Dr. Tara L. Conley

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image of a cute dog side by side, on the left is the dog in a hoodie (aquarius) on the right is a dog making a stand face (leo)
picture of my documentary DRY BONES with a film scrolling motion graphic set against archival footage of JFK in Dayton Ohio
DRY BONES IG QR code
me along with attendees and participants in the film taking a picture in front of the step and repeat
obama sitting with trump laughing. michelle obama is noticeably absent.
an exchange on threads where someone posted “Do glad i can publicly say that Klay Thompson looks like the PBS logo again. I was being polite for my girl” to which PBS responded: “Now why am I in this”
the front gates of buckingham palace.
Short reel of my film DRY BONES
screenshot of nick adams tweet from 2/4/26 depicting an AI generated image of trump as a religious figure
Cover of Octavia Butlers’s Parable of the Sower and a black and white portrait of Melina Matsoukas
screenshot of my post from december 18, 2024 showing an article written in the black panther newspaper with the title that reads: “eliminate the presidency”
portrait of the Artemis crew members with the title “fixed sign astronauts” and the description reads: “Artemis crew all fixed signs. Scorpio, Taurus and two Aquarius. I think everyone is in charged [sic]”
screenshot of artemis II launch on CNN 6:35pm EST
The Department of Africana Studies Presents: Dr. Tara Conley, Assistant Professor School of Media and Journalism Kent State University Tuesday, March 24, 2026 2:00 - 3:15 PM, Berkman Hall, Room 136 Sankofa Screening and Discussion for Dry Bones, a film about "Dynamite Ike" Maxwell, a legendary Black high school football player from Elyria, Ohio, whose life dramatically changed course after his younger brother was fatally shot by a police officer in 1975. The film will be followed by discussion moderated by Dr. Adrienne Gosselin, Associate Professor in English and Africana Studies. Wednesday, March 25, 2026 4:30 - 5:30PM, Berkman Hall, Room 136 "I've Been Bound By It: Representing Capitalist Enclosures in the Black Rust Belt" Reception to follow in the Howard A. Mims American Cultural Center, BH 137 " CSU College of Arts and Sciences
a white lady and 3x trump voter looks directly into the camera and says: “apparently i’m an idiot”
screenshot of Star Trek’s DS9. the caption reads: “You mean your people are going to invade Cleveland?”
headline: Meteor could be cause of boom felt across Northeast Ohio, weather service says
Screenshot of reddit post. Quoted excerpt reads: “The last time I had a good night's sleep was during the Obama administration. I didn't vote for the man and I have plenty of criticisms of his foreign policy but at least I could sleep... his presidency wasn't perfect but I could still sleep knowing it wasn't hopeless.”
nippy exhausted
straight-faced irobot looking directly at camera while driving with the text that reads: when i ride through a neighborhood that got one too many american flags…
Screenshot of Veep season two, episode three in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus turns from a crowd, smiles to her team and says, "What the fuck?" The episode aired in April 2013 and became the subject of memes as early as May 2016 as a way of presenting a nervous reaction to something.
screenshot i posted two months ago replying to a ProPublica article: “also confusing: thyroid eye disease is linked to both COVID *and* the vaccine. apparently it triggers an autoimmune response. how do i know this? be a family remember is currently suffering from it and their doctor emphatically said its be of COVID.”
XO - readings open @stormsonvenus If I get kidnapped, I'm just going to talk about astrology until they let me out.
jake sisko and sam talking
a picture of garak from star trek’s ds9 with the caption that reads: “look. all im saying is garak would have had this epstein list taken care of by now.”
Figure 11. Support for Christian Nationalism (Adherents and Sympathizers), by State. Figure 12 shows that three states have majorities of white, non-Hispanic residents who support Christian nationalism: Arkansas (59%), Mississippi (54%), and West Virginia (53%). Additionally, nearly half of white residents in Louisiana (49%), Oklahoma (49%), and Missouri (45%) also qualify as Christian nationalism Adherents or Sympathizers. Source: PRRI American Values Atlas, Feb. 28-Dec. 8, 2025
meme of a killer whale swimming towards a small sea lion. above the wale it reads “saturn and time conjunction at 0°” below the sea lion it reads: “society.”
Photo: Toni Morrison at the dedication of the Bench by the Road in Oberlin in 2009.
me on stage at the dry bones film screening in cleveland wearing a black dress with a rose colored jacket
me and mommy at the karamu house in cleveland ohio
dry bones film step and repeat
a crunk black barbie doll
venmo @Tara-Conley
cover photo: a black and white portrait of derrick bell wearing a suit. the title “derrick bell: the prophet of racial realism” appears on the lower left corner of the photo.
a cute little monkey smiling with hair sticking out
usha vance looking worn and torn holding a half empty glass of champagne.
< r/Military Trump Declares 'There Can Be No Going Back' as D... 898 upvotes • 281 comments through, to other countries as well. This will give China and Russia so much freedom to do whatever they want as well. I simply cannot comprehend how people in the U.S. are just going about their days as if this isn't going on. ••• Flammablegelatin • 9h Retired USAF The problem is complex. One, many of those 2A supporters also support Trump. They like what he's doing. If this were Obama or Joe Biden, there would have been mass violence by now. Second, the US is massive. Sure, we see things going on elsewhere in the news, but many people view these things as so far away that they'll never affect them. Or they just don't keep up with the news and remain completely ignorant to it. Third, no one wants to be the one to make the first move. Unless you have massive support behind you, you'll just end up being a martyr. Or worse, just killed and deemed a domestic terrorist. Fourth, despite the US being the richest country in the world, the majority of its citizens are living in poverty or near-poverty conditions. They can't afford to do something like a general strike or anything like that, as it would cost them their homes, their jobs, etc. Essentially, nothing is going to happen in the US until it gets so bad that everyone is PERSONALLY affected.
Auntie Ruby Dee
Official flyer for the screening hosted by the Greater Cleveland Film Commission.
10 When apparent stability disintegrates, As it must God is Change- People tend to give in To fear and depression, To need and greed. When no influence is strong enough To unify people They divide. They struggle, One against one, Group against group, For survival, position, power. They remember old hates and generate new ones, They create chaos and nurture it. They kill and kill and kill, Until they are exhausted and destroyed, Until they are conquered by outside forces, Or until one of them becomes A leader Most will follow, Or a tyrant Most fear. EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
2026 Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation. Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, serve adequately, or fail to serve its adaptive function. When civilization fails to serve, it must disintegrate unless it is acted upon by unifying internal or external forces. EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
a white man sitting on the side of a bed in his draws talking on the phone
Graphic image of the Cleveland skyline. Art by Sina Grace.
james evans scowling
movie poster for oscar winning documentary no other land.
digital traffic sign in northeast ohio that reads: “just sayin’ buckle up, buckeyes”