The ground is thawed and the American Robins are back to slurping up worms #birds 🌿

Totally superb and fearless writing here from Susan Pedersen. “…any man shocked by the Epstein story has been working over time at shutting his eyes” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

'claude can now research like a phd student!' bullshit, pour a bottle of department reception red and 6 pints into that motherfucker and it ain't gonna go home and finish its chapter for tomorrow morning

Finally

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

The model of unpaid academic labor required good jobs with ample unstructured time.

Today is St David’s Day: patron saint of Wales, of course, but also of vegetarians and poets. He was reputed to have helped introduce bees to Ireland. He is famously quoted as saying “Gwnewch y pethau bychain”, meaning “Do the little things”. Small changes and good choices matter, especially now.

stop calling us nazis just because we are invalidating IDs and rounding people up based on their skin color and putting them in concentration camps and sending them off to foreign gulags and using all that nazi imagery and banning books and dont forget about all the pedophilia. so just stop alright

A little personal update I'm pleased to share. For this Spring term, I'll be lecturing at the University of Virginia School of Law, co-teaching a seminar course titled Transgender History, Recognition, Regulation and Rights. I'm honored to have the opportunity to present this important topic.

I helped my colleague's son with his college application essay last fall. He did multiple drafts responding to my feedback and I spent a few hours on Zoom with him. Just learned he was accepted into his top choice of college! So happy to hear his diligence paid off.

Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $

5 authors I’ve read at least 5 books by: Henry James Toni Morrison Diana Abu-Jaber Louise Penny Curtis Sittenfeld

Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting. She had some things she needed to get off her chest

Since I’m gonna be trapped for a while due to snow, I roasted and combined some stuff.

Not to pronoun-police, but: we, David? We?

All the time.

Barbara Jordan was born February 21, 1936

In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?

''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.'' The unsculpted piece in the back is meant to be the first woman president. Still waiting.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Jesse and Martin. 🕊️🖤✊🏾

I am the world’s most annoying timekeeper when I’m a moderator. I will cut people off. I will ask people heming and hahing during the q&a if they actually have a question. I take no prisoners.

Or bears: “Usually, all the Bear has to do is appear, and the tardy presenter will shamefacedly remove themselves… Other times, the presenter may try to rush through the rest of their paper… in which case the Bear will physically steal their paper” americanshakespearecenter.com/2019/11/appl...

My grandfather (forestry professor) was legendary for standing up and starting to clap when time was up. This was 1950s-1970s.

I’m excited to vote for this woman.

Conferences are vital for academics because we need to know which of our peers are: A) 15 minute conference papers B) 20 minutes EXACTLY C) 25+ minutes dear god kill me now

Ominous bird valentines.

High school football is child abuse.

You live in the vast abyss of my rage from whence there is no fucking return I will set fire to every delight every memory every laugh every photo then send you the ashes with a note- sorry things are so hard for you #cassiopeian #poetry

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

“He got Me Tooed” “He got Epsteined” amazing that people have re-invented the police passive for rapists.

Next Time Magazine cover?

Real talk: Is this a thing we can collectively lobby? Friend's fiance died at **35** from colon cancer with no family history. Insurers are killing people for sport and profit. Caught my breast cancer at 36 because I started mammograms at 30. The recommended screening ages are a joke all around.

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

My latest review for @bookforum.bsky.social is also out now. In it, I think alongside Namwali Serpell’s resplendently rigorous new book on Toni Morrison about the last greatest living writer’s legacy and how we’re meant to read her.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Had to quick google if Bruce Smith was still alive (he is) Anyway here is my favorite Bruce Smith poem for a Sunday morning

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

Timeline cleanse: Holly.

Gonna start wearing my library card on a chain around my neck to ward off evil cause excuse me

Arcade Führer

Thank you for contacting the void. How may we direct your scream?

You see, the reason why he did that is because he is a vile racist. It's okay to say that, @nytimes.com

YES!!!

The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121. Call your Senators *today* to tell them not to vote for the SAVE Act!