Sheera Talpaz
@stalpaz.bsky.social
prof @ UNC-Chapel Hill // modern Hebrew and Arabic lit. Palestine/Israel. translation // mama to 👧🏻
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Sheera Talpaz
@stalpaz.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Palestine/Israel and the Dynamics of Suspicion - Post45
*Note: I conceived of this article and wrote much of it prior to October 7th, 2023. It’s reasonable to contend that cultural repression is not the most urgent matter in the face of genocide, yet if sc...
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Here's an article I wrote on Palestine and the dynamics of suspicion:
post45.org/2024/07/pale...
post45.org/2024/07/pale...
Before our descent into the state of nature, some of us really had to go to Whole Foods.
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Before our descent into the state of nature, some of us really had to go to Whole Foods.
My child, discussing her favorite foods: "Hot dogs aren't my favorite anymore, but I still eat them. Ham and Swiss croissants are my favorite favorite. I love them more than you, mama. Just a little bit."
August 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My child, discussing her favorite foods: "Hot dogs aren't my favorite anymore, but I still eat them. Ham and Swiss croissants are my favorite favorite. I love them more than you, mama. Just a little bit."
It's been like this for a couple years.
Something really sick is happening on Twitter and there’s no indication that the ownership or any of the elite or institutional users care
August 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's been like this for a couple years.
I deactivated twitter several days ago. I think a congratulations is in order. (I'll probably reactivate after it.)
August 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I deactivated twitter several days ago. I think a congratulations is in order. (I'll probably reactivate after it.)
London for the next 5-6 days then Oxford for a few. Holler if you're around!
June 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
London for the next 5-6 days then Oxford for a few. Holler if you're around!
This panel got accepted.
June 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This panel got accepted.
Melancholic midnight post!
May 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Melancholic midnight post!
Everything is terrible. Here's a recent abstract.
April 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Everything is terrible. Here's a recent abstract.
Reposted by Sheera Talpaz
The deadline to submit an abstract to the GSA emotion studies panels on emotions, politics,&power has been extended to March 14. I'm looking forward to the discussion on the ways emotions have been mobilized, redefined, & disciplined in German speaking Europe! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
CFP: GSA 2025: Emotion Studies Network: Emotions, Politics, and Power, Arlington (14.03.2025) | H-Net
Our sense of belonging, our communities, and our politics are deeply intertwined with emotional norms, values, and performances. Scholars of emotions have elaborated on this entanglement in a variety ...
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March 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The deadline to submit an abstract to the GSA emotion studies panels on emotions, politics,&power has been extended to March 14. I'm looking forward to the discussion on the ways emotions have been mobilized, redefined, & disciplined in German speaking Europe! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
"Mommy, is there no such thing as 'bad bye'?"
March 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"Mommy, is there no such thing as 'bad bye'?"
Oh yeah, this was in fact accepted
Looking forward to getting yelled at during the q&a
Looking forward to getting yelled at during the q&a
Odds that my paper will be accepted to a national conference with this title: "From 'Shooting and Crying' to 'Looting and Am-Yisrael-Chai-ing': Trauma, Shame, and Revenge in Hebrew Literature and Culture"?? 🫠
March 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Oh yeah, this was in fact accepted
Looking forward to getting yelled at during the q&a
Looking forward to getting yelled at during the q&a
March 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
At the airport with a bloody mary, revising poems from 15 years ago.
February 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
At the airport with a bloody mary, revising poems from 15 years ago.
The ADL: "Can't we all just get along [with Nazis]??"
January 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The ADL: "Can't we all just get along [with Nazis]??"
Reposted by Sheera Talpaz
If you’re using a family analogy for the nation, or your workplace, or anything really that’s not your fucking family, it doesn’t work. It’s not a family.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
January 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If you’re using a family analogy for the nation, or your workplace, or anything really that’s not your fucking family, it doesn’t work. It’s not a family.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
I've learned never to index a book myself!!
January 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I've learned never to index a book myself!!
All of the "natalist" preaching on twitter is so boringly regressive, reactionary, and heartless. It's not only that a woman's value is tied entirely to her fertility but also that she better not complain about the difficulties of child rearing 1/4
January 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
All of the "natalist" preaching on twitter is so boringly regressive, reactionary, and heartless. It's not only that a woman's value is tied entirely to her fertility but also that she better not complain about the difficulties of child rearing 1/4
Reading over proofs. I don't hate this paragraph! So that's somethingz
December 28, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Reading over proofs. I don't hate this paragraph! So that's somethingz
Reposted by Sheera Talpaz
Absolutely incredible sequence. Read through to the punchline.
December 27, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Absolutely incredible sequence. Read through to the punchline.
4 years ago in a faraway land (Oberlin, Ohio)
December 27, 2024 at 2:58 PM
4 years ago in a faraway land (Oberlin, Ohio)