Sarah Chinn
@sarahchinn.bsky.social
Teaches 19th century US lit at Hunter College, CUNY. Lives in Brooklyn, with all the contradictions that implies.
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Sarah Chinn
@sarahchinn.bsky.social
· Dec 27
If you're going to be in New Orleans for MLA this January, come to a new book party for Adam McKible, Ben Bascom, John Ernest, Kristin Moriah, and me on January 9 at 6:30pm at Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak Street!
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Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
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I'm Thomas Chatterton Williams, and as the reality of our entire political and cultural elite's deep enmeshment with pedophilia and sex trafficking goes from obvious to undeniable, I will be writing about how it's bad to have principles.
I love writing one single article over and over again every month
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm Thomas Chatterton Williams, and as the reality of our entire political and cultural elite's deep enmeshment with pedophilia and sex trafficking goes from obvious to undeniable, I will be writing about how it's bad to have principles.
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I know it's a small part of a much larger story, but can we talk about how godawful hideous that ballroom is going to be?
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I know it's a small part of a much larger story, but can we talk about how godawful hideous that ballroom is going to be?
"I never thought they'd eat *my* face...."
Paging fellow Dartmouth alum Harmeet Dhillon, are you paying attention?
To AAPIs who think they can ride the racist MAGA wave and not drown in the undertow, a cautionary tale from a very weak mind.
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"I never thought they'd eat *my* face...."
And this is why we can't have nice things: all the billionaires who have monopolized pretty much everything (I'm typing on an Apple computer, our university has moved us all over to Microsoft 365, our student tracking software uses AWS servers etc etc) are bankrolling these delusions of grandeur.
This is more than just a list of those paying tribute.
It is a list of the people and corporations who paid for the demolition of the historic East Wing of the White House.
They’d love to disclaim that, but Everything Trump Touches Dies™️, and they knew that going in. Everyone does. #ETTD
It is a list of the people and corporations who paid for the demolition of the historic East Wing of the White House.
They’d love to disclaim that, but Everything Trump Touches Dies™️, and they knew that going in. Everyone does. #ETTD
All The Donors Financing Trump’s Ballroom As He Demolishes The White House
Trump may have destroyed American history by razing the East Wing, but at least these corporations and rich people get to buy access to the president.
www.huffpost.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
And this is why we can't have nice things: all the billionaires who have monopolized pretty much everything (I'm typing on an Apple computer, our university has moved us all over to Microsoft 365, our student tracking software uses AWS servers etc etc) are bankrolling these delusions of grandeur.
What the actual fuck? A 70s style Black pimp? Injection sites for CRACK???? It's hard to tell that this is an actual ad rather than a parody of a Cuomo spot. Who on earth would be convinced by this? And is the Mamdani figure at the end AI? Isn't that, um, illegal?
This is vile
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What the actual fuck? A 70s style Black pimp? Injection sites for CRACK???? It's hard to tell that this is an actual ad rather than a parody of a Cuomo spot. Who on earth would be convinced by this? And is the Mamdani figure at the end AI? Isn't that, um, illegal?
Just saw this. WTAF? Are they just plucking people off the street?
This is so awful. Never forget that the first law in the United States written explicitly to deny people was targeted at Chinese immigrants and impacted people in this neighborhood.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
More federal agents on Canal, counter protesters gather shouting the agents.
October 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just saw this. WTAF? Are they just plucking people off the street?
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
What what what? Plus, is he so stupid that he doesn't realize that he should probably take that down if he's in a zoom meeting, or at least blur his background?
Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.
According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.
According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What what what? Plus, is he so stupid that he doesn't realize that he should probably take that down if he's in a zoom meeting, or at least blur his background?
Well, this isn't great.
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Well, this isn't great.
This gives me an inordinate amount of joy.
October 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This gives me an inordinate amount of joy.
Don't have time to read this right now. I'm saving for an evening very soon when the authoritarian shit being thrown at us gets a bit too difficult to bear.
storage.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Don't have time to read this right now. I'm saving for an evening very soon when the authoritarian shit being thrown at us gets a bit too difficult to bear.
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BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
www.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
In most states (8 out of 11) in which abortion rights have been on the ballot , the majority has voted for it. A ballot measure failed in Florida only because the prerequisite was 60% yes votes and it got 57%. And most of these states were "red": NE, FL, KA, AZ, MS etc. This IS a big tent issue.
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social is very right that Ezra Klein is very wrong, both morally and strategically, with this argument that throwing half the population under the bus (the half that already leans more Democratic).
Ezra Klein is Wrong About Abortion
Abortion *is* a big tent issue
jessica.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In most states (8 out of 11) in which abortion rights have been on the ballot , the majority has voted for it. A ballot measure failed in Florida only because the prerequisite was 60% yes votes and it got 57%. And most of these states were "red": NE, FL, KA, AZ, MS etc. This IS a big tent issue.
We have fallen into a river of shit, and this is the dead badger that just got snagged on the branch we’re holding onto to keep our heads above water.
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We have fallen into a river of shit, and this is the dead badger that just got snagged on the branch we’re holding onto to keep our heads above water.
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OMG, this afternoon's ANTIFA Board of Directors meeting went on and on. I thought Jesus would *never* stop talking!
September 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
OMG, this afternoon's ANTIFA Board of Directors meeting went on and on. I thought Jesus would *never* stop talking!
So, this is T's take on why childhood vaccines are a bad idea: “It’s too much liquid, too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number.” TOO. MUCH. LIQUID. This is clearly someone who never took any of his children to the pediatrician.
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So, this is T's take on why childhood vaccines are a bad idea: “It’s too much liquid, too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number.” TOO. MUCH. LIQUID. This is clearly someone who never took any of his children to the pediatrician.
I suppose it's better late than never with the NYT, but at least they're starting to call the thing by its name.
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I suppose it's better late than never with the NYT, but at least they're starting to call the thing by its name.
@thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social The problem with debates over immigration is that 2 very different issues are conflated: civil deportation and criminal arrest, charge, trial, and/or conviction. The work of the NY police, courts etc isn't and shouldn't be the same as that of ICE.
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social The problem with debates over immigration is that 2 very different issues are conflated: civil deportation and criminal arrest, charge, trial, and/or conviction. The work of the NY police, courts etc isn't and shouldn't be the same as that of ICE.
Shit is getting real.
September 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Shit is getting real.
Ok folks, we are now officially through the looking glass.
Opinion | Barnard President: Charlie Kirk Challenged College Students. We Need More Like Him.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Ok folks, we are now officially through the looking glass.
Yes -- faculty are fighting back at their colleges and universities, locally, regionally, and nationally. We have realized that only we can protect us and we're using every strategy we can.
The headline of this article is becoming a theme of the higher ed movement and the anti-authoritarian movement in general: rank-and-file folks are forging ahead of our nominal "leaders."
September 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yes -- faculty are fighting back at their colleges and universities, locally, regionally, and nationally. We have realized that only we can protect us and we're using every strategy we can.
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