Rewind as metaphor?

When your childhood is a lesson in media archeology… 😂

Yet another example showing how the main people pushing a simplistic identity politics narrative are right-wing politicians & pundits promoting a regressive patriarchal white supremacy. Many folks are opposed to this narrative as seen in the campaign & election of Hannah Spencer in Manchester.

I am teaching the film version of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis in my Graphic Cultures class this semester. We were going to watch it next week, but because of snow days, I’ve moved it to the end as a kind of summation text for the course, which has already been so relevant to the present moment.

Dr. Ting with the same empty statement of “regret” that so many others have used as a pathetic attempt to suggest they are not complicit in the horror: “Mr. Epstein represents the very worst of human nature, & I deeply regret having had any association with him.”

Concierge medicine as horror show. This story is so upsetting, not least because many of the doctors mentioned are still practicing & so far have not been held accountable for their unethical & likely also criminal activities.

This story made me so angry and sad

Concierge medicine as horror show. This story is so upsetting, not least because many of the doctors mentioned are still practicing & so far have not been held accountable for their unethical & likely also criminal activities.

It’s morally reprehensible, & so tiresome, that the leaders of the “opposition” party in the US can only offer contorted statements regarding actions that are clearly unconstitutional & also deeply unpopular.

Graphic Cultures syllabus is here 👇 www.lisadiedrich.org/teaching/gra...

“So there is not a legal fix here. We need a political fix. Our politics is broken &the fact that the Presidents, not just this President, but multiple presidents have gotten much more comfortable using violence around the world on very flimsy legal pretexts is a reflection of that broken politics.”

and even sometimes saying "I don't know, but that's a great question and we should find out the answer"

Yes. I often say teaching is performing enthusiasm, which isn’t faking it or being entertaining, but simply demonstrating that you care deeply about a topic or a concept or a text.

Sadism.

I am teaching the film version of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis in my Graphic Cultures class this semester. We were going to watch it next week, but because of snow days, I’ve moved it to the end as a kind of summation text for the course, which has already been so relevant to the present moment.

Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

It should not be hard for Dems to oppose this war that the vast majority of Americans do not want. Once again Mayor Mamdani is leading the opposition.

a scion of one of the richest political dynasties in the US telling the peasants to eat liver

AI as state terror.

Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino, the editors of KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE, were interviewed by Fanbase Press! https://ow.ly/AUC050YipFq

Dr. FrAInkenstein: "We remain committed to serve all of humanity as best we can. The world is a complicated, messy, & sometimes dangerous place."

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

He is succeeding in what he’s trying to do though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For actual women’s sports fans, sexism overshadowing the accomplishments of women athletes is a story we’re all too familiar with. I wrote about it here: www.lisadiedrich.org/thoughts/blo...

Brilliant.

Rolling Stone has now deleted this post, but the article is still up on their website with a different framing about using music to manipulate. Still, grotesque, @rollingstone.com.

Boosting this for ppl interested in Lorde's politics, particularly those trying to locate her within the Black radical tradition of the 20th century

“Trump and the right more broadly have no actual interest in women’s sports, so when they actually come across them, as Trump did on Sunday, they revert to the dismal, chauvinistic gender politics that underpin so much of the American Right.” Also, their sexist behavior becomes the story.

Good morning!

This is grotesque, @rollingstone.com.

The levels of sadism is so disturbing.

Still counting in Gorton and Denton, Manchester, UK. It’s 3am in the UK, but still no result. Seeing some reporting (Sky News) that the Greens have won it. Certainly not looking good for Labour & Starmer.

Olivia Laing in The Garden Against Time: "To fake nature so insidiously that even now those landscapes & the power relations they embody are mistaken for being just the way things are, natural, eternal, blandly reassuring, though what has actually taken place is the seizure of once common ground."

Jesus Christ.

“‘We don’t let people on campus without a warrant, blah, blah, blah,’ Wall said, referring to Shipman’s statement about the arrest. ‘That’s literally what happened. So it’s just classic gaslighting.’” Not hard to understand why folks at Columbia are skeptical of their own administration.

This lawlessness has to end. Ellie Aghayeva must be safely released. And Dylan Contreras. And too many other students whose names we don’t even know. (2/2)

I can’t tell you the number of letters of recommendation I’ve written for WGSS majors & minors going on to med school or other health professional schools. Obvs, they need science courses too, but their WGSS courses benefit them conceptually & pragmatically (& yes make their applications stronger).

My cousin-in-law is an ER doctor. Her undergrad is in Women's and Gender Studies. And yes, it prepared her well!

Columbia student detained today is a day-in-the-life influencer with 100K followers. Her stories right now go from her studying for a Genetics exam in a nicely edited "ten hour study with me at Columbia" video, to a photo of her knees with the caption "dhs illegally arrested me please help"

Peter Staley: “We all knew Trump’s second term would be worse than his first...But few of us were prepared for the level of destruction–& the speed of it–that started immediately after his inauguration.” Project 2025 gave us the plan & timeframe. #IllnessPolitics www.aidsmap.com/news/feb-202...

Sharing again what I wrote immediately after Alice's passing. #AliceIsLove www.lisadiedrich.org/thoughts/ali...

When my adult trans kid was planning a move, several family members suggested cities closer to home with the argument that although X state is red, X city is blue. And kiddo was like, "Nope, I need the full power of the state behind me." And this is why.

It is a pretty funny question.

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

I have been teaching gender studies for over 20 years, so I'm biased. Still, I find the "workforce participation" argument for cutting gender studies programs to not be based on data. Evidence shows a gender studies degree prepares students for an incredibly wide range of future careers.

"Altho many UI faculty are afraid to speak publicly out of fear of workplace repercussions, alumnus Dominic Dongilli, 32, told The Gazette his experience in the GWSS program fortified his degree by preparing him for a multidimensional & disciplinary world." So many students have had this experience.

Because AI slop is circulating, here's a report on Hilary Knight's actual statement, made during an appearance on SportsCenter. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

More information about Alice Wong's Celebration of Life on March 25, 2026 11am PST. Detailed Toolkit with links, photos, & resources to make your gathering accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: bit.ly/aliceislove #AliceIsLove

Stunning revelations: Mandelson's plan to flee the UK & even more so, the tip-off.

This piece gets at the fact that academia is a conservative institution with deeply-ingrained hierarchies & traditional values that many (not all!) academics are invested in. That’s why it changes so slowly. This is also why many of us recognized DEI initiatives as mostly empty gestures.