Sarah Brouillette

@sarahbrouillette.bsky.social

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literature prof, book historian, cultural sociologist, anti-work communist gadfly

https://carleton.ca/english/people/brouillette-sarah/

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Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 5d

It's basically the program many feared: money to attract high profile Americans who want to leave, whose exit will be newsworthy. in a context of dwindling opportunities for academic work for people already in Canada. But here we are!

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 5d

while there is much great postcolonial lit scholarship touching on these areas, it is true that the definition of "impacts" will end up privileging non-humanities scholarship ... but we will be fighting and insisting, for sure

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 5d

“The Robins deposited some groceries in a public square at the foot of a Christmas tree on Tuesday evening, adding that the rest would be distributed through community food banks.

“Don’t forget – the hunger justifies the means, Merry Christmas!”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’

Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis

www.theguardian.com

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 5d

arriving better late than never at this fabulous essay olrsupplement.com/2025/05/19/g...

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 6d

due to a new federal initiative Carleton is hiring 5 to 10 "Canada Impact+ Research Chairs" at the rank of Associate or Full Professor

if you work in any of the strategic priority areas listed, and long for Canada, consider applying (&feel free to reach out)

carleton.ca/deputyprovos...

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 7d

'The “Crisis of Masculinity” Crisis' by @weakanalogy.bsky.social

🔥 🔥🔥

www.e-flux.com/journal/159/...

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 9d

This Publishers Weekly article about protests at the Poetry Foundation, including layoffs & changes in PF programming, is so strange. Because this shift is so important to poets, to readers, & to the field, here's a 🧵 about how we got here:

tinyurl.com/326xy2tm

Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss

Employees at the foundation say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to...

www.publishersweekly.com

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Disjunctions Magazine @disjunctionsmag.bsky.social · 10d

Happy to finally launch Disjunctions with an article from the editorial team! Stay tuned for our first issue, which we will start publishing in the new year.

Disjunctions Magazine

Disjunctions is a magazine dedicated to analysis and critique of contemporary developments in science and technology.

disjunctionsmag.com

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 12d

this is a really good discussion, and I'm so pleased there is a whole podcast dedicated to bad art

Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 16d

If you enjoyed my "Good Riddance to The Best American Poetry" article, you'll dig the podcast "Bad Art"--about the politics of art in the 21st century--where I discuss more about BAP's genre management & canonization practices. Thanks to @jt24.bsky.social!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Reactionary Politics of “The Best American Poetry” – with guest Nick Sturm

Podcast Episode · Bad Art · 11/25/2025 · 1h 29m

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Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 13d

I struggled to get past "the clash between feminists and incels" 🙃

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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 14d

So grateful for the amazing graduate students who wrote this 'Open Letter on The New School’s “Restructuring” Plans', published on @eflux.bsky.social (including link with petition to condemn admin!) @newschoolaaup.bsky.social www.e-flux.com/notes/678343...

Open Letter on The New School’s “Restructuring” Plans - Notes - e-flux

Signed by hundreds of faculty, students, and supporters, this letter refutes the claim that a radical “restructuring” of the The New School for Social Research is financially necessary.

www.e-flux.com

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Neel Gupta @neel2112.bsky.social · 15d

Excited to be in Luxembourg at CHR 2025 to hear about everyone’s amazing work and to share my project with @mellymeldubs.bsky.social and our team. We tracked canonical authors and texts in Seattle Public Library circulation data.

Graphs showing authors from the Norton Anthology receiving checkout spikes after their death.

Reposted by Sarah Brouillette

Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 16d

The Reactionary Politics of “The Best American Poetry” – with guest Nick Sturm

Podcast Episode · Bad Art · 11/25/2025 · 1h 29m

podcasts.apple.com

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ASAP/Journal @asapjournal.bsky.social · 18d

"The nation once reliant on its own objectification is infinitely cast into this role: a self-devouring ouroboros, the paradoxical snake endlessly chasing its tail..." writes Chichi Ayalogu in our newest review on Biafran history, visual culture, conflict, & more!

asapjournal.com/review/digit...

