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Alyssa Collins

@LyssaDee

Professor of English and African American studies at UofSC. former UVa grad student. Still making my way through the world one book at a time!

Joined March 2009
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#OTD 75 years ago, #SciFi pioneer Octavia Butler was born (via @UofSC) bit.ly/3Oj8qPZ
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Good future things! 😊
The Huntington (@TheHuntington) profile pictureThe Huntington@TheHuntington19 Apr 2021
We're excited to announce The Huntington's Octavia E. Butler fellowship has been awarded to Alyssa Collins (@LyssaDee). 🎉 Read more about her project here: bit.ly/3txD3XD
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Happy to have participated on this panel with some wonderful people!
Sirens Conference (@sirens_con) profile pictureSirens Conference@sirens_con23 Oct 2020
Here's that video for last night's #SirensAtHome panel, Here Be Dragons: Gender and Speculative Spaces, with @faye_bi @LyssaDee @AAhairsto @reniwamoto @ausmazehanat @nilaffle and @writersyndrome! If you missed it, we highly recommend you check it out here: player.vimeo.com/video/47126…
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DASH-Amerikan—an AQ #digitalhumanities #digitalproject by @jdbuysse @aliciacaticha @LyssaDee @jgg3mb @SarahEMcEleney & @JM_Thompson—uses #topicmodeling to assess #commercialism, #adoption, & #ancestry in #Kardashian family #socialmedia. doi.org/10.1353/aq.2018.0041 #KUWTK #aqdh #amst
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Maya Hislop@MayaPolsih18 Sep 2018
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@LyssaDee and I have a CFP for a seminar @ACLAorg conference. Please submit if you have a relevant idea for a presentation! Deadline is 9/20! bit.ly/2MK7XWj
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So happy to have been invited to speak with so many amazing people. #BlackDigArchive you rock! xitter.cf/documentnow/status/940…
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PHD Comics@PHDcomics17 Nov 2017
Spread the word - Links at the bottom here: phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1…
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.@LyssaDee at her paper— Intersecting Magics: Examining Assemblages of Magic and Technology in @Nnedi’s BINTI series #sirens17
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#New on @BlkPerspectives: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg on her new book Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray (@OUPAcademic) - @LyssaDee bit.ly/2yM3TlT
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Check it out! xitter.cf/blkperspectives/status…
Black Perspectives (@BlkPerspectives) profile pictureBlack Perspectives@BlkPerspectives13 Sep 2017
#New on @BlkPerspectives: Imagining #Black Technological Practices in Contemporary America - @LyssaDee bit.ly/2w812D5 #Technology
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Here's what we DO know: 1) DACA is still in place today 2) Outlets have been reporting the end of DACA for weeks 3) We must keep fighting
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Sometimes we get reaaaally goood things!!! xitter.cf/nkjemisin/status/89796…
.@ndbconnolly takes us to school w this one washingtonpost.com/news/made…

Perspective | Charlottesville showed that liberalism can’t defeat white supremacy. Only direct...

It's time to stop relying on markets and multiculturalism and start engaging in real activism.

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Important reading for today. Collected by awesome people: “THE CHARLOTTESVILLE SYLLABUS” by UVa Graduate Coalition bit.ly/2uwALO9
THE CHARLOTTESVILLE SYLLABUS

THE CHARLOTTESVILLE SYLLABUS

ZINE #1

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Jo Bluen@JoBluen26 Jul 2017
“Sentimentality and the building blocks of bigotry” by @redlightvoices medium.com/this-political-wo…

Sentimentality and the building blocks of bigotry

Last week Dutch TV regaled us with a humanising segment about Geert Wilders’ cats. In this segment, journalist Eva Jinek asks pressing…

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Shelley Zhang@shelzhang10 Jul 2017
Friend is reading Harry Potter for the first time. He suddenly realizes he's read a fanfiction Order of the Phoenix instead of the real one.
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My novel WHO FEARS DEATH has been optioned by @HBO & is now in early development as a TV series with George RR Martin as executive producer.
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@nprmusic5 Jul 2017
It's time: Watch Chance The Rapper's (@chancetherapper) #TinyDesk performance now. n.pr/2uJu1YF
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