@SimoneCDrake

Mommy of 3 boys | Ohio State U Prof | Author | Scholar of race, gender, culture, and law | Pretty in Pink

 Columbus, OH
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Joined January 2015
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The Best Man Final Chapters. I loved the friendship, culture, soundtrack, & good writing. Really loved they finally figured out what to do with kids in black marriage plots. I wrote about this: bit.ly/3I36BGI. Maybe @malcolmdlee read it.😂 #TheBestManFinalChapters

The Marketability of Black Joy: After "I Do" in Black Romance Film

An unprecedented number of films directed and often written and produced by African Americans offering coupling conventions or the marriage plot as a trope began emerging at the close of the twenti...

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This month’s Engaged Scholar Q&A is with @SimoneCDrake “My academic training in Black Studies positions community engagement and social responsibility as a pillar of the discipline, a pillar that holds equal standing w/ academic research and scholarship.” engage.osu.edu/engaged-schol…
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We've got some great media studies collections on sale for 40% off with coupon SCMS21, including "Are You Entertained," edited by @SimoneCDrake & @drdkhenderson. #Bookselfie #SCMS21 ow.ly/SBGs50E09GI
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Fantastic interview with @SimoneCDrake about ARE YOU ENTERTAINED?, a new collection on C21 Black popular culture from @DukePress. With shout outs to every contributor, including @ejlordi @NewBlackMan @EricDarnell @drdavidjleonard @DrLisaBThompson & others newbooksnetwork.com/simone-c…
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Save 30% on new book, Are You Entertained?, edited by @SimoneCDrake and Dwan K. Henderson. #AfricanAmericanStudies #MediaStudies ow.ly/xpo050yBZnF
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Pick up "Are You Entertained?: Black Popular Culture in the Twenty-First Century" edited by @SimoneCDrake & @doctadkh, at #AlkekLibrary catalog.library.txstate.edu/… #BlackStudies #AfricanAmericanStudies
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.@SimoneCDrake reflects on the past, future of Ohio State’s Department of African American and African Studies (@Osuafamast). #ASCDaily go.osu.edu/Cn2v
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Don't forget tomorrow's forum on Africentric education from @SimoneCDrake (@Osuafamast), Todd Walker, Ph.D. (@ColsCitySchools), Robyn Lyons-Robinson, Ph.D. (@cscc_edu), & @MrShortsCreates (@Artfluential). ow.ly/Z90w30nCfS0
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Richard Schur@ruschur30 Nov 2018
Might be my favorite sports story of the year. yahoo.com/sports/steph-curry…
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See what's unfolding? Racist killings; laws overturned; protections withdrawn; votes stolen; allies threatened; blood lust unleashed; white supremacy rising; liberals on the run. 1880's all over. We gotta step up big b/c this ugly will only get worse & we've seen how this ends.
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Replying to @EricHerschthal
@EricHerschthal @SimoneCDrake @osuaaascec @AfricanaCarr @LisaCooperMD @MapsOsu @SNMA_MAPS @choo_ek @DrMarthaGulati @DrLaxmiMehta
Quinn Capers, IV@DrQuinnCapers425 Oct 2018
Today in “African Am Studies 4326: Healthcare Disparities”: Disparities in reproductive health. Many thanks to guest lecturer @DrLeslieAppiah. Why do Black women have highest breast Ca mortality, hysterectomy rate for fibroids & high cervical Ca rates? Class is in session.
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Chemical Giant Monsanto Ordered To Pay $289 Million In Roundup Cancer Trial huffingtonpost.com/entry/mon…
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Excited to teach this semester-long course to @OhioState undergrads this fall. We will discuss the historical foundations and current status of Black-White Healthcare Disparities, and the way forward. No prereqs. Hope to see you! xitter.cf/osuafamast/status/9819…
AAAS at OSU@Osuafamast5 Apr 2018
In Autumn 2018 Quinn Capers IV, MD will be teaching AAAS 4236 Topics in African Americans and Public Policy: Race and Medicine!
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To Change Racial Disparity in Food, Let’s Start With Cookbooks eater.com/2018/4/5/17153806/… via @Eater
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We are hiring in @Osuafamast --postdoctoral researcher in Race and Medicine. jobsatosu.com/postings/85535
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AAAS at OSU@Osuafamast25 Feb 2018
Reminder that tomorrow night is the last night of our series: Black Movements in Film. Join us for the film Selma, tomorrow at 6:00 PM in the Alonso Family Room! xitter.cf/osuafamast/status/9619…
AAAS at OSU@Osuafamast9 Feb 2018
United Black World Month presents: Black Movements in Film, sponsored by @Osuafamast and @MCC_OSU. Come out to the second film screening in this series, Juice, on Monday, February 12 featuring @terrancedean as the night's moderator.
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“[C]an you look beyond my color, bone, hair, and genitalia and imagine innocence for bodies that have been deemed unworthy of grace?” — @SimoneCDrake on Kehinde Wiley via @NewBlackMan xitter.cf/simonecdrake/status/96…
Simone Drake@SimoneCDrake14 Feb 2018
Seems like an appropriate time to repost my blog essay on Kehinde Wiley. Thanks for the forum @NewBlackMan newblackmaninexile.net/2015/…
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Today marks the 105th Anniversary of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's incorporation as a perpetual body. #AKA1908
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#OSUCOM docs @DMGrayMD and @DrQuinnCapers4 use the social media campaign #BlackMeninMedicine to reach young people considering careers in medicine bit.ly/2C1Klrp
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It’s been 75 days since Republicans in Washington let the Children’s Health Insurance Program expire. The millions of families who depend on it will start to see coverage lapse soon.
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