Ophelia M. Byers (she/her) @iamopheliabyers Twitter profile

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Ophelia M. Byers (she/her)

@iamopheliabyers

1 month

After her “Ruby” in HBO’s “Lovecraft Country”?! Ohhhh, ABSOLUTELY!!!

Shadow and Act

@shadowandact

1 month

Actress Wunmi Mosaku joins Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler's upcoming untitled supernatural thriller

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She died on the job, in an interim role that she didn’t want. 💔 She was being a “good team-player.” My deepest condolences to her loved ones. “Temple University president JoAnne A. Epps has died after collapsing on stage at a university event”

Temple’s acting president, JoAnne A. Epps, has died after falling ill on stage at university event

Epps, 72, who became Temple’s leader earlier this year after the resignation of Jason Wingard, was scheduled to speak at an event in memory of historian and author Charles L. Blockson.

www.inquirer.com

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2 years

@uche_blackstock Addicted to attention (and folks keep him well-supplied).

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4 years

@AchmatX The optics speak to how segregated NYC neighborhoods really are + the privilege to be unabashedly non-adherent. Creature comforts by any means necessary.

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@iamopheliabyers

1 year

@KennyMoralesTV When your front hurdler is this gorgeous, talk yo’ stuff!

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@MikeyyJuneUR As if he needed to create an alternate reality. He did not. An alternate reality would’ve been opposite his approach.

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2 years

@notcapnamerica But why was she so handsy?!?! Love that he checked her — with a “smile.” Whew: The mask we have to wear! God bless and keep us.

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“Hon, can you come in here for a minute?”

denim on denim on denim on denim

@villainofdayear

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Jay Z has a clapping credit on Jolene 🤣

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3 months

@caaalebc @iamMelsmith Along with her outfit. Strategic comms: verbal and visual.

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@iamopheliabyers

3 years

@tmarkq It’s the readjusting his mask back over his nose for me. Love young folks.

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4 months

Dear Black Women/My Sistas, Not every fight is “the good fight.” Not every ground is worth your stand. To stay here, you might have to leave there — and that’s ok. You have nothing to prove but so much preciousness to lose! Mind your heart. With Love, Me

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On Jan. 8, VP of Student Affairs at Lincoln University (MO) Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey died by suicide due to distress from “bullying & severe mistreatment” in her role. The community is now calling for the termination of President Dr. Moseley. A thread ⬇️ #HBCUBUZZ

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11 months

@PageSix I don’t want to count the pandemic years…but they’ve counted me. 😔😒

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3 months

@EclecticMujer Same hair and stern, judgy glare as these guys.

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1 month

A slight reframe: Dawn Staley recognizing Caitlin Clark is not merely class and graciousness. That’s leadership — Authentic and Transformational in style. Effective leadership transcends that which separates us. It is a connective, propelling force. Dawn Staley is a force.

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@iamopheliabyers

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I don’t know about her health, but dying *on the job* was 100% avoidable — bc she wanted to retire! There should be more than one successor in queue. Orgs should not continue to tap and overtax the same resource — to the point that they can’t retire…and then die at work.

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@MrsBundrige When “No one’s coming to save Us” is a cornerstone of Our reality, we assess anticipatorily and act ASAPtually.

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@mel_med_larson @RexChapman This is as it should be. As Toni Morrison once replied when asked how she deals with racism: “My feeling is that white people have a very, very serious problem. And *they* should start thinking about what *they* can do about it. Take me out of it.”

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4 years

@NPR @hereandnow Black patients forced to endure intolerable pain in healthcare spaces should be grateful they were ultimately saved from addiction? Racists are really their victims’ advocates? This spindoctoring is deeply problematic — a dangerous analysis the world could have done without.

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2 years

@ArtBySaudia @divaTy This is really a low-key ode to butter, and he is none the wiser. Butter is insidious like that.

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11 months

Did you know that members of the Black Panther Party were integral to the development of the Patient Bill of Rights that is *required* to be posted in U.S. hospitals and provided to patients? More here:

Northstar.TV🖤

@Northstartv1

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My Boy Was Running A Health Clinic, Free Breakfast Program/Childcare Center, Being Harassed By CPD, Organizing Gang Truces And Creating A Family All At 21. 🕊️

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3 years

@ashley1004w This looks like fresh mozzarella, like bruschetta without the toast.

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1 year

@KimberlyNFoster We have to first define “discomfort”. Sixteen years of marriage have taught me that while growth is not comfortable, love is not uncomfortable. Charlotte said it best on the 1st SATC movie (loose quote): “I’m not happy every moment of every day, but I’m happy every day.”

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@Camille_U_Adams I want to say so much more but I don’t want it to seem as if I’m being critical of President Epps. May she rest in power, as she lived. I am, however, incensed about how workplaces overtax and abuse the earnestness and excellence of Black people — especially Black women.

