Kyla Wazana Tompkins

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I profess about food, race, and history. 2 books: Racial Indigestion; Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies (co-edit); Deviant Matter. Je suis Marocaine. I'm writing two books now, in this order: Acquired Tastes (Norton/Penguin) and another about The Princess Bride.
My home pagehttp://www.kylawazanatompkins.com/
Bird App but keeping it empty mostlyhttps://twitter.com/kwazana
Post but what the hell IS IThttps://post.news/kwazana
Substackhttps://open.substack.com/pub/outoforder/p/racial-trauma-academia?r=173e4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJul 17, 2025

I got a pretty good royalties cheque from NYU and I’m here to say that 1) academics should always negotiate on royalties and 2) Deviant Matter is doing pretty well at the box office for a book like mine! If you bought it or taught it, thanks! If assigning it, the discount code AU1916

https://nyupress.org/9781479819225/deviant-matter/

Deviant Matter

How deviant materials figure resistanceYeast ferments, gelatin jiggles, drugs and alcohol froth and bubble, and flesh from animals and plants actively molds ...

NYU Press
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJul 16, 2025
Hello Mastodon I am no longer locked out
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 21, 2023
Dr. Amy, Psy.D.Jan 21, 2023

The Smithsonian has made over 4 MILLION images open source! You can create, copy, distribute, etc. This is amazing!

https://www.si.edu/openaccess

Smithsonian Open Access

Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 13, 2023
Mark CarterJan 13, 2023
👍🏻 Star Trek: Section 31 Spinoff Finally Gets an Update https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-section-31-spinoff-finally-gets-an-update/ #scifi #startrek
Star Trek: Section 31 Spinoff Finally Gets an Update

Even as Michelle Yeoh's schedule keeps filling up, Star Trek producers are still planning a spin-off series featuring Philippa Georgiou.

Den of Geek
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 13, 2023
Show threadSeth CotlarJan 13, 2023
I’m ready for the world to be less fucking stupid and for it to not be dominated by the absolute worst fucking people, but I suspect I’m going to be waiting quite a while.
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 13, 2023
LadyFluffyOrcaJan 12, 2023
If Boris Johnson came back as a house 😹
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 5, 2023
Adam Parkhomenko Jan 4, 2023
This is all going to end with someone photographed standing next to “George Santos” smiling with his hand on a bible
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 4, 2023
Jenn Dize, Courage NewsJan 4, 2023
Police killed 1,176 people in 2022. Police killed more people 2022 than any other year in the last decade. Black people were 24% of those killed by police in 2022 despite being only 13% of the population. https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/
Mapping Police Violence

Official home of America's most comprehensive database of police violence. Get the facts about police brutality and how to address it.

Mapping Police Violence
Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 4, 2023
Brittany JezouitJan 4, 2023

It seems that #introduction posts are proper etiquette on #Mastodon, so here’s mine!

My name is Brittany and I’m the chief of staff at #Medium.

I’ve been an #editor, #writer, #programmanager, and more. I started out in the #nonprofit field, then #tech, #academia, and full-time #freelancing.

I’m stoked to be at #Medium, supporting the mission to build a #creative home for readers and writers on the internet. I’ll probably mostly use this account to share writing on Medium that I love. (1/2)

Kyla Wazana TompkinsJan 4, 2023
Bruce Sterling @brucesJan 1, 2023