Julia Bloch
@julivox.bsky.social
Author of Letters to Kelly Clarkson, Valley Fever, The Sacramento of Desire, and Lyric Trade.
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[bursts into the room] [extremely elder millennial voice]
You know, Milwaukee is the only American city to have elected three socialist mayors.
Also, “Milwaukee” is from “mili wau kay,” which is Algonquin for “the good land.”
You know, Milwaukee is the only American city to have elected three socialist mayors.
Also, “Milwaukee” is from “mili wau kay,” which is Algonquin for “the good land.”
Y’all. Not only can Mamdani do it, socialist mayors have done it effectively for decades before.
Check out what Milwaukee’s political history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_s...
Check out what Milwaukee’s political history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_s...
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
[bursts into the room] [extremely elder millennial voice]
You know, Milwaukee is the only American city to have elected three socialist mayors.
Also, “Milwaukee” is from “mili wau kay,” which is Algonquin for “the good land.”
You know, Milwaukee is the only American city to have elected three socialist mayors.
Also, “Milwaukee” is from “mili wau kay,” which is Algonquin for “the good land.”
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The 100th episode of American Vandal. Launching the 12th season. Live at UPenn English Faculty Lounge with @cnewf.bsky.social, @whitneytrettien.bsky.social, & an incredible assembly of faculty, students, visiting scholars, & friends of the pod.
Criticism & The Chatbot Bubble (Vandal Live at UPenn English)
with Christopher Newfield & Whitney Trettien
theamericanvandal.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The 100th episode of American Vandal. Launching the 12th season. Live at UPenn English Faculty Lounge with @cnewf.bsky.social, @whitneytrettien.bsky.social, & an incredible assembly of faculty, students, visiting scholars, & friends of the pod.
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“Help!” cried Toad. “My list is blowing away. What will I do without my list?”
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“Help!” cried Toad. “My list is blowing away. What will I do without my list?”
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It is hard to overstate the stress produced by the incoherence of academic institutions pumping generative AI when they want to play business and then leaving instructors to deal with the results when they want to play school
Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It is hard to overstate the stress produced by the incoherence of academic institutions pumping generative AI when they want to play business and then leaving instructors to deal with the results when they want to play school
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when public libraries' and universities' IT cannot function if AWS goes down, you have a private company operating in the capacity of a public utility, but without the regulations that (you hope) public utilities must be subject to
October 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
when public libraries' and universities' IT cannot function if AWS goes down, you have a private company operating in the capacity of a public utility, but without the regulations that (you hope) public utilities must be subject to
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Philly! new feminist art opens next week!
new art project! bodily autonomy, but make it quilts!
opens in Philly at The Arts League 5 September (PARTY) and progresses around the east. get in touch to schedule an exhibition; coming to Chicago in 2025 (PARTY SOME MORE!)
securityblanket.art
opens in Philly at The Arts League 5 September (PARTY) and progresses around the east. get in touch to schedule an exhibition; coming to Chicago in 2025 (PARTY SOME MORE!)
securityblanket.art
Security Blanket
securityblanket.art
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Philly! new feminist art opens next week!
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Periodic Reminder: If it weren’t powerful, they wouldn’t be trying to destroy it.
August 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Periodic Reminder: If it weren’t powerful, they wouldn’t be trying to destroy it.
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“How to Report ICE” zines now available for these areas:
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
August 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“How to Report ICE” zines now available for these areas:
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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It will never not be depraved that universities sanctioned and participated in the harassing and criminalization of student activists for saying one day we would all be against this when now, suddenly, everyone is against this.
July 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It will never not be depraved that universities sanctioned and participated in the harassing and criminalization of student activists for saying one day we would all be against this when now, suddenly, everyone is against this.
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There is no special primary status for alphabetic scripts above ideographic ones, iconic signage, mathematical and scientific notation, or charts and diagrams. We read them all; none of them are subordinate to another, except out of literary and cultural prejudices
July 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There is no special primary status for alphabetic scripts above ideographic ones, iconic signage, mathematical and scientific notation, or charts and diagrams. We read them all; none of them are subordinate to another, except out of literary and cultural prejudices
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Remembering #EricGarner, sharing this poem by Ross Gay, posted by poet Othuke Umokoro, from TwX:
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Remembering #EricGarner, sharing this poem by Ross Gay, posted by poet Othuke Umokoro, from TwX:
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How is poetry like psychoanalysis? I had a fascinating conversation with Daniel Katz (@danielkatz.bsky.social) about Jack Spicer and his poem “Psychoanalysis: An Elegy.” open.spotify.com/episode/78hE...
Daniel Katz on Jack Spicer ("Psychoanalysis: An Elegy")
Close Readings · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
How is poetry like psychoanalysis? I had a fascinating conversation with Daniel Katz (@danielkatz.bsky.social) about Jack Spicer and his poem “Psychoanalysis: An Elegy.” open.spotify.com/episode/78hE...
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Only just now discovering this Lucille Clifton poem dedicated to Clark Kent.
July 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Only just now discovering this Lucille Clifton poem dedicated to Clark Kent.
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For what it's worth, this is precisely the reason the Klan wore hoods when they terrorized communities and disappeared unfavored minorities.
Historically, it wasn't called doxxing it was just recognizing a fascist community member.
Historically, it wasn't called doxxing it was just recognizing a fascist community member.
July 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For what it's worth, this is precisely the reason the Klan wore hoods when they terrorized communities and disappeared unfavored minorities.
Historically, it wasn't called doxxing it was just recognizing a fascist community member.
Historically, it wasn't called doxxing it was just recognizing a fascist community member.
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July 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Buy their books, buy their books, buy their books; ask your libraries to buy their books
Book people: the following small presses have just lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Please consider supporting them!
A Thread.
A Thread.
July 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Buy their books, buy their books, buy their books; ask your libraries to buy their books
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Statement from @aaup-penn.bsky.social on our admin’s capitulation to Trump’s department of ed
Statement of the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on Penn’s Title IX Resolution Agreement | AAUP–Penn
This spring, more than 1100 workers at Penn signed a petition demanding that Penn uphold research and counter funding cuts, affirm sanctuary and legal rights of immigrants, maintain commitments to DEI...
aaup-penn.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Statement from @aaup-penn.bsky.social on our admin’s capitulation to Trump’s department of ed
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Massive Attack does an excellent job of putting the Vylan controversy in perspective (from their Insta).
July 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Massive Attack does an excellent job of putting the Vylan controversy in perspective (from their Insta).
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Not “limit.” Eliminate. And needlessly cower with embarrassing “apology” letters to graduated athletes. This headline is misleading, and the action is beyond embarrassing. Utterly shameless. And contra the research the institution materially supports.
Breaking News: The University of Pennsylvania struck a deal with the Trump administration to limit how transgender athletes may participate in its programs. https://trib.al/GxRNLyq
Penn Agrees to Limit Participation of Transgender Athletes
In a deal with the Trump administration, the University of Pennsylvania will not allow transgender women to participate in women’s sports.
trib.al
July 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Not “limit.” Eliminate. And needlessly cower with embarrassing “apology” letters to graduated athletes. This headline is misleading, and the action is beyond embarrassing. Utterly shameless. And contra the research the institution materially supports.