Sirry @ProfAlang Twitter profile

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Sirry

2 years

Three things your oppressors demand from you: 1.Politeness 2.Respect 3.Gratitude Three things that won’t end your oppression: 1.Politeness 2.Respect 3.Gratitude

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

4 years

Teachers, ur class convos are broadcasted in everyone’s homes. The # of times the teacher has said “your mom and dad” to my kid’s class is infuriating. But a BRAVE kid just said...”But I only told my grandma at lunch time because my sister and I live with our grandma.”

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

4 months

Just me and a couple of my Black colleagues at our #BlackJobs as Professors, Directors and Deans.

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@ProfAlang

4 years

Then of course my kid jumped in right away & said: “I don’t have a dad & it’s ok because my mom said there are different kinds of families. Even though I would want a dad but she’s gay. Gay means she only dates women.” LOL. Now my business is out there.

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@ProfAlang

4 years

But teacher apologized and said she’ll start saying “parent or the adult helping you at home”. I have faith in this generation.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Kid left this under my door last night. Now she is still asleep while I am awake and hungry. What should I do?

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

1 year

I just finished reading this book. In it, you’ll find precolonial histories of same sex relationships & marriages in over 50 African societies. I was delighted to read about 1911 &1922 reports from Cameroon. Africa has the most diverse same sex patterns. Homosexuality is African.

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Black people are the best ethnographers of whiteness. When they warn you about people and places, listen to them.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Thank you all for your tweets, emails & texts of love & support. @UjuAnya can’t respond directly b/c she’s in Twitter jail for refusing to take down the tweet that Twitter has already deleted. She’s receiving so much support from friends, strangers, current & past students, etc.

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@ProfAlang

3 years

@MaaloufMD My mom was mad at me for buying my 90 y/o grandma a bottle of guiness that she had asked for. Mom was like..alcohol will hurt her heart. Grandma said when she was younger, doctors told her the same thing but most of those doctors have died. 😂 Grandma died in 2018 at 94.

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

2 years

It’s still nerve wracking & isolating being the only Black person in a full room on a campus. Today, I felt many emotions. Went to a meeting excited. Wanted it to be over the moment I walked in & scanned room. A ww was the only one at the I sat at. I said hello😀. She smiled.1/6

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@ProfAlang

3 years

Today was wild. A friend called me b/c she’s rallying folks to help a woman & her 8 y/o. Husband beats her, recently emptied bank account, sold car, didn’t pay rent & left them. I called the woman. We’re both West African. She’s crying, telling her suffering, I offered support—to

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@ProfAlang

3 years

New gynecologist today. It was straight people “forcing”their sexuality on us lesbians. Are you sexually active? Yes. Is there any chance you could be pregnant? Nope. Are you on birth control? No. Oh, so you’re trying to get pregnant? Nope! Then she said —help me understand.😭😭

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Three common ways white scholars are colonializing decolonization. Please add more to the thread or quote tweet.

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@ProfAlang

10 months

Dear Black women, take a moment today to breathe. Do whatever you need to do to de stress and rest.

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@ProfAlang

4 years

Had to click “leave meeting” on zoom. The last thing I needed today was a white person saying “it’s gonna be well, you’re resilient.” I’m sorry professor, sir. I don’t want to be resilient. I want systems that oppress me to be dismantled. So not today, sir white man. Not today.

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

6 months

I get the outrage. I’m enraged. But there’s nothing special about professors. Brutalizing anyone —a department chair, a 5y/o in Gaza, a protesting student, a houseless person— should be met with the same response, the same shock, pain, and anger. These lives are of equal value.

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

4 years

A reminder that you can be very nice to Black people and still be racist. And sometimes, your niceness is driven by racist ideas. Nice ≠ antiracist, kind ≠ antiracist. Diversity ≠ Antiracism.

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

2 years

Uju Anya is a lot of things. A liar, she is not! A coward, she is not! She doesn’t subscribe to respectability shenanigans demanded from oppressed peoples by the same institutions & systems that oppress them. Her bravery begins where mine ends. I will forever stan her for it.

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

1 year

She said to her people: meet my partner. Then said to me: these are your in-laws. Scissoring siren maybe popular on Twitter and won the polls but it’s not an easy intro irl with the elders, aunties and uncles. But the night is young. So we will see. 💛💛💛❤️❤️❤️

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

1 year

Question for y’all. How should I introduce @ProfAlang to my Nigerian, Trinidadian, and African-American relatives?

