RJ Boutelle
@rjboutelle.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English at University of Cincinnati. Author of The Race for America: Black Internationalism in the Age of Manifest Destiny (UNC Press 2023). Stray Cat Whisperer. Slap Bet Commissioner.
Getting my oil changed this morning and 7am is way too early for a “Leprechaun” marathon on SciFi in the waiting area
March 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Getting my oil changed this morning and 7am is way too early for a “Leprechaun” marathon on SciFi in the waiting area
Alright going to start trying to use this app in earnest because I’m starting to think that all this screaming into the void isn’t working.
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Alright going to start trying to use this app in earnest because I’m starting to think that all this screaming into the void isn’t working.
Job opening in a wonderful department! Happy to answer any questions folks might have!
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/31113
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/31113
Assistant Professor of African, African American and African Diasporic Literature
The English Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in African, African American, and African Diasporic litera...
spartantalent.uncg.edu
January 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Job opening in a wonderful department! Happy to answer any questions folks might have!
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/31113
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/31113
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Buy my book and lots of others from Penn today for 50% off! www.pennpress.org/978151282647...
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Buy my book and lots of others from Penn today for 50% off! www.pennpress.org/978151282647...
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons –
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes –
Winter Afternoons –
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes –
November 15, 2024 at 12:01 AM
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons –
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes –
Winter Afternoons –
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes –
It’s great 👇👇👇
Hi, everybody. I write and teach about US literature, music, sound, feminism and cultural history. I recently wrote a book on political disappointment that you might be interested in right now. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
November 14, 2024 at 11:56 PM
It’s great 👇👇👇
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Pete Hegseth 🤝 Lady Macbeth
have some bad ideas for the
soldiers
weird handwashing thing
have some bad ideas for the
soldiers
weird handwashing thing
November 13, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Pete Hegseth 🤝 Lady Macbeth
have some bad ideas for the
soldiers
weird handwashing thing
have some bad ideas for the
soldiers
weird handwashing thing
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looks like the cable news anchors are finally asking minor questions like “what does a mass deportation actually look like” and “are you going to deport citizen children?”
November 10, 2024 at 9:52 PM
looks like the cable news anchors are finally asking minor questions like “what does a mass deportation actually look like” and “are you going to deport citizen children?”
Something small to brighten the darkness: Boo, the feral cat I care for, let me scruff her and put her in my lap today. Big progress.
November 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Something small to brighten the darkness: Boo, the feral cat I care for, let me scruff her and put her in my lap today. Big progress.
My university sent me this certificate congratulating me on my promotion to “tenured full professor” (I was promoted to associate with tenure), so I can just submit this as my next promotion dossier, right?
November 10, 2024 at 1:48 PM
My university sent me this certificate congratulating me on my promotion to “tenured full professor” (I was promoted to associate with tenure), so I can just submit this as my next promotion dossier, right?
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Good morning. I recently created a starter pack called Mutual Aid for the Rebellion, which includes folks in immigration law, cultural historians, abortion access, and much more. It’s below, but following in a thread of other starter packs in kind—wave to be added to mine:
go.bsky.app/QRfTWhT
go.bsky.app/QRfTWhT
November 9, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Good morning. I recently created a starter pack called Mutual Aid for the Rebellion, which includes folks in immigration law, cultural historians, abortion access, and much more. It’s below, but following in a thread of other starter packs in kind—wave to be added to mine:
go.bsky.app/QRfTWhT
go.bsky.app/QRfTWhT
One of my graduate students, Christian McCord, wrote this terrific piece on community organizing in Cincinnati’s West End based on his original research in my Black Archives grad course!
www.aaihs.org/organizing-i...
www.aaihs.org/organizing-i...
Organizing in the Housing Projects of Cincinnati's West End
In 1948, the Cincinnati City Planning Commission published its “Metropolitan Master Plan.” It was an ambitious outline of the city’s future, promising “more health centers, more branch libraries, more...
www.aaihs.org
November 4, 2024 at 4:17 PM
One of my graduate students, Christian McCord, wrote this terrific piece on community organizing in Cincinnati’s West End based on his original research in my Black Archives grad course!
www.aaihs.org/organizing-i...
www.aaihs.org/organizing-i...
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The Angelina Grimké diaries (from the Weld-Grimké Family Papers) are now online with full transcriptions and annotations by Anna Speicher. 🗃️ quod.lib.umich.edu/w/weldgrimke...
Index
| Weld-Grimké Family Papers, 1740-1930 | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections
quod.lib.umich.edu
November 1, 2024 at 7:49 PM
The Angelina Grimké diaries (from the Weld-Grimké Family Papers) are now online with full transcriptions and annotations by Anna Speicher. 🗃️ quod.lib.umich.edu/w/weldgrimke...
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In G19 Collective's most recent forum, Dr. @rjboutelle.bsky.social speaks about his first book, The Race for America: Black Internationalism in the Age of Manifest Destiny. Read the conversation here:
sites.google.com/view/g19coll...
sites.google.com/view/g19coll...
The G19 Collective - on The Race for America
on The Race for America
sites.google.com
July 8, 2024 at 7:14 PM
In G19 Collective's most recent forum, Dr. @rjboutelle.bsky.social speaks about his first book, The Race for America: Black Internationalism in the Age of Manifest Destiny. Read the conversation here:
sites.google.com/view/g19coll...
sites.google.com/view/g19coll...
Teaching Moby-Dick at the beginning of the spring semester is dangerous because sometimes the early chapters line up with a snow day and then you have to make clam chowder
January 20, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Teaching Moby-Dick at the beginning of the spring semester is dangerous because sometimes the early chapters line up with a snow day and then you have to make clam chowder
Happy cats-on-heating-vents season to all who celebrate!
January 18, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Happy cats-on-heating-vents season to all who celebrate!
heated blanket is a big hit as we bunker down for the polar vortex
January 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
heated blanket is a big hit as we bunker down for the polar vortex
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The Ohio woman who was facing criminal charges after miscarrying in her bathroom will not be charged, a grand jury decided
Ohio Woman Who Miscarried On Home Toilet Is Not Criminally Liable, Grand Jury Says
The case sparked national attention for its implications for pregnant women as states across the country hash out new laws governing reproductive health care access.
www.huffpost.com
January 11, 2024 at 7:18 PM
The Ohio woman who was facing criminal charges after miscarrying in her bathroom will not be charged, a grand jury decided
Teaching the capstone on Moby-Dick this semester and TIL that we need to go on a field trip across the river…
www.citybeat.com/arts/norther...
www.citybeat.com/arts/norther...
Northern Kentucky University Reels in Special "Moby Dick" Art Collection
NKU says it likely has the largest collection of art depicting the literary classic at any college or university.
www.citybeat.com
January 11, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Teaching the capstone on Moby-Dick this semester and TIL that we need to go on a field trip across the river…
www.citybeat.com/arts/norther...
www.citybeat.com/arts/norther...