I somehow—foolishly, I admit—haven’t thought much about the importance of representation in my class on erōs in the Western philosophical tradition, but seeing their faces light up when I brought up Juan Gabriel reminded me of the magic of seeing someone like yourself at the head of the classroom.

We are excited to have this out! Please consider submitting and sharing the call! 💕

Such a great point. I’m in San Antonio TX & community members have made this directory of mutual aids & resources for the city & surrounding areas. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

There’s is also this one that was created for TX (just not sure how up to date it is) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

True Life: My Dog is a NIMBY

With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier

Realized as the words were coming out of my mouth, how Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream, which I’ve taught a few times before, conveys the ways in which domestic violence is sustained through fantasy, perverting the uses of narrative and thus of world building. This is what I love about teaching.

Thanks for sharing more names to this starter pack. There are now 123 or so scholars who work on Latina/o/x studies included in this list. Please share and also send also send more recommendations of folks to include! ¡Entre más mejor!

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The student newspaper at Ohio State (my alma mater and the paper were I began my career) confirms the men atop the student union in the viral photo were indeed ARMED SNIPERS from the State Highway Patrol, with loaded weapons trained on STUDENTS below.

statement by UT Austin faculty, announcing a strike tomorrow in protest of the police presence on campus

Still reeling from seeing Hania Rani live in LA this weekend: her music has helped me get through the pandemic and through so, so much writing.