Tha Baddest Witch Drea

Medical anthropologist. PhD student. Intolerant of anti-Black rhetoric/behavior...which means I may already have you blocked or muted.

I post mutual aid and donation opportunities on this account. Also whatever else I want.

Relying on the master's tools only helps you become another tool of the master.

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2026-10-20 15:59:19 UTC

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let's be clear that american racism killed a one year old boy.
The state, in collusion with a corporation opened fire into a vehicle, murdering a black boy because he was black.
Kohen Wiley should be alive.
Let's be clear that there are *millions* more people who should be alive, across the world, who are not because of United States violence
I'm sick and tired of turning children's names into hashtags.

2026-10-20 06:23:20 UTC

one commonality in state-sponsored narratives about the death of someone at the hands of the state, especially if their skin is black or brown, is some argument that somehow, in some way, it was their fault.
years ago i learned about a palestinian girl Israeli police killed cause she brandished a kitchen knife and a lawyer said "she killed herself."
the mississippi attorney general said police shooting a one year old boy "was justified."
the state pulled the trigger and found itself innocent

2026-10-20 06:03:07 UTC

mississippi goddam
america goddam
death to empire

2026-08-06 23:26:26 UTC

i think meta physicians should be legally required to show why they are useful #philosophy #joke #OrIsIt

2026-07-06 17:57:42 UTC

quick question: what the fuck

2026-07-04 11:10:05 UTC

*Reparations Thread*
It's the 250th anniversary of the United States' Independence.
Without the kidnapping, genocide, and forced labor of my ancestors this country would not exist.
Without the continued exploitation of the African American people in the forms of mass incarceration, systemic disenfranchisement, and police brutality this country would not have the wealth it has.
Not only have Black people contributed immeasurably to the wealth of this country but also to its culture. 1/2

2026-04-24 04:02:30 UTC

it's hit me like a ton of bricks after a day of dissociating
UT leadership have abolished the black studies department here
it hurt so much to hear the professor say today that this was his final lecture as a professor for the aads department
i'm feeling so many emotions: disappointment, disillusionment, weariness, rage, despair
and i know that they have done this because they are cowards and that they can never extinguish our power
but i am nevertheless drowning in grief right now.

2026-03-30 17:46:39 UTC

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Here ya go. Hope this helps! Again, read the *entire* thing before mentioning me again. Or just don't. Mention me, that is. :)
"The same people who are demanding answers from us are the same people who have historically ignored them, watered them down, voted against them, or called them “too extreme” the minute they required actual sacrifice."
https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/10-things-white-liberals-can-do-now?triedRedirect=true

2026-03-30 00:23:03 UTC

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Did you read the whole thing? Also, I am an American and it's not discouraging. If you find it so, please interrogate why suggesting consistent movement building would be discouraging to you. Hope that helps!
edit: If you really want to help with encouragement, help bail out some people from Memphis who were arrested yesterday. https://blacktwitter.io/@thiswomanswerk/116315430683087774

2026-03-29 23:21:29 UTC

Dr. Stacey is once again giving a WORD #NoKings #USPol #Protests
"Because the body leaves thinking something has shifted when structurally, nothing has. The policies remain. The institutions remain. The power dynamics remain intact. What changes is the feeling. And for many people, that feeling is enough to get them through another week, another news cycle, another wave of outrage, until the next protest. This is where it becomes dangerous..."
https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/no-kings-no-risk-no-change-the-protest?triedRedirect=true

2026-03-29 19:43:53 UTC

I think the unemployment numbers for US Black women are even higher now, maybe close to 600k
We make up 25% of the poor, disproportionately high numbers compared to other race-gender demographics. Also important to take into account things like immigration status, disability, transness...all of these identities attract economic penalties and we're fucked if ya can't acknowledge that

2026-03-08 06:53:01 UTC

Dear White #anthropologists: y'all gotta start citing more Black people and especially Black women in your work. We (black women anthropologists) are disproportionately undercited (Smith 2021). Also, a lot of y'all are kinda bad about half-reading us (I have had several white male anthropologists *egregiously* misquote bell hooks and Audre Lorde to me, hoping for a pat on the back, I suppose). Read, and cite, BW deeply and faithfully.
-a black grad student who is already tired of academia!

