Atiya Irvin-Mitchell

Reader. Writer. Journalist. Sayer of sarcastic things. Strong opinions, gentle soul. I live and breathe words.

[Atiya Irvin-Mitchell @AtiyaWrites]

"Not only will I stare. I want my look to change reality."
-bell hooks

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

If you want to push back against tech’s encroachment into every corner of our lives, you need to be reading books. They’re keen to create a world in which most people are illiterate & addicted to slop, a world without poetry, imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.

[Praise @tufpraise]

y'all keep leaving out keith porter december 31, 2025.
outside his own apartment complex
by an ICE agent who was off duty
43 years old. 2 kids.

[Etan Thomas @etanthomas36]

“If you do not vote, you have sold us out. If you sit at home talking about neither party is doing anything for you, you’ve betrayed us. Every time you sit silently and won’t use your voice or your vote, you have enabled evil”
~Dr. Howard-John Wesley
Alfred Street Baptist Church

[Amunet @freakoutsideofx]

Will and Ashley, 35 years later.

[Olivier Knox @OKnox]

"Richardson is struggling to find a new job because his mugshot is still posted online, despite the charges being dropped."

[Wesley @WesleyLowery]

FL police use A.I. to identify a vehicle theft suspect from surveillance video. Based on an "85% match" they arrest and charge Jalil Richardson. He spends 3 months in jail. He loses his job, his home, and custody of his kids.

Richardson lives in N.C.
He's never been to Florida. And his timesheet shows him at work at the time of the crime. No one checked before charging him. https://t.co/2AcQYwq30f

[Pittsburgh Regional Transit @PGHtransit]

What a great day at the Pittsburgh Pride March & Parade on Sunday! 🌈

If you caught our Pride bus on the parade circuit or if this is your first look at our bus, take a peek at some of these photos!

[❦. @filmsbratz]

— they raised me 💟 ⋆˚✿🍒𐙚⋆˚👩🏾💅🏾🌷🩵💿 | the cheetah girls, bratz, the powerpuff girls, totally spies, my scene, winx, disney princesses, etc. — all a part of my girlhood. they’re the reason why i am the woman i am now. it truly was great! & that’s what girls do.

ᥫ᭡.ִֶָ𓂃

[Sarah Ironside 💙 @SarahIronside6]

The Mormons are finding out today that without separation of church and state, even your specific brand of Christianity is not safe. Don't say we didn't warn you.

[1964archives @1964archives]

“They will pay one of us to kill one of us just to say it was one of us”

[Marshal Knight @Marshal_Knight]

…I think they felt bad that Ragtime has never won for a production…but Cats: The Jellicle Ball should have won revival.

Why must we only reward the plight of black Americans and not revel in their joy?

[ernest baker @ernestbaker]

Gen Z swear they hate Millennials then you go out and every 25 year old DJ is playing 2011’s greatest hits

[City of Pittsburgh @Pittsburgh]

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride, Pittsburgh🏳️‍🌈

Thank you to everyone who brought joy and inclusion to our streets for the 2026 Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade.

[Zito @_Zeets]

Again, he gets graded on a curve. Dude is losing his shit because a reporter pushes back a bit on his lies, and he loses his temper, insults her, and walks out of the interview. And yet, he keeps being presented as a sane and normal person.

[Abeeha Tariq ✨ @AbeehaTariqArt]

happy pride month my loves

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

These chairs are so cool.

[MJdowntheshore @MJdowntheshore]

Just sayin'.

[ally @missmayn]

when the bubble bursts can someone pls make a supercut of all the celebrities who were bribed to say ai is here to stay

[Bella Goth 🌞 @WickedNFine]

She’s a Black woman who is proud of her body, isn’t ashamed of having multiple public relationships, raps about sex, & testified against her abuser which led to him going to prison. They all want to “humble” her & punish her. Just like recently Joe Budden was saying she needed to be held accountable. But couldn’t really explain what for. Lol.

[tone @tony_b_goode]

The ballroom survives.

The slang survives.

The aesthetics survive.

But the Black gay spaces or become gentrified.

That’s not inclusion. That’s cultural eviction.