Kristin Davis

@kcdavis.bsky.social

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Mom of 7. History educator. Grad student. Relentless believer in a greener and fairer future. 💚💙🌈🍉🌻

Cover of "Spain in Our Hearts" by Adam Hochschild.
Miss Jane Bolin is pictured in her New York office on April 8th, after she was named by corporation counsel Paul Windels to act as assistant corporation counsel for the city.
Since learning and teaching about racism is a moral act in and of itself, it is crucial to recognize one's own biases and examine research that may not reinforce pre-existing beliefs to ensure we provide information and not sermons (Davis, 2025).
VetoViolence is currently undergoing maintenance.
When teachers expose history as a human construction laden with perspective and purpose, students learn not to see texts as infallible and undisputable. They can be critical of what they read and more cognizant of ambiguity (Shemilt, 2000; Wertsch, 2008).
What you have in the smartphone is a compendium of military hardware, much of it researched in universities and turned into weapons and products by corporations. Quote by George Friedman from his book The Storm Before the Calm.
Black and white photo of Edward Said with kind eyes staring pensively forward.
Movie poster for Terminator 2 Judgement Day.
The United States is the only regime that has formally declared the pursuit of happiness as a fundamental right, yet, it's very structure fails to secure a pathway to it. We cannot cling to what does not work. Changes are afoot. In this time of great instability, we have to be stable for each other, with sober minds reaching and grasping for ways to lift each other up. Imagination is needed to create the regime in which the pursuit of happiness is accessible for all. We have to be good to each other and learn to be good to the world that we share.
Scarecrow jester troll teasing a beautiful blue butterfly.
A sea turtle evolving into a devil surrounded by gold.
Three people standing together with the word idiocracy in front of them.
Grown-up woman dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz taking a quick selfie.
Stitch, also known as Experiment 626.
The iconic movie poster of the 1986 My Little Pony The Movie.
Over-confident voter standing in front of a ballot box pointing to her I voted sticker.
If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose by Refaat Alareer.
Syrian soccer federation changed their kit colour from red to green.
Socrates with a flaming conductor's wand.
Ariana Grande posing for Kevin Scanlon of The New York Times.
Quote by Paolo Freire from Pedagogy of the Oppressed that says: Only power that springs from the weakness of the oppressed will be sufficiently strong to free both.
King Leopold’s Ghost: a story of greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild.
Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire and translated by Joan Pinkham.
Adorable Muzzy brand Palestine doll (Kuffiyeh edition) sitting on a purple bench.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss.
New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins. This book introduced me to the concept of corporatocracy and explicitly lays out how American imperialism is responsible for so much of the world's problems. But he also lays out a plan for how we can combat all our mayhem.
Infographic of the war in numbers in Sudan.
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
TL;DR version.
The Politics of Teaching Palestine to Americans: Addressing Pedagogical Strategies by Marcy Jane Knopf-Newman
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World by Avi Shlaim
Intentional: How to live, love, work and play meaningfully by David Amerland.
The hundred years' war on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Cedar of Lebanon with flying dove of peace.
Teaching when the world is on fire edited by Lisa Delpit
The Question of Palestine by Edward Said
The colonizer and the colonized by Albert Memmi
We are the leaders we have been looking for by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Shirley Temple Movieland Wax Museum Good Ship Lollipop
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future by Robert P. Jones
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave Written by Himself
Snerdling
Orientalism by Edward W. Said
Book cover of The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates