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My panel is full, but an email will go out from the Performance & Stardom SIG on Monday with a panel looking for additional presenters.

Marilyn Monroe against a blue background

#MarilynMonroe passed overnight between August 4 and 5, 1962. She left behind a body of work that testifies to her as a comic genius as well as a talented dramatic actress.

I’ve reached that sweet spot of course prep and pre-teen girls listening to music in the next room where I questioned why the month of November was included in a fall schedule. 😬

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Still working on my book amidst the collapse of society. Though my topic is Marilyn Monroe as an adapted character, I am making connections to the manosphere and government conspiracies-so even obscure and niche humanities projects are relevant!

Headline 1, "Americans are losing spending power, say researchers: Most can no longer afford a 'minimal quality of life.'" Headline 2, "The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they're on the verge of a huge tax cut."

The United States summed up in two headlines.

Rest in all the power of a very good boy, Virgil. ❤️

Q: “What keeps you up at night?”

JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: “The state of our democracy.” 🇺🇸 😕

At the “I have no idea what the second half of this book is about” phase of proposal writing.

@scms-starperformer.bsky.social who wants to put together a panel on performance and stardom? #SCMS26 #SCMSconnect

Anyone thinking about #SCMS panels?

Lift and peel orange juice seal.

My nemesis.

Brown dog sleeping atop two pillows.

Dog days of summer.

The lesson here might be that we don’t have a great coffee roaster scene.

“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget.

Republicans did it.

Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate.

Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due

The evil that men do lives after them

Future me will be glad I distracted from the current political crisis by making these lecture videos for the fall now, right? But what will distract me from the fall’s political crisis?

Notes on “how a nuclear attack on the US might unfold” just appear in my inbox, right in the middle of the day during a holiday week. Are we great yet?

Voters are watching.

Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.

When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.

Where are the bsky Georgia people? Who are the best coffee roasters in your state?

I had seen my house in person and was still surprised by things I didn’t remember when I got the keys. It’s an exciting adventure!

I have three hearings at three different courthouses today. At the second, someone was sobbing outside the courtroom. They'd asked ChatGPT what to say in Court. They believed what it told them.

They lost because it hallucinated, and they didn't know there were no do-overs.

Sound advice! Thank you!

What advice would you give to first-year college students?

200,000 March In Budapest Pride, Refusing To Capitulate To Anti-LGBTQ+ Law The march can teach the world the power of organized solidarity in the wake of a global, anti-LGBTQ+ reactionary movement.

1. Today, 200,000 marched in Budapest Pride in defiance of a ban by Orbán's far-right government.

It was led by the city's mayor Gergely Karácsony, who got around the law by making it an "official city gathering."

He was warned of arrest.

They marched anyway.

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Let me know if you find the secret to loving it. The best taste I have found is a faux sangria recipe with tea and Pom/cherry juice, but it’s a whole production.

Happy birthday! I hope you have a great day and a smooth journey south soon as well!

A statue of George Washington. With a big black bird on his head. Symbolism noted.

The SCMS Performance & Stardom SIG is looking for a co-chair! @scms-starperformer.bsky.social Check your email for a message with details if you’re a SIG member!

So middle age is wanting to sit down but knowing my joints won’t tolerate it. (While all of this other stuff is going on.)