"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
A6. Subversive, transgressive, fugitive, and joyful world-building #literacies
A4. #Literacies field trips in conference cities! (Fanny packs optional.)
A1. (Not AI, Linda McMahon…) I first came to the #Literacies chat back on Twitter as a guest host. I’ve since ditched the platform but not the friends or memories :)
A shindig, a clam bake, an ice cream social… a #literacies brouhaha!
Hi hi hi #literacies family! It's David Low joining from Fresno, CA. I'm a professor of literacy ed.
It sure was! I look forward to remaining in conversation :)
Jia Tolentino writes about how Donald Trump and “his lieutenant content-generator Elon Musk” harness the internet to damage our sense of the real.
I have a new op-ed out in Visible Magazine…Never thought I’d need to go into my literary dystopian bag, but here we are…
visiblemagazine.com/when-opinion...
I, for one, very firmly believe that we need more ridicule in the arts and society. Everywhere in the world, too!
Dan Sperrin, State of Ridicule: A History of Satire in English Literature (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
punching up is often a good use of humor
Yesterday I shared a baker’s dozen books that are helping me make sense of the world. I included a comic on that list, but I decided to do an entire list of #comics that also speak to this moment.
I hope you’ll find something useful here and perhaps you have your own recommendations too! 1/15
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Trump: Also, it will be a crime to refer to Cybertrucks as “Swasticars” Elon: Actually, I don’t mind that.
Foxtrot is part of the Resistance. Good.
This is actually the worst thing I’ve seen from federal granting agencies thus far.
seeing examples of public opposition also tells people that they are not alone in their dissent—it helps fracture the idea that Trump 2.0 represents some kind of new monothilic common will
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
Thorough, written with the care & clarity truthfulness deserves, a reminder that faithfulness to truth is a choice we make.
Heidegger, attributed with remarking, “we are born many people, we die one person”, might have said these 👇🏻, the steps to that one person.
Bravo 👇🏻 well done.
These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...
A screenshot of an email notifying Spotsylvania parents that funding for a program for youth with disabilities has been canceled
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
YES x 10000 I am ALWAYS happy to answer questions. Never hesitate to connect with me friends. Here to help you - do something. Also always @heykellyjensen.bsky.social ALWAYS has answers. I wish more journalists would do the work and connect with her. bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
"It’s not enough to be afraid of the laws and rules we don’t want to see in schools. We have to clarify our visions of what, how, where and with whom we want our beloveds to learn."
New from @eveewing.bsky.social.
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The opposite of diversity is segregation.
The opposite of equity is hoarding resources.
The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.
We need to name that these are segregationists who are excluding to hoard resources.
One of the real problems is that too many people conveniently believe the opposite of diversity is merit, and the opposite of inclusion is high standards.
Yeah, that’s just not the case.
(See: Pete Hegseth among countless others.)
One of my favorite genius Marvel girlies (besides Ironheart) is turning 10 years old this year!!! I can not wait to pick up this 10th anniversary one shot!
Also working on a special Moon Girl centered project, so this is right on time! 💜💙💛
www.marvel.com/articles/com...
As the Trump administration & many state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges & universities to resist the coming onslaught of political interference & defend the core values of higher education.
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www.aaup.org/news/against...
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
I wrote about the importance of not getting caught up in useless conflicts. Some fights are so big and decisive that they demand our focus and participation. So, choosing what's worth our time and what isn't will make all the difference in these moments. prismreports.org/2025/01/23/f...
