Elizabeth Maddock Dillon
@emdillon.bsky.social
Literature professor at Northeastern University. Book-in-progress: Sweetness and Ruin: A History of Sugar, Race, and Capitalism (Dutton 2026). From the 17th-century plantation to 21st-century diabetes epidemic.
Writing: https://emdillon.substack.com
Writing: https://emdillon.substack.com
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"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds" - Joan Scott www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds" - Joan Scott www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This week, we have 2 critiques of the Mellon Foundation's politics, one from the most effective journalist of the anti-DEI hysteria
Pretty easy to see where this goes next--establish the narrative, then write the legislation:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Pretty easy to see where this goes next--establish the narrative, then write the legislation:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
The Multibillion-Dollar Foundation That Controls the Humanities
Is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the last best hope for American arts and letters—or is it killing them?
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This week, we have 2 critiques of the Mellon Foundation's politics, one from the most effective journalist of the anti-DEI hysteria
Pretty easy to see where this goes next--establish the narrative, then write the legislation:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Pretty easy to see where this goes next--establish the narrative, then write the legislation:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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“The air-brushed AI commercials spun out creepy fantasies of imitation life, decontextualized knowledge, robotic efficiency. Bad Bunny…—in contrast—gave life to the realities of work, history, struggle, community& joy that make us all human” @emdillon.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emdillon...
Bad Bunny in the Sugar Cane and ICE on the Streets
From Santa Clara to Puerto Rico to Minneapolis
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
“The air-brushed AI commercials spun out creepy fantasies of imitation life, decontextualized knowledge, robotic efficiency. Bad Bunny…—in contrast—gave life to the realities of work, history, struggle, community& joy that make us all human” @emdillon.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emdillon...
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
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1/ Important new article by Dr. Tara Inniss that discusses the "chronic underfunding, aging infrastructure, and climatic threats" of Caribbean archives, compounded by vulnerabilities and policy gaps.
Thread w recent examples of destruction of collections by fire:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Thread w recent examples of destruction of collections by fire:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
One British Archive: “Burning Archive”: The Barbados Department of Archives | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
One British Archive: “Burning Archive”: The Barbados Department of Archives - Volume 65
www.cambridge.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
1/ Important new article by Dr. Tara Inniss that discusses the "chronic underfunding, aging infrastructure, and climatic threats" of Caribbean archives, compounded by vulnerabilities and policy gaps.
Thread w recent examples of destruction of collections by fire:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Thread w recent examples of destruction of collections by fire:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The kiss was real. The wedding was real. And there was cake! Why does this matter so much in a world of AI slop?
Bad Bunny in the Sugar Cane and ICE on the Streets
From Santa Clara to Puerto Rico to Minneapolis
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The kiss was real. The wedding was real. And there was cake! Why does this matter so much in a world of AI slop?
What’s colonialism got to do with it? Tracing the connections from sugar cane to power outages to ICE.
Bad Bunny in the Sugar Cane and ICE on the Streets
From Santa Clara to Puerto Rico to Minneapolis
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What’s colonialism got to do with it? Tracing the connections from sugar cane to power outages to ICE.
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I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…
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Rümeysa Öztürk's attorneys say the immigration court found on Jan. 29 that the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t proved that she should be removed from the U.S and the court terminated her removal proceedings.
U.S. immigration court blocks deportation of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, her attorneys say
Rümeysa Öztürk's attorneys say the immigration court found on Jan. 29 that the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t proved that she should be removed from the U.S and the court terminated her remova...
www.wbur.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk's attorneys say the immigration court found on Jan. 29 that the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t proved that she should be removed from the U.S and the court terminated her removal proceedings.
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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“Connect the dots: the history of sugar is the history of capitalism is the history of race is the history of electrical infrastructure is the history of ICE in our streets.”
Thinking about the Superbowl field turned into a sugar plantation. And what Bad Bunny had to say about who gets to eat cake.
Bad Bunny in the Sugar Cane and ICE on the Streets
From Santa Clara to Puerto Rico to Minneapolis
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 AM
“Connect the dots: the history of sugar is the history of capitalism is the history of race is the history of electrical infrastructure is the history of ICE in our streets.”
Thinking about the Superbowl field turned into a sugar plantation. And what Bad Bunny had to say about who gets to eat cake.
Bad Bunny in the Sugar Cane and ICE on the Streets
From Santa Clara to Puerto Rico to Minneapolis
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Thinking about the Superbowl field turned into a sugar plantation. And what Bad Bunny had to say about who gets to eat cake.
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Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
Bad Bunny— in the sugar cane. Amazing! Extraction from sugar to electricity. Sooo good.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Bad Bunny— in the sugar cane. Amazing! Extraction from sugar to electricity. Sooo good.
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Can AI spit out a good romance novel? I mean, probably, since it FUCKING STOLE LIKE HALF A MILLION OF THEM TO COPY
February 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Can AI spit out a good romance novel? I mean, probably, since it FUCKING STOLE LIKE HALF A MILLION OF THEM TO COPY
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fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
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This Day in Labor History: February 8, 1887. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Act into law, creating a process to split up Indian reservations in order to create individual parcels of land and then sell the remainder off to white settlers. Let's talk ideas of work & the American genocide!
February 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This Day in Labor History: February 8, 1887. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Act into law, creating a process to split up Indian reservations in order to create individual parcels of land and then sell the remainder off to white settlers. Let's talk ideas of work & the American genocide!
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just a reminder that the united states is essentially operating a network of torture camps holding individuals in arbitrary detention, without access to appeal and rarely to counsel.
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
just a reminder that the united states is essentially operating a network of torture camps holding individuals in arbitrary detention, without access to appeal and rarely to counsel.
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Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
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Yeah @marenmorris.bsky.social gets it
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Yeah @marenmorris.bsky.social gets it
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
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“Democracy dies in darkness.” First as warning, then as how-to manual.
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“Democracy dies in darkness.” First as warning, then as how-to manual.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
February 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...