Courtney Gildersleeve
@clgildersleeve.bsky.social
adjunct instructor in comparative literature & cultural studies. wrote dissertation on haitian & cuban writers. community member & organizer. auntie. lover of animals, plants, water, nature. pedestrian. ambivalent user of social media.
Opinion | What Started as Affordability Politics Has Become Something Deeper
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I've learned a lot from Marianne Hirsch's work over the years, and respect her a great deal. It was affecting to hear this recent conversation she did with M. Gessen...It lays out a number of critical things to think about.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Opinion | We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I've learned a lot from Marianne Hirsch's work over the years, and respect her a great deal. It was affecting to hear this recent conversation she did with M. Gessen...It lays out a number of critical things to think about.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
A new-ish take on one of the most powerful justice-focused songs of all time. Long live the memory of Victor Jara. <3
youtu.be/wlfAf2AibA8?...
youtu.be/wlfAf2AibA8?...
El Derecho de Vivir en Paz (Video Oficial 2019)
YouTube video by Musicxs De Chile
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A new-ish take on one of the most powerful justice-focused songs of all time. Long live the memory of Victor Jara. <3
youtu.be/wlfAf2AibA8?...
youtu.be/wlfAf2AibA8?...
An insightful article by Andreas Reckwitz on facing the limits of the ideology of "modernity and/as progress" in our current era: "If we once dreamed of abolishing loss, we must now learn how to live with it..." This helped me work through some things.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
Opinion | The West Is Lost
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
An insightful article by Andreas Reckwitz on facing the limits of the ideology of "modernity and/as progress" in our current era: "If we once dreamed of abolishing loss, we must now learn how to live with it..." This helped me work through some things.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
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Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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Statement on what I'm hearing on the doors about Gaza:
September 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Statement on what I'm hearing on the doors about Gaza:
Some good news in the midst of everything...here's to the well-being of our beautiful oceans and all the creatures who call them home 💙
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Some good news in the midst of everything...here's to the well-being of our beautiful oceans and all the creatures who call them home 💙
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
Heartbreak for the loss of young lives here in Minneapolis. Thinking about all the children and so many others whose lives have been stolen in Gaza. None of this horror should be happening.
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Heartbreak for the loss of young lives here in Minneapolis. Thinking about all the children and so many others whose lives have been stolen in Gaza. None of this horror should be happening.
I wish more public statements like this had come out much sooner--and more needs to be done to stop the atrocities--but I am glad to see these scholars who I respect standing up. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter
Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I wish more public statements like this had come out much sooner--and more needs to be done to stop the atrocities--but I am glad to see these scholars who I respect standing up. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ezra Klein: "For decades, American Judaism, built on the liberalism of the diaspora, has been interwoven with Zionism. What happens when the ideals of the one become incompatible with the reality of the other?"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...
Opinion | Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another
www.nytimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ezra Klein: "For decades, American Judaism, built on the liberalism of the diaspora, has been interwoven with Zionism. What happens when the ideals of the one become incompatible with the reality of the other?"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...
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EPNI met with the city to talk about the $5.7 mil pledged then lost by the State, and to repeat that we have the plans & partners to build this project
The city will continue negotiating with EPNI in the coming weeks, help keep the pressure on using the document linked here: linktr.ee/epnifarm ❤️🔥
The city will continue negotiating with EPNI in the coming weeks, help keep the pressure on using the document linked here: linktr.ee/epnifarm ❤️🔥
June 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
EPNI met with the city to talk about the $5.7 mil pledged then lost by the State, and to repeat that we have the plans & partners to build this project
The city will continue negotiating with EPNI in the coming weeks, help keep the pressure on using the document linked here: linktr.ee/epnifarm ❤️🔥
The city will continue negotiating with EPNI in the coming weeks, help keep the pressure on using the document linked here: linktr.ee/epnifarm ❤️🔥
Stark if illuminating analysis by David Wallace-Wells: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Opinion | The Judgment of History Won’t Save Gaza
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Stark if illuminating analysis by David Wallace-Wells: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Let the people of Gaza live!!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel, please let aid organisations do our jobs in Gaza | James Elder
Four hundred distribution points have dwindled to four under this private and militarised ‘aid’ system. This is not how to avert a famine, says Unicef’s global spokesperson James Elder
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Let the people of Gaza live!!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Aimé Césaire, *Notebook...*:
"for it is not true that the work of man is done
that we have no business being on earth
that we parasite the world
that it is enough for us to heel to the world whereas the work
of man has only begun...
and no race has a monopoly on beauty, on intelligence, on strength"
"for it is not true that the work of man is done
that we have no business being on earth
that we parasite the world
that it is enough for us to heel to the world whereas the work
of man has only begun...
and no race has a monopoly on beauty, on intelligence, on strength"
June 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Aimé Césaire, *Notebook...*:
"for it is not true that the work of man is done
that we have no business being on earth
that we parasite the world
that it is enough for us to heel to the world whereas the work
of man has only begun...
and no race has a monopoly on beauty, on intelligence, on strength"
"for it is not true that the work of man is done
that we have no business being on earth
that we parasite the world
that it is enough for us to heel to the world whereas the work
of man has only begun...
and no race has a monopoly on beauty, on intelligence, on strength"
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MN leaders are elected to protect us, our water & climate - NOT to subsidize #DataCenters for the richest people in history while cutting services.
This was in Golden Valley today - tell legislators YOUR priorities, before Monday’s #mnleg vote!
@mnipl.bsky.social @curemn.org @votesolar.bsky.social
This was in Golden Valley today - tell legislators YOUR priorities, before Monday’s #mnleg vote!
@mnipl.bsky.social @curemn.org @votesolar.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
MN leaders are elected to protect us, our water & climate - NOT to subsidize #DataCenters for the richest people in history while cutting services.
This was in Golden Valley today - tell legislators YOUR priorities, before Monday’s #mnleg vote!
@mnipl.bsky.social @curemn.org @votesolar.bsky.social
This was in Golden Valley today - tell legislators YOUR priorities, before Monday’s #mnleg vote!
@mnipl.bsky.social @curemn.org @votesolar.bsky.social