Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️🌈
@anuncivilphd.bsky.social
Library & Info Sci Prof @ U of Illinois | #Comics #Libraries #Education #Kids #History | '16 Eisner '20 Ringo '22 Lynd Ward ’25 Ignatz Juries | PhD | Queer | Hard of hearing | I debunked Fredric Wertham & lost on Jeopardy | https://ko-fi.com/caroltilley
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In the midst of all of this crap news, I’d like to remind y’all that I had a cameo in one of Dav Pilkey’s comics, about a year ago. It’s about my work on Fredric Wertham. Check out some of the images!
I appreciate having my work cited in academic pubs, but this citation is priceless. 📚 #libcomix
I appreciate having my work cited in academic pubs, but this citation is priceless. 📚 #libcomix
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
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Absolute insanity.
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Absolute insanity.
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A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America
December 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America
Happy to have contributed with data wrangling for this piece on 2025 #comics restrictions, although I'd be even happier if folks would stop with frivolous book challenges.
@ischoolui.bsky.social #libcomix
@ischoolui.bsky.social #libcomix
Here are the latest trends in comics censorship from 2025. As you might expect, more comics are being targeted and in particular, manga is feeling the heat. So, too, are adaptations, women's non fic, and more.
Big thanks to @anuncivilphd.bsky.social for her insights.
bookriot.com/trends-in-co...
Big thanks to @anuncivilphd.bsky.social for her insights.
bookriot.com/trends-in-co...
The Latest Trends in Comics Censorship: Book Censorship News, December 26, 2025
What are the trends in comics censorship over the last year? A look at the data and titles being targeted, with help from a comics scholar.
bookriot.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Happy to have contributed with data wrangling for this piece on 2025 #comics restrictions, although I'd be even happier if folks would stop with frivolous book challenges.
@ischoolui.bsky.social #libcomix
@ischoolui.bsky.social #libcomix
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
Reposted by Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️🌈
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December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Our winter fund drive is on. Consider a tax-deductible donation to support TNN (and get a gift).
Our reporting is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical.
Your donations go to keeping trans journalists out of poverty and informing our communities, which is now more important than ever.
Our reporting is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical.
Your donations go to keeping trans journalists out of poverty and informing our communities, which is now more important than ever.
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Trump has now bombed more countries than any president in US history.
US Bombs Nigeria on Christmas Day in Trump’s Latest Military Escalation
Trump has now bombed more countries than any president in US history.
truthout.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Trump has now bombed more countries than any president in US history.
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ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the country, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning grocery shopping into a mission that risks one’s family being torn apart.
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the country, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning grocery shopping into a mission that risks one’s family being torn apart.
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Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Reposted by Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️🌈
Here are the latest trends in comics censorship from 2025. As you might expect, more comics are being targeted and in particular, manga is feeling the heat. So, too, are adaptations, women's non fic, and more.
Big thanks to @anuncivilphd.bsky.social for her insights.
bookriot.com/trends-in-co...
Big thanks to @anuncivilphd.bsky.social for her insights.
bookriot.com/trends-in-co...
The Latest Trends in Comics Censorship: Book Censorship News, December 26, 2025
What are the trends in comics censorship over the last year? A look at the data and titles being targeted, with help from a comics scholar.
bookriot.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here are the latest trends in comics censorship from 2025. As you might expect, more comics are being targeted and in particular, manga is feeling the heat. So, too, are adaptations, women's non fic, and more.
Big thanks to @anuncivilphd.bsky.social for her insights.
bookriot.com/trends-in-co...
Big thanks to @anuncivilphd.bsky.social for her insights.
bookriot.com/trends-in-co...
Make a Bond movie academic
Dr. Reviewer #2
Dr. Reviewer #2
Make a Bond movie academic
Live and Let Cite
Live and Let Cite
Make a Bond Movie academic
The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)
The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)
December 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Make a Bond movie academic
Dr. Reviewer #2
Dr. Reviewer #2
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Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
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President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
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Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [Top of The Pops Dec 1987]
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Goodnight, friends.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
a drawing of two hands hugging a heart with the words " a virtual hug " below it
Alt: a drawing of two hands hugging a heart with the words " a virtual hug " below it
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Goodnight, friends.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
Goodnight, friends.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
a drawing of two hands hugging a heart with the words " a virtual hug " below it
Alt: a drawing of two hands hugging a heart with the words " a virtual hug " below it
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Goodnight, friends.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
Sending hugs tonight to anyone who needs one.
I love you.
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Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.
Prominent Leaders Amplify Disinformation About Brown University Shooting
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.
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“If the Christian world is to honour the meaning of Christmas, it must turn its gaze to Bethlehem — not the imagined one, but the real one, a town whose people today still cry out for justice, dignity and peace.”
A powerful reminder of what is at stake for Palestinians and other oppressed people.
A powerful reminder of what is at stake for Palestinians and other oppressed people.
Christmas is not a Western story – it is a Palestinian one
Christmas is a story of empire, injustice and the vulnerability of ordinary people caught in its path.
www.aljazeera.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“If the Christian world is to honour the meaning of Christmas, it must turn its gaze to Bethlehem — not the imagined one, but the real one, a town whose people today still cry out for justice, dignity and peace.”
A powerful reminder of what is at stake for Palestinians and other oppressed people.
A powerful reminder of what is at stake for Palestinians and other oppressed people.
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Merry Christmas!!
![Batman comics panel
Caption: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SICK CHILDREN AND THE OLD MAN, THE DUO SURRENDERS- AND IN A VACANT ROOM...
[Santa has bound Batman and Robin to a pair of wheelchairs. Robin is being gagged.]
Batman: I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE-BUT I'LL FIND OUT IF IT TAKES ME ALL THE CHRISTMASES OF MY LIFE!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2msyqncztbbz2vszcb3luinm/bafkreia7xblj67uh4n7xznugzeb24ccf6riqwennzwkuz55i7vk5bihq3y@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Merry Christmas!!
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Here's to all of us who are wallflowers at heart! youtube.com/shorts/QKV2B... #TheSugarcoatedSisters
4 introverts finally meet up 😂🎵 Grace Kelly, Mika #overthinking #introvert #socialanxiety #awkward
YouTube video by Sugarcoated Sisters
youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Here's to all of us who are wallflowers at heart! youtube.com/shorts/QKV2B... #TheSugarcoatedSisters
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Goodnight, friends.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
a cookie monster is sitting at a table with a plate of cookies
Alt: a cookie monster is sitting at a table eating a plate of cookies in front of a fire and a Christmas tree.
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Goodnight, friends.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
Goodnight, friends.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
a cookie monster is sitting at a table with a plate of cookies
Alt: a cookie monster is sitting at a table eating a plate of cookies in front of a fire and a Christmas tree.
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Goodnight, friends.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
Don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies* for Santa tonight!
I love you.
*or a nice single malt and some cake, or whatever you prefer.
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Don’t forget about vegetables!
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Don’t forget about vegetables!
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A bit of clarity here, from the article itself: the instructor was a graduate TA, not a full professor; it was a 650-word response that was worth 3% of her grade, getting a 0 on it should not have been failing for the course. These points are important to see how politically motivated this was.
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A bit of clarity here, from the article itself: the instructor was a graduate TA, not a full professor; it was a 650-word response that was worth 3% of her grade, getting a 0 on it should not have been failing for the course. These points are important to see how politically motivated this was.