Cristina León Alfar, PhD 🐈🎭📚🌻💃🏻🐈⬛
@cristinalalfar.bsky.social
Professor ~ EM English drama ~ Shakespeare ~ feminist ethics ~ parrhesia ~ book series ed. *Late Tudor & Stuart Drama* @MIP ~ https://hcommons.org/members/clalfar/
🌻 amateur gardener ~ childless cat lady 🐈⬛~ "I can see a church by daylight."
🌻 amateur gardener ~ childless cat lady 🐈⬛~ "I can see a church by daylight."
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Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Readings in Feminist Theories and Histories
wmich.edu
Just a reminder to authors working on #EarlyModern English drama that I edit a book series, "Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Readings in Feminist Histories and Theories. I would love to read your proposal! #Drama #16thC #17thC 🗃️ wmich.edu/medievalpubl...
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guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
www.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
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Schumer: “I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Schumer: “I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.”
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BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling. The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling. The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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After the US elections last week, there’s going to be a full-on assault on voting leading up to the midterms.
Supreme Court to decide whether states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day
About 30 states authorize counting mail-in ballots after Election Day.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
After the US elections last week, there’s going to be a full-on assault on voting leading up to the midterms.
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JFC
At least 76 people have been killed in 19 US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since early September.
Hegseth Says 6 More Men Killed in Latest Boat Bombings
At least 76 people have been killed in 19 US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since early September.
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
JFC
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
Republicans are having a fabulous extended paid vacation.
Republicans will do ANYTHING to bury the Epstein files.
Just look at what they’ve done to @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social. She won her congressional race 48 DAYS AGO, and she still hasn’t been sworn in because she would be the tie-breaking vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Just look at what they’ve done to @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social. She won her congressional race 48 DAYS AGO, and she still hasn’t been sworn in because she would be the tie-breaking vote needed to release the Epstein files.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Republicans are having a fabulous extended paid vacation.
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“They’ve chosen the files, we’ve chosen the food.” @ericswalwell.bsky.social on House Speaker Mike Johnson cancelling another week of work as SNAP benefits pause for millions, and why Democrats won't "roll over for the madness of this government" when it comes to extending health care tax credits.
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“They’ve chosen the files, we’ve chosen the food.” @ericswalwell.bsky.social on House Speaker Mike Johnson cancelling another week of work as SNAP benefits pause for millions, and why Democrats won't "roll over for the madness of this government" when it comes to extending health care tax credits.
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I spend a lot of time thinking about the differences between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 not just the differences between the way the administration behaves but the differences in the way the world is now and was then. In 2016 we thought we were better than Trumpism…..
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I spend a lot of time thinking about the differences between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 not just the differences between the way the administration behaves but the differences in the way the world is now and was then. In 2016 we thought we were better than Trumpism…..
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Friends — the last nine and a half months have been frightening. But they have also opened our eyes.
Sunday thought: A beginning
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Friends — the last nine and a half months have been frightening. But they have also opened our eyes.
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
Describe your cat's personality with one photo.
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Describe your cat's personality with one photo.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro: “They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Caribbeans, Africans—are the villains.
“Let them keep their fading empire and their ugly story.”
“Let them keep their fading empire and their ugly story.”
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro: “They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Caribbeans, Africans—are the villains.
“Let them keep their fading empire and their ugly story.”
“Let them keep their fading empire and their ugly story.”
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Thanks for sharing.
Hi all.
Hazel has some unexpected emergency vet bills from today (I think she’s going to be okay).
The cost was a lot and I could use some help covering it.
If you’d like to help, I’m linking my #PangoBooks bookshop and #Poshmark shop in the next two skeets.
Thanks, folks. 💜
Hazel has some unexpected emergency vet bills from today (I think she’s going to be okay).
The cost was a lot and I could use some help covering it.
If you’d like to help, I’m linking my #PangoBooks bookshop and #Poshmark shop in the next two skeets.
Thanks, folks. 💜
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Thanks for sharing.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
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Y’know, just me, Terry Gross, & Dua Lipa doing basically the same work to keep book culture alive around the globe.
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Y’know, just me, Terry Gross, & Dua Lipa doing basically the same work to keep book culture alive around the globe.
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So Donald Trump’s big donors and giant corporations get massive tax breaks, but Americans waiting for SNAP payments are told to eat dirt? Did I get that right?
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So Donald Trump’s big donors and giant corporations get massive tax breaks, but Americans waiting for SNAP payments are told to eat dirt? Did I get that right?
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I don't quite have the essay in my mouth yet (I mostly dictate drafts. Sorry for the weird image), but I can feel its edges. A line to draw. But the line can't be "sports bad." The line has to be, "love sports, love your university. Rich learning matters."
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I don't quite have the essay in my mouth yet (I mostly dictate drafts. Sorry for the weird image), but I can feel its edges. A line to draw. But the line can't be "sports bad." The line has to be, "love sports, love your university. Rich learning matters."
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re-upping the 2021 @teenvogue.com piece, which has proved true in ways that were, for some, unimaginable:
"Campus Cancel Culture Freakouts Obscure the Power of University Boards"
@teenvogue.com, you inspired
www.teenvogue.com/story/campus...
"Campus Cancel Culture Freakouts Obscure the Power of University Boards"
@teenvogue.com, you inspired
www.teenvogue.com/story/campus...
The Modern American University Is a Right-Wing Institution
Just look at who is really in control.
www.teenvogue.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
re-upping the 2021 @teenvogue.com piece, which has proved true in ways that were, for some, unimaginable:
"Campus Cancel Culture Freakouts Obscure the Power of University Boards"
@teenvogue.com, you inspired
www.teenvogue.com/story/campus...
"Campus Cancel Culture Freakouts Obscure the Power of University Boards"
@teenvogue.com, you inspired
www.teenvogue.com/story/campus...
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1981: My immigrant father lost an election. He taught me that running for office, giving voters a choice, losing, & trying again are all critical parts of democracy.
1987: He wins, making history as Ontario’s first Muslim legislator.
Show up. Build coalitions. Expand the definition of who belongs.
1987: He wins, making history as Ontario’s first Muslim legislator.
Show up. Build coalitions. Expand the definition of who belongs.
Ali Velshi: Democracy is built by people who show up even when the odds say they shouldn’t
In 1981, Murad Velshi was running to represent his district in the Ontario Legislature. He never stood a chance, but he taught his 11-year-old son that running, losing, and trying again is what democracy is about. Six years later, Murad ran again— and won — becoming the first Muslim immigrant elected to Ontario’s Legislature, proving that democracy is often built at the margins long before it reaches the center. Decades later, in another major city, another Muslim immigrant has achieved the improbable: Zohran Mamdani, now the first Muslim and first South Asian immigrant elected Mayor of New York City— a reminder that democracy is sustained through courage, coalition-building, and showing up, especially when the odds say you shouldn’t.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
1981: My immigrant father lost an election. He taught me that running for office, giving voters a choice, losing, & trying again are all critical parts of democracy.
1987: He wins, making history as Ontario’s first Muslim legislator.
Show up. Build coalitions. Expand the definition of who belongs.
1987: He wins, making history as Ontario’s first Muslim legislator.
Show up. Build coalitions. Expand the definition of who belongs.
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This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Is Your Health Care Premium Going Up? Share Your Story | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...