Brandi K. Adams
@bkadams.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Arizona State University who works on book history, premodern critical race studies and early modern English drama. I spend a lot of time with Barnabe, an adorable dog. These posts are my opinion.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
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The pun timer was activated and you only had six minutes to get in
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The pun timer was activated and you only had six minutes to get in
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I so appreciate the opportunity to write about the legacies of Marxist feminism in this special cluster in PMLA. Thanks to James, Charlotte and Donna for inviting me. It's a theory essay that ends with a poem.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Marxist Feminism in Flight | PMLA | Cambridge Core
Marxist Feminism in Flight - Volume 140 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I so appreciate the opportunity to write about the legacies of Marxist feminism in this special cluster in PMLA. Thanks to James, Charlotte and Donna for inviting me. It's a theory essay that ends with a poem.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
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Mamdani: My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies
It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies
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Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
Humanities Librarian - (African American Studies and English Literature)
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
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I cannot effing wait to read this, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I cannot effing wait to read this, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social
This team reported on politics bravely and brilliantly.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This team reported on politics bravely and brilliantly.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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In late 80s I was social worker in Houston working in Verification unit for food stamps. Made unannounced home visits to verify applicants were qualified &had reported all income etc. Unit was dismantled because cost more to run than were recovering. Very little fraud.So many myths/lies about SNAP
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In late 80s I was social worker in Houston working in Verification unit for food stamps. Made unannounced home visits to verify applicants were qualified &had reported all income etc. Unit was dismantled because cost more to run than were recovering. Very little fraud.So many myths/lies about SNAP
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If you have a bit of time right now, please tune into Kim F. Hall's (@profkfh.bsky.social) book The Sweet Taste of Empire launch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Np...
Kim F. Hall: The Sweet Taste of Empire
YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women
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October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If you have a bit of time right now, please tune into Kim F. Hall's (@profkfh.bsky.social) book The Sweet Taste of Empire launch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Np...
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Meta Fuller, sculptor. Her English grandfather had married her grandmother, a free Black woman, in VA. She challenged racial mores: "I was told the American Girls' Club was here for the American girl students who came to Paris to study. I felt that I, as an American girl, was entitled to come here."
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Meta Fuller, sculptor. Her English grandfather had married her grandmother, a free Black woman, in VA. She challenged racial mores: "I was told the American Girls' Club was here for the American girl students who came to Paris to study. I felt that I, as an American girl, was entitled to come here."
Best thing I heard today: “Macbeth’s decisions are absolutely terrible. Look at his meltdown/crashout at the banquet that HE planned…” I am having so much fun teaching Shakespeare. This ENG 321 class is funny and insightful and they bring annotated books to class! 😍
a man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt is sitting in front of a shelf and says brilliant .
Alt: a man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt is sitting in front of a shelf and says brilliant .
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October 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Best thing I heard today: “Macbeth’s decisions are absolutely terrible. Look at his meltdown/crashout at the banquet that HE planned…” I am having so much fun teaching Shakespeare. This ENG 321 class is funny and insightful and they bring annotated books to class! 😍
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“Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress truth.”
-- Wole Soyinka, The Man Died
-- Wole Soyinka, The Man Died
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress truth.”
-- Wole Soyinka, The Man Died
-- Wole Soyinka, The Man Died
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We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
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Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
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Basil is very smart and very kind so you should read their work
It’s finally coming out ! Get ready Old Norse studies 😈🏳️⚧️
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Basil is very smart and very kind so you should read their work
It’s so weird when people use the ablative absolute like they are translating Caesar. 🫥
October 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It’s so weird when people use the ablative absolute like they are translating Caesar. 🫥
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Flemish painter Catarina Ykens II, mostly known for still her lifes, puts the EEK in Ykens in this memento mori. Signed and dated: "Catharina ykens. filia Devota f. 1688" (Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp).
October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Flemish painter Catarina Ykens II, mostly known for still her lifes, puts the EEK in Ykens in this memento mori. Signed and dated: "Catharina ykens. filia Devota f. 1688" (Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp).