Juan Meneses
@dissentum.bsky.social
Global + postcolonial + comp lit, theory; occasional translator. Assoc. prof. Not on xitter. Views/prons: his. Books: Resisting Dialogue: Modern Fiction and the Future of Dissent/Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination (ed.) both @uminnpress.bsky.social
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Juan Meneses
@dissentum.bsky.social
· May 28
Table of contents for the (very!) forthcoming Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination, coming out in June with @uminnpress.bsky.social!
Not to be missed!
At the center of our new comp lit issue is a dossier featuring a rediscovered text written by Auerbach during his exile in Turkey: the same period in which his masterpiece Mimesis took shape. The typescript appears alongside new critical perspectives on his work and legacy. muse.jhu.edu/journal/128
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Not to be missed!
Book! 👇
Thrilled that this is finally coming out! I'm so proud to have collaborated on Linda Williams' incredible last work on melodrama. The intro to our volume is now available -- and look at that killer cover!!
"Melodrama as Provocateur," edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker, showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams, along with responses by a diverse collection of scholars. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/PkD02nj
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Book! 👇
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I continue to make the case to my students that, while connections + luck + having professor parents + academic pedigree + early professionalization are determining factors, your best bet is your own sweat.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
I was not the smartest person in the room in college or grad school. Saw many of my peers effortlessly write brilliant seminar papers where I was still mastering those skills. Some of the brightest stars in grad school didn't finish, left @ ABD stage. There's something to the tortoise & hare story.
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I continue to make the case to my students that, while connections + luck + having professor parents + academic pedigree + early professionalization are determining factors, your best bet is your own sweat.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
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It drives me absolutely nuts.
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
It drives me absolutely nuts.
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Not responding to an email (esp. if you said you'd write back with an answer) should not be an option. It's common professionalism and, honestly, ethical behavior to write back. Don't keep people hanging. Your silence will eventually be interpreted as a "no" but the time it'll take may be precious
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Not responding to an email (esp. if you said you'd write back with an answer) should not be an option. It's common professionalism and, honestly, ethical behavior to write back. Don't keep people hanging. Your silence will eventually be interpreted as a "no" but the time it'll take may be precious
Reading some CFPs and it seems submitting a proposal sometimes feels more like a favor to u than an invitation to collaborate, or really a way for u to make the work possible. If I learned anything about being an editor, it's all about making everything, editor included, serve the book/journal issue
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reading some CFPs and it seems submitting a proposal sometimes feels more like a favor to u than an invitation to collaborate, or really a way for u to make the work possible. If I learned anything about being an editor, it's all about making everything, editor included, serve the book/journal issue
Pagad a traductores
This is a moment when we readers must step up to the plate and demand better than this. Translation 100% done by humans, 100% of the time.
The way AI affected translators' jobs shows that AI cannot replace humans, only degrade their work.
Translators are now hired to edit AI-made translations. Nevermind than editing a bad translation is harder than just translating it well!
That still gives the company an excuse to underpay them.
Translators are now hired to edit AI-made translations. Nevermind than editing a bad translation is harder than just translating it well!
That still gives the company an excuse to underpay them.
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Pagad a traductores
Pay translators
This is a moment when we readers must step up to the plate and demand better than this. Translation 100% done by humans, 100% of the time.
The way AI affected translators' jobs shows that AI cannot replace humans, only degrade their work.
Translators are now hired to edit AI-made translations. Nevermind than editing a bad translation is harder than just translating it well!
That still gives the company an excuse to underpay them.
Translators are now hired to edit AI-made translations. Nevermind than editing a bad translation is harder than just translating it well!
That still gives the company an excuse to underpay them.
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Pay translators
Pagad a traductores
Una vez más, ruego a periodistas, editores, y periódicos que pongan un poco más de esmero en traducir expresiones, eslóganes, y nombres comunes. Estoy viendo cada barbaridad literal que me duelen los ojos... 😵💫
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Pagad a traductores
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Enough about books in dialogue with other books, with traditions, with ideas. I want them sitting across the room furiously pretending to ignore each other. Books on non-speaking terms! Books that glare and point! Books storming out of the room crying!
February 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Enough about books in dialogue with other books, with traditions, with ideas. I want them sitting across the room furiously pretending to ignore each other. Books on non-speaking terms! Books that glare and point! Books storming out of the room crying!
