Shamira Gelbman

Screenshot from Family Search: Etsu Mineta, Sex: Female, United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1947 Imprisonment 11 9 1942, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Park, Wyoming, United States Birth 4 5 1916 Marital Status Single Residence San Jose Calif Move To 24 3 1943 Salt Lake City Utah

Image of United States Dept of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, Heart Mountain Relocation Center "Name by Name Accounting of All Residents" Mineta family includes Etsu, born 1916 (and her more famous younger brother Norman, born 1931)

Lately my #LadyLobbyists research has me going down genealogical rabbit holes. I knew this Etsu Masaoka (nee Mineta) had been in an internment camp during World War II, but seeing the bureaucratic record is something else 😮😞

i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.

League book club time 🎉

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What we're rallying against in IN 😒

Read the whole thread, but I'm highlighting this part because calling students in for a face-to-face meeting to discuss a problematic assignment is an underrated strategy ⬇️

2026 CONFERENCE | New England Political Science Association Information about the 2026 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association

The deadline for proposal submissions for the 2026 New England Political Science Association Conference in Burlington, VT (April 23-25) is this Friday! It's a great, small conference, and I hope to see some of you there!

www.newenglandpsa.org/nepsa2026?ut...

This is a terrible story--both because of the trap that was set (either in advance or ret-conned to seize a moment) for this graduate student but also because the student's department failed her. The 1st problem is easy to see, but I want to explain the 2nd one. 1/x

Eastern Sociological Society ... I am pleased to inform you that your submission entitled 'Taking the "Lipstick Lobby Brigade" Seriously: Women Lobbyists in US National Politics during and after World War II' has been accepted for a mini-conference at the 2026 ESS conference ...

Looks like I'm going to my first sociology conference 👀 #ess2026

Today, hundreds of Hoosiers sent a message directly to lawmakers: we, the voters, reject policies that undermine fair representation within our state.

CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.

It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job

Today's rally at the IN statehouse. I'd say 350-400 attendees based on my rough headcount

It's democracy time

I'm going ⬇️

AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.

We can't really say this enough...

> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.

www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...

Fascinating find of the day: "The 2-Paycheck Family Is Changing America," Everett, WA Daily Herald, May 3, 1979

Probably easier to read here: www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

Indiana colleges must answer how new degrees commit to American values Under new requirements, universities must answer whether proposed degree programs exercise a "commitment to the core values of American society."

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education's new policy is threatening shared governance and academic freedom.

"This policy is the latest effort by Indiana's politicians to take power away from faculty & cheapen the education students have access to in Indiana."

- @iubaaup.bsky.social

When an Indiana Republican calls redistricting “the president trying to save his own skin ..” 👀

@dailyjournal.bsky.social
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“Many of you have asked my position on redistricting. I have been an unapologetic advocate for people with intellectual disabilities since the birth of my second daughter. Those of you that don’t know me or my family might not know that my daughter has Down Syndrome. This is not the first time our president has used these insulting and derogatory references and his choices of words have consequences. I will be voting NO on redistricting, perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority.”

Michael Bohacek, an Republican state senator in Indiana, says he is a “NO” on Trump’s redistricting push, pointing to the president’s use of a slur

Apparently we're promoting our books

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Plus a crustless pie, because why not 🤷‍♀️

And Thanksgiving kugel #2 👩‍🍳

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Thanksgiving kugel #1 😎

Also, I can't believe I used to make like 25 of these in a day 😳

The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.

I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University

www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

Page 2 "I have attended many a conference in the Women's Bureau, but I think this is the first conference of this kind that the Bureau has ever arranged - that is a conference where the people were talked at all day without being given an opportunity to either ask questions or make comments."

This memo is literally 2 pages of complaining that the conference should have been an email 🤣

"I honestly do not feel that it was necessary to call a Conference and get people here from all parts of the country just to hear what all of them have known for years, and even if they didn't know, they could get it from printed material published by the Department of Labor."

"This meeting should have been an email," but in 1954👀

RSVPed. Who else will be there?