Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
It is entirely possible to mourn Dolly and appreciate all she DID do, without fabricating things she DIDN’T do.
Dolly bought property in the Black neighborhood that has now become the heavily gentrified 12 South. The “support” alluded to here wasn’t part of the plan.
Fun fact: Dolly Parton used the royalties from Whitney Houston’s rendition of “I Will Always Love You” to support a Black neighborhood, and support Black owned businesses.
"I bought my big office complex down in Nashville. So I thought, 'Well, this is a wonderful place to be,'" Parton said. "I bought a property down in what was the Black area of town, and it was mostly just Black families and people that lived around there. It was off the beaten path from 16th Avenue and I thought, 'Well, I am gonna buy this place — the whole strip mall.' And I thought, 'This is the perfect place for me to be,' considering it was Whitney. I thought this was great — I'm just gonna be down here with her people, who are my people as well," she continued. "So I just love the fact that I spent that money on a complex and I think, 'This is the house that Whitney built.' "
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
🏆 Congratulations to Professors Jada Watson and Isabelle Bourgeois for receiving the Knowledge Mobilization Excellence Award for their work on the music industry and community services! 🎶👥
🔗 uottawa.ca/research-innovati…
ALT uOttawa researchers Isabelle Bourgeois and Jada Watson
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
🏆 Félicitations aux professeures Jada Watson et Isabelle Bourgeois qui ont remporté le Prix d'excellence en mobilisation des connaissances pour leurs travaux sur l'industrie de la musique et les services communautaires! 🎶👥
🔗 uottawa.ca/recherche-innovat…
ALT Les chercheuses Isabelle Bourgeois et Jada Watson
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
💡 Big data, données nettoyées, données biaisées… Comment garantir une recherche éthique et inclusive? Participez à la série de conférences de l'IRLD avec @data_jada & Kim Girling sur l’équité des données et l’EDIA dans la recherche.
📅 Inscrivez-vous: shorturl.at/JGMZs
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
💡 Big data, clean data, biased data … how do we ensure ethical, inclusive research? Join the DLRI Speaker Series with @data_jada & Kim Girling on data equity & EDIA in research.
📅 Register now: shorturl.at/JGMZs
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/murray-…
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
Honored to be part of Louder: The Soundtrack of Change, a documentary produced by @selenagomez & @staceyabrams, celebrating fearless women in music. Premieres Oct 17 on @StreamOnMax #LouderTheSoundtrackOfChange #MaxOriginal
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
Another storming foray into audiovisual newness for you! A book packed with original thought on the cultural context in which music videos are produced and the web of intertextuality that drives contemporary audiovisual culture. Just what we all need!
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
Been working on a big project about early banjo music that has got me excited - been going through a lot of pieces from 1855 and thinking about the cultural soup this music came from - African/Irish/German/English/Indigenous etc etc etc -
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
In celebration of Women's Equality Day, we're highlighting last fall's @RollingStone Magazine feature by Lorena O'Neil (@lorenaoneil) of the women pioneers in the AI space — including Dr. Joy Buolamwini (@jovialjoy), Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh), Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru), Safiya Noble (@safiyanoble), and Seeta Peña Gangadharan. Read more below. #WomensEqualityDay_2024
rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
ALT Image of the Rolling Stone article including Timnit Gebru, Rumman Chowdhury, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini (from left). Image is overylayed with text reading "Rolling Stone. These Women Tried to Warn us About AI. By Lorena O'Neil"
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
BEST MOMENT OF NIGHT AT DNC:
Michelle Obama to Trump: “Who is going to tell him that the job that he is currently seeking might just me one of those ‘black jobs’?”
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
WATCH: @KamalaHarris launches her first official campaign ad—We Choose Freedom—set to Beyoncé’s iconic hit “FREEDOM” from her 2016 album LEMONADE. 🍋🇺🇸
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
On Sunday night, 44,000 women gathered with @WinWithBLKWomen to support Kamala Harris, and raised over $1 million. It’s our turn to show up. So that’s what we’re doing.
Hold this date and time.
Registration link to follow. Link to donate in bio.
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
hi! if you are a fellow music journalist looking for *paid* writing work this week, please DM me with your email address where I can you give more details. I'll be sharing more about this project (which has taken over my life the past few months) very, very soon 🤠♥️
Dr. Jada Watson retweeted
This @TheEconomist cover is ableist horseshit, all too recognizable to those of us who use mobility devices. It's not the first time walkers have been used as a political punchline, and it won't be the last. But it will always be ableist horseshit.
ALT The cover of The Economist magazine, with the headline "No Way To Run a Country" and a picture of a walker with a presidential seal on it.