Aaminah ShakurTweeting About Banning BooksThis is a place where I wanted to collect a few threads of my tweets about the recent spate of schools banning books into one placeJan 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022
Aaminah ShakurChanging Creative LifeRecently I’ve had to make some pretty large life decisions, as I’m sure most people reading this have. The pandemic has changed lives…Jul 7, 20211Jul 7, 20211
Aaminah ShakurThinking About FoodConsidering the film Gather (Indigenous food sovereignty) and the Netflix series High on the Hog (Black American culinary history)Jun 6, 2021Jun 6, 2021
Aaminah ShakurA Creative Life in a Time of CrisisThis is, and isn’t, about the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope this article is useful beyond/outside of quarantine circumstances because so many…May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
Aaminah ShakurWelcoming 2020It is a new year and a new decade! While I don’t do resolutions, I thought I would share some ideas we could all incorporate into the next…Dec 31, 20191Dec 31, 20191
Aaminah ShakurChecking In On Your Friends: Why & How, Or, Being Better FriendsContent Note for discussions of mental health/illness, other disabilities, suicide, etc.Jun 12, 20181Jun 12, 20181
Aaminah ShakurinculturedGRMore of this, please: Making space for equityEvery good thing starts with one step and to get more of this we need to talk about how to take that first step, but we also need to be…Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
Aaminah ShakurAn International Women’s Day for All WomenTW: Mentions of violence, abuse, sexual assault, suicide, etc.Mar 8, 2018Mar 8, 2018
Aaminah ShakurinculturedGR“Art and the Mind” offers little about art, questionable information on the mindI was expecting claims that creative brilliance are directly related to mental illness—a myth often used to excuse bad, abusive behavior…Jan 15, 2018Jan 15, 2018
Aaminah ShakurWe’re Still Here, We Haven’t Failed YetIn preparing for the new year, where does one even start? New years seem arbitrary as a force for “change” and resolutions seem trite (no…Dec 29, 20171Dec 29, 20171