Therí A. Pickens, PhD

Writer | Scholar | Poet | Editor

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

With all that is happening in the world, and that I know I am purposed to do as a writer, I am taking @MichaelaCoel advice from her Emmy speech. I have disappeared, but I am not gone. I will see you after the silence speaks. - TAP

[Cortney Lamar Charleston @bardsbesidebars]

I'm back home from @FuriousFlowerPC brimming with love and imagination, astounded by what Black poetry has made possible and can help make possible still. A free Palestine *is* possible. A free Congo *is* possible. A free Sudan *is* possible. We have worlds to make real.

[Danez @Danez_Smif]

wanted to share the poem I wrote last night that has been spinning in my head but finally found some language. free palestine. free all people from all ravages of empire.

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

@TaliaHibbert is damn good. Can't wait to teach, _Get a Life, Chloe Brown!_

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

URGENT: @USAmbUN, the decision to cut humanitarian funding to @UNRWA is causing immense suffering among Palestinian refugees and exacerbating the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Reinstate UNRWA funding and call for a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE now! #FundUNRWA

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

URGENT: @State_IO, the decision to cut humanitarian funding to @UNRWA is causing immense suffering among Palestinian refugees and exacerbating the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Reinstate UNRWA funding and call for a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE now! #FundUNRWA

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

URGENT: @PowerUSAid, the decision to cut humanitarian funding to @UNRWA is causing immense suffering among Palestinian refugees and exacerbating the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Reinstate UNRWA funding and call for a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE now! #FundUNRWA

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

URGENT: @SecBlinken, the decision to cut humanitarian funding to @UNRWA is causing immense suffering among Palestinian refugees and exacerbating the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Reinstate UNRWA funding and call for a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE now! #FundUNRWA

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

Fully on board with this reading of scripture and faith.

[Leslie Jones 🦋 @Lesdoggg]

I don’t know who this man is but protect him at all costs!! He finally broke it down. So much she had no come back! See the God yall worshipping is yourself and your opinions!! I love how he use the word, the one she claims to know in his argument! Sadly they still won’t get it. Y’all think we judging you but it’s by the measure you are judging is what’s happening! And she claim to want to help the students but didn’t want to ask the parents for permission to do it. Where do these women get the audacity? You can’t control our kids!! Please everyone repost this!!

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

I am watching an old season of Top Chef. Does anyone do work on reality TV cooking competitions and nationalism?

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

@anthonyocampo Oh my goodness! I am so sorry!

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

Full academic boycott of Israel for the destruction of Palestinian universities, including in this video, the bombing of the University of Palestine. All academics, worldwide, must condemn this and join the boycott of Israeli cultural institutions. #BDS

[born black @SPBPHD]

I love me some Niecy. Always have and always will.

[Joy 🐎 Priest @Dalai_Mama_]

Israeli bulldozers are intentionally destroying cemeteries in Gaza and exhuming dead bodies as a result.

I don’t even have a word for what kind of mind is behind the intentional desecration of the dead. This is not about your safety. This is about your indoctrinated hatred.

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

@brendanetynes I actually really like serving on search committees because I get to honor the new folks coming into the space by reading their materials thoroughly. The materials prepared like this really resonate differently. Please do this.

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

@jerichobrown Fam.... the hypocrisy.... I juuuuuust.

[Therí A. Pickens, PhD @TAPPhD]

@FoodNetwork @chefanneburrell Is there a "Where are they now" version of #WorstCooks. #WorstCook Alumni, can y'all check in with some dishes?