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

7 months

(Alang & Anya, Forthcoming)

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Updates! @UjuAnya thanks all for the support including those who signed the now 3 letters ( @CarnegieMellon employees’ letter, students’ letter, & the original letter by faculty & amazing community members worldwide). She’s delighted by conversations she’s inspired globally.1/6

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Maybe I over analyze….But hypervigilance is how we navigate white spaces. It can be hard to separate whether being invisible (or hypervisible) is cos Blackness triggers weirdness from folks or cos folks are impolite, dealing with stuff, or all of the above. Still exhausting. 6/6

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@ProfAlang

3 years

asking me to read them “prayerfully and with an open heart because with God, nothing is impossible.” I replied: “Sis, I’m not the one who is in need of a miracle right now.” She’s unlike the homophobic folks who still accept gay people’s money and support. I respect that. 😃

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@ProfAlang

2 years

@soledadobrien That’s what I ended up doing. A second breakfast was just inevitable.

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@ProfAlang

3 years

might end up in a shelter because of Christianity-driven homophobia. Hurt that in this year 2022, people still believe that we, gay people, are bad for kids. I wished her good luck & hung up. And for a minute, I thought it was a dream. Except that she texted Bible passages to me,

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

3 years

Growing food is one thing that keeps me sane. Today’s harvest!

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

1 year

NIH funded health disparities scholars!

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

2 years

December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022. My queen, from one year to the next. 😍😍😍

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

4 years

Thank you @TheAmandaGorman for giving us this gift, and thank you #EasterBunny for leaving it for my kid.

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@ProfAlang

1 year

@UjuAnya This was a surreal moment last night. I thought she was gonna say something homophobic or be disappointed. But this mama had a firm reassuring smile to go with her touch & her words. She sought me out to confirm what she heard, and to be sure to personally welcome me.❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

9 months

My Bae, Dr. Uju Anya has earned tenure. At CMU’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, “consideration for tenure typically occurs in the fall of the eighth year.” Academics internal & external to CMU said my baby is brilliant & should be tenured.🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

9 months

Unimaginably thrilled to announce I earned tenure at Carnegie Mellon University! To my department chair, college dean, university provost, colleagues, students, mentors, external reviewers, collaborators, supporters, dear friends, family, and my loving life partner: Thank you.

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

2 years

Today, kids in my daughter’s 4th grade class presented about a Black scientist they love. She did Alice Ball. I asked who other kids talked about. I’m learning a lot about who our kids know and love. My fav was the kid who presented about her mom. I’ve met this mom before at…

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

2 years

Please help. You’re watching a TV series with your bae. You come back to watch the remaining episodes but they tell you they’ve already finished the entire season, without you!! Would you say they cheated on you? This is the second time a certain someone has done this. I’m livid!

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

3 months

It’s UJU’s BIRTHDAY!Please join me celebrate my darling Love, dream woman, amazing fiancée, our minister of enjoyment, the finest of fine aunties— Doctor Professor Uju Anya! Happy Birthday, ⁦Baby. May joy & success remain yours today & always! I adore you,⁦ @UjuAnya ⁩ ❤️❤️❤️

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@ProfAlang

3 years

she implied about me when she says she has to protect her child from me. I wanted to say you could’ve protected your child from your abusive husband a long time ago but you failed that little girl. I wanted to say many things. But I was just hurt. Hurt that a Black woman & child

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

2 years

I came out OUT, like publicly out as a lesbian 17yrs ago. Been in LGBTQ+ circles a long time. All bisexual women I’ve met along the way have ended up marrying men. ALL of them. I only know one bi man who’s married to a man. And I know plenty of bi men. Make of it what you will.

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Sirry

@ProfAlang

11 months

Brought my amazing 10y/o to Montego Bay. She heard me tell a woman she looks fine. Kid pulled me to the side with the seriousness of a high school principal. “Mom, may I be honest with you?…I don’t appreciate you telling another woman that she’s fine when you have a girlfriend.”

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@ProfAlang

2 years

…in convo. So now I’m chatting with the good dude & looking only at him. Ww who I’d met at table then asked what my research is about. I said: “I’m sorry, what’s your name?” Wasn’t gonna let her forget she wasn’t polite enough to introduce herself or didn’t find me worthy to.5/6

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@ProfAlang

3 years

compromise like that.” At this point, she was no longer crying. I could hear the disgust in her voice. She said some folks from her church were also rallying to help her. I wanted to ask her where they were when her STRAIGHT CHRISTIAN husband was beating her. I wanted to ask what

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Third, they don’t know that because colonialism is violent, decolonization is also violent. So they want us to be sweet and polite, to be grateful that they are giving us the opportunity to “decolonize.”

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@ProfAlang

3 years

Thinking: Should I email man (white, healthcare exec) who playfully said “hmmm, you look unprofessional to be in your office” after I turned on zoom video to speak? I put my hood up, continued talking, & ignored comment. I want to send him a very “professional” email about it.

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Unconditional love is over-rated. Allowing any grown person in your life — letting them benefit from your amazingness, generosity, time, strength, vulnerability, etc, should come with conditions. Solid conditions.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

@UjuAnya This woman’s words hurt me so much. I’ve not forgotten & definitely haven’t forgiven. The reasons I mobilized folks to help her are 1) Her child doesn’t have to continue to suffer cos of her hate & foolishness, and 2)Uju begged me all weekend to consider the child. Whatever.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Hi hater! We aren’t dumb. We’re SMART. We aren’t ugly. We’re FINE. See pic.😍Saying no man wants us when u know they [you] can’t have us & we don’t want them [you] is giving tons of small dick & imbecilic energy. Demons, why not? As long as our existence continues to torture you.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

…kids basketball practice. I said I didn’t know T’s mom’s a scientist. My kid: “She owns a store but that’s not why. She gave birth to a child. If you give birth, you’re actually a scientist. A creator, an inventor.” Well, the kids know what’s up. Cheers to birthing people.

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@ProfAlang

4 years

20 yrs ago, I told a pastor in 🇨🇲 that I’m gay. He said God wants me to quit school & get married. That I’d amount to nothing if I disobeyed. Then he tried to rape me, tore my skirt. He should know that I amounted to fabulous & he’s still a rapist. #LGBTQ folk, YOU ARE FABULOUS!

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@ProfAlang

4 years

@UjuAnya Word. Most of 2015, I decided to assume everyone’s gay. Guy at work said: “Hold on, my wife’s calling.” After call, I said I thought u had a husband. Had no idea you’re straight. I’ve no problem with ur sexuality as long as you keep it to yourself.” I should go back to that🤣

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Sodomy laws came with colonizers. Same sex patterns had to be present for colonizers to punish. So they didn’t bring homosexuality, but institutionalized homophobia. In precolonial societies, queers, called 1000+ different not derogatory names were left alone. Know your history.

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@ProfAlang

1 year

When your disabled mom beats the odds in a country with no infrastructure or rights for people with disabilities to give you a life that is better than the one she had, and supports your right to be your FULL self, you faroter. Faroter des dollars, fcfa, euros.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

My daughter has broken up with her boyfriend b/c though he agreed to respect her personal & body boundaries, “he didn’t really mean it. I’ve moved on.” He hit her friend. “Mom! That’s not respecting body boundaries & personal space.” They dated for 2 days. They are 4th graders.

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@ProfAlang

7 months

I am the luckiest person on earth. Thank you, @UjuAnya , for all the ways you love me, all the things that are & yet to come with us. You are my dream woman. And, you use words like affianced.😀🥰 I love you deeply and passionately. More than I can express. More than you know.

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

7 months

So, how did Dr. Sirry Alang and Dr. Uju Anya become affianced? 🧵with @ProfAlang , who swept me off my feet and made my dreams come true.

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Homosexuality is customary & indigenous to African Societies. Queer Africans, you have ancestors who lived & loved like you. Homophobia is also indigenous to African Societies. But no one was ever punished for being queer b/c no one felt harmed by queers.

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@ProfAlang

4 months

Y’all! I’m sitting next to Black elders on this flight. So in-love laughing, cuddling elders. Highlight is they’re calling me baby and are sharing their food with me. Food they packed in nice containers. 😍 My new dad said I should visit them in Atlanta anytime. I’m overjoyed.

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@ProfAlang

3 years

As he passed, he put his window down & jokingly said “scared huh? You didn’t do nothing.” Then drove off. What is wrong with him? My kid was in the back seat. And I was horrified.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

2 yrs ago, this queen had the nerve to criticize my egusi soup! We’ve grown to have more than egusisoup fights. She’s the 1st person I call about something huge, silly, crazy, or nothing. She makes love & self-love easy. I’m uninhibited when with her. She’s my dream woman. ❤️❤️❤️

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

2 years

Today is the 2nd anniversary of love and life with this hot babe, Doctor Professor Sirry Alang @ProfAlang . The joy and fulfillment you bring to my existence are immeasurable, Sirry. May we see many more years of this thrilling journey together🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️

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@ProfAlang

2 years

So the day I got my first professor job, my dad wrote flattering things about me in his diary. He also wrote: “Needs to enter this job fully knowing that universities are corporations that don’t care about her. Put herself first & always.” I just read this.💛💛 Dad, I knew.😀😄

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Second, they haven’t done personal/institutional work of undoing colonial forms of producing knowledge AND receiving knowledge. The colonizer’s standard is always the measuring rod. They want décolonial work to fit neatly into what they are doing. They reframe to make acceptable.