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2 months

@ShetzAndGiggles That’s what happens when you don’t do effective succession planning.

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2 years

@sammmanthaaaa_

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3 years

@THEEBlackleftie The categorization based on skin color is telling. And, is “wokes” the new racist slur?

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@sunflowersoliel Our good sis!

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4 years

@AfricanDynasty3 Here’s mine about 7 years ago. My daughter painted with Eucerin. To this day, she’s still an artist, my son is still her co-conspirator and the headboard still gleams.

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@MissSassbox Muva is mothering!

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2 years

@ArtBySaudia @divaTy Did he say “pun”?!?! ❤️

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@notcapnamerica “I can’t even pretend.” My good sis! ✊🏾

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4 years

Still processing #QueenAndSlim . Sticking with me right now is this line (loosely-quoted): “It was just two deer tangled in some branches; and I set them free.” The layers of that scene — the whole film...

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8 months

@Fox5DCJeannette @Robert7News New reaction photo unlocked! Posers beware!

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@iH8Meccavellii @divaTy “They get it from MY side!”

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@TheGreatIsNate This is gold!

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@MissBeaE @Shermichael_ The funniest part is that as he was walking the aisle he retrieved the mint from his pocket. He was entering the sanctuary for his father’s funeral and seeing his buddy and making her smile was a focus. Good coping.

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@godesteHQ She’s chosen happiness…and it has rewarded her…in various areas of her life. The “You can’t have it all!” zealots are stunned. So…edges.

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@AvatarDomy Us:

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@BerniceKing It’s a special kind of sinister when one is intentional in scarring the minds and souls of children.

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@AmeriKraut Love both their art.

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In general, it’s good that we’re talking about dementia. Re: #WendyWilliams , it’s cruel & ill-informed to say her illness is deserved. Instead of citing Karma, check out research on dementia in Black folks — a health disparity. Yes, racism has entered the chat. More below👇🏾…

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@_heyyymscarter And from the depths of her soul.

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4 years

@USATODAY This is a deliberate misquote. Retract and revise.

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3 months

@THR Cite your source!

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4 years

“You are not in prison. Where do you want to be? Name yourself. Who do you want to be? NAME IT!” Y’all: A WORD! #Hippolyta #LoveCraftCountry

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2 years

@News4Mass These shocking-but-unsurprising stories of artifice will keep this tweet in business:

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7 months

@dajaz027 🙃🤣 How was lunch?!

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4 years

@BrandiJeter Also, we’d like to hear from them and know they’re truly ok on your team. Proof of life.

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@angiecthomas Wait...the crescendo of the music and then her...”Mmmmhmm.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Premium life content here. Glad y’all are enjoying “Us”.

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@WrittenByHanna What will soon be a new crossover trend…allowed in dentist offices everywhere.

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@iamRonDMC “No man wants to be in a headlock.” The “headlock” is *his insecurity* about a woman with more career success — or any success.

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1 year

@kekeupdate Why folks are so worried about our nonverbals. That “Ladies!” was, “Stop that. We want to know what’s going on and we can’t figure it out!” 🤣

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@Brieyonce “You’re not moving!” — plus an eye roll? Idk, seems like the same energy to me. It’s just softened in this clip because he’s posting to SM…and they appear to be event workers.

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@foreverimbetter Approved!

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@lisabevolving The consensus is that I’ve demonstrated high reliability in showing-up as my best self and exceeded all benchmarks in fostering engagement in my aesthetic efforts.

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@alwaystheself In prior years, she was unseated from her Provost role…all to be later tapped to calm the culture as Interim President. “Pet-to-Threat” and “Glass Cliff”: two of the classic workplace abuses of Black women’s time and talent.

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@NotNikyatu They way she had to high-five someone who insulted her, lest she seem not a teamplayer. What was the “good job” exactly — the she stifled herself and didn’t respond with like negativity? I mean, the reality here.

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@beyoncegarden There’s something very powerful about the optics of Bey walking away and leaving her baby out there to shine on her own… while Bey has her back[up song].

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@MatthewACherry Because they’re “torn” between the champion and their…preference.

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3 years

@brooklynrwhite And, Hippolyta!

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3 years

@MyHandsRatedE And stop just on principle alone because what other group of folks explains themselves the way Black folks do? We’re always trying to invite people in and make them comfortable. It’s kind, generous, noble...and undeserved.

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@Fox5DCJeannette @Robert7News Exactly, Baby Girl.

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4 years

@shaunking Thanks for leading me to @arlenparsa ...and *his* work.

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@MissSassbox “Oh, she trying on wigs? That’s good.” His, “That’s good” is just so sweet. There’s a hopefulness in it, a happiness about her resilience. Then…“Smoke Hour ⭐️” 🤣🤠

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@cuddapotato The way Tic knew without a word (new level of connection and whatnot). The way the brothers rallied to support her but also knew to stay back so Letitia “Leti” Lewis could righteously rage *her* way. The gospel music. “Lovecraft Country” forever!

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@GorjeePorjee @Thestallion270 @flacita__48 “Leave me out of it.” — Toni Morrison

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@Mr_JCE For me, it’s her disappointed “All right” and resilient air-kiss when he told her to keep it movin’! 🤣🥰

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@notcapnamerica When I found my husband with our daughter (1st photo), I made sure we upgraded by the time our son came along 18 months later:

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@MrsBundrige This hurts. 🎯

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2 years

@zoraslovechild Because “Black Tax” which, at the root and at a minimum, means racism and classism.

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@LowkeyBrilliant Promptly and carefully following the rules, and — introverts, unite! — blissfully enjoying social distancing/staying home whenever possible. Also, a bit of luck. May I and it persist. 🙏🏾

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8 months

@thatgirlbamz Coach-o Chanel 👛

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4 years

@siriyonce_ “Look at your attention span: evolving and what-not.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖤

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@ishcontent 🎯 Also, what is his obsession with Mrs. King thus aligning himself with Rev. Dr. King? Why is he calling her by her given name?!?!

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2 years

@myeshxa @KristaCherrelle As Toni Morrison said, “Leave me out if it.”

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@rrandolphjr “I’m finna look-up a ‘hamartia’…”

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5 years

@EstOdek Everyone wants knowledgeable people on their teams, but not everyone wants people whom also know their worth. Also, love the teammates who are celebrating MR celebrating herself! We need more women doing both.

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@iamRonDMC It was rather toxic of the show to give him the sinister satisfaction of being the one to eliminate her. Not messy. Toxic.

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@Slangdini When she said, “That’s a boy,” I can envision her looking back over her shoulder to quickly educate. A multi-tasking queen!

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@NYtokenblackguy @4TheCulture____ Both things can be, and are, true.

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@FTI_US Thank you for standing by your company’s values. As I trust you are committed to diversity, inclusion and equity, please consider a Black candidate — qualified and talented, of course — for this important role. There are many.

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@MrsBundrige Soul-weary

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1 year

@rahsh33m The way he gestures toward her dress as he compliments it: 🥹🥲

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2 years

@rgay Nope. Just hugs and vibes. She loved him to death. Literally.

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@kissmy_freckles @SpeakerShinjini Did she say, “Yes, girl”? 🥰

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@nhoodpublicist These moments: 💜🩷

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10 months

My maternal grandmother: “Every ‘hello’ ain’t welcoming; and every ‘goodbye’ ain’t gone. Every closed eye ain’t sleeping; and every open eye ain’t seeing.” These sayings were words of caution and hope, always punctuated with, “You better ask God for discernment!”

Therapy for Black Girls

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What’s the best advice you’ve taken from a Black woman that is older than you?

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@witchdctralex If we get to said tables, the ancestors flip them with us sitting there.🤣 It manifests as our discomfort, dejection and discontent. As my grandmom would say, “You’re out of place.” Indeed: We belong at “the table”...but not any and every table.

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@MsMookie Compounded pain for you. My condolences for the loss of your uncle. May you be comforted.

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@MercuryVibes_ Sis in the red cardigan made a quick, keen assessment of the situation, organized the troops AND kept providing service to other customers via headset. The accuracy. The multi-tasking. The loyalty. The behind-the-scenes leadership. On-brand for Virgo.

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@offBeatttt_ I need them to run through a mall and stop by Cinnabon that’s next to a Barnes and Noble that’s next to a Dick’s that’s next to a Victoria’s Secret! #flyanaboss

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@_jadorececexo @WrittenByHanna

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@FemiYahtzee @ReddIsAri We’re not talking enough about COVID-provoked hypercoagulation. Many COVID-related deaths are from conditions caused by blood clots.

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@notcapnamerica We need people to ally better — ally period. If a customer does not want service/care from a person of color on your team, tell them to get gone at that crucial moment. This salon owner actually enabled the tomfoolery, and only took a stand when *she* was directly offended.

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@allhailtinasnow I hope someone walks in wearing a: - du-rag, - pair of snowshoes , and - pajama top

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@jjowens_3 It’s the advocacy, protection, and love for me!

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Weathering of the body and erosion of the spirit. The stress of being human *plus* social stress and hostile workplace environments: compounded, chronic harm.

philip lewis

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Dr. Antoinette Candia-Bailey, vice president of Student Affairs at Lincoln University-Missouri, reportedly died by suicide from “bullying and severe mistreatment” in her role University President John Moseley is now facing calls to resign

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@KVOA She wanted the Rhythm but finally got the Blues, too!

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@marclamonthill Yes. And, this practice has deep, sinister roots: taking something precious from “non-compliant” Black people to be a visible deterrent to other Black folks, should they also have the notion to not comply.

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@awkward_duck Her daughter knows...

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