Lara Schwartz
@laraschwartz.bsky.social
Professor who actually likes my students, free expression advocate who actually means it.
Some jerk impersonates me in web contact forms.
The real me wrote: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240008/try-to-love-the-questions
Some jerk impersonates me in web contact forms.
The real me wrote: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240008/try-to-love-the-questions
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MAGA Influencer: We need more quaint small towns like the one in this picture I found when I Googled “quaint small town.”
*Picture is of a town in Vermont that Bernie Sanders wins by 58 points. Lesbian couples own every store.*
*Picture is of a town in Vermont that Bernie Sanders wins by 58 points. Lesbian couples own every store.*
February 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
MAGA Influencer: We need more quaint small towns like the one in this picture I found when I Googled “quaint small town.”
*Picture is of a town in Vermont that Bernie Sanders wins by 58 points. Lesbian couples own every store.*
*Picture is of a town in Vermont that Bernie Sanders wins by 58 points. Lesbian couples own every store.*
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If Stephen Miller switches parties to become a Democrat, wins the dem primary, and is the candidate vs. Trump in the next election, I will not vote for Stephen Miller.
He is awful, his policies are awful, and it doesn't matter if he'd be "better" than Trump.
This is a post about Gavin Newsom.
He is awful, his policies are awful, and it doesn't matter if he'd be "better" than Trump.
This is a post about Gavin Newsom.
February 14, 2026 at 4:31 AM
If Stephen Miller switches parties to become a Democrat, wins the dem primary, and is the candidate vs. Trump in the next election, I will not vote for Stephen Miller.
He is awful, his policies are awful, and it doesn't matter if he'd be "better" than Trump.
This is a post about Gavin Newsom.
He is awful, his policies are awful, and it doesn't matter if he'd be "better" than Trump.
This is a post about Gavin Newsom.
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Helen Lewis is back in The Atlantic with "Youth Gender Medicine Is Indeed Up for Debate". It is a masterclass in manufacturing consent, framing the capitulation of medical bodies to political terror as a calm "return to reason."
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Helen Lewis is back in The Atlantic with "Youth Gender Medicine Is Indeed Up for Debate". It is a masterclass in manufacturing consent, framing the capitulation of medical bodies to political terror as a calm "return to reason."
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In response to yesterday's news, Elly Brinkley, Staff Attorney at PEN America said, “Writing an op-ed is free speech, plain and simple, and that right applies to citizens and non-citizens alike. What happened to Öztürk was an unthinkable miscarriage of justice.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/u...
Immigration judge terminates removal proceedings against Tufts student detained by Trump administration, attorneys say | CNN
An immigration judge terminated removal proceedings against Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was detained for over a month last year as part of the Trump administration’s effort t...
www.cnn.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
In response to yesterday's news, Elly Brinkley, Staff Attorney at PEN America said, “Writing an op-ed is free speech, plain and simple, and that right applies to citizens and non-citizens alike. What happened to Öztürk was an unthinkable miscarriage of justice.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/u...
Except for a nice MLT.
Mutton lettuce and tomato.
Mutton lettuce and tomato.
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Except for a nice MLT.
Mutton lettuce and tomato.
Mutton lettuce and tomato.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Woke up this morning to the sound of the whistle at the ol' consent factory. Wonder what they're manufacturing over there.
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Woke up this morning to the sound of the whistle at the ol' consent factory. Wonder what they're manufacturing over there.
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Historical analogies are arguments. So when someone makes an analogy between today and the Holocaust, or today and anything, think about they are really arguing for. What is the analogy trying to get you to do?
New at @startribune.com
New at @startribune.com
Perry: When is it OK to compare aspects of what’s happening in Minnesota to Nazi Germany?
Gov. Tim Walz has made some such analogies in relation to ICE and has been criticized for it, David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Historical analogies are arguments. So when someone makes an analogy between today and the Holocaust, or today and anything, think about they are really arguing for. What is the analogy trying to get you to do?
