Busy Being Black

The award-winning podcast.

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

I will miss the queer/Black intellectuals, activists and artists who've given so much of themselves here over the years. Busy Being Black has flourished because of our community's collected wisdom, and I am very grateful.

It is, however, time to go✌️🏾

https://t.co/m515BcfzMx

[Sara Bafo @SaraSabriye]

When fascism is mentioned I remember the words of George Jackson
——
‘Understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act.’

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

@IAMDARNELLNASH @feelmyhelpcomin Thank you for recommending Busy 🥹

[Late Model Toyota Previa @LMToyotaPrevia]

In the wake of immense loss, I have gathered some of Selamawit D. Terrefe’s articles in one place. It is my hope that you will engage them deeply and repetitively 🕊️

https://t.co/9bJDCzgUD8

[jatella @jatella]

since I see a lot of butch queens celebrating veterans day I’m gonna drop some primary queer anti-imperial reading recs

let’s remember, particularly in a time of right-wing base expansion, there is nothing inherently radical or anti-conservative about sexual deviance:

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

The children, possessed with their survival and rabid with betrayal, covered themselves in the blood of the complicit elders, set alight what was left of the pretences constructed around them and disappeared into the woods.

https://t.co/LaKRU45SDs

[Race and Resistance @Race_Resistance]

🚨We are excited to officially announce our 2025 conference, RESISTANCE, RENEWAL, REIMAGINATION: 100 Years of Race & Resistance in Britain🚨

⏳CfP deadline: 13th January 2025
📅 7th March 2025
📍University of Oxford

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Black Academic Futures⭐

[Louise Ndibwirende 🇷🇼 (she/her) @louise__nm_]

🎬 | Announcing the first leg of Speak Little One tour: Norwich

I am excited to bring #adopteevoices on the road with @busybeingblack at @uea_su for Black History Month.

In East Anglia or neighbouring? Join us for the event and networking drinks. #BHM

https://t.co/lVsRepGHc0

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

@temikeita @viosinterlude 💀💀💀

[Dylan Rodríguez @dylanrodriguez]

calling anyone interested in weekly study for the next 2 months: join my seminar via Zoom, Mondays 2-5 pm PST. Reading list is pictured, i can send copies if you don't have (or can't afford) the books. DM me if interested. Capping "enrollment" at 12.

[ammar azzouz 🥀 عمّار عزّوز @Dr_Ammar_Azzouz]

A new scholarship by the @UniofOxford for Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank. Please consider applying or sharing with those interested.

scholarship will cover course fees, a grant for living costs, as well as additional support towards arrival costs.

https://t.co/OJYzItRCSE

[Lolwe @Lolwe_]

Here is a reminder that Lolwe has no funding and relies on donations to support the magazine’s goal of paying contributors and to keep the magazine afloat. Please support our goal by making a donation towards the magazine. Any amount helps. Share widely.
https://t.co/Hb0NpCBwRj

[Feminist Africa @FemAfrica]

Our latest journal explores the evolving challenges faced by African women in the "new normal," highlighting the persistence of old power structures while recognizing the emergence of new forms of oppression. Get your free copy available here: https://t.co/PZwMAPda1l

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

Angelina Namiba is a titan within England's #HIV advocacy movement, and she has worked for over two decades to ensure Black women living with HIV are included in designing and delivering interventions at local and national levels.

We explore the resilience required to sustain our advocacy when our lives are systemically undervalued, the power of storytelling in effecting systemic change and the mnemonic device she created to help empower Black women to advocate for their needs.

"Our Stories Told by Us" with @angelina_namiba is now available wherever you listen to podcasts✨

👉🏾https://t.co/dJ4QM7Y3W2

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

"I have discovered that the more I put my attention on others, the richer my life gets. You have to grant space. We call it 'granting being'. Where they’re at is where they’re at. Now what?"

👉🏾 https://t.co/f25y8odu9v

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

Dennis Carney is an elder whose respect among our community is well-earned. Among much else, he has worked for 25 years to support Black gay men to love ourselves more deeply, hold our emotions more gently and show up in the world more fully.

"Sustaining Our Thriving" with @DennisLCarney is available now wherever you listen to podcasts✨

👉🏾 https://t.co/dYw1rHgsLa

[BCA @bcaheritage]

Join Sue Lemos for a reading group discussion on Valerie Mason-John & Ann Khambatta’s, Making Black Waves. The focus is pages 38-44, which dive into the experiences of Black lesbians & lesbians of colour in Britain.

🎟️ Reserve your seat https://t.co/po5mDz1WKV

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

@tobikyere

[Busy Being Black @busybeingblack]

Father Jarel Robinson-Brown (@ScholarPriest) diagnoses the disembodiment of our faith as a symptom of the Church’s bodyphobia, and says that the separation of faith and prayer from sex and pleasure prevents us from knowing and enjoying God as fully as God wants us to.

“The Rhythm of Our Faith” is available wherever you listen to podcasts 💒

👉🏾 https://t.co/py1BS8zM4a