Abby Leigh
@abby-leigh.bsky.social
Reader, Teacher, Writer | PhD in English | SATX 🌵
Whew, spicy hot take from the MFA Haters Club
"...the MFA becomes an industrial focus-group craft-party networking-club, expanding entirely to pocket more grant money for the schools and make the appropriate social connections for mediocre writers..."
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"...the MFA becomes an industrial focus-group craft-party networking-club, expanding entirely to pocket more grant money for the schools and make the appropriate social connections for mediocre writers..."
discordiareview.substack.com/p/bulldoze-t...
Bulldoze the MFA programs before they demolish literature
A screed against the outdated cultural logic of the MFA program, 20th century minimalism, and "show don't tell"
discordiareview.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Whew, spicy hot take from the MFA Haters Club
"...the MFA becomes an industrial focus-group craft-party networking-club, expanding entirely to pocket more grant money for the schools and make the appropriate social connections for mediocre writers..."
discordiareview.substack.com/p/bulldoze-t...
"...the MFA becomes an industrial focus-group craft-party networking-club, expanding entirely to pocket more grant money for the schools and make the appropriate social connections for mediocre writers..."
discordiareview.substack.com/p/bulldoze-t...
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
Started this over the weekend. The prose has a YA vibe -- nothing wrong with that; just not my thing -- but the premise is fascinating & brutal, so I'm sticking with it. It's like Battle Royale (the Japanese action movie) meets Battle Royal (the first chapter of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man). 💙📚
February 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Started this over the weekend. The prose has a YA vibe -- nothing wrong with that; just not my thing -- but the premise is fascinating & brutal, so I'm sticking with it. It's like Battle Royale (the Japanese action movie) meets Battle Royal (the first chapter of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man). 💙📚
This seems obvious, and the most frustrating thing is that we need Judith Butler to spell it out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This seems obvious, and the most frustrating thing is that we need Judith Butler to spell it out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
Happy Year of the Ssssnake! (Courtesy of the best character in Fruits Basket 🐍)
January 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy Year of the Ssssnake! (Courtesy of the best character in Fruits Basket 🐍)
Sharing so I will remember to read this book series 💙📚
www.npr.org/2009/05/18/1...
www.npr.org/2009/05/18/1...
A Brother Recalls Life In the Shadow Of Autism
Growing up with a severely autistic brother, journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld experienced firsthand the strain that the condition can bring to a family. In his memoir Boy Alone, Greenfeld describes the ...
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January 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sharing so I will remember to read this book series 💙📚
www.npr.org/2009/05/18/1...
www.npr.org/2009/05/18/1...
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Could understanding other cultures’ concepts of joy and well-being help us reshape our own?
The Glossary of Happiness
Could understanding other cultures’ concepts of joy and well-being help us reshape our own?
www.newyorker.com
December 25, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Could understanding other cultures’ concepts of joy and well-being help us reshape our own?
"Several screenwriters who’ve worked for the streamer told me a common note from company executives is 'have this character announce what they’re doing so that viewers who have this program on in the background can follow along.'”
Yikes 😬
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Yikes 😬
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
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December 27, 2024 at 7:55 PM
"Several screenwriters who’ve worked for the streamer told me a common note from company executives is 'have this character announce what they’re doing so that viewers who have this program on in the background can follow along.'”
Yikes 😬
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Yikes 😬
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
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Ten films that bend, stretch and play with time, from Citizen Kane to Memento
Ten films that bend, stretch and play with time, from Citizen Kane to Memento
These films are perfect for those long holiday hours when time seems to stretch and warp.
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December 24, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Ten films that bend, stretch and play with time, from Citizen Kane to Memento
My favorite nonfiction of the year 💙📚
December 21, 2024 at 12:56 PM
My favorite nonfiction of the year 💙📚
My dissertation was successfully published on ProQuest! WHOO HOO! 🥂✨
If you have an Academia.edu account, you can also take a gander at it there!
www.academia.edu/126405092/Th...
If you have an Academia.edu account, you can also take a gander at it there!
www.academia.edu/126405092/Th...
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be: Time, Power, and Revolution in Contemporary American Speculative Fiction
Mangel, Abby L. The Future is Not What It Used to Be: Time, Power, and Revolution in Contemporary American Speculative Fiction, The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States -- Texas, 2024. Pr...
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December 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
My dissertation was successfully published on ProQuest! WHOO HOO! 🥂✨
If you have an Academia.edu account, you can also take a gander at it there!
www.academia.edu/126405092/Th...
If you have an Academia.edu account, you can also take a gander at it there!
www.academia.edu/126405092/Th...
Reading is a service to humanity! 💙📚
"...it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritized. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish."
"...it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritized. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish."
Two regions in the left hemisphere of the brain, which are crucial for language, are different in people who are good at reading and are likely to be shaped by the habit.
Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently
Two regions in the left hemisphere of the brain, which are crucial for language, are different in people who are good at reading and are likely to be shaped by the habit.
www.wired.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Reading is a service to humanity! 💙📚
"...it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritized. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish."
"...it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritized. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish."
Y'all, I am in LOVE with this grammar guide (the 1993 revised edition). I would highly, highly recommend it to any spookie-ookie writers who are looking to refine their craft. 📚💙
December 17, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Y'all, I am in LOVE with this grammar guide (the 1993 revised edition). I would highly, highly recommend it to any spookie-ookie writers who are looking to refine their craft. 📚💙
“Court a quiet sadness. Drop those Es and Bs a half-tone. Make me sick with your love. Make full use of your polished operations and techniques. As long as we get there without becoming serious. It doesn’t matter if it’s not how we really feel. Our real feelings are exhausting...” —Izumi Suzuki
December 11, 2024 at 5:31 PM
“Court a quiet sadness. Drop those Es and Bs a half-tone. Make me sick with your love. Make full use of your polished operations and techniques. As long as we get there without becoming serious. It doesn’t matter if it’s not how we really feel. Our real feelings are exhausting...” —Izumi Suzuki
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Is the misinformation crisis fact or fiction?
This week's episode of "Entanglements" features two opposing experts who discuss whether the misinformation crisis is a real threat or just overblown.
Listen here:
This week's episode of "Entanglements" features two opposing experts who discuss whether the misinformation crisis is a real threat or just overblown.
Listen here:
Podcast: Is the Misinformation Crisis Overblown?
This week on Entanglements, our hosts talk to a social psychologist and a cognitive scientist about false information.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Is the misinformation crisis fact or fiction?
This week's episode of "Entanglements" features two opposing experts who discuss whether the misinformation crisis is a real threat or just overblown.
Listen here:
This week's episode of "Entanglements" features two opposing experts who discuss whether the misinformation crisis is a real threat or just overblown.
Listen here: