Dr. Meranda Roberts
@curatorialkilljoy.bsky.social
Northern Paiute and Chicana
Historian, curator, lecturer, and writer
Links to website here: https://linktr.ee/meranda_roberts
Historian, curator, lecturer, and writer
Links to website here: https://linktr.ee/meranda_roberts
March 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Things to consider this week as the IMLS is attacked.
March 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Things to consider this week as the IMLS is attacked.
WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE JUST HOW FAR THESE MUSEUMS-AND THEIR LEADERSHIP-ARE WILLING TO GO TO HONOR THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY CLAIM TO VALUE WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SAY THEY WANT TO HONOR, BUILD TRUST WITH, AND LIFT UP.
March 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE JUST HOW FAR THESE MUSEUMS-AND THEIR LEADERSHIP-ARE WILLING TO GO TO HONOR THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY CLAIM TO VALUE WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SAY THEY WANT TO HONOR, BUILD TRUST WITH, AND LIFT UP.
The Public Historians review of Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Weavers and their Legacies can now be viewed via my link tree. (in my bio).
January 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Public Historians review of Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Weavers and their Legacies can now be viewed via my link tree. (in my bio).
Sleeping so I can avoid reality. Not the greatest coping mechanism. Not the worst.
January 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Sleeping so I can avoid reality. Not the greatest coping mechanism. Not the worst.
Reposted by Dr. Meranda Roberts
Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
15% of my students grades this semester will come from physical journal entries. I asked them to reflect on how our course about Native Women Artists is impacting them as world events unfold. I told them it has to be physical because hand writing will be our best tool in resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
15% of my students grades this semester will come from physical journal entries. I asked them to reflect on how our course about Native Women Artists is impacting them as world events unfold. I told them it has to be physical because hand writing will be our best tool in resistance.
You know….im really just starting to give zero fucks
January 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
You know….im really just starting to give zero fucks
If these past few days haven't woken you up... then you're just ok with the oppressive systems you benefit from...
because you think this horror cannot be your reality. You refuse to see. I refuse to look away.
because you think this horror cannot be your reality. You refuse to see. I refuse to look away.
January 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If these past few days haven't woken you up... then you're just ok with the oppressive systems you benefit from...
because you think this horror cannot be your reality. You refuse to see. I refuse to look away.
because you think this horror cannot be your reality. You refuse to see. I refuse to look away.
Controversial opinion. I’m gonna miss Instagram. It’s my favorite platform to keep up with community. My algorithm is curated beautifully. It’s gonna take me a while to move away from it…but I also realize we are in a SkyNet-like society.
January 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Controversial opinion. I’m gonna miss Instagram. It’s my favorite platform to keep up with community. My algorithm is curated beautifully. It’s gonna take me a while to move away from it…but I also realize we are in a SkyNet-like society.
Reposted by Dr. Meranda Roberts
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
There are plenty of gestures that Elon could use to express "love from the heart" that don't include “mimicking” a Nazi salute. We all know that.
A white South African definitely knows that.
A white South African definitely knows that.
January 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
There are plenty of gestures that Elon could use to express "love from the heart" that don't include “mimicking” a Nazi salute. We all know that.
A white South African definitely knows that.
A white South African definitely knows that.