every time i log on something horrible is happening but also people are trying really hard to help

Doing normal things feels really deeply off right now.

If you have an unread copy of Let This Radicalize You lying around, this would be an excellent time to read Chapter 6: “Violence” in Social Movements. It's also a good time to share that chapter with others.

Also: www.ipetitions.com/petition/ds

If you are concerned about Trump Administration threats to revoke visas of students and faculty on the basis of their political views, @knightcolumbia.org has you covered, with this 2023 explainer that this is unconstitutional. knightcolumbia.org/blog/ice-ack...

The implication that Nazis and people with autism have so much in common that it’s easy to confuse them is ableist AF.

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs. However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

By @metrauxjulia.bsky.social "Project 2025’s Plan to Dismantle Public Education—And Screw Over Disabled Kids" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The "A" here stands for accessibility, which suggests the intent here is to fuck with the ADA, because of course it is

And we’re off Going to be a(nother) semester of trying to teach students about ableism while it’s publicly preached as “safety”

President Trump signed an executive order denying birthright citizenship to babies of a parent "unlawfully present" in the US. The EO draws heavily upon a phrase inserted into the 14th A. to deny Native people citizenship--an effort to shield colonialism and dispossession from the Constitution. 1/

And if you're still coming up with one and/or are unhappy with the vote/call your congresscritter/protest options, *strongly* advise you to read this guide from @prisonculture.bsky.social on what else you can do - there are plenty of options, one of them should fit your skills/needs/availability.

Si la migra te detiene, ¡recuerda esta canción! No tienes que firmar ni decir nada. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio, y tienes derecho a un abogado. ¡Mantén la calma y recuerda tus derechos! #conozcasusderechos #knowyourrights #immigration

Another shot from the font of journalist Sam Hussein being dragged out by THREE security personnel

A new postdoctoral associate position in Palestinian Studies at Yale University! To learn more about this exciting opportunity: www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

This is a pretty good section

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... The remarks by the current president of the #MLA reveal just how morally bankrupt, cowardly, and unimaginative the organization is. Embarrassingly so. Cancelled my membership.

“We have to be doing everything we can to foster a kind of wildness that leads to freedom” — Jericho Brown 💛#MLA25

I wish I could transcribe everything Jericho Brown is saying. I hope someone has recorded this. This is so moving #MLA25

On my last leg to New Orleans for MLA, presentation still feeling like a series of ideas & questions, but it feels really decadent & disconnected in some ways for me to be flying while my newsfeeds are about fire, bombings, and freezing conditions.

On my last leg to New Orleans for MLA, presentation still feeling like a series of ideas & questions, but it feels really decadent & disconnected in some ways for me to be flying while my newsfeeds are about fire, bombings, and freezing conditions.

Our humanity is not a market exchange. #MLA25 Refuse to renew your MLA membership until leadership changes its position on Palestine. tinyurl.com/MLAPledge

Imagine being an un/underemployed/contingent scholar coming to #MLA25, paying the registration fee, and seeing the org is spending your money on this. There are about as many jobs in the field as there are musicians in that band.

This is Marie Antoinette level stuff from MLA leadership. Unless this is an allusion to the band that kept playing as the Titanic sank.

If you’re going to #MLA25 in New Orleans this weekend, here’s a list of actions you can join to protest MLA leadership’s suppression of a BDS resolution—more info here tiny.cc/MLAPRJan2025 1/6

Perhaps you have already accessed this but here are various links: linktr.ee/mla4pal I will no longer be chairing committees or contributing service and won't be renewing my membership until MLA changes their stance. Eager to hear if there are more actions being undertaken at #MLA25

Does anyone attending MLA this year know if there are reactions/responses to the Executive Council’s rejection of the BDS resolution planned for the convention? #MLA25

Firaxis—the studio behind the Civilization series—is hiring a historian. An *actual* historian. And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.

ASAN wants to change the conversation that we, as a society, have about gun violence and people with mental health disabilities. Misinformation and stereotypes hurt some of the most marginalized people in our society. We can do better.

Farm workers in solidarity with Amazon workers. Los campesinos en solidaridad con los trabajadores de Amazon. #SolidaritySeason

Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.

The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.

I am MUCH too nice of a professor and gave my students until, like, the literal last second to turn their papers in and now I am going to be grading all day long, a memoir

"There is a difference between tightness and resistance, between denial and refusal, between oppression and defiance. Radical acceptance and disruption can co-exist" -- Gitika Talwar How perfect and grounding & elevating at once

Today! The #MadStudiesSymposium! Already I feel so nourished by these opening remarks & the warmth of the chat conversations. You can register for the event & join us here: www.idha-nyc.org/mad-studies-...