Cynthia McLemore

Here's another great thing that happened at the 2025 LSA in Philadelphia: Gillian got a Lifetime Achievement award! The room was filled with colleagues, old friends and young fans, it was so nice to see ❣️

24.01.2025 14:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cecile Richards Isn’t Giving Up the Fight Despite a brain cancer diagnosis and political setbacks, the Texas native is investing in a new strategy: abortion storytelling for the TikTok age.

Cecile Richards, who passed away today at 67, was interviewed for the current print issue of the Texas Observer by reporter @marytuma.bsky.social.

This story was going to run online later this month, but here is the interview now in light of the news:

20.01.2025 19:33 — 👍 449    🔁 150    💬 9    📌 13

Baptista at a podium in front of an orange and blue lit curtain, a slide showing images of Cabo Verde on the screen to her left

LSA President Marlyse Baptista discussing the Cabo Verde language Kriolu during her presidential address. #lsa2025

12.01.2025 00:17 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Really deserved that standing ovation! Brilliant work across the board.

12.01.2025 20:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This NYT obituary by Clay Risen does a great job of capturing relevant highlights and giving voice to colleagues. (Yes Bill was a deeply interesting thinker whose work was driven by ideas; news readers take that for granted in an academic.) LOVE to see Tom Morton's photography in the NYT 💙

27.12.2024 12:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

an orange cat lays on the carpet staring into the distance wearing a christmas fashion collar with holly leaves and jingle bells. the tweet from last year says “They got me. I’ve been jingled.”

Have whatever kind of day you want. I’m not demanding merry if you feel differently

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William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97 (Gift Article) He laid the foundation for sociolinguistics, and he showed that structures like class and race shaped speech as much as where someone lives.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/u...

25.12.2024 15:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Language Log » More Labov remembrances

Coming onto Bluesky just now, when a friend of 33 years has recently died and the world has shifted, there's a lot of comfort to be found. Very grateful. This morning's post by Mark has lots of good links, with a focus on Bill's Bunny paper

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67560

24.12.2024 15:40 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

This such a great thread - by a lovely person -

24.12.2024 15:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Language Log » Bill Labov

The comments on our post about Bill Labov are heartwarming

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67399...

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