Catherine Tan

This week at @vassar.bsky.social!

So inspiring to share the stage with Dr. Krystle McLaughlin & Dr. Catherine Tan in the "Scholarship in Public" panel! Thank you Sree Sreenivasan for leading this rich discussion. Video to come! 🎥💫✨
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When the Trump administration defended the murders carried out by ICE last month, it effectively told agents that they operate above the law. What happened to Ellie Aghayeva this morning is not rogue but the agency working as designed—and we should all be outraged and call for ICE’s abolishment.

ICE pretended to look for a missing child so that they could abduct a student.

Eventually, I went to my inbox to look for the receipt/shipping and couldn’t find one. 😭

For half an hour, I dug around, in search of a book I am now realizing I don’t own.

How will the killing of a cartel leader and shelter-in-place order impact your #SpringBreak2026? New York Times has some travel tips!

Today in SOCI 330 “Death & Birth” @vassar.bsky.social we are so lucky to have Matilda Garrido, a death doula, come talk about grief and mourning practices.

If you're rich you get a tax cut, if you're not you have to work longer and harder. Populism! bsky.app/profile/atru...

Happy Groundhog Day!

This is the groundhog lamp I made in 2022.

Video: Opinion | Dear ICE: Letters From Students Living in Fear ICE took their classmate. They started writing letters.

💔These babies...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.

Holiday shopping is not going great. I’m eating steak flavored chips in my car.

In my parents’ house a quarter of their appliances require an unintuitive “trick” for it to work. I wanted to use the hot water dispenser and my mother said “hold on you need a pencil for that.”

I would just like to say… every child loves the radio flyer bouncy horse. And they have improved the design by covering the springs so it’s not like he’s going to get pinched.

Do elementary schools still use an economy system for good behavior? I am pretty sure that is the reason why I--an adult--think I deserve a treat after every small task.

Panel 4/4 of the “Piscola hunting squirrels at sunset” lamp is cut and ground. Next week, copper foil and solder.

“The emails are like a portal back to a lost Manhattan power scene.”

What? Wasn’t ~nostalgia~ everyone’s first reaction to the Epstein emails? No? Just the NYTimes?

bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken

Hi all,
We are still looking for people in the following positions:
1) Chairperson elect
2) Secretary/Treasurer elect
3) Program Committee Chair
4) Publicity Committee Chair
5) Membership/Mentorship Committee Chair

If you are interested, please reach out to @catherinetan.bsky.social!

We are still seeking nominations for the following positions in our section. Please reach out to our nominations chair, @catherinetan.bsky.social! Serving in our section's committee is a great opportunity to make connections!

The problem with working at a coffee shop is... you could be going through a quiet crisis while Funky Town plays in the background.

People didn’t get paid, families didn’t eat, planes didn’t fly… all so that people can pay more for healthcare in the end. Good job Shaheen, King, Hassan, Kaine, Durbin, Fetterman, Cortez Masto and Rosen you all did it.

Senate takes first step toward ending the government shutdown The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies.

After six weeks of furloughs, discontinued benefits, and travel disruptions; after majority of people recognizing Trump is at fault; after the dem big wins last week… Democrats decided eh better to quit while we have the upper hand and settle for nothing.

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I was at a coffee shop. Tapped my card. Forgot to complete the screen. Barista tipped herself 50% while I was in the restroom. 😐

Watching my friend help her son with his math homework as he slowly melts off the sofa in agony. The tone, the volume, the bargaining are universal and timeless.

Side by side headlines sum it up.

This rat was far too casual about plucking a bat in flight. His ease is unsettling. I wonder if his friends and family have any idea that this is what he’s up to at night.

My friend’s 9 yr old: “what’s your job?”
Me: “same as your mom. I’m a professor.”
9: “where?”
Me: “Vassar.”
9: “Princeton is the best university.“

Pro-life republicans are always working their hardest to withhold the things that sustain life.