent the last 12 years being the guy that Trump wishes he could be and gets about 1/300th as much attention as Orban who was lording it over a country maybe 1/35th the size

Athul K. Acharya@athul.acharya.cc

Holy shit they disenfranchised nearly ten percent of the population. It’s like a GOP wet dream

nytimes.comIndia Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against ModiPublic anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.
@katmabu.bsky.socialReposted by @karenattiah.bsky.social

CHICAGO STATIONERY LOVERS!!!!

Scratch Pad, a new cat-themed stationery shop, just opened today in Wrigleyville!!!

It’s full of stickers, pens, washi tape, and a million of other cute kitty desk necessities. I got sooo many Heater and Dragon-themed stickers: scratchpadchicago.com

A variety of kitty-themed notebooks and washi tapes !!!A variety of kitty themed stickies!!!
@atnylinuxadmin.bsky.socialReposted by @karenattiah.bsky.social

It was a very brief period and they didn’t stay. I have a lot of Brazilian friends and Twitter is simply embedded in the culture the same way WhatsApp is. Both are too deeply intertwined into daily life and business transactions. Bluesky has no chance. 

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