Not responding to an email (esp. if you said you'd write back with an answer) should not be an option. It's common professionalism and, honestly, ethical behavior to write back. Don't keep people hanging. Your silence will eventually be interpreted as a "no" but the time it'll take may be precious
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Not responding to an email (esp. if you said you'd write back with an answer) should not be an option. It's common professionalism and, honestly, ethical behavior to write back. Don't keep people hanging. Your silence will eventually be interpreted as a "no" but the time it'll take may be precious
I continue to make the case to my students that, while connections + luck + having professor parents + academic pedigree + early professionalization are determining factors, your best bet is your own sweat.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
I was not the smartest person in the room in college or grad school. Saw many of my peers effortlessly write brilliant seminar papers where I was still mastering those skills. Some of the brightest stars in grad school didn't finish, left @ ABD stage. There's something to the tortoise & hare story.
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I continue to make the case to my students that, while connections + luck + having professor parents + academic pedigree + early professionalization are determining factors, your best bet is your own sweat.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
Talent can give you a leg up. Work is the way to get a shot at getting where you want to be.
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Una vez más, ruego a periodistas, editores, y periódicos que pongan un poco más de esmero en traducir expresiones, eslóganes, y nombres comunes. Estoy viendo cada barbaridad literal que me duelen los ojos... 😵💫
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Una vez más, ruego a periodistas, editores, y periódicos que pongan un poco más de esmero en traducir expresiones, eslóganes, y nombres comunes. Estoy viendo cada barbaridad literal que me duelen los ojos... 😵💫
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There's an advantage in not participating in the newest BS technological advancement (of any kind, not just digital) where you see it come around, flood the zone, and disappear because people think it's awful. You refuse to line someone's pockets, fund a pet project, and be a market guinea pig.
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There's an advantage in not participating in the newest BS technological advancement (of any kind, not just digital) where you see it come around, flood the zone, and disappear because people think it's awful. You refuse to line someone's pockets, fund a pet project, and be a market guinea pig.
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Sometimes I think of my book's "classmates" (books published the same year) and I love the connection with some books I deeply admire.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
February 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Sometimes I think of my book's "classmates" (books published the same year) and I love the connection with some books I deeply admire.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
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I had APA interviews that felt like this
February 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I had APA interviews that felt like this
This is a moment when we readers must step up to the plate and demand better than this. Translation 100% done by humans, 100% of the time.
The way AI affected translators' jobs shows that AI cannot replace humans, only degrade their work.
Translators are now hired to edit AI-made translations. Nevermind than editing a bad translation is harder than just translating it well!
That still gives the company an excuse to underpay them.
Translators are now hired to edit AI-made translations. Nevermind than editing a bad translation is harder than just translating it well!
That still gives the company an excuse to underpay them.
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is a moment when we readers must step up to the plate and demand better than this. Translation 100% done by humans, 100% of the time.
Sometimes I think of my book's "classmates" (books published the same year) and I love the connection with some books I deeply admire.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
February 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Sometimes I think of my book's "classmates" (books published the same year) and I love the connection with some books I deeply admire.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
I know it's prob a bit self-indulgent, and I am extremely privileged to be able to write as part of my job.
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Fabian Muniesa - 'Paranoid Finance' @ Sciences Po Paris (AxPo / CEE) 19.02.2026 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Fabian Muniesa - 'Paranoid Finance' @ Sciences Po Paris (AxPo / CEE) 19.02.2026 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Una vez más, ruego a periodistas, editores, y periódicos que pongan un poco más de esmero en traducir expresiones, eslóganes, y nombres comunes. Estoy viendo cada barbaridad literal que me duelen los ojos... 😵💫
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Una vez más, ruego a periodistas, editores, y periódicos que pongan un poco más de esmero en traducir expresiones, eslóganes, y nombres comunes. Estoy viendo cada barbaridad literal que me duelen los ojos... 😵💫
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facepalm
For work adjacent reasons I am watching a Ted talk by a neuroscientist who could have taken one (1) undergraduate philosophy class.
“We assume that what our senses perceive is reality” no actually for thousands of years we have not assumed that.
“We assume that what our senses perceive is reality” no actually for thousands of years we have not assumed that.
February 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
facepalm
Job opportunity 👇
Jacksonville State University's Department of English is hiring an Instructor!
- Department of Human Resources
careers.jsu.edu
February 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Job opportunity 👇
Lovely
In the '60s, an all-star team of Soviet artists assembled -- including Yuri Norstein. Together, they crafted a gentle, quiet gem called The Mitten.
It's lovely stop motion, and it laid the groundwork for the team's later Cheburashka. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/a-film-for...
It's lovely stop motion, and it laid the groundwork for the team's later Cheburashka. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/a-film-for...
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Lovely
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