Rosemary Johnsen
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Rosemary Johnsen
@johnsenrm.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Reading on the Dark Side: Or, the Productive Pleasures of the Scholarly Administrator
ABSTRACT. This article builds on the models of the teacher-scholar and the public scholar to delineate the role of the scholarly administrator. Literary studies faculty members who transition to the a...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
A publication that is scholarly yet personal: part intellectual history, part tribute to literary study, and an appeal to academic affairs administrators rooted in shared, community values in higher ed. (PDF available at rosemaryj.com)
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having clear morals, standing up for one another, locking arms, driving them insane because they don't give a shit about anyone but their bank accounts, giving them FUCKING HELL
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
having clear morals, standing up for one another, locking arms, driving them insane because they don't give a shit about anyone but their bank accounts, giving them FUCKING HELL
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Pro Football Hall of Famer John Randle posted a statement about ICE as text overlays on various portraits of himself and I kind of love it
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Pro Football Hall of Famer John Randle posted a statement about ICE as text overlays on various portraits of himself and I kind of love it
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When I teach Vietnam, I explain that opposition to the war really grew in fits and starts. Some big rallies and visible protests, but also a steady stream of celebrities and ordinary folks breaking with their priors and taking a new stand.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
January 26, 2026 at 10:20 PM
When I teach Vietnam, I explain that opposition to the war really grew in fits and starts. Some big rallies and visible protests, but also a steady stream of celebrities and ordinary folks breaking with their priors and taking a new stand.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
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Right wing white dudes finally noticing things a lot of women do for their kids, offices and communities on a daily basis:
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Right wing white dudes finally noticing things a lot of women do for their kids, offices and communities on a daily basis:
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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The fact that most of what is happening is “care work”—skills like low dollar fundraising/aid, carpool mom, and generally looking out for your neighbor makes it anathema to charisma- / individual-driven spokespeople. Care work is pretty revolutionary, but no one is in charge.
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The fact that most of what is happening is “care work”—skills like low dollar fundraising/aid, carpool mom, and generally looking out for your neighbor makes it anathema to charisma- / individual-driven spokespeople. Care work is pretty revolutionary, but no one is in charge.
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I remarked early into the afternoon to a woman standing behind a table covered in organized boxes of hand warmers and coffee and masks how impressively fast these things came together.
“We can do this so quickly because we built these networks in 2020, so now everyone just knows what to do.“
“We can do this so quickly because we built these networks in 2020, so now everyone just knows what to do.“
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I remarked early into the afternoon to a woman standing behind a table covered in organized boxes of hand warmers and coffee and masks how impressively fast these things came together.
“We can do this so quickly because we built these networks in 2020, so now everyone just knows what to do.“
“We can do this so quickly because we built these networks in 2020, so now everyone just knows what to do.“
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Now in the Standish Ericcson neighborhood of South Minneapolis, on 38th Street & 23rd Ave
Longtime #Dinkytown shop owner Greg Ketter is the 70yo you may have seen in a TV interview speaking his mind and walking away into a gas cloud. The September 1985 Southeast (Minneapolis) neighborhood newspaper noted his shop's move from above Gray's Drug to a street level entrance around the corner.
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Now in the Standish Ericcson neighborhood of South Minneapolis, on 38th Street & 23rd Ave
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Longtime #Dinkytown shop owner Greg Ketter is the 70yo you may have seen in a TV interview speaking his mind and walking away into a gas cloud. The September 1985 Southeast (Minneapolis) neighborhood newspaper noted his shop's move from above Gray's Drug to a street level entrance around the corner.
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Longtime #Dinkytown shop owner Greg Ketter is the 70yo you may have seen in a TV interview speaking his mind and walking away into a gas cloud. The September 1985 Southeast (Minneapolis) neighborhood newspaper noted his shop's move from above Gray's Drug to a street level entrance around the corner.
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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There are a lot of people asking if they should fly to Mn to "help". JFC NO.
Have you taken constitutional observer training? Have you set up rapid response/mutual aid networks in your own neighborhood? Do you know your neighbors' names? Do you know who will need food/supplies?
Have you taken constitutional observer training? Have you set up rapid response/mutual aid networks in your own neighborhood? Do you know your neighbors' names? Do you know who will need food/supplies?
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 AM
There are a lot of people asking if they should fly to Mn to "help". JFC NO.
Have you taken constitutional observer training? Have you set up rapid response/mutual aid networks in your own neighborhood? Do you know your neighbors' names? Do you know who will need food/supplies?
Have you taken constitutional observer training? Have you set up rapid response/mutual aid networks in your own neighborhood? Do you know your neighbors' names? Do you know who will need food/supplies?
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Infinite respect to Woke Hoth Guy, who freestyled a two-minute Federalist paper.
January 25, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Infinite respect to Woke Hoth Guy, who freestyled a two-minute Federalist paper.
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It's wild how many people are confused by the basic power of empathy and community
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 AM
It's wild how many people are confused by the basic power of empathy and community
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They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol
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CRUCIALLY: this was all done with the direct and overt help of the MNGOP. This is an invasion facilitated by local conservatives for electoral leverage. Murder for votes.
I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
CRUCIALLY: this was all done with the direct and overt help of the MNGOP. This is an invasion facilitated by local conservatives for electoral leverage. Murder for votes.
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/6 Watch, as this unfolds, two key things: (1) how blatantly the Gestapo will lie, and demand that you ignore what you can see plainly, and (2) how uselessly, how pathetically, how impotently the media will treat those lies and dither at this murder, craven publicists to evil.
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
/6 Watch, as this unfolds, two key things: (1) how blatantly the Gestapo will lie, and demand that you ignore what you can see plainly, and (2) how uselessly, how pathetically, how impotently the media will treat those lies and dither at this murder, craven publicists to evil.
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Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
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I know I am!
Just so we're clear, and so a tiny handful of wankers online don't create the wrong impression, the vast majority of your European friends are incredibly impressed by Minnesotans' courage against both the ice and ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I know I am!
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Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
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Concentration Camp: a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.
CNN’s Jake Tapper cuts off bookstore owner after clash over ‘concentration camps’ remark
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January 23, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Concentration Camp: a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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I didn't say it. The Germans did.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
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I was marshaling for most of the time at the corner of 4th and 4th (street and avenue). I tried to estimate how many people were walking past. My ballpark was 300-500 people a minute. I was in that spot for two hours. That’s 35,000-60,000, not counting however many didn’t pass that intersection.
There were an estimated 50,000 people marching in the streets to support an economic shutdown, in temperatures so cold your tears freeze to your face and exposed skin is in danger of frostbite. That was preceded by pickets, civil disobedience, and arrests.
January 24, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I was marshaling for most of the time at the corner of 4th and 4th (street and avenue). I tried to estimate how many people were walking past. My ballpark was 300-500 people a minute. I was in that spot for two hours. That’s 35,000-60,000, not counting however many didn’t pass that intersection.