Volume 78 looks at Aboriginal music in four Wapikoni short films, an ecofeminist approach to Sauvagines by Gabrielle Filteau-Chiba, alongside critical approaches to intersectional feminism, with perspectives from Quebec & the Canadian Francophonie: bit.ly/QS78 @msousaoliveira.bsky.social

Recently had the pleasure of hosting Ted Toadvine ( #PennState ) for an online lecture based on his latest book THE MEMORY OF THE WORLD ( @uminnpress.bsky.social 2024) The recording is now online! Check it out! youtu.be/3E4XL242CEE?...

Margaret Atwood sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/atwood... was born on this day, so here are some of her covers (Artist: Clifford Harper, Ken Steacy, [couldn't identify] and Stephanie Roeser):

I’m such a huge Atwood fan, I even have a Christmas tree ornament!

Where are the folx on bsky interested in Margaret Atwood studies, work, fiction…? So far I got @atwoodsociety.bsky.social @drkarmaw.bsky.social @gerrycanavan.bsky.social @utopiennerach.bsky.social @rb60.bsky.social @tpmoylan.bsky.social & Ms @margaretatwood.bsky.social herself! go.bsky.app/RKdNbHE

Section starter packs here: @asanews.bsky.social #ScholarSunday #Sociology #soci #race #stratification #religion #urban #SKAT #gender #sexualities #queer #trans #theory #demography #crim #punishment #work #environment #health #medsoc #education #labor #immigration #academicswithdogs

Help me grow our little utopian studies community on bsky! Which other utopian scholars do you know? Who else should I add? go.bsky.app/G8j8ZNQ

Scholar Ken Roemer carried on a lively on-again, off-again correspondence with Ursula over a few of decades that started with a request to submit to a study of utopian literature in the US. He reviews Library of America's Collected Poems in an upcoming issue of the journal Utopian Studies.

Slowly but steadily growing our network of utopians on bsky Recently added: @danhf.bsky.social @hlmurray.bsky.social @utopiennerach.bsky.social @tedilta.bsky.social @alirizataskale.bsky.social @ccakir.bsky.social @saramartin.bsky.social @cphiliphaines.bsky.social @markusschwarz.bsky.social …

That’s today!

Looking for people to follow? Find here a directory of almost 6500 starter packs & growing. Very useful, do share! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

go.bsky.app/G8j8ZNQ @timwaterman.bsky.social @theblochian.bsky.social @thelitcritguy.bsky.social @gerrycanavan.bsky.social @kirstanneharris.bsky.social @sztockmann.bsky.social @matthewleggatt.bsky.social

Art Deco’s Bad Girl, Still Ahead of Her Time Tamara de Lempicka’s first major U.S. survey invokes her as a trailblazing techno-feminist who borrowed freely from art history. But it also buries her erratic second act. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/a...

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We made some quick explainers on Project 2025's impact on bookbans for Authors Against Book Bans-- please feel free to share with your own networks.

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge 11/20

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Looking at Canada from Portugal Symposium 12 November 2024 – University of Lisbon and Online More info and program: niche-canada.org/2024/10/18/h... #cdnhist #cdnstudies #portugal

Next month on Tuesday 12 Nov 2024 join us in Lisbon (and online) for the 🇨🇦 LOOKING AT CANADA FROM PORTUGAL 🇵🇹 symposium. With special guests Eva Darias Beautell , Guy Laforest, Dan Malleck, and more! 🍁 Program and further information: lookingatcanadafromportugalsymposium.my.canva.site 🦫🌎🏒

Prêmio Nobel de Literatura de 2024 vai para a sul-coreana Han Kang, autora dentre outros de A Vegetariana

“Harari is Silicon Valley’s ideal of what a chatbot should be. He raids libraries, detects the patterns, and boils all of history down to bullet points… He mines other writers for material… Harari doesn’t acknowledge any intellectual influences beyond his business relationships.”

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,720,600!

Rest of the list, in case you have the budget for multiple books: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2783

Hope it runs a lot this fall.

I've just received confirmation that all four of my books with Routledge have been flogged to Microsoft to train AI. This is a horrible betrayal. Here is my letter to my publisher:

If you put egg boxes at the back of your bookshelves, you can fit twice as many. Now you have an excuse to buy more books! #booksky

fave manifestos for "the speculative" in lit, art, philosophy?

What If We Get It Right? VISIONS OF CLIMATE FUTURES By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson #tbr #utopia #ecology #greenutopianow www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645855...

This worksheet my kid got in first grade will solve all problems, for writers and critics alike!

Your campaign slogan is: Last name + last text you sent Sousa Oliveira: Dafuq

Made a meme for my literary methods class

Wow can’t wait #tbr

Tomorrow! Demain ! Emerging Scholars Get-Together: Canadian and Québec Studies 11:30 EDT (Toronto) | Friday, 14 June 2024 | Virtually via Zoom Register at: yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us tomorrow to learn about 🧐philosophy, the 💥apocalypse, and the 🌎environment! Ted Toadvine "The Memory of the World: Unraveling the Allure of Eco-Apocalypse" CETAPS+ Cultures of the Future Talks Wed, May 29, 2024 Online Register here: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Supreme Court justices expressed concern on Monday about punishing homeless people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go while also struggling with how to ensure local and state leaders have the flexibility to deal with the growing number of unhoused individuals nationwide.

Move over Mickey...Let's give a round of applause to Tigger, who also moved into the public domain this year, thanks to his debut in 1928's "The House at Pooh Corner" 📚🐯 Read, remix, and share for free! archive.org/details/the-...

China Miéville: The Limits of Utopia youtu.be/olKLMHqeGDg?...