Sure, music is for everyone, but it’s important to hear what Black people think and feel about music made by other Black people. I published this article, written by Sean Padilla, about the band DEATH in issue 5 of #ShotgunSeamstress shortly after their docu and reissued LP came out. We’ve known that Black folks invented rock’n roll but the discovery of DEATH taught us that we were #punk innovators, too. #zine #zines#BlackArt #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi

Help Black people stay housed this Black August!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://blackqueer.life/@deliberately_me/114977143480304007

#MutualAidRequest#BlackMutualAid #BlackFedi#BlackMastodon#MutualAid#HelpFolksLive2025
@mutualaid @crowdfunding

#trans #blackmastodon #blackfedi

Sure, music is for everyone, but it’s important to hear what Black people think and feel about music made by other Black people. I published this article, written by Sean Padilla, about the band DEATH in issue 5 of #ShotgunSeamstress shortly after their docu and reissued LP came out. We’ve known that Black folks invented rock’n roll but the discovery of DEATH taught us that we were #punk innovators, too. #zine #zines#BlackArt #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi

Help Black people stay housed this Black August!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://blackqueer.life/@deliberately_me/114977143480304007

#MutualAidRequest#BlackMutualAid #BlackFedi#BlackMastodon#MutualAid#HelpFolksLive2025
@mutualaid @crowdfunding

I'm really happy with how (Algo|Afro) Futures went yesterday. A few audio hiccups but overall went smoothly and the performances were great! I'll have more to say about it once I'm fully rested but you should watch the live stream in the meantime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-VKGqj2GmY#blackfedi #blackmastodon #algorave #livecoding

I'm really happy with how (Algo|Afro) Futures went yesterday. A few audio hiccups but overall went smoothly and the performances were great! I'll have more to say about it once I'm fully rested but you should watch the live stream in the meantime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-VKGqj2GmY#blackfedi #blackmastodon #algorave #livecoding

“Black Weirdos” from the first issue of #ShotgunSeamstress zine (2006) featuring #FlorynceKennedy and #SunRa.

20 years ago it felt necessary to assert our right as Black people to express ourselves freely without our racial identity being called into question. (In other words, other Black people might say you were “acting white” if you exhibited any behaviors outside of what was considered the norm for Black people, including listening to rock music.)

While so many social issues remain the same or have even worsened since then, I’m glad to say that I’ve seen improvement in this area over the last couple of decades. If you dare to call a Black punk rock, book smart, awkward, nerdy anime loving gamer “white” you just look like an ignorant dumbass at this point.

#zines#BlackPunk #BlackLiberation #BlackFedi#DontCallMeWhite#Xerox #photocopy#CutAndPaste

“Black Weirdos” from the first issue of #ShotgunSeamstress zine (2006) featuring #FlorynceKennedy and #SunRa.

20 years ago it felt necessary to assert our right as Black people to express ourselves freely without our racial identity being called into question. (In other words, other Black people might say you were “acting white” if you exhibited any behaviors outside of what was considered the norm for Black people, including listening to rock music.)

While so many social issues remain the same or have even worsened since then, I’m glad to say that I’ve seen improvement in this area over the last couple of decades. If you dare to call a Black punk rock, book smart, awkward, nerdy anime loving gamer “white” you just look like an ignorant dumbass at this point.

#zines#BlackPunk #BlackLiberation #BlackFedi#DontCallMeWhite#Xerox #photocopy#CutAndPaste

African Anarchism
The History of a Movement
by Sam Mbah & I.E. lgariwey

Free PDF:
https://files.libcom.org/files/African%20Anarchism%20-%20Mbah%20and%20Igariwey.pdf

#Africa#Anarchism #BlackLiberation #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon#BlackPower

African Anarchism
The History of a Movement
by Sam Mbah & I.E. lgariwey

Free PDF:
https://files.libcom.org/files/African%20Anarchism%20-%20Mbah%20and%20Igariwey.pdf

#Africa#Anarchism #BlackLiberation #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon#BlackPower

Okay so I'm currently exploring the #fedi lore and thought I would share some of my favourite reading nugs. Feel free to throw in more-

@so_treu has an amazing interview with @ArtistMarciaX that looks at blackness out here and yeah! This really puts a lot into perspective 🧐
https://logicmag.io/policy/blackness-in-the-fediverse-a-conversation-with-marcia-x/

The second, and thanks for sharing @jdp23 , goes a bit more into the nitty gritty details of some key events all the way from 2009 🤯 (its long) https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-a-partial-history/
#BlackMastadon#blackfedi

Okay so I'm currently exploring the #fedi lore and thought I would share some of my favourite reading nugs. Feel free to throw in more-

@so_treu has an amazing interview with @ArtistMarciaX that looks at blackness out here and yeah! This really puts a lot into perspective 🧐
https://logicmag.io/policy/blackness-in-the-fediverse-a-conversation-with-marcia-x/

The second, and thanks for sharing @jdp23 , goes a bit more into the nitty gritty details of some key events all the way from 2009 🤯 (its long) https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-a-partial-history/
#BlackMastadon#blackfedi