Susanne Althoff
@susannealthoff.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Publishing @ Emerson College, Boston. Author of Launching While Female (about entrepreneurship's gender gap). Former EIC of The Boston Globe Magazine. she/her.
Publishing | innovation | higher ed | livable cities | feminism
Publishing | innovation | higher ed | livable cities | feminism
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This is fantastic!
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is fantastic!
I created a spreadsheet to track the endorsements for the large field of Somerville Councilor at Large candidates (12!). I'll update this as new endorsements come in, and if I've missed any, please let me know docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #SomervilleMA #MApoli
Endorsements for Somerville Councilor at Large Candidates_Fall 2025 Election
docs.google.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I created a spreadsheet to track the endorsements for the large field of Somerville Councilor at Large candidates (12!). I'll update this as new endorsements come in, and if I've missed any, please let me know docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #SomervilleMA #MApoli
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on this day in 1892: white Memphians destroyed the printing press and offices of the newspaper owned and operated by Ida B. Wells, a threat meant to stop her from reporting on lynching. They failed.
“Truth is mighty and will prevail”– Ida B. Wells | Timeless
Ida B. Wells, one of the most influential investigative journalists in American history, is remembered in this post as a fearless truth-teller.
blogs.loc.gov
May 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
on this day in 1892: white Memphians destroyed the printing press and offices of the newspaper owned and operated by Ida B. Wells, a threat meant to stop her from reporting on lynching. They failed.
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This is excellent. Getting around Boston with a stroller was tough - and, if needed, a stroller can be folded up and carried! For people with other mobility aids or disabilities, it would be even more difficult. This is a lovely use of the Mayor's platform.
#CommuteWithMe, Pari, and Tina to MassArt 💜💜
May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is excellent. Getting around Boston with a stroller was tough - and, if needed, a stroller can be folded up and carried! For people with other mobility aids or disabilities, it would be even more difficult. This is a lovely use of the Mayor's platform.
Actor Jennifer Coolidge (Emerson College class of 1985, Norwell Mass native) returned to give the class of 2025 commencement address, telling students to ignore their critics and embrace unrealistic dreams. She also gave special thanks to her gay fans!
May 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Actor Jennifer Coolidge (Emerson College class of 1985, Norwell Mass native) returned to give the class of 2025 commencement address, telling students to ignore their critics and embrace unrealistic dreams. She also gave special thanks to her gay fans!
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USDOT is proposing to prioritize areas with high marriage & birth rates for funding.
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this approach would produce a massive redistribution of transportation funding to rich, car-dependent, high white population areas.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this approach would produce a massive redistribution of transportation funding to rich, car-dependent, high white population areas.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...
February 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
USDOT is proposing to prioritize areas with high marriage & birth rates for funding.
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this approach would produce a massive redistribution of transportation funding to rich, car-dependent, high white population areas.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this approach would produce a massive redistribution of transportation funding to rich, car-dependent, high white population areas.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...
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Thank you to @everylibrary.bsky.social for creating a legislation tracker for the 26 book banning bills already up for 2025.
Check this list to see if your state is on it, and if it is then use the @5calls.org app to call your state reps to yell about it.
www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...
Check this list to see if your state is on it, and if it is then use the @5calls.org app to call your state reps to yell about it.
www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...
Legislation of Concern in 2025
www.everylibrary.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thank you to @everylibrary.bsky.social for creating a legislation tracker for the 26 book banning bills already up for 2025.
Check this list to see if your state is on it, and if it is then use the @5calls.org app to call your state reps to yell about it.
www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...
Check this list to see if your state is on it, and if it is then use the @5calls.org app to call your state reps to yell about it.
www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...
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Very interesting post on the (ignored) importance of masculinity and male flight in the discussion about college enrollment. Highly recommended reading. 👇
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Very interesting post on the (ignored) importance of masculinity and male flight in the discussion about college enrollment. Highly recommended reading. 👇
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An interesting read, particularly in how it relates to #kidlit.
If white men (and the boys who grow up to become them) are largely considered the "problem"--as they seem to be in many circles--the solution isn't to ignore them or wave them off, saying they can just read books by and for women. 1/
If white men (and the boys who grow up to become them) are largely considered the "problem"--as they seem to be in many circles--the solution isn't to ignore them or wave them off, saying they can just read books by and for women. 1/
Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone
What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:27 PM
An interesting read, particularly in how it relates to #kidlit.
If white men (and the boys who grow up to become them) are largely considered the "problem"--as they seem to be in many circles--the solution isn't to ignore them or wave them off, saying they can just read books by and for women. 1/
If white men (and the boys who grow up to become them) are largely considered the "problem"--as they seem to be in many circles--the solution isn't to ignore them or wave them off, saying they can just read books by and for women. 1/
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This list of 96 programs dropped by the University of North Texas because of the anti-DEI SB 17 is infuriating: Program for Counseling Diverse Students, Membership in Women in Business Education, Participation in Black Doctoral Network, Fem Flicks, Queer/Trans Disability Event, HIV & STI Testing...
