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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
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ismatu gwendolyn
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September 2024

aqotp: public first drafts are really crucial to sincere performance.
on experiencing virtual stage-fright: does my internal self like my public-facing self? // if you great great great grandmother had [substack], what…
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ismatu gwendolyn
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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…
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ismatu gwendolyn
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15:00
first draft thoughts: rethinking representation politics.
Do I actually dislike Representation Politics or are our current standards just way too low? Invisible Beauty really has me thinking.
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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.
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ismatu gwendolyn
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17:00
reflections on: Black August fasting, working balance, one WHOLE YEAR of working for free
captioned GWRM for all who wish to enjoy <3 thank you!
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ismatu gwendolyn
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August 2024

two layers: true mastery is service
notes from a ten minute meditation
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ismatu gwendolyn
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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…
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ismatu gwendolyn
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43:16
The Question of Agency and Creation
How do we, as a community, be a public service? Not rhetorical, please comment below.
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ismatu gwendolyn
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15:27

July 2024

first thoughts on amílar cablral’s theories of class suicide
how do you move out of the united states without bringing western imperialism with you?
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ismatu gwendolyn
5

June 2024

a quarry of thoughtless ponderments: maybe i am serious and powerful but today i am a silly panda.
captioned skincare for the paid constituency
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ismatu gwendolyn
21
17:28
Girl go to SLEEP! ft. lessons from night life, grad school, and strangers
in which ismatu, trained therapist, former night-shifter and certified workaholic, talks about managing resting habits.
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ismatu gwendolyn
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