Julia Frengs
@juliafrengs.bsky.social
Boy mom. Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies. Environmental humanist. Likes: books, yoga, dogs, cooking, wine. Dislikes: authoritarianism, nazis, mushrooms.
If Hollywood can no longer film in other countries due to #tariffs, I propose they just start following/filming professors. Our lives are fascinating entertainment content at the moment. I imagine production costs would be minimal. Make-up and costumes would be astronomical though. #academiclife
May 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
If Hollywood can no longer film in other countries due to #tariffs, I propose they just start following/filming professors. Our lives are fascinating entertainment content at the moment. I imagine production costs would be minimal. Make-up and costumes would be astronomical though. #academiclife
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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30,000 people reportedly showed up to see @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov speak in Denver
March 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
30,000 people reportedly showed up to see @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov speak in Denver
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👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.
The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
I don't disagree that the US university business model was/is fragile, but surely not for this reason?
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
March 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.
Dear Congress(wo)man [insert name],
Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and Cc all of your constituents.
Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and Cc all of your constituents.
February 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Dear Congress(wo)man [insert name],
Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and Cc all of your constituents.
Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and Cc all of your constituents.
Very excited to have been included in this amazing volume, and excited to read the work of other contributors! #francophonestudies #oceania
February 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Very excited to have been included in this amazing volume, and excited to read the work of other contributors! #francophonestudies #oceania
Livid about this. This kid has done absolutely nothing wrong - just wanted to get his learn on. fElon is such a dogebag.
One of my students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has had his entire scholarship package rescinded by DOGE, who wrote our school and said that it had to return the funds because the scholarship was "illegal." My guy worked his butt off in h.s. only for Elon to play in his face? I am FURIOUS.
a crowd of people standing in front of a sign that says ' no ' on it .
ALT: a crowd of people standing in front of a sign that says ' no ' on it .
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February 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Livid about this. This kid has done absolutely nothing wrong - just wanted to get his learn on. fElon is such a dogebag.
Humanities = Jobs!
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Alain-Philippe Durand on LinkedIn: How some universities are trying to revive the humanities
Straight to the Goal! Humanities = Jobs!
Mieczyslaw Zak University of Arizona - College of Humanities The American College of the Mediterranean Arizona Board…
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February 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Humanities = Jobs!
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Super Bowl ads are a great way to learn about companies that have too much money and don't deserve your business
February 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Super Bowl ads are a great way to learn about companies that have too much money and don't deserve your business
Homemade basil tomato pizza with whole wheat dough and homemade sauce. So proud of this!
February 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Homemade basil tomato pizza with whole wheat dough and homemade sauce. So proud of this!
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents, published in 1998.
February 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents, published in 1998.
Librarians are amazing.
February 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Librarians are amazing.
Reading for pleasure is hard for me because I read all day for work (which is also a pleasure). But I listened to these two audiobooks in January and now I feel like I read something unrelated to work and simply for the fun of it! #libby #audiobooks
February 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reading for pleasure is hard for me because I read all day for work (which is also a pleasure). But I listened to these two audiobooks in January and now I feel like I read something unrelated to work and simply for the fun of it! #libby #audiobooks
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For my first post on Bluesky, I just wanted to point out the $12 trillion opportunity Ayana Elizabeth Johnson suggests there could be for billionaires investing in renewable power. If any billionaires see this post (are any of my 30 followers billionaires?) can you do something about this?
January 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For my first post on Bluesky, I just wanted to point out the $12 trillion opportunity Ayana Elizabeth Johnson suggests there could be for billionaires investing in renewable power. If any billionaires see this post (are any of my 30 followers billionaires?) can you do something about this?