2026-02-26 04:50:34 UTC

casual reminder that there's no such thing as objective science. Science is social knowledge. Objectivity is a social constructed concept that humans can only hope to aspire to~
argue with helen longino, not me

2026-01-27 02:18:02 UTC

Hey!!
Is anyone on here a Black birth worker or know one?
For my research, I am seeking to interview as many Black midwives (and other Blk birth workers, but midwifery is the central focus) as possible and get connected to birthing centers employing Black birth workers, esp. in the US South.
If you are/someone you know is interested, pls DM me! Thanks for reading!
*pls boost!!*
#BlackStudies #ReproductiveJustice #BlackWomen #BlackBirthingPeople #Midwifery #Doulas #BirthWork #MedicalAnthro

2026-01-20 02:31:16 UTC

wait, is it not common knowledge by now that the FBI had MLK Jr murdered?
y'all need to get to duckduckgoin

2026-01-20 01:54:58 UTC

Dear White People: Renee Nicole Good - Your "Ah-ha" Moment is Nauseating
https://substack.com/inbox/post/184958514?r=6xdhop&triedRedirect=true
#ReneeGood
I think a lot of (maybe most?) whites #OnHere should read this.

2025-12-23 05:15:56 UTC

life is short. use the cute journal with the fancy paper

2025-10-21 16:30:17 UTC

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some of the most long-suffering black women i've met--I'm talking school desegregators, former prisoners, ppl who have endured hardship after hardship, often preach a doctrine of love for humanity.
So tft ppl among the most privileged, insulated among us are inclined towards a doctrine of hatred? I think this does say something about human society, and I think it is echoed in many religious doctrines--not the fascist kind, but the kind that prescribe asceticism...greed causes suffering.
2/2

2025-10-21 16:24:00 UTC

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just some more thoughts on this. I have encountered many men, especially white ones, who have claimed some variation of "humanity sucks irreparably." Which is so very interesting, because our society writ large is constantly centering white men and capitulating to their needs, wants, and fragility.
yet you mfers are not satisfied and humanity sucks, in your eyes
not to say that i've never encountered women and/or poc with similar misanthropic views but ime the number is much lower. 1/2

2025-10-20 20:28:55 UTC

a misanthropic white man? groundbreaking

2025-10-08 18:26:53 UTC

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The people on here who raised all that money for Harris, someone who was already funded by AIPAC? Give some of your money to Justin Pearson. Someone who comes from south Memphis. Intimately knows what it means to attend a underfunded school. Dared to stand up for basic gun control in a state gov so cowardly it rec'd armed grandparents in schools to curb shootings.
This is a big deal. Cohen has had that house seat for decades. It's time for a fucking change. Dare to be for fucking real.

2025-10-08 18:14:48 UTC

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This right here is what I'm talking about. Pearson recognizes what many dems refuse to: what we have is not sustainable, and has been untenable for a significant portion of the population for a long time.
Establishment dems such as Cohen, the incumbent, have had the privilege to hold their positions while shortchanging their constituencies amid clamors of "vote blue no matter who," regardless of the crumbs offered, underserving black and brown people as a matter or course.
1/2

2025-10-08 18:03:02 UTC

"For too long, our district has been told to ‘keep going’ with the same leadership and the same outcomes...Poverty persists across neighborhoods and we’ve seen significantly less federal investment compared to other communities in Tennessee."
"We can’t afford more of the same," Pearson said. "It’s time for a new vision — one that matches the scale of our challenges with the urgency our people deserve."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/tennessee-three-legislator-justin-pearson-launches-primary-challenge-l-rcna235918
here for it

2025-01-28 14:04:01 UTC

With US Black History Month arriving soon and the generally sorry state of affairs in this cosmic joke of a nation, I want to start another Black‐centered #mutualaidthread.
If you are informed you may know that in the wake of the LA fires Black ppl's gofundmes have recieved less attention and fewer donations than white ppl's.
So if you're Black and interested, pls comment this thread with ur gofundmes/kofis/whichever fundraising method u use 🖤
Others, pls boost + donate.

2024-11-05 16:31:56 UTC

Some may have a hard time understanding that the United States was a fascist entity before Trump was ever involved. Questions for you:
What do you think "manifest destiny" was?
What do you think Jim Crow was/is?
What do you think snipers on top of university buildings is?
What do you think children in cages is?
What do you think mass incarceration is?
What does police brutality support?
How and why does the US have imperial holdings such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, hell, its own mainland?

2024-10-28 22:32:40 UTC

The more I think about this, the more insulting I find people who try to make the opposite point. It's violent, honestly.
https://files.blacktwitter.io/media_attachments/files/113/387/398/565/081/728/original/10d9045e02019be4.jpg

2024-10-19 13:46:50 UTC

Man I wanna be friends with a crow

2024-09-27 20:52:29 UTC

Personally I find it very funny whenever boomers refer to millenials as the "participation trophy generation" or whatev as if they themselves did not manufacture, determine the criteria for, and hand out the trophies.

2024-09-23 21:04:43 UTC

"gyatt"
a rip off of AAVE that especially loses its magic, used as a noun to refer to a nice ass. Also possibly an acronym "Goddamn your ass too thick" which honestly would have been better suited to the BAE/THOT era of the 2010s. Kinda tired today tho imo. At least it's gender neutral? Yawn.
Rating: F

2024-09-17 20:08:59 UTC

Y'all
The state of Missouri is set to execute an innocent man next week. DNA evidence proves Marcellus Williams' innocence but he is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24, for a crime he did not commit.
Call Gov. Parson and urge him to stop the execution before it’s too late: *(573) 751-3222*
https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-marcellus-williams-an-innocent-man/
***pls pls pls boost and share.***

2024-09-16 19:15:57 UTC

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More facts about Haiti (and no shade but this was really easy to look up and I won't be answering any more follow-up questions from this thread)
Prior to the revolution Saint-Domingue was the most lucrative colony on the planet, outperforming the entire Spanish empire in the Americas in terms of profit. 1 in 8 French people made their living through the trade system that flourished on the backs of enslaved Haitians.
https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/exhibitions/remember_haiti/economy.php

2024-09-15 21:55:59 UTC

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The *first democratically elected president* Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who calculated and announced the total sum owed in 2003, was deposed the next year in a coup that was enabled by you know who (the US and France).

2024-09-15 21:54:20 UTC

Periodic reminder that France owes Haiti something like 20 billion francs for the unpaid labor which not only enriched France but the entire fledgling economy of the West.
There is no West without Haiti.

2024-09-15 20:55:59 UTC

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It enraged me, the audacity of her to tell me that I should "wait" for fair treatment, after all the "waiting" my elders and ancestors have already done?
If I wait on an anti-Black society to start acting right I'll be waiting my entire life and that's what fascists want: my passivity and inaction.
Because the truth is that we never waited: we fought and we still fighting. "Waiting" is accepting the lie that the rich fucks dominating us globally will eventually just...act right?
2/3

2024-09-15 20:34:08 UTC

Perhaps one of the most insulting racist moments I had during my time in KKKnoxville, TN is when I was told that I need to wait for change. (This was in light of literal klan activity in the town!)
First of all: no shit? Time brings change?
Second: waiting is passive. You really just want me to shut up. I won't :)
Third: MLK JR literally wrote the book, /Why We Can't Wait/ and many others since and before since him have intoned the same urgency. So also you're factually unbased.
1/3

2024-09-10 14:36:32 UTC

If you're one of those one here who call twitter a nazi bar, but you're still federated with eris or similar bitches then you may want to watch where you throwin stones cause your house is glass
#MassaDon

2024-08-07 13:48:01 UTC

Pretty fucking miffed about Cori Bush tbh. Y'all love to say you're pro-Black women but it's really only if they light-skinned and do things that make you feel comfortable and nice so you can make your little hashtags and feel like you voted for Obama a third time

2024-08-01 15:12:08 UTC

This is a friendly reminder that instead of offering hand-wringing messages of sympathy (which many times are themselves microaggresive) to Black users facing racism on here, money is 1000% more useful and desirable.
There are plenty of Black ppl's #MutualAid requests and threads floating around including the Juneteenth one pinned on my profile. Pick one or some and boost and donate. Folks are trying to live.
*pls boost*

2024-07-31 18:42:26 UTC

It disgusts me to see the relative silence of the "political violence is bad! 😡" crowd now compared to when a rapist got scraped on the ear. The hypocrisy is blatant and nauseating. This express lack of regard or concern for Palestinian lives is political violence in and of itself.
Rest in peace and power, Ismail Haniyeh. You and all Palestinians deserve so much better than what this world has offered.