Natalie Belisle
@nataliebelisle.bsky.social
I write, teach, move about Latin America & the Caribbean. CARIBBEAN INHOSPITALITY, https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/caribbean-inhospitality/9781978838291/
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My book, Caribbean Inhospitality, considers what Caribbean literature, film, and digital culture can tell us sovereignty and belonging, especially in our current global crisis. I start with the Caribbean’s violent origins as a place of hospitality to strangers and look to the present.
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
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If you are a law professor and you do not understand the framework for the scope and limits of executive authority that Jackson laid out in Youngstown Sheet & Tube, you maybe shouldn't be teaching con law.
June 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you are a law professor and you do not understand the framework for the scope and limits of executive authority that Jackson laid out in Youngstown Sheet & Tube, you maybe shouldn't be teaching con law.
The beginnings of an autogolpe in full effect.
June 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The beginnings of an autogolpe in full effect.
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Who decided that these inherently porous categories—research, teaching, and service—should be forever in hierarchical relationship to each other, no matter the context of their application?
April 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Who decided that these inherently porous categories—research, teaching, and service—should be forever in hierarchical relationship to each other, no matter the context of their application?
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If you honestly think autistic & otherwise neurodivergent people aren't going on dates, I'mma need you to do just a basic google search for the words "autistic" "neurodivergent" & "polyamory," because there's uh… There are some uh… Interesting lessons you can learn about autistic people & dating 😅😬
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If you honestly think autistic & otherwise neurodivergent people aren't going on dates, I'mma need you to do just a basic google search for the words "autistic" "neurodivergent" & "polyamory," because there's uh… There are some uh… Interesting lessons you can learn about autistic people & dating 😅😬
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They can't spell "April"?
"The termination emails were riddled with mistakes — with employees’ names, the month of April and even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed and haphazard nature of the operation..."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"The termination emails were riddled with mistakes — with employees’ names, the month of April and even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed and haphazard nature of the operation..."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters
D.C. employees of the institute, founded and funded by Congress, received late-night termination notices, though most of its overseas staff were left in place.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
They can't spell "April"?
"The termination emails were riddled with mistakes — with employees’ names, the month of April and even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed and haphazard nature of the operation..."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"The termination emails were riddled with mistakes — with employees’ names, the month of April and even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed and haphazard nature of the operation..."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Thanks goodness the corruption of DEI is behind us, and we can create a new, golden age of merit:
Rubio and Hegseth have installed this twenty-something DOGE affiliate, Nate Cavanaugh, as acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, per filing.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
March 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thanks goodness the corruption of DEI is behind us, and we can create a new, golden age of merit:
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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*looks directly at camera*
These people are clearly not up for the job.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
*looks directly at camera*
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California too, D supermajority. The CSU system recently announced staff & faculty layoffs *and* simultaneous "investment in AI" on campuses, which shows callous disregard for both students and instructors
This is unfortunately spot on. It’s not Trump who is proposing draconian budget cuts to The University of Connecticut that will decimate the university system and eliminate graduate programs, raise tuition, and increase class size, but our Democratic governor and Dem controlled state legislature.
The most immediate problem for the professoriate right now is that its vision of the university has no political advocates. Democrats really don't care about anything but universities as job training centers, and are proposing massive budget cuts at the state level dailybruin.com/2025/03/13/u...
March 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
California too, D supermajority. The CSU system recently announced staff & faculty layoffs *and* simultaneous "investment in AI" on campuses, which shows callous disregard for both students and instructors
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March 31 at @intellpublics.bsky.social Brian Massumi discusses his brilliant new book www.dukeupress.edu/the-personal... with Katie Stewart. Massumi asks why we still think of fascism through theories from the 30's that don't adequately account for the rise of Trump.
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March 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
March 31 at @intellpublics.bsky.social Brian Massumi discusses his brilliant new book www.dukeupress.edu/the-personal... with Katie Stewart. Massumi asks why we still think of fascism through theories from the 30's that don't adequately account for the rise of Trump.
Register bit.ly/personalityo...
Register bit.ly/personalityo...
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this. will. be 🔥
Hey folks, I’ll be discussing my @rutgersupress.bsky.social book, Caribbean Inhospitality, with Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, @jossianna.bsky.social, and Nayan Shah, at the USC Levan Institute for the Humanities, Monday, March 24, 12 - 1 pm PST. Link to register calendar.usc.edu/event/levan-...
Levan Book Chat—Natalie Lauren Belisle, Caribbean Inhospitality
calendar.usc.edu
March 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
this. will. be 🔥
Hey folks, I’ll be discussing my @rutgersupress.bsky.social book, Caribbean Inhospitality, with Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, @jossianna.bsky.social, and Nayan Shah, at the USC Levan Institute for the Humanities, Monday, March 24, 12 - 1 pm PST. Link to register calendar.usc.edu/event/levan-...
Levan Book Chat—Natalie Lauren Belisle, Caribbean Inhospitality
calendar.usc.edu
March 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Hey folks, I’ll be discussing my @rutgersupress.bsky.social book, Caribbean Inhospitality, with Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, @jossianna.bsky.social, and Nayan Shah, at the USC Levan Institute for the Humanities, Monday, March 24, 12 - 1 pm PST. Link to register calendar.usc.edu/event/levan-...
