Victoria Livingstone
@victoriajane.bsky.social
Writer | Mother | Immigrant | Managing Editor @mlnjournal.bsky.social | PhD Hispanic Lit | Fulbright (Brazil) | Bylines WaPo, Time, Guernica, etc. (she/her)
Book forthcoming w Bloomsbury Academic
Human Generated: https://victorialivingstone.substack.com/
Book forthcoming w Bloomsbury Academic
Human Generated: https://victorialivingstone.substack.com/
Pinned
I'm thrilled that my weird essay on babble, the avant-garde, and the confining language of capitalism found a home in Guernica: www.guernicamag.com/aquaduhka/
yup--- also my experience as an editor except I sometimes go through a dozen names.
that list of four potential peer reviewers you gave your acquisitions editor? one of them is retired, another is chairing their department and simply can't, the third is on leave and has an autoreply up for months, and the fourth replied within 20 seconds to say "no."
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
yup--- also my experience as an editor except I sometimes go through a dozen names.
New issue!
Reflections on a quarter century of writing in French. Check out this beautiful special issue edited by Derek Schilling. It's open access! @hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
New issue!
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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I keep coming back to this
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I keep coming back to this
Great idea from @ketanjoshi.co add this to pitch emails.
I have a Substack called "Human Generated" and I have written
for Time and UNESCO Ideas Lab about AI (and why I do not use it) so hopefully it's already clear, but still-- I'm going to consider adding a statement like the one below.
I have a Substack called "Human Generated" and I have written
for Time and UNESCO Ideas Lab about AI (and why I do not use it) so hopefully it's already clear, but still-- I'm going to consider adding a statement like the one below.
This is the generative AI non-use policy on my website: I am strongly considering actively including this prominently in any cold pitch email I send
If any media outlets sees this as a turn off, GOOD: I don't want to work for outlets that are neutral or open to fabrication and lies
ketanjoshi.co
If any media outlets sees this as a turn off, GOOD: I don't want to work for outlets that are neutral or open to fabrication and lies
ketanjoshi.co
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Great idea from @ketanjoshi.co add this to pitch emails.
I have a Substack called "Human Generated" and I have written
for Time and UNESCO Ideas Lab about AI (and why I do not use it) so hopefully it's already clear, but still-- I'm going to consider adding a statement like the one below.
I have a Substack called "Human Generated" and I have written
for Time and UNESCO Ideas Lab about AI (and why I do not use it) so hopefully it's already clear, but still-- I'm going to consider adding a statement like the one below.
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
I'm so excited to share this call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue published by @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please share!
You can email MLNJournal@jh.edu with any questions.
Please share!
You can email MLNJournal@jh.edu with any questions.
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I'm so excited to share this call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue published by @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please share!
You can email MLNJournal@jh.edu with any questions.
Please share!
You can email MLNJournal@jh.edu with any questions.
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They're destroying American higher ed and CELEBRATING IT.
It's obscene.
It's obscene.
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
They're destroying American higher ed and CELEBRATING IT.
It's obscene.
It's obscene.
Read the whole thread:
The bigger change is presentation, historically, these emails were visually chaotic: sudden colour changes, ALL CAPS, screenshots pasted at random. Classic signs of disordered thinking. Now they’re neat, structured, and grammatically consistent. The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has.
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Read the whole thread:
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Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
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Is Larry Summers Ruining the Workplace? Yes
- By Elizabeth Warren
- By Elizabeth Warren
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Is Larry Summers Ruining the Workplace? Yes
- By Elizabeth Warren
- By Elizabeth Warren
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Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
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Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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For the haters who say Big Fiction over-relies on allegory, my most explicit, spirited defense of allegorical interpretation. "Sociology and Allegory," published as part of a series on the sociology of literature in IASL. Lemme know if you want a PDF
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Sociology and Allegory
The question of the relationship between internal and external analysis of literature remains open across disciplinary inquiries. Although Pierre Bourdieu claims to offer a definitive answer to the qu...
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For the haters who say Big Fiction over-relies on allegory, my most explicit, spirited defense of allegorical interpretation. "Sociology and Allegory," published as part of a series on the sociology of literature in IASL. Lemme know if you want a PDF
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
LLMs Wish Me a Happy Birthday (rather, they don't). A short reflection on AI and social gestures
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
LLMs Wish Me a Happy Birthday
Rather, they don't. And that's the point.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
LLMs Wish Me a Happy Birthday (rather, they don't). A short reflection on AI and social gestures
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
So even in my NJ town (which has been Republican controlled) it's looking like a Democratic sweep (they won city council seats, beating incumbents).
And Sherrill absolutely destroyed her pro-Trump opponent.
Good news from my town, my county and the state.
And Sherrill absolutely destroyed her pro-Trump opponent.
Good news from my town, my county and the state.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So even in my NJ town (which has been Republican controlled) it's looking like a Democratic sweep (they won city council seats, beating incumbents).
And Sherrill absolutely destroyed her pro-Trump opponent.
Good news from my town, my county and the state.
And Sherrill absolutely destroyed her pro-Trump opponent.
Good news from my town, my county and the state.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
well put
What a fucking relief.
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
well put
Sherrill wins in my home state. It's not close. So far, she's wiping the floor with her opponent, a pro-Trump Republican
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sherrill wins in my home state. It's not close. So far, she's wiping the floor with her opponent, a pro-Trump Republican
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Breaking: Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia Governor race, flipping the seat from red to blue.
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Breaking: Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia Governor race, flipping the seat from red to blue.
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
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Decision Desk HQ has called the Virginia governors race for Spanberger. The millions of dollars in anti trans ads fell completely flat there.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Decision Desk HQ has called the Virginia governors race for Spanberger. The millions of dollars in anti trans ads fell completely flat there.