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Julia Frengs

@juliafrengs.bsky.social

Boy mom. Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies. Environmental humanist. Likes: books, yoga, dogs, cooking, wine. Dislikes: authoritarianism, nazis, mushrooms.

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Exciting! Congrats, Dana!

06.06.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I stopped giving my undergrads final papers. I’ve been doing other things like a final interview, a final conversation between partners, etc. I’m too old and grumpy to deal with AI, especially in French.

15.05.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Hollywood can no longer film in other countries due to #tariffs, I propose they just start following/filming professors. Our lives are fascinating entertainment content at the moment. I imagine production costs would be minimal. Make-up and costumes would be astronomical though. #academiclife

06.05.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in AMHERST β€” Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...

This is how you do it.

The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".

The moral imperative may be to fight...

but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:

www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

16.04.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10422    πŸ” 2590    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 185
20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium.

web.cvent.com/event/953af8...

14.04.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hot dog water!!! Omg rofl!!!

24.03.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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30,000 people reportedly showed up to see @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov speak in Denver

22.03.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4880    πŸ” 765    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 54

πŸ‘‡πŸŽ― The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ university system. The silence is deafening right now.

08.03.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3998    πŸ” 1262    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 45
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#mood

01.03.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear Congress(wo)man [insert name],
Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and Cc all of your constituents.

23.02.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An Ex-KGB Agent Says Trump Was a Russian Asset Since 1987. Does It Matter? Revisiting the Trump-Russia mystery in light of the newest revelation.

nymag.com/intelligence...

22.02.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Preparing for my deportation.

21.02.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m cheering for Canada in this #hockey game. My husband says I can’t do this and I will be deported. I said β€œcan’t wait!” πŸ˜ƒπŸ€žπŸΌ

21.02.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited to have been included in this amazing volume, and excited to read the work of other contributors! #francophonestudies #oceania

19.02.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Livid about this. This kid has done absolutely nothing wrong - just wanted to get his learn on. fElon is such a dogebag.

15.02.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alain-Philippe Durand on LinkedIn: How some universities are trying to revive the humanities Straight to the Goal! Humanities &#61; Jobs! Mieczyslaw Zak University of Arizona - College of Humanities The American College of the Mediterranean Arizona Board…

Humanities = Jobs!
www.linkedin.com/posts/alain-...

12.02.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Super Bowl ads are a great way to learn about companies that have too much money and don't deserve your business

10.02.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 467    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6

#ETTP

06.02.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Homemade basil tomato pizza with whole wheat dough and homemade sauce. So proud of this!

06.02.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents, published in 1998.

04.02.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Librarians are amazing.

04.02.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reading for pleasure is hard for me because I read all day for work (which is also a pleasure). But I listened to these two audiobooks in January and now I feel like I read something unrelated to work and simply for the fun of it! #libby #audiobooks

02.02.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For my first post on Bluesky, I just wanted to point out the $12 trillion opportunity Ayana Elizabeth Johnson suggests there could be for billionaires investing in renewable power. If any billionaires see this post (are any of my 30 followers billionaires?) can you do something about this?

25.01.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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