Karen and Kel interrupt regularly scheduled programming to amplify the Black writers, scholars, and activists they follow and learn from on a daily basis. Here is the list, with Twitter handles, in approximate order: Alishia McCullough (IG @blackandembodied) and Jessica Wilson (IG @jessicawilson.msrd); [the rest are Twitter] Brittany Williams (@DrBritWilliams); Brittany Packnett Cunningham (@msPackyetti); Ijeoma Oluo (@ijeomaoluo); Tressie McMillan Cottom (@TressieMcPhD); Roxane Gay (@rgay); Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia); Brittany Cooper (@ProfessorCrunk); Kimberle Crenshaw (@sandylocks); Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey); Clint Hill Smith III (@ClintsmithIII); Ibram X Kendi (@DrIbram);
PhDivas Podcast (@PhDivas); Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@ibjiyongi); Zoe (@ztsamudzi); Tricia Matthew (@TriciaMatthew); Carol Anderson (@ProfCAnderson); Nyasha Junior (@NyashaJunior); Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9); Imani Perry (@imaniperry)
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