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Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay. #CaribbeanWomen
Julia de Burgos, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Mariposa, Mayra Santos-Febres
Julia de Burgos, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Mariposa, Mayra Santos-Febres
Caribbean Matters: Celebrate International Women’s Day with these writers
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Caribbean Matters: Celebrate International Women’s Day with these writers
Caribbean Matters � is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...
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March 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay. #CaribbeanWomen
Julia de Burgos, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Mariposa, Mayra Santos-Febres
Julia de Burgos, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Mariposa, Mayra Santos-Febres
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“Given the First Amendment’s protection of a university’s freedom to determine its own curriculum and how to deliver it, the constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution,” Treanor wrote.
Georgetown law dean rebuffs DEI warning from top federal prosecutor for DC
Georgetown Law School’s dean has rebuffed an unusual warning from the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., that his office won’t hire the private school’s students if it doesn’t eliminate dive...
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March 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Given the First Amendment’s protection of a university’s freedom to determine its own curriculum and how to deliver it, the constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution,” Treanor wrote.
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Grateful to be able to share this gorgeous cover, particularly given that it features a painting by Fignolé's fellow-Spiralist Frankétienne, who passed away last week.
Appearing in English for the first time, Jean-Claude Fignolé’s novel "Quiet Dawn" tells an enthralling story of Haiti’s transition from French colony to independent Black republic. Read the intro by Kaiama L. Glover & @soccerpolitics.bsky.social for free now:
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February 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Grateful to be able to share this gorgeous cover, particularly given that it features a painting by Fignolé's fellow-Spiralist Frankétienne, who passed away last week.
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Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities.
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
February 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities.
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
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Remembered that I wrote about how awful Woodrow Wilson's historic segregationist purge of Black workers from federal government jobs was last year.... www.thedailybeast.com/woodrow-wils...
Woodrow Wilson Should Stay Canceled
The 28th President of the United States enabled segregation and vile treatment of Black federal workers. He doesn’t deserve an image rehabilitation.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Remembered that I wrote about how awful Woodrow Wilson's historic segregationist purge of Black workers from federal government jobs was last year.... www.thedailybeast.com/woodrow-wils...
We’re busy working with old definitions of authoritarian forms that are continually evolving and shapeshifting. I’m uncertain why this being a coup is still a question.
I have to give it him. Given my knowledge of Latin American history, I couldn’t fathom how he’d gain control of the military, as is traditionally done, to mobilize a coup. Nope. He knew there’d be too many levels to clear. So he used computer/digital technology.
February 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We’re busy working with old definitions of authoritarian forms that are continually evolving and shapeshifting. I’m uncertain why this being a coup is still a question.
I have to give it him. Given my knowledge of Latin American history, I couldn’t fathom how he’d gain control of the military, as is traditionally done, to mobilize a coup. Nope. He knew there’d be too many levels to clear. So he used computer/digital technology.
February 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I have to give it him. Given my knowledge of Latin American history, I couldn’t fathom how he’d gain control of the military, as is traditionally done, to mobilize a coup. Nope. He knew there’d be too many levels to clear. So he used computer/digital technology.
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This is good advice.
I've found that I'm much happier if I treat social media like I treat caffeine -- and for the same reasons
1. None of either when I first wake up
2. Stop consuming both after about 2pm so I can calm my nervous system enough to get ready for bed
I've found that I'm much happier if I treat social media like I treat caffeine -- and for the same reasons
1. None of either when I first wake up
2. Stop consuming both after about 2pm so I can calm my nervous system enough to get ready for bed
I read a post elsewhere that advised, for the sake our our mental health, to treat current 24-hr news cycle like we did in the pre-social media—where we came home from work/school and only watched the news at 6 pm and 10 pm instead of scrolling all day. And I think I’m going to adopt that stance.
February 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is good advice.
I've found that I'm much happier if I treat social media like I treat caffeine -- and for the same reasons
1. None of either when I first wake up
2. Stop consuming both after about 2pm so I can calm my nervous system enough to get ready for bed
I've found that I'm much happier if I treat social media like I treat caffeine -- and for the same reasons
1. None of either when I first wake up
2. Stop consuming both after about 2pm so I can calm my nervous system enough to get ready for bed
I read a post elsewhere that advised, for the sake our our mental health, to treat current 24-hr news cycle like we did in the pre-social media—where we came home from work/school and only watched the news at 6 pm and 10 pm instead of scrolling all day. And I think I’m going to adopt that stance.
February 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I read a post elsewhere that advised, for the sake our our mental health, to treat current 24-hr news cycle like we did in the pre-social media—where we came home from work/school and only watched the news at 6 pm and 10 pm instead of scrolling all day. And I think I’m going to adopt that stance.
It feels strange to celebrate in these dark times. Yet ☝🏾Two days before its official pub date, my book has been #1 on Amazon’s new releases in Caribbean and Latin American literary criticism.🤭🫢 😮I know these rankings are arbitrary. Thanks to those who’ve preordered. So much went into writing this.
February 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It feels strange to celebrate in these dark times. Yet ☝🏾Two days before its official pub date, my book has been #1 on Amazon’s new releases in Caribbean and Latin American literary criticism.🤭🫢 😮I know these rankings are arbitrary. Thanks to those who’ve preordered. So much went into writing this.
This man’s term will not end in 2028. They are setting everything up to ensure that.
The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. — especially at the state level, where local election officials rely on CISA resources to securely run elections — at risk. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This man’s term will not end in 2028. They are setting everything up to ensure that.