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Judith Butler in Who's Afraid of Gender?: “The weaponization of this fearsome phantasm of ‘gender’ is authoritarian at its core.”
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☑️ all of the above

Judith Butler Apology Form: From: Date: Reason for behaviour: [ ] The media convinced me that feminism was solved in the 1980s [ ] I never actually read their work [ ] I miss not thinking about gender [ ] I didn’t realize how much of society is built on gender [ ] I was jealous of their nonbinary swag [ ] Mercury was in retrograde [ ] I will hereby respect JUDITH BUTLER and I will not talk down on the best feminist thinker of our lifetimes

Oh no! Ardis was such a kind soul and an amazing scholar, she will be sorely missed.

"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army Archivist Lottie Wood explores gender and landscapes in E. M. Barraud's reflections on her time in the Women's Land Army.

A common fictional narrative shows people with nonconforming identities finding self-acceptance in towns and cities.

This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, archivist Lottie Wood explores how author E. M. Barraud found the opposite, through rural work and the Women’s Land Army.

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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

Are tradwives and feminists two sides of the same coin on women’s labor? The online tradwife movement highlights traditional women’s roles, including homemaking and childrearing. It has also garnered feminist critique. But a Mormon studies researcher believes that…

Why the strong link between tradwives and Latter-day Saints? Caroline Kline of the Center for Global Mormon Studies shared her theory with us.

If you're interested in contributing to the rebuilding fund:

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A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.

"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.

Practice is so important. All the time I’ve spent drawing, painting, and crocheting has made me really good at not getting writing done.

I’m only going to be at AAR for one day, but if anyone is are around on Monday let me know! And also: come to our Mormon Studies panel at 5pm rm 105 in Hynes. It’s going to be a great discussion. I had way more to say about Lawrence Foster’s Religion and Sexuality than I thought I did!

I don’t feel like I do a notable amount of professing, relative to the other parts of my job.

This is AMAZING, please report back!

Crowdsourcing here: if you had to introduce comedy podcasts to your students as a genre, what 5-10 minute clip would you play?

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
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Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is...

www.psypost.org/students-rate-identical-lectures-differently-based-on-professors-gender-researchers-find/# #AcademicSky - it never ends.

a woman is holding a bunch of grapes in her hands ALT: a woman is holding a bunch of grapes in her hands

Might I suggest the Branagh Much Ado About Nothing?

Is there anything more Sisyphian than checking the "keep me logged in on this device" box?

Staring wistfully out the window, wondering what my cat is up to right now.

Done!

Yes please! I wrote my dissertation on Mormon and Evangelical influencers, and did some press interviews when SLoMW came out last year, so I am all in on this!

When historians talk about the coming “archive apocalypse,” this is what they mean.

Major Dorimus Church's mother was formerly enslaved to his father. Born in Tennessee in 1869, in the aftermath of the Civil War, he and his mother and his siblings were listed in the 1870 census as Black. 1/6

Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!

Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.

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In England they call it vocal chip

Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.

A.I. is just Spiritualist seances for the 21st century