December 5, 2024 at 5:32 AM
This list of 96 programs dropped by the University of North Texas because of the anti-DEI SB 17 is infuriating: Program for Counseling Diverse Students, Membership in Women in Business Education, Participation in Black Doctoral Network, Fem Flicks, Queer/Trans Disability Event, HIV & STI Testing...
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very good thread
Took me a bit but I've found the framing to put into words a way to express to the people fretting about the death of the UHC CEO why we just aren't heeding their admonishment:
The social contract stipulates that all life is sacred, and Brian Thompson violated it.
But it's more than that.
The social contract stipulates that all life is sacred, and Brian Thompson violated it.
But it's more than that.
December 5, 2024 at 1:39 PM
very good thread
This list of 96 programs dropped by the University of North Texas because of the anti-DEI SB 17 is infuriating: Program for Counseling Diverse Students, Membership in Women in Business Education, Participation in Black Doctoral Network, Fem Flicks, Queer/Trans Disability Event, HIV & STI Testing...
December 5, 2024 at 5:32 AM
This list of 96 programs dropped by the University of North Texas because of the anti-DEI SB 17 is infuriating: Program for Counseling Diverse Students, Membership in Women in Business Education, Participation in Black Doctoral Network, Fem Flicks, Queer/Trans Disability Event, HIV & STI Testing...
🚨Job alert! Emerson College in Boston is hiring an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares. You'll also become a faculty member in the Dept of Writing, Literature & Publishing, teaching 1 course/year.
#AcademicSky 💙📚 #BookIndustryNews
emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...
#AcademicSky 💙📚 #BookIndustryNews
emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...
Editor-in-Chief of Ploughshares | Open-Rank Faculty Position in Writing, Literature and Publishing
Join our community and experience Emerson College! The Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing invites applications for an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares / open-rank (t...
emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
🚨Job alert! Emerson College in Boston is hiring an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares. You'll also become a faculty member in the Dept of Writing, Literature & Publishing, teaching 1 course/year.
#AcademicSky 💙📚 #BookIndustryNews
emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...
#AcademicSky 💙📚 #BookIndustryNews
emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...
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Lorena shared this pic from where she was harvesting apples in WA State. Filling these 900 lb bins full of fresh apples is hard work and she only earns $32/bin. She wishes farm workers had better labor protections as there is a lot of discrimination and intimidation. #WeFeedYou
November 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Lorena shared this pic from where she was harvesting apples in WA State. Filling these 900 lb bins full of fresh apples is hard work and she only earns $32/bin. She wishes farm workers had better labor protections as there is a lot of discrimination and intimidation. #WeFeedYou
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November 25, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Big congrats to my Emerson College colleague and poetry professor Porsha Olayiwola, whose bookstore Just Book-ish opened this weekend in Boston (Fields Corner). On hand were @reppressley.bsky.social & @wutrain.bsky.social Shop local, folks! #booksky #amreading
Fantastic opening event for Just Book-ish today in #Dorchester w/ @reppressley.bsky.social + @wutrain.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Big congrats to my Emerson College colleague and poetry professor Porsha Olayiwola, whose bookstore Just Book-ish opened this weekend in Boston (Fields Corner). On hand were @reppressley.bsky.social & @wutrain.bsky.social Shop local, folks! #booksky #amreading
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
🚨Job alert! Emerson College in Boston is hiring an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares. You'll also become a faculty member in the Department of Writing, Literature & Publishing, teaching 1 course/year. #AcademicSky #BookSky #amwriting emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...
Editor-in-Chief of Ploughshares | Open-Rank Faculty Position in Writing, Literature and Publishing
Join our community and experience Emerson College! The Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing invites applications for an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares / open-rank (t...
emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM
🚨Job alert! Emerson College in Boston is hiring an Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal Ploughshares. You'll also become a faculty member in the Department of Writing, Literature & Publishing, teaching 1 course/year. #AcademicSky #BookSky #amwriting emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerso...
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I'm so fascinated by this study. It almost seems to suggest that a big part of the reason men harass women online is to perform for their peers.
Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content.
But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.
sites.google.com/view/maritaf...
But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.
sites.google.com/view/maritaf...
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I'm so fascinated by this study. It almost seems to suggest that a big part of the reason men harass women online is to perform for their peers.
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Until circa 1980, elite colleges were actually getting more economically diverse. Kids from poor families were getting in at increasing rates, and the advantages of wealth were shrinking.
Then it all went into reverse.
Then it all went into reverse.
November 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Until circa 1980, elite colleges were actually getting more economically diverse. Kids from poor families were getting in at increasing rates, and the advantages of wealth were shrinking.
Then it all went into reverse.
Then it all went into reverse.
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Tomorrow! @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social, one of the smartest legal writers working, talks us through the courts and what we’re up against. Join us! 3 PM Eastern/Noon Pacific on Zoom. gender.stanford.edu/events/femin...
November 18, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Tomorrow! @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social, one of the smartest legal writers working, talks us through the courts and what we’re up against. Join us! 3 PM Eastern/Noon Pacific on Zoom. gender.stanford.edu/events/femin...