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@ProfAlang

1 year

It doesn’t matter who won the jollof rice cookout. I won everything cos I have my person with me, doing life and all with me.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

First, the classic white saviorism—they know better, are better equipped, have better skills needed to ‘decolonize’ ‘save’ and ‘help’ us. And they announce it whenever and wherever they can. They use “decolonize” more than anyone else. But their actions don’t match words.

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@ProfAlang

7 months

So @UjuAnya bought pairs of silk pyjamas for our kids. She owns several. I’ve NEVER wanted silk pyjamas. But recently, I felt left out seeing all these people in my life walking around in silk pyjamas. I said babe, how come I’m the only one without silk pyjamas? WTH!! 1/3

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@ProfAlang

2 years

When my kid validly complains about others, I’d say those kids have issues. But I stopped. I started saying those kids need support,resources. Welp, my kid got into an argument with older kids & yelled angrily: “It’s not my fault that you need resources!” Like it’s an insult.😂😂

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@ProfAlang

2 years

#NewProfilePic Why not? We’re still killin’ it. Homophobes, stay mad.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

One of the many joys of dating this amazing woman is watching her enjoy my people’s food. Eru is her favorite Cameroon dish. And she’s my favorite ANY dish.

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

2 years

One of the many marvelous things about local love with Sirry @ProfAlang is being able to drive to her house after a long day on campus and get fed proper swallow. Her eru is so good😋😋🥰🥰🥰🥰😋😋

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@ProfAlang

4 years

Call with an organization that invited me to talk about anti-racism in higher ed: While they’re looking forward, they ask that I not be political. That the country is already very divided. That they “just would prefer something that’ll bring people together to heal racism.”

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Of course, they welcomed Uju completely & with love. One of my brother’s assessments of us is that Uju will support me & protect me, no matter what. Said it makes him so happy. That’s truly what family is about. Pic below was during one of our nights out on the town. ❤️❤️❤️

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

1 year

So, my recent trip to Africa was to Cameroon. My partner Dr. Sirry Alang @ProfAlang took me and our children back home to throw a big thanksgiving party to celebrate her mother. We met her entire family, and I was welcomed as “Sirry’s madam” with open, loving arms.

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@ProfAlang

3 years

April 2019, a very wealthy student told me they’d no longer say I’m fortunate that x,y,z…or that my family worked hard 4 us to afford x,y,z. Instead they’d say “benefiting from whiteness at the expense people of color, I’ve had x,y,z…”On monday, his dad sent me a long email…

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@ProfAlang

3 years

I made eye contact with police office in a parking lot when I pulled into it to make a U-turn. He pulled out & followed me. He didn’t pull me over. I made 2 turns just so I could get away from him, he still followed. So pulled over for him to pass….

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Nothing can contain my love for you, @UjuAnya . I had a great time with your immediate family, extended family, family friends. All the hugs, love, welcome were so meaningful, some even unexpected. I feel fully introduced & claimed. Thank you, Dr. Anya. Love, Dr. Alang.

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

1 year

I love this woman so much. Driving with our children to Maryland for a major family event. Gonna introduce her to my people. Kind of a big deal, y’all 😅🥰😅

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@ProfAlang

3 years

I’ve heard from a few well-meaning friends that Uju & I are extra on here.Asking why so public,not everything about our lives, families, should be tweeted (I guarantee you, it isn’t 🤣), that we’re too much, etc. I’ve jokingly said they can go find less b/c we won’t shrink. But…

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@ProfAlang

2 years

@msjdubey @soledadobrien Toasted frozen waffles and two bananas. 😀

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@ProfAlang

3 years

Joined zoom to plan talk on well-being of minoritized folks in an org. WW who invited me was saying "If we can get past her accent, it'll be good." She spent the next 7 mins explaining & justifying, wanting so badly for me to say no worries, all good. I didn't say anything.😂😂😂

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@ProfAlang

7 months

Three years of loving you and being loved by you. Three of the most thrilling and electrifying years of my life. Happy Anniversary, @UjuAnya ! Looking forward to infinity times three more years of us because with you, dreams really do come true. I love you.

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3 years

Thank you all for your comments. I thought I had unfortunately gotten used to all manner of homophobia at this point. But this one hurt bad. I appreciate your kind words, as well as your rejection of hatred, ignorance and foolishness.

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6 months

Wishing y’all a wonderful Saturday.

