Black queer feminist. Candomble life. Reproductive Justice. Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, UT Austin. Physician Assistant. #1908
This is the title and cover of my book. I am deeply grateful to Duke University Press for retaining my title and approving the artwork of Ani Ganzala, a Brazilian Black queer artist from Bahia. @kwissoker @DukePress@AniGanzala
Chest/breast cancer affects us all, and affirming care makes a difference. Let’s advocate for safe, inclusive exams and providers who respect gender identities. Share these images from the Gxnecologx Justice Lab to spread awareness. #ChestCancerAwareness#QueerHealth
Sharing my lab’s visual material for Chest/Breast cancer month! Share with communities, organizations, medical providers and students to encourage dialogue! Black queer heath justice.
Chest/breast cancer affects us all, and affirming care makes a difference. Let’s advocate for safe, inclusive exams and providers who respect gender identities. Share these images from the Gxnecologx Justice Lab to spread awareness. #ChestCancerAwareness#QueerHealth
Excited to discuss my book in the African American Studies program at UF! I’ll also share for the first time in public childhood and early adult experiences of anti-Blackness shaping my Afro-Latinx identity. Why not, it’s Hispanic Heritage Month✊🏾 @DrRJDBarnes
It was pure joy to give away 8 books to faculty and students in South Africa incl. an organizer who presented on Black lesbians in Zimbabwe and a grad student in Capetown who recognized my flier and was thrilled to get a book! @kwissoker @DukePress@ReWorldingRepro @ratnagiri77
While the racial-ethnic chaos unfolds about VP Kamala Harris identities and ancestors, the police continue to kill us. The public refuses to take seriously how anti-Blackness and state violence works against us. #Sayhername
BREAKING:
Happening right now in Yemen.
An absolutely MASSIVE protest for Palestine is unfolding in the streets of Sanaa for the 38th week in a row.
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Racism Kills.
This JAMA study in Black women shows an association between racism and connectivity in brain pathways 🧠involved with rumination leading to increased vulnerability in developing stress-related disorders & neurodegenerative diseases.
https://t.co/8luiZQK2WG
Tenure documents and dossier preparation are giving me neck stiffness. Must be the tension. Staying the course. Need yoga.
If you know someone preparing for tenure, give them a neck massage. LOL