Heather Hewett
@heatherhewett.bsky.social
writes about gender, caregiving, narrative | wgss professor, scholar, storyteller | arts & humanities advocate | words in @washingtonpost @lareviewofbooks @insidehighered | "the vastness is bearable only through love"
College Uncovered: The Revenge of the Humanities hechingerreport.org/college-unco...
College Uncovered: The Revenge of the Humanities - The Hechinger Report
American higher education is approaching a sharp drop in the number of college-aged students — a trend known as the demographic cliff. At the same time, following decades of declining enrollment, huma...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
College Uncovered: The Revenge of the Humanities hechingerreport.org/college-unco...
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This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
Thrilled to collaborate w/ an incredible group on a day dedicated to "Advocating for the Humanities," part of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Summer Seminar. More info: www.maps.mla.org/Seminars/ADE... @janineutell.bsky.social @lydiatang.bsky.social @aktange.bsky.social @kellyritter51.bsky.social
ADE-ALD Summer Seminar in New York City
New York University, New York City...
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May 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thrilled to collaborate w/ an incredible group on a day dedicated to "Advocating for the Humanities," part of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Summer Seminar. More info: www.maps.mla.org/Seminars/ADE... @janineutell.bsky.social @lydiatang.bsky.social @aktange.bsky.social @kellyritter51.bsky.social
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We've put together a list of resources on legislative threats to higher ed. Visit the site for tips for NEH grantees, webinar recordings, tool kits, MLA statements, and more. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Resources on Legislative Threats to Higher Education
The MLA is collaborating with other organizations, including PEN America’s Freedom to Learn Network, the ACLS, and the AAUP, to speak out against state and local encroachment on higher education and g...
www.mla.org
April 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We've put together a list of resources on legislative threats to higher ed. Visit the site for tips for NEH grantees, webinar recordings, tool kits, MLA statements, and more. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
This makes me want to read Carlo Rovelli's Helgoland.
This week's oasis of selected sanities, in a single place at the link – the kiln and the quantum of relationships, an illustrated love letter to gardening, Rockwell Kent on how to break the trance of near-living and live:
The kiln and the quantum of relationships, an illustrated love letter to gardening, Rockwell Kent on how to break the trance of near-living and live
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April 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This makes me want to read Carlo Rovelli's Helgoland.
This is a fantastic conversation. @eji.org
Heavy hitting show this week with Bryan Stevenson @eji.org on Trump’s attack on museums and “improper ideology” www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Brendan Carr’s F.C.C. Has Been Busy. Plus, Rewriting the History of Watergate. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Federal Communications Commission is currently investigating CBS for “intentional news distortion” for its editing of an interview with Kamala Harris. On this week’s On the Media,...
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April 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is a fantastic conversation. @eji.org
Shout out to @justjessp.bsky.social and Milo Obourn for their piece on DEISJ in the SUNY system: medium.com/@justjessp/b...
“Blue” New York’s Empty Promise
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion without Social Justice
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April 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Shout out to @justjessp.bsky.social and Milo Obourn for their piece on DEISJ in the SUNY system: medium.com/@justjessp/b...
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Liz Montegary, chair of WGSS:
“To be clear, the Trump administration is actively seeking to erase transgender people from public life — they are stripping them of rights and protections [and] they are exploiting misinformation about transgender people to fuel fear, hate and moral panic..”
“To be clear, the Trump administration is actively seeking to erase transgender people from public life — they are stripping them of rights and protections [and] they are exploiting misinformation about transgender people to fuel fear, hate and moral panic..”
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Liz Montegary, chair of WGSS:
“To be clear, the Trump administration is actively seeking to erase transgender people from public life — they are stripping them of rights and protections [and] they are exploiting misinformation about transgender people to fuel fear, hate and moral panic..”
“To be clear, the Trump administration is actively seeking to erase transgender people from public life — they are stripping them of rights and protections [and] they are exploiting misinformation about transgender people to fuel fear, hate and moral panic..”
Joy Connolly on why institutions of higher learning need to work together. This has always been true but is particularly true now. Thank you ACLS for all of your work on this.
ACLS President Joy Connolly has published a new opinion piece in the @chronicle.com calling for collaboration among higher education institutions in response to the current political climate: bit.ly/3E9Fdaq
Joy Connolly Calls for Collaboration Among Higher Education Institutions in Chronicle Op-Ed
In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Joy Connolly calls for collaboration among higher education institutions in responding to the current political climate.
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April 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Joy Connolly on why institutions of higher learning need to work together. This has always been true but is particularly true now. Thank you ACLS for all of your work on this.
What a gift to attend the Gardiner, NY Hands Off protest this afternoon with my brilliant colleague Nancy Kassop. #handsoff #StopTrump2025
April 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What a gift to attend the Gardiner, NY Hands Off protest this afternoon with my brilliant colleague Nancy Kassop. #handsoff #StopTrump2025
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
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10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
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9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
How are the humanities being reimagined in departments and programs across higher education today? Stacy Hartman and I share our insights from a year+ of research over at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social.
Rejecting the Siege Mentality in Higher Education | Los Angeles Review of Books
Stacy Hartman and Heather Hewett examine how the humanities are being reimagined in departments and programs across higher education today.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 24, 2024 at 5:51 PM
How are the humanities being reimagined in departments and programs across higher education today? Stacy Hartman and I share our insights from a year+ of research over at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social.
This.
But why, you might ask, would someone living on the financial edge vote for Republicans, whose wage-suppressing, union-busting, benefit-denying policies have only tended to make the poor and the middle class more miserable?
Well, @michaelmechanic.bsky.social has some thoughts 💭
Well, @michaelmechanic.bsky.social has some thoughts 💭
Hey look, I did this @motherjones.com video. Two big takeaways: 1) America really needs to do something about wealth inequality. 2) I really need to iron my collar. youtube.com/shorts/VUxeR...
November 23, 2024 at 6:19 PM
This.
