Threadings.
essays that stretch the seams on this world.

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09
Jan

The Mythical Black Artist™

Otherwise entitled, “Everyone inspired by Nina Simone; Nobody singin’ Mississippi Goddam.” Dont nobody wanna sing mississippi goddam0:00/1698.01142857142851×
14 min read
31
Dec

State of the Constituency 2024

In which we discuss what happens in the next stage of expansion. Welcome to Threadings, the newsletter and podcast where
21 min read
17
Dec

On Fear.

I have had a contentious relationship with being seen lately. On fear dec 20240:00/1589.55102040816341× Realizing that there
15 min read
03
Oct

when I say I do not care for morality: a statement of purpose

on the longshoreman’s reformist strike of october 2024 and george jackson’s blood in my eye
9 min read
24
Sep

Come (Back) Outside — Darius Simpson

the state lynched a man today| “…to live for our people while we’re all still alive, not just to risk everything in the name of our martyrs.” Simpson, 2024
2 min read
12
Sep

There are a great many springtimes: notes on Bethann Hardison’s Invisible Beauty

The politics of representation illuminate with history. Bethann Hardison, mother of fashion, makes herself known in her brilliant documentary.
11 min read
01
Aug

Harris, Palestine, and the Spectacle of Liberation.

Cheering for a Harris Presidency like we’re actually doing something good is the stuff of pussy-footed cowards AND I am SICK our addiction to manufactured happy endings.
20 min read
23
Apr

to Columbia’s undergraduates (and students everywhere): HOLD THE LINE.

Adults that say “you’ll grow out of your radicalism when you have bills to pay” do so to make themselves feel better for selling out. LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE.
11 min read
15
Apr

The Case for a Global Strike

Alt titled: a love letter to my sister, Bisan.
13 min read
11
Apr

the role of the artist is to load the gun.

If artists are among the most powerful world-makers we have, what is their role on this side of revolution?
24 min read