Christine Harold
@christinescreen.bsky.social
UW Communication professor | Scholar of rhetoric, the politics of aesthetics, and consumerism | Author of OURSPACE and THINGS WORTH KEEPING | Mother of Dragons | Seattle | https://christineharold.com | Opinions, good and bad, my own.
October 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Clip from “Chromophobia,” by Raul Servais (1966). On reclaiming creativity and hope from those who aim to drain it from you.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Clip from “Chromophobia,” by Raul Servais (1966). On reclaiming creativity and hope from those who aim to drain it from you.
Via @an.i.mat.tion (IG)
Via @an.i.mat.tion (IG)
War(s) on terror
by @raphaelerba.bsky.social
by @raphaelerba.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
War(s) on terror
by @raphaelerba.bsky.social
by @raphaelerba.bsky.social
Although fair use exceptions to copyright include satire, Conan O’Brien was denied fair use of both the melody and lyrics to the Sound of Music when his new travel show went to Salzburg.
His response:
His response:
May 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Although fair use exceptions to copyright include satire, Conan O’Brien was denied fair use of both the melody and lyrics to the Sound of Music when his new travel show went to Salzburg.
His response:
His response:
On the “tragedy of the commons” as an alibi for the privatization of our common wealth.
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May 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
On the “tragedy of the commons” as an alibi for the privatization of our common wealth.
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🙏🏼 @theforestjar.bsky.social
“Happiness” (2017) by Steve Cutts.
May 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Happiness” (2017) by Steve Cutts.
I taught a course, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, for over 20 years, mostly focused on exactly these themes. I’ve been out of the classroom a while, but this makes me want to jump back into the conversation—about the relationship between commerce and counter-cultures.
A lot has changed. Much hasn’t.
A lot has changed. Much hasn’t.
May 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I taught a course, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, for over 20 years, mostly focused on exactly these themes. I’ve been out of the classroom a while, but this makes me want to jump back into the conversation—about the relationship between commerce and counter-cultures.
A lot has changed. Much hasn’t.
A lot has changed. Much hasn’t.
Mrs. Frazzled does a great job breaking down the rhetorical power of satire, here. 🙌🏻
May 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Mrs. Frazzled does a great job breaking down the rhetorical power of satire, here. 🙌🏻
Our freedom depends on it. ❤️
May 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Our freedom depends on it. ❤️
“What I worry about most is the long-term consequence of losing a generation of young scientists,” former NIH director Francis Collins.
The partnership between the federal government and our universities is one of America’s greatest legacies. Protect it.
@theatlantic.com
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
The partnership between the federal government and our universities is one of America’s greatest legacies. Protect it.
@theatlantic.com
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
May 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“What I worry about most is the long-term consequence of losing a generation of young scientists,” former NIH director Francis Collins.
The partnership between the federal government and our universities is one of America’s greatest legacies. Protect it.
@theatlantic.com
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
The partnership between the federal government and our universities is one of America’s greatest legacies. Protect it.
@theatlantic.com
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
Tracking Trump’s Higher Ed agenda:
Shrink the Dept. of Ed
Eliminate DEI
Overhaul accreditation
Cut federal research $
Restructure student loans
Tax elite universities
Limit academic freedom
Roll back civil rights
Restrict int’l students
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
Shrink the Dept. of Ed
Eliminate DEI
Overhaul accreditation
Cut federal research $
Restructure student loans
Tax elite universities
Limit academic freedom
Roll back civil rights
Restrict int’l students
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
May 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Tracking Trump’s Higher Ed agenda:
Shrink the Dept. of Ed
Eliminate DEI
Overhaul accreditation
Cut federal research $
Restructure student loans
Tax elite universities
Limit academic freedom
Roll back civil rights
Restrict int’l students
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
Shrink the Dept. of Ed
Eliminate DEI
Overhaul accreditation
Cut federal research $
Restructure student loans
Tax elite universities
Limit academic freedom
Roll back civil rights
Restrict int’l students
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
“We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.“
2/4
2/4
May 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.“
2/4
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TRUTH!
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April 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
TRUTH!
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Me too. My grandmother always treated us to a trip to the bookstore when I was a kid. She was a fan of non-fiction, political stuff—biographies about journalists, presidents, etc.
But she *never* judged my choices, happily buying me whatever I was into at the time. She just wanted me to read!
But she *never* judged my choices, happily buying me whatever I was into at the time. She just wanted me to read!
April 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Me too. My grandmother always treated us to a trip to the bookstore when I was a kid. She was a fan of non-fiction, political stuff—biographies about journalists, presidents, etc.
But she *never* judged my choices, happily buying me whatever I was into at the time. She just wanted me to read!
But she *never* judged my choices, happily buying me whatever I was into at the time. She just wanted me to read!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate!
(As if I needed an excuse…)
(As if I needed an excuse…)
April 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate!
(As if I needed an excuse…)
(As if I needed an excuse…)
Washingtonian here. Our nat’l forests are precious. I’m always sad seeing the cut trees stacked high on one side of the mill and the finished timber on the other, their bark stripped clean.
Musk’s chainsaw was a prop. This proposal to fell HALF our forests is all too real.
Devastating.
#MomSky 🌲
Musk’s chainsaw was a prop. This proposal to fell HALF our forests is all too real.
Devastating.
#MomSky 🌲
April 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Washingtonian here. Our nat’l forests are precious. I’m always sad seeing the cut trees stacked high on one side of the mill and the finished timber on the other, their bark stripped clean.
Musk’s chainsaw was a prop. This proposal to fell HALF our forests is all too real.
Devastating.
#MomSky 🌲
Musk’s chainsaw was a prop. This proposal to fell HALF our forests is all too real.
Devastating.
#MomSky 🌲
Noam Chomsky: “To know where to look, how to look, how to question, how to challenge, how to proceed to deal with the challenges that the world presents to you…in cooperation and solidarity with others. That’s what an educational system should cultivate from kindergarten to high graduate school” 1/2
April 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Noam Chomsky: “To know where to look, how to look, how to question, how to challenge, how to proceed to deal with the challenges that the world presents to you…in cooperation and solidarity with others. That’s what an educational system should cultivate from kindergarten to high graduate school” 1/2
April 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Spring in Seattle! 🌸
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Spring in Seattle! 🌸
Picking this thread back up. The most recent issue of the Economist seems a good fit.
February 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Picking this thread back up. The most recent issue of the Economist seems a good fit.
