Amoni Thompson-Jones

Amara’s mama | Feminist Studies PhD candidate | Adjunct Faculty and Independent Consultant

[Amoni Thompson-Jones @AmoniThompson]

@AlexciaTh And will. lol!

[Samantha Pinto @samanthanpinto]

Submit abstracts by May 1! https://t.co/oHmpuaCcRj

[Amoni Thompson-Jones @AmoniThompson]

Congrats!! So grateful our @SchomburgCenter students got a chance to learn more about your work.

[Patrice D. Douglass @pdouglassphd]

Happy Publication Day to me! “Engendering Blackness: Slavery and the Ontology of Sexual Violence” is officially out in the world!

[i augustus durham @imeanswhatisays]

Next week!

Register at the QR code or here if there’s still availability:

https://t.co/PasKQ2wS0e

In an effort to keep things fresh as spring is here, or approaches 🤔, I will be presenting some new work. 👀👀

[African and Black Diaspora Journal @ABD_Journal]

Got a bold idea for a special issue? We're calling for proposals to Guest Edit on topics relating to African diaspora studies on power dynamics, gender, race, and social identity. Dive into the heart of knowledge production with us!

More info here: https://t.co/eijvAIZ5EP

[i augustus durham @imeanswhatisays]

And for my next trick—

Be Real Black for Me: About the Matter of Roberta Flack.

Under contract with @DukePress.

How it is going vs how it continued vs how it started

You have to understand it feels like I have been writing with and against time . . .

This is a project that

[J.T. Roane @JTRoane]

"How many of these gentle people have I helped to kill just by paying my taxes?"- June Jordan

[Workshops4Gaza @Workshops4Gaza]

For all the Columbia and Barnard students expelled today ❤️‍🔥 https://t.co/P706fIblH2

[Kimberly Juanita Brown @kjuanitabrown]

And baby makes three. Publication date: February 18th (Toni Morrison’s birthday) ⁦@mitpress⁩

[s💌 @notanarch1ve]

I’m not usually a national landmark announcement nerd but this is a lovely moment in Black queer women’s history.

Today the Slowe-Burrill House was deemed a national landmark. The home will be preserved as an accessible piece of Black queer women’s history in DC 🩷

[Amoni Thompson-Jones @AmoniThompson]

#NewProfilePic courtesy of @uzoart and @GiftedIllusionz 🦋

[Kehinde 🇳🇬 @kalonge93]

Nikki Giovanni and Toni Cade Bambara 🖤

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

Some towns still don’t have drinkable water months after Hurricane Helene. A full recovery could take years. | @grist

The flooding that devastated western North Carolina during Hurricane Helene knocked out dozens of rural water systems.
https://t.co/SzrK84eq0J

[Amoni Thompson-Jones @AmoniThompson]

Go best friend! 💐

[Latinx Geographies @LatinxGeog]

We are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2024 @LatinxGeog Paper Award:

Kimberly Soriano for their paper "From Gang Injunctions to Encampment Sweeps: Producing Technologies of Spatial Policing toward 'Data-Driven' Banishment."

Please join us in congratulating Kimberly!

[missfalasteenia @missfalsteenia]

A poster that every schoolteacher should display this year.

[Reighan Gillam @Reighangillam]

“Reclaiming My Time” seeks to confront this long tradition of Black overwork & aims to “participate in this larger conversation about rest..”Wilkinson focused on seating for the exhibition, since chairs embody the literal definition of rest and relaxation" https://t.co/dd8VsEAJTx

[ChristinaProenzaColes @ProenzaColes]

The Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida c. 1966.

From the archival collection of The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida.

[Left of Black @LeftOfBlack]

'Erica Edwards reveals how the long war on terror, has relied on the labor and the fantasies of Black women to justify the imperial spread of capitalism.'

Left of Black S12 · E9 | Erica R. Edwards on Black Women and U.S. Empire
https://t.co/bqpuRQ0jFb

[_ @jonjonmp]

time is tired of us