Catherine
@caevans.bsky.social
Queer Print Histories & Activist Cultures • PhD Candidate in Literary & Cultural Studies @CarnegieMellon • (she/her) • views my own, duh 💅
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Again, it is worth keeping in mind when comparing the rate of discoveries that public funding for medicine and the sciences is orders of magnitude larger than for the humanities. We work slow in part because we work on a shoestring.
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Again, it is worth keeping in mind when comparing the rate of discoveries that public funding for medicine and the sciences is orders of magnitude larger than for the humanities. We work slow in part because we work on a shoestring.
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Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is also running a summer book drive to help support Bluestockings in keeping their doors open. 📚 Drop off or mail new or gently used social justice focused books! More details in the flyer.
July 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is also running a summer book drive to help support Bluestockings in keeping their doors open. 📚 Drop off or mail new or gently used social justice focused books! More details in the flyer.
1991. And, last but not least, students protest the Gulf War, taking to the streets around campus and Squirrel Hill alongside Pitt and Duquesne students.
In short, anyone who says protest at CMU has only looked one way or never happened at all, is a liar. 7/7
In short, anyone who says protest at CMU has only looked one way or never happened at all, is a liar. 7/7
July 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
1991. And, last but not least, students protest the Gulf War, taking to the streets around campus and Squirrel Hill alongside Pitt and Duquesne students.
In short, anyone who says protest at CMU has only looked one way or never happened at all, is a liar. 7/7
In short, anyone who says protest at CMU has only looked one way or never happened at all, is a liar. 7/7
1991. Students link hands protesting SEI and department of defense contracts anticipating arrests.
July 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
1991. Students link hands protesting SEI and department of defense contracts anticipating arrests.
1988. Students demand divestment from South Africa apartheid, covering Warner Hall in banners and leading “unapproved” protests across campus. 5/7
July 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
1988. Students demand divestment from South Africa apartheid, covering Warner Hall in banners and leading “unapproved” protests across campus. 5/7
1970. Strom Thurmond, notorious racist, was pelted with marshmallows during his visit. The student paper made this iconic series of images the cover of the newspaper mocking him. (Personal favorite) 4/7
July 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
1970. Strom Thurmond, notorious racist, was pelted with marshmallows during his visit. The student paper made this iconic series of images the cover of the newspaper mocking him. (Personal favorite) 4/7
1969. Black Construction Coalition protests shut down construction on campus over unfair union policy that kept Black workers from joining. The cover of the Tartan (student paper) read “And they said it couldn’t happen at tech,” referring to administration claiming protest couldn’t happen at CMU. 3
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
1969. Black Construction Coalition protests shut down construction on campus over unfair union policy that kept Black workers from joining. The cover of the Tartan (student paper) read “And they said it couldn’t happen at tech,” referring to administration claiming protest couldn’t happen at CMU. 3
1968. Students raid the ROTC office on campus in protest of the Vietnam war and recruitment on campus. 2/7
July 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
1968. Students raid the ROTC office on campus in protest of the Vietnam war and recruitment on campus. 2/7
Ft. My Mr. Roger’s in the background ✨ (congrats!)
May 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ft. My Mr. Roger’s in the background ✨ (congrats!)
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Not all activism is meant for public consumption. If you think all activism requires that everyone know what you're doing, are you doing work for others or for yourself?
April 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not all activism is meant for public consumption. If you think all activism requires that everyone know what you're doing, are you doing work for others or for yourself?