Araya

Therapist, columnist, social policy researcher | @hgse @penngse alum | @psychtoday @insidehighered @edu_post & more |

[Araya @arayabaker]

"My family never left the South for the Great Migration. I grew up 10 miles from a plantation.

On one side of my family, I am one generation removed from sharecropping. One of my parents was the first generation not to grow up in the fields."

[Ten Thutty @thenotoryousone]

The last survivor from the famous A Great Day in Harlem picture 🙏🏾

[JuicyJA♋️ @JANAMiziK]

Durand Bernarr had the Joe Budden podcast’s full attention and laughter when educating them on the difference between a heterosexual man & a straight man.

[NYC MOTHER. @francemothers]

Birthed a generation of BLACK performing arts school kids.

[dj short @_DJShort]

promotional billboard in Los Angeles for Stevie Wonder's 'Talking Book' [1972]

[ramabulem @mphoramabule2]

This is the most accurate Vaseline advert 🤣 I've ever seen

[Richard Lewis @RLewisTherapy]

The irony is, families scapegoat their most empathetic member. The one who feels everyone's pain becomes the repository for everyone's problems. It's unpaid emotional labour from which you are entitled to resign.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Your chances of being able bodied your entire life are slim to none. It is always in your best interest to advocate for a more accessible world.

[constantine @ralikeray]

The narrative that you’re not supposed to care about people’s perceptions of you is not based in reality. To be in community you literally have to address how you’re being perceived because how you are perceived directly effects how you’re treated

[Zion 🇸🇩 @afroanalytic]

JT describing gendered colorism.

Gendered colorism is why cishet black men prioritize light skinned women.

It’s why gay black tops prioritize light skinned men.

It’s why masc black lesbians, studs, & transmen prioritize light skin partners.

If they can’t get a “light skin” they often at least want some lighter than themselves in comparison.

Masc & fem are racially-coded & color-coded concepts with material implications all across social & political life

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

To mothers and mother figures: thank you for everything, today and every day. Happy Mother’s Day! 💐

[Mwenja 👑 @MwenjaMuhoro]

Moonlight. Moonlight shows how many queer black people don’t become who they are, they become who they had to be to survive. And how healing begins when someone finally sees the person underneath the armor.
It’s not just a queer film. It’s a film about the cost of hiding.

[Mag Gabbert @mag_gabbert]

An evergreen favorite poem by Lucille Clifton:

[gnocchi @zainab_twt]

subtitle included
https://t.co/CKDyq7YrCS

[Ryan Daigler - Exposing Narcissistic Abuse 🚩🚩 @Ryan_Daigler]

Narcissists treat differences like threats.

A narcissist’s ego is built on sameness and control — people who think like them feel predictable, manageable, and non-threatening.
But someone with a noticeably different thought process disrupts their inner equilibrium. 🧵

[Torraine Walker @TorraineWalker]

There's a documentary on Netflix about these pioneers titled "A Band Called Death" I urge all fans of music history to watch. They had the opportunity to sign a major record deal but they wouldn't change their name. Fast forward 10 years and heavy, aggressive nihilistic punk/metal was a multimillion dollar industry.

[ꨄ︎ @providentialy]

People be so mad when they leave you for dead and you don’t die.

[𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗲𝗲 ♛ @muheediva01]

HARSH TRUTH: The people who stay neutral when you're being disrespected have already chosen a side.

[marie @astou_jolie]

I can’t stand an adult who dims a child’s light.