when am I compelled to speak? (ft. Madleen flotilla, Booker, and necessary reorientation)

having the most delicious caramel pu'erh.

In which ismatu gwendolyn, public servant, recounts the praxis they got from their local strippery in regards to the acquisition and distribution of US dollar bills. Full transcript available at https://www.threadings.io/the-strip-club-did-indeed-make-me-bonkers/

In which ismatu Gwendolyn, budding revolutionary, reminds everyone (once again) that their goal is NOT a life where they are individually comfortable! Sign up to support them financially at threadings.io:https://www.threadings.io/the-financial-transparency-meeting-but-i-yell-instead-of-show-graphs/#/portal/signupFill out the resource form in case you have non-momentary skills or supplies you believe to be relevant to their projects. https://www.jotform.com/form/251693630800151Cool. Please stop asking me to focus on my own individual finances. Do you know how good I am at making individual money. What an unnecessarily small life— especially when ACTUAL FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IS ON THE TABLE. Come on now!

Full transcript, as always, available at threadings.io

full transcript at threadings.io

The global working class engages in active revolution as we speak (and here I am to pontificate about it). As I (ismatu, artist, the pen behind these essays) become more powerful in my world-making, where do I go? Will I defect out of the working class and join the rank of capitalists? Or will I stake my personal powers for collective gain?

In which writer and child of immigrants ismatu gwendolyn discusses the systematic deportations of academic immigrants. Beyond debating whether fascism has “taken hold” in the United States… what do you do when you are afraid for yourself? What happens now that plain-clothed “officers” hunt in broad daylight? All transcripts and sources available at threadings.iohttps://www.threadings.io/they-hunt-in-broad-daylight-2/

In which Ismatu Gwendolyn, young revolutionary with a pen in hand, seeks to stake their power with and for The People, rather than utilizing the trust of their masses as a site of endless extraction. Link to essay: Link to video: https://youtu.be/jaEMTluGj5EShow Notes:Twenty Enemies by James Forman twenty enemies james forman.pdfyou've been traumatized into hating reading (and it's making you easier to oppress):Information Anarchy: The Case Against Sponsorships

Midnight musings on Bird Flu, Yahtzee, and the merits of taking a jumping break with your resident one year old. Pour some tea for this one. All essays (transcripts) available at threadings.io

Otherwise entitled, “Everybody wanna be Nina Simone; don’t nobody wanna sing Mississippi Goddam.” In which ismatu gwendolyn, writer and public scholar, unpacks our collective desire for artists that reflect the times (and holds up a persistent and unforgiving mirror).The full transcript can be viewed at threadings.io.