Sandwiched between two men on the Montréal metro, one reading ‘The Prince,’ the other Camille Paglia.

Joshua Clover—the start of much to reread

Rest in peace, Joshua. I vividly recall our first conversations, in the midst of the 2012 student strike in Montreal—his uncompromising intelligence, comradeliness, commitment to the real movements of our times, his poetics, all impressed me then, and on every encounter since.

In what possible world is this 'imperilling' the cease-fire, rather than simply breaking it without apology?

🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

I’ll always remember a speech Sterne gave in November 2011, after riot police had indiscriminately assaulted people in McGill and the adjacent Milton Parc neighbourhood. He affirmed the ongoing fight by public unions in Quebec for fair compensation, spoke in support of student activists…

I can’t imagine participating in the MLA conference in Toronto next year, and I’m curious if anyone has been organizing a more formal response—a statement from members who will continue to refuse engagement after the stifling of the statement on Gaza and scholasticide last year?

Baltimore! Join us this Saturday for a conversation on the new @haymarketbooks.org edition of After Accountability at @redemmas.org, starting at 6 PM! We'll be joined by @estebanitos.bsky.social @genderhorizon.com @maxfox.bsky.social and Stevie Wilson to discuss withfriends.co/event/227083...

Last week I taught John D'Emilio's 'Capitalism and Gay Identity,' and lingered with my class on this late paragraph—affirming the necessity of allowing children the ability to explore their own futures, to live lives beyond the identities which they're told are available to them.

Semester two at Allegheny College is somehow underway, syllabi are essentially set, and I’m so thrilled by how keen my students are for critical, historical approaches to queer and trans studies.

Distracting myself from the world today by updating the checklist of fiction by trans/non-binary/two-spirit authors I made last year. Available here for all who are interested: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Distracting myself from the world today by updating the checklist of fiction by trans/non-binary/two-spirit authors I made last year. Available here for all who are interested: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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