Digital Exhibit: Propaganda, Africanfuturity, and the Spectral Resonance of the Biafran Gambit - ASAP/Review

In collaboration with the artist Emmanuel Nwogbo II, this digital exhibition deploys works of montage that pair seemingly disparate images in order to complicate and extend the legacy of the Biafran s...

asapjournal.com

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 19d

I’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...

Reposted by John Hogan, Sarah Brouillette

Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 19d

📻 Sunday listening 📻 Liz Pelly joins PTO to talk all things Spotify. We spoke about the self-serving myths Spotify's founders have peddled about the history of the company, how the platform impacts musicians, and its insidious consequences for music listening:

Spotify unwrapped w/ Liz Pelly

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 12/03/2025 · 1h 36m

podcasts.apple.com

Reposted by Juan Cole, Alan Richardson, Laleh Khalili , and 1 more Juan Cole, Alan Richardson, Laleh Khalili, Sarah Brouillette

Kirstin Munro @kmunro-econ.bsky.social · 20d

They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2

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Kirstin Munro @kmunro-econ.bsky.social · 20d

Speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, yes leadership is apparently planning to cut 50% of the faculty at the New School for Social Research in order to eliminate social research and replace scholarship with a trendy MA degree mill For the 21st Century 1/

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 22d

I enjoyed this paper a lot -- a good companion to "Telling the Truth about Class" by G.M. Tamas, IMHO.

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 23d

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This Giving Tuesday, we hope you'll consider becoming a patron print subscriber (patreon.com/proteanmag), or making a one-time donation using this form:
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Independent, ad-free leftist magazine: essays, interviews, art

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Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 23d

Imre Szeman

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 24d

I hope to be counted as an honorary Danish Marxist afterwards.

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Materialist Institute for Research @ucmarxistinstitute.bsky.social · 24d

Applications are open for MIR Summer Seminar 2026 on the theme of Marxist Internationalism! See the call for applications: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... Open to all non-faculty University of California affiliates (undergrads, grads, staff, lecturers). App deadline Jan. 16. Please share!

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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 24d

In our latest, @nhold.bsky.social returns to the show to discuss the way law creates the bounds of “justifiable” violence and consecrates brutality, and why deportation is wrong, no matter the circumstances

www.patreon.com/posts/144753...

Political Imagination and Appeals to the Law w/ Nate Holdren (12/01/25) | The Death Panel

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Alex Stoffel @stoffelalex.bsky.social · 25d

Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social.

Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online

To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · Nov 24

Next week, Toronto friends, w/ @routhier.bsky.social @sorenmau.bsky.social

Ecologies of Collapse

Ecologies of Collapse explores overlapping crises of the family, property, political imagination, and planetary futurity from a materialist perspective.

utscenvironment.ca

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andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · Nov 24

everyone is talking about getting copies of University Keywords (or other JHU Press books) for all their friends, students, and comrades for the holidays, especially when it is 40% off with the code HHOL25.

Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · Nov 19

So glad to have been able to write about Solidarity with Children by @lalouverouge.bsky.social for @proteanmag.com. Special thanks to Tyler Walicek, an extraordinary editor.

Horizons of Youth Liberation • Protean Magazine

Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Children, out this month from Haymarket Books.Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Ch...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · Nov 19

Sarah Brouillette (@sarahbrouillette.bsky.social) reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's (@lalouverouge.bsky.social) Solidarity With Children, from @haymarketbooks.org—a deft Marxist-feminist, abolitionist call to liberate children from the status of parental property.

proteanmag.com/2025/11/19/h...

Horizons of Youth Liberation • Protean Magazine

Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's newest book Solidarity With Children, out this month from Haymarket Books.

proteanmag.com

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Rob Hunter @selfactingmule.bsky.social · Nov 18

I wrote for @lpeblog.bsky.social about @alybatt.bsky.social's new book—which, I argue, shows how the critique of political economy can allow us to clearly name the social cause of climate catastrophe: capital. lpeproject.org/blog/when-na...

When Nature is Worthless

Under capitalism, the social domination of nature occurs through and is mediated by the commodity form. Certain portions of non-human nature can be valued, but only when they are transformed into…

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