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@ProfAlang

11 months

Work play work play work play when/if you can, so you don’t drown in the sea of despair.

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@ProfAlang

7 months

Chai!! Look at this gorgeous couple making Naija homophobes stressed. Sending them crying up and down the internet. But Uju, you are so fine! 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️

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@UjuAnya

7 months

+234 Twitter😂😂😂 Una don carry my matter go cry for blog😂😂😂 Ndo o!

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7 months

I should’ve wanted this all along. They’re elegant and comfortable. Definitely better sleep clothes than my umbros & t-shirt. Thank you, my love! I’m sorry about the drama. 🫣I don’t know which insect bit me to make me act like that.🫣 I love the pyjamas. I love you. ❤️❤️ 3/3

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4 months

How is my first night in Rio going? You might wonder. A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. And a video? 🤷🏾‍♀️❤️❤️❤️

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Considering getting a PhD with a focus on social determinants of health, community/population health, health/healthcare at the intersections of education, housing, child welfare & carceral systems? Reach out. I’ll be recruiting a doctoral student to begin in the fall of 2024

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@ProfAlang

3 years

judge. But she lives according to her “faith & how the Bible instructs” her to live. Said she really needs help & if it was just her, she’ll consider my offer. Said she’s worried about “exposing” her kid to my “lifestyle.” That she wants to protect her child, hence she “cannot

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Exactly 1yr ago, @UjuAnya blew up my life with a tweet. Friends & entanglements were sending me screenshots saying I’d been claimed on the interwebs. It’s safe to remove all uncertainties & ambiguities that characterized this tweet. We’re deeply in love. These aren’t rumors ❤️❤️

Uju Anya

@UjuAnya

3 years

Rumors are flying around that I may like somebody. I’m here to set the record straight that perhaps there may be some truth to the allegations.

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@ProfAlang

3 years

house/feed them for a while so she can find a job, at least while I’m still in my current house. She seemed relieved. Kept talking about her evil husband. Then she remembered something… “Are you Professor Sirry? The one who teaches at Lehigh University?” I said yes. “You’re from

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@ProfAlang

1 year

Today is my Bae’s Birthday. You are enough, loved and whole, ⁦ @UjuAnya ⁩. Celebrating you today and always. And, wishing you happiness & health. May you continue to thrive in every damn thing. Happy Birthday Dr. Uju Anya. I love you.

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@ProfAlang

3 years

Should I show off my gardening skills to Twitterverse again? Of course, I should. Harvesting is my fav part of gardening & farming. Today’s crop.

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@ProfAlang

2 years

…part of me was like…yep, invisible. They prolly be like..why are you here? I was on my laptop but occasionally looking up at them, eating my food. About 5 mins in, the wm said:“I’m sorry, I don’t think we’ve met. I’m..” I introduced myself to him & only him! He engaged me..4/6

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@ProfAlang

3 years

Cameroon. Hmm…Okay.” Then silence. I asked what/why. She hesitated. Then said she knows about me. Someone had told her that she should connect with me. Then someone else told her about my “lifestyle”. I said “you mean about me being a lesbian?” She proceeds to say she doesn’t

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@ProfAlang

2 years

I’m thrilled to be a lesbian. I don’t wish to be straight. It’s one of the best things that happened to me. And, of course knowing it & living out loud! If being gay was a choice for me, I’d choose it over & over again. Nigerian men, stop dm’ing me to offer condolences for..1/4

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@ProfAlang

2 years

Some kid to my kid today that: “You so dumb. That’s why you’re adopted. Your real parents didn’t want you.” My kid: “Actually, I’m wanted. Like my mom went through a lot to adopt me. So…at least I’m not the one who was an accident.” 🫢That’s the child I’m raising. Ayyyye!!

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@ProfAlang

2 years

..the first person, I think. She called him by name. A wm. Then a ww joined. She went ahead & introduced to herself to new ww though she hadn’t said a word to me. They carried on in getting to know you type convos like I wasn’t there. Part of me wanted that though. Another..3/6

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@ProfAlang

7 months

Ten things that have no gender or sexual orientation: Clothes Toys Colors Jewelry Cars Drinks Jobs Make-up Hair/ hair styles The human body I know this will confuse some of the sexist, transphobic, and homophobic ones amongst us. Have at it.

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@ProfAlang

8 months

Happy Valentine’s Day to my Love, my dream woman, our minister of enjoyment, Dr. (tenured) Professor Uju Anya. Babe, I’m thrilled to share today & everyday with you. I love you—all of you, @UjuAnya . And, nothing compares to loving you & being loved by you.❤️❤️❤️

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