New at @startribune.com
New at @startribune.com
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1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
Imagine writing these words, in February 2026, regarding the most vicious McCarthyite of the modern era: "Bari Weiss Hates cancel culture"
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
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crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)"
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)"
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
--Phonetics and phonology
--A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu (a seminar where we read the whole darned thing and nothing else)
--Introduction to music theory
--The Earth, Moon, and Mars
--America's Longest War (which was Vietnam. They'd have to rename the course if they taught it today).
--A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu (a seminar where we read the whole darned thing and nothing else)
--Introduction to music theory
--The Earth, Moon, and Mars
--America's Longest War (which was Vietnam. They'd have to rename the course if they taught it today).
-Anthropology of Insurgencies, which the professor wanted to call Anthropologies of Insurgency
- @jbf1755.bsky.social ‘s lecture class on the early republic 😍
-Introduction to Performance Studies
-Moral Values in Civil Society
-Culture, Power, Oil
- @jbf1755.bsky.social ‘s lecture class on the early republic 😍
-Introduction to Performance Studies
-Moral Values in Civil Society
-Culture, Power, Oil
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 PM
--Phonetics and phonology
--A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu (a seminar where we read the whole darned thing and nothing else)
--Introduction to music theory
--The Earth, Moon, and Mars
--America's Longest War (which was Vietnam. They'd have to rename the course if they taught it today).
--A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu (a seminar where we read the whole darned thing and nothing else)
--Introduction to music theory
--The Earth, Moon, and Mars
--America's Longest War (which was Vietnam. They'd have to rename the course if they taught it today).
Five jobs I've had:
--Berry farm worker
--Bank teller
--Therapeutic riding instructor
--"Behavior technician" at a forensic psych unit
--Judicial clerk
--Berry farm worker
--Bank teller
--Therapeutic riding instructor
--"Behavior technician" at a forensic psych unit
--Judicial clerk
Five jobs I've had:
Warehouseman
Bowling alley pinsetter mechanic
Short-order cook
Academic affairs administrator/director of faculty development
Overnight shift at a convenience store
Warehouseman
Bowling alley pinsetter mechanic
Short-order cook
Academic affairs administrator/director of faculty development
Overnight shift at a convenience store
Five jobs I’ve had:
Frozade pushcart in Central Park
Burger King
Beefsteak Charlie’s salad bar boy
Pharmaceutical warehouse shipper
Usher at outdoor music venue Reebok Riverstage
Frozade pushcart in Central Park
Burger King
Beefsteak Charlie’s salad bar boy
Pharmaceutical warehouse shipper
Usher at outdoor music venue Reebok Riverstage
January 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Five jobs I've had:
--Berry farm worker
--Bank teller
--Therapeutic riding instructor
--"Behavior technician" at a forensic psych unit
--Judicial clerk
--Berry farm worker
--Bank teller
--Therapeutic riding instructor
--"Behavior technician" at a forensic psych unit
--Judicial clerk
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Kristi Noem and Kash Patel are right: Alex Pretti had no right to possess a gun during a protest. What if he had killed someone?
by Kyle Rittenhouse
by Kyle Rittenhouse
January 27, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Kristi Noem and Kash Patel are right: Alex Pretti had no right to possess a gun during a protest. What if he had killed someone?
by Kyle Rittenhouse
by Kyle Rittenhouse
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This is a MUST-READ affidavit.
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This is a MUST-READ affidavit.
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
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If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
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This was a death squad.
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This was a death squad.
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Kavanaugh executions
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Kavanaugh executions
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Any news organization that quotes Bovino saying the victim intended to “massacre” agents and doesn’t say that is a damnable lie disproved by the videos is not a serious news organization.
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Any news organization that quotes Bovino saying the victim intended to “massacre” agents and doesn’t say that is a damnable lie disproved by the videos is not a serious news organization.
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Gun vs. phone.
Hero vs. criminal.
Hero vs. criminal.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Gun vs. phone.
Hero vs. criminal.
Hero vs. criminal.
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The new conservative position on gun control is apparently that lawfully carrying a licensed handgun means you deserve to be executed in the street by masked federal agents
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The new conservative position on gun control is apparently that lawfully carrying a licensed handgun means you deserve to be executed in the street by masked federal agents
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.