Theodore Foster
@theologic.bsky.social
Teaching Black studies & history in Louisiana. 3x Black studies grad (UAB, OSU & Northwestern).
Writing book on civil rights memory & neoliberalism. + Building community around libraries, books & study thru: https://louisiana.libguides.com/mtbs
Writing book on civil rights memory & neoliberalism. + Building community around libraries, books & study thru: https://louisiana.libguides.com/mtbs
Maybe…one day…I’ll use this app as I intended like the other but today, clearly ain’t that day
August 18, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Maybe…one day…I’ll use this app as I intended like the other but today, clearly ain’t that day
I wonder if the Edmund Pettus Bridge is the most photographed bridge in U.S. history?
June 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I wonder if the Edmund Pettus Bridge is the most photographed bridge in U.S. history?
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Check this documentary out! I had the honor of narrating and it was special because the creators really captured so much powerful, inspiring work. Host a screening and watch with friends. More chapters to come!
Damn y'all, we watched the first chapter of The Elements of Mutual Aid last night for May Day and it was incredible. Gather some friends and stream it now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0sp.... Additional chapters are being released weekly through the end of the month!
Chapter 1: Fire | The Elements of Mutual Aid
YouTube video by The Elements of Mutual Aid
www.youtube.com
May 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Check this documentary out! I had the honor of narrating and it was special because the creators really captured so much powerful, inspiring work. Host a screening and watch with friends. More chapters to come!
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Factions of the US left should learn from failures. Instead, many are preoccupied with being an authority on other people's global struggles while neglecting to beat back empire at home. I wrote about changing this cycle or facing destruction for @prismreports.org.
prismreports.org/2026/03/03/u...
prismreports.org/2026/03/03/u...
All of us are in danger as long as the empire stands
As people across the U.S. left react to attacks on Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba, canned rhetoric and sectarianism remain the priority
prismreports.org
March 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Factions of the US left should learn from failures. Instead, many are preoccupied with being an authority on other people's global struggles while neglecting to beat back empire at home. I wrote about changing this cycle or facing destruction for @prismreports.org.
prismreports.org/2026/03/03/u...
prismreports.org/2026/03/03/u...
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The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition (@williamcson.bsky.social): www.akpress.org/nationonnoma...
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition (@williamcson.bsky.social): www.akpress.org/nationonnoma...
“Life is not everlasting and neither is history. To make what we do in this life meaningful one must have a critical understanding of Black history.” open.substack.com/pub/civilrig...
My Mother Steeled Me with Black History
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute served as a critical training ground in my youth leading me to question what makes Alabama history, Black history in the 5th grade.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“Life is not everlasting and neither is history. To make what we do in this life meaningful one must have a critical understanding of Black history.” open.substack.com/pub/civilrig...
“I can’t complain” -a Black proverb
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“I can’t complain” -a Black proverb
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“The Guardian once again asked ICE why the request was denied, but did not receive a reply.
ICE has repeatedly claimed Maher is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE has repeatedly claimed Maher is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘They killed him inside’: man who was son’s caretaker detained by ICE and denied final goodbye
Wael Tarabishi, who has a lifelong muscle disorder, died after Maher, his father and primary caretaker, was detained
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
“The Guardian once again asked ICE why the request was denied, but did not receive a reply.
ICE has repeatedly claimed Maher is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE has repeatedly claimed Maher is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Starting a substack I hope makes this space a more active and generative place for my writing practice & sharing ideas in a process more publicly. civilrightsepitaph.substack.com/p/an-epitaph...
An Epitaph for Civil Rights & Black Studies
Why I write, research and teach about the civil rights movement from a Black studies perspective.
civilrightsepitaph.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Starting a substack I hope makes this space a more active and generative place for my writing practice & sharing ideas in a process more publicly. civilrightsepitaph.substack.com/p/an-epitaph...
“Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams” -Dostoyevsky
January 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM
“Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams” -Dostoyevsky
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Chelsea Mikael Frazier on the podcast talking about ecology, Black feminism, and Black Studies research. Amazing convo, here or other streams:
Chelsea Mikael Frazier - Department of English, Cornell University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 11/05/2025 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Chelsea Mikael Frazier on the podcast talking about ecology, Black feminism, and Black Studies research. Amazing convo, here or other streams:
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Ashley hosts Tamara T. Butler to talk about memory work, history, and making Black cultural education. Here or at your preferred stream:
Tamara T. Butler - Executive Director, Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 11/07/2025 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Ashley hosts Tamara T. Butler to talk about memory work, history, and making Black cultural education. Here or at your preferred stream:
Learning of the passing of Alice Wong this morning hit hard. She was such a fierce thinker and activist pushing the disability justice movement forward. May she rest in power as the oracle of an ancestor she claimed, axe.
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Learning of the passing of Alice Wong this morning hit hard. She was such a fierce thinker and activist pushing the disability justice movement forward. May she rest in power as the oracle of an ancestor she claimed, axe.
Nobody is discussing the assassination attempt on George Wallace in 1972 but some mainstream news outlets are comparing that man to Malcolm X which says everything you need to know about the real-time revisionism and whitewashing taking place right now.
September 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Nobody is discussing the assassination attempt on George Wallace in 1972 but some mainstream news outlets are comparing that man to Malcolm X which says everything you need to know about the real-time revisionism and whitewashing taking place right now.
“If you burn a house, can you conceal the smoke?” -Black proverb
January 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“If you burn a house, can you conceal the smoke?” -Black proverb
Two tracks I can meditate to on repeat: “Jacob and the Stone” x Emile Mosseri & “Hunting Bears” x Radiohead
December 24, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Two tracks I can meditate to on repeat: “Jacob and the Stone” x Emile Mosseri & “Hunting Bears” x Radiohead
So much is lost when we use desegregation OR integration to frame & know what happened as one iteration of legalized white supremacy crumbled and a new one emerged.
December 16, 2024 at 11:17 PM
So much is lost when we use desegregation OR integration to frame & know what happened as one iteration of legalized white supremacy crumbled and a new one emerged.
Folx turn to AI for what we used to turn to a thesaurus for and we are worse off for it…well those who overvalue that “tool” for not thinking
December 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Folx turn to AI for what we used to turn to a thesaurus for and we are worse off for it…well those who overvalue that “tool” for not thinking
Writing (and grading) my way out today
December 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Writing (and grading) my way out today
It’s wild that Biden is the FIRST U.S. president to travel to Angola, ever, smh.
December 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM
It’s wild that Biden is the FIRST U.S. president to travel to Angola, ever, smh.
I’m excited to be writing again in one and soon to be two writing groups bc I’ve got too much 🔥🔥🔥 that’s been on the stove too long and needs publishing for the job (academia) but also towards writing for a critical Black education for liberation.
November 25, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I’m excited to be writing again in one and soon to be two writing groups bc I’ve got too much 🔥🔥🔥 that’s been on the stove too long and needs publishing for the job (academia) but also towards writing for a critical Black education for liberation.
I hope this can be a different place for that and a lot more as the empire crumbles and my late 30s progress on this second run in small town Louisiana after my second 21 month run in Chicago imploded over the past couple of yrs.
November 25, 2024 at 1:14 AM
I hope this can be a different place for that and a lot more as the empire crumbles and my late 30s progress on this second run in small town Louisiana after my second 21 month run in Chicago imploded over the past couple of yrs.
Slowly checking in on this app and finding a community bc I really did get a lot out of Twitter community, esp while in grad school and starting off on the TT in Louisiana. Beyond the job ish & academia I also appreciated the political education of many activists, artists, writers, journalists, etc.
November 25, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Slowly checking in on this app and finding a community bc I really did get a lot out of Twitter community, esp while in grad school and starting off on the TT in Louisiana. Beyond the job ish & academia I also appreciated the political education of many activists, artists, writers, journalists, etc.
Not happy about leaving the hellscape platform but enough was enough. Where my ppls at?!?
November 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Not happy about leaving the hellscape platform but enough was enough. Where my ppls at?!?