Monica Heilman

This is the entire thing

A fun thing about being on here is that you'll see a perfectly mild, reasonable take like this, and think to yourself "oh no what happened now" as you scroll to figure out the latest disaster.

These writers are my homies & you definitely need to listen to them preach that good word to you about using your art to confront power to raise money for the Sameer Project. So chop chop with that registration & don't delay because you'll be raving about your experience you had helping Gaza!

If there's no chandelier, I will have to leave immediately.

"When do we pour drinks into glasses balanced on our foreheads?"

Do no research + spew propaganda = get promoted 👍

I feel a certain perverse pride that our teaching, research, and unfettered free inquiry represent such a threat to these freaks that they would perceive the urgency of micromanaging & hollowing it out in this way. I'm not, like, *happy* about it, but it does inspire some determination to persist.

Well now I'm going to be comparing to Hedda when I'm at my new department's holiday party. Which will be unfair.

ivory background the words Data Empire, a crown made of a graph in green, The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate, Roopika Risam

My final manuscript in! And now I give you..... COVER REVEAL (US cover, UK is sooooo different but it's not public yet)

I would be soooo interested in reading a long essay by Ta-nehisi Coates or Eve Ewing about what happened on the way to Kirk's attempted canonization. To me this was one of the most interesting things of the year on multiple levels. It's rich text starting with calling his killing an "assassination."

We lose so much when everything is individually catered to such an extreme degree.

I didn't think news could be defined as exactly and only what we think we want to hear.

If we agree that polarization and isolation are pressing social issues, then we need to change course, not accelerate.

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I want a Google scholar wrapped. How many times did i look up the same article? How many times did I download the same paper? Wait what was that paper again. Let me check.

Saw a similar ask for JSTOR wrapped.
"Here are all the papers you downloaded but still haven't read!"

At first I thought it would be embarrassing. But now this feels like a potentially useful service... 🤔

Today is the 1-yr anniversary of my book's publication date! *Abolition Time* was released by @uminnpress.bsky.social on Dec 10, 2024 ✨

If you'd like to write a review of the book and want to know how to acquire a copy, feel free to reach out! I may be able to point you to a journal!

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Screenshot of a message in the BlueSky app explaining that it does not work in Mississippi because of the state's age verification laws.

Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky

I have supported Nurse Hammam. Please join me.

This: “they [the students] also have to care about themselves, enough to believe in their own significance.”

“Never trust a professor who makes their grad students pay for their own food or coffee.” -the immortal Chris Krueger, sending me off to grad school

Girlalala, a 21-year old Black transgender social media influencer, was shot to death Friday in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.

She was in a car with her boyfriend, 25-year-old Shanoyd Whyte Jr., at the time, and they had been arguing.

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cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention

Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social

Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions For younger writers, ages 15-21

I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...

You know, I don't see your posts very much, but after I emailed, you showed up at the top of my Discover feed. 🤔

Jeni, I don't know you but I know the answer is yes.

I will be following in anticipation (but also because your work looks great).

How Big Should Your Tent Be? It's striking to me that a lot of people want politics to be about their personal feelings, in which case they're not engaged in politics, though they may be engaged in the sabotage of politics. This ...

No secret that I'm a huge @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social fan. This piece is tough, important, and excellent. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-shou...

THIS IS BIG

For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.

Oh these turned out beautifully!

STRIKE AVERTED | HACC administrators, faculty union reach tentative agreement The planned strike by the Harrisburg Area Community College Education Association (HACCEA) has been cancelled since the union and college reached an agreement on a contract.

Power in unions!
HACC faculty
Stand together, win!
#academicsky

I wasn't following Kat's campaign before but now I absolutely will.

What a nice viral campaign ad she just created for her enemy.