Johanna Mellis

I wish I had the time! Will see if I can do a thread later (I’m also way more active on IG than here)

It’s all and always been bs. Sexist, transphobic at its core

Oh ffs.

There are so many layers to it.

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Idk how to be writing about the return of the presidential fitness test and end up eliding:

How eugenic the test is

How the genocide of trans people is a part of it

Budapest mayor questioned over organising banned pride march Speaking on Friday, Karacsony told supporters: "Neither freedom nor love can be banned in Budapest".

“Budapest's mayor has been questioned by police as a suspect in helping to organise a banned LGBTQ march in the city…
Wearing a rainbow T-shirt featuring the capitals coat of arms, Mayor Gergely Karacsony… told supporters: "Neither freedom nor love can be banned in Budapest"

Can we get some appreciation for work done slowly, work that doesn’t disable us further (if at all poss). I’ve accepted that I cannot multitask by working on this during the school year without harming my health. It’s awesome that others can do that; I just cannot. And I didn’t need to…so why do it

Revising: I worry some days that I am taking too long. but my life changed, & my approach to work too. I didn’t need to pump it out. So I didn’t. I am better to me. I still feel 😬 some days

But, revising my most polished chapter so it interweaves imperial IOC argument, feels more doable today 🥳

Also, must connect it to other elements of the fascist project. The defending from “gender ideology” comes much earlier than the surveilling evals part

What the hell is Brown thinking agreeing to this??

“Student course evaluations that are collected on an anonymous basis at the end of each semester will be regularly reviewed to identify any reports of antisemitism, which will be promptly referred to OECR for appropriate action”

UF employees shocked by full return to work - The Independent Florida Alligator When the University of Florida sent an email to employees July 24 announcing a full return to in-person work, Katherine McGuire said the announcement was so abrupt the whole office had to stop working...

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Oh wow!

So Columbia pays $200 million for the chance to compete for future grants that will not exist.

Any word on the impact of viewership of women’s sports?

The problem with saying “history will remember” is that we are deciding right now whether there will be people in the future

We are also deciding right now whether to train people to be historians

Also, once it’s history, it’s too late

I’ve been thinking a lot about the awfulness of meta and how to responsibly maintain contact with people that I care about and share info to help us fight fascism here. Sigh.

Also, is Facebook back? I’ve honestly spent more time there, finding people, than I have on here recently. What times.

I feel the same. I go through periods where I think “ok I have to post and scroll to find people” but I end up losing steam. Maybe bsky is just a different experience and/or I just don’t have the same juice as I did 15 years ago 🤷🏽‍♂️

I think you’re right: I lose steam and it’s a different experience here, and I don’t have the same motivation/energy to scroll as I used to

Twitter was a big part of that. And so many good things came out of it that I won’t get into here.

And, I haven’t found this space to generate the back-and-forth convos that we used to have on twitter. Maybe I’d need to spend more time on here re: algorithm…but do I want to? Idk

doing therapy to help me get thru my divorce made me really take stock of how i was trained to overwork to avoid attending to myself. I never stopped to think: “what do I actually want/need.” Just this constant “keep working to prove my worth”…when I don’t need to prove my worth to anyone.

I don’t post here much & it’s hard to say why. Partly bc ppl here are saying what needs to be said.

I waffle btw “I need to do something to help grapple with fascism!!” & “I need to care for myself by not overwork like I used to”

IG is where I’m at, doing style/thrifting/critical sport thoughts

This is much too kind, but I agree with the ask!

Also, I am very excited to say we are going to be doing a bit of a Canadian tour this fall. Details to follow soon!

Exciting!!

It's gross how this administration is using MLK's assassination as a shield because they don't want to release the Epstein files.