Rita M. Palacios

Very excited about this!

www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/...

A woman works on a laptop, a mildly distressed look on her face. Crumpled-up pieces of paper lie on the table next to the laptop.

Career Advice | Toward a Trauma-Informed Writing Process

What if writer’s block is not something to “push through”—but instead a bodily response worth listening to and attending to with care, Aurora Chang asks. https://bit.ly/42WhYtq

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters. We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.

grist.org/language/nat... because you have no true relation to Mother Earth

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

The special section from our 50th anniversary issue, The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide, is now online.

Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s classic argument, with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social, Jennifer Zacharia, and @martinoneill.bsky.social.

Oxford continued to use a human skull donated in 1946 by a noted fascist as a drinking vessel until *2015* only to then claim that they dealt with the matter "ethically and thoughtfully." British colonialism in a nutshell.

YouTube video by CCCB Oyèrónké Oyewùmí: “I use gender to illustrate the impact of colonisation”

Prof Oyèrónké Oyewùmí on Yoruba ontologies of gender and the effect of colonisation on them.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d1V...

I've cossed more international borders than most, been through checkpoints and searches and have trained human rights activists, journalists and others in staying safe in repressive regimes. In the past few days I've provided some friends with travel advice for no particular reason; here's a thread:

An abstract mosaic. The centre is a broken ceramic loon, surrounded by cement. The whole piece is sort of round, with a wavy outer line.

Detail of the broken ceramic loon, highlighting its two red eyes staring back at the viewer.

Hey #ArtAdventCalendar followers, here's one from a few years ago all about #biodiversity loss, called "In The Red"

sperlingmosaics.com/2019/05/thei...

This 👇🏽 This year alone I’ve read/listened to 61 books (working on 62 + 63 right now), all from our local library. Not to mention access to digital magazines (Harper’s, Cook’s illustrated, etc).

Today I’m attending a Climate Science Bootcamp at the Waterloo Climate Institute. I’m feeling both excited and filled with dread 🥹

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Ajuda en español a entender esta plataforma

Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!

go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q

I’m putting together an Iberian & Latin American Studies (literature, film, and history) Starter Pack for those of us migrating from the other site. I’ll be updating the list as more join!

go.bsky.app/FQXc4sg

I would love to be added, porfis!

snoopy is giving a speech in front of a microphone while sitting at a desk . ALT: snoopy is giving a speech in front of a microphone while sitting at a desk .

So are we all here now?

Decoloniality is destruction/reconstruction. It means refusing complicity (e.g., Boaventura supporters), while recognizing “that what [needs] to be repaired is irreparable. It can’t be repaired. The only thing we can do is tear this shit down completely and build something new.