Danielle K Nelson
@danielleknelson.bsky.social
assistant prof, feminist, writer, and figure skater
📚: gender, disability, trauma, sport, and pop culture
(she/her/hers)
IG: danielleknelson
📚: gender, disability, trauma, sport, and pop culture
(she/her/hers)
IG: danielleknelson
my department is hiring for two full time faculty positions: assistant professor of history/philosophy employment.uncsa.edu/postings/10267 and assistant professor of humanities employment.uncsa.edu/postings/10266
happy to answer any questions about UNCSA and the DLA (division of liberal arts)
happy to answer any questions about UNCSA and the DLA (division of liberal arts)
Assistant Professor of History/Philosophy
In addition to offering courses in History or Philosophy or a closely related field, the successful candidate will demonstrate an enthusiasm for teaching in an arts-oriented environment, developing co...
employment.uncsa.edu
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
my department is hiring for two full time faculty positions: assistant professor of history/philosophy employment.uncsa.edu/postings/10267 and assistant professor of humanities employment.uncsa.edu/postings/10266
happy to answer any questions about UNCSA and the DLA (division of liberal arts)
happy to answer any questions about UNCSA and the DLA (division of liberal arts)
my current obsession: todd haynes’ mildred pierce filmquarterly.org/2012/02/23/t...
Todd Haynes’s “Mildred Pierce”: A Discussion
A web-exclusive debate about Todd Haynes’s miniseries Mildred Pierce between Amber Jacobs and Rob White, covering questions of desire, labor, economics, psychoanalysis, and feminism.
filmquarterly.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
my current obsession: todd haynes’ mildred pierce filmquarterly.org/2012/02/23/t...
turned in grades today and finished my first year at this new job as assistant prof…
May 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
turned in grades today and finished my first year at this new job as assistant prof…
so excited to read ‘the portable feminist reader’ for course prep! @roxanegay.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
so excited to read ‘the portable feminist reader’ for course prep! @roxanegay.bsky.social
never not thinking about this scene from ‘woman under the influence’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj4v...
Gena Rowlands in A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
never not thinking about this scene from ‘woman under the influence’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj4v...
this book is so unhinged and brilliant. i forgot how much i loved it.
April 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
this book is so unhinged and brilliant. i forgot how much i loved it.
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No one should be deported to a prison in another country without due process.
Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time. The judge gave the U.S. until April 23 to respond.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No one should be deported to a prison in another country without due process.
watched the film 'inside out' for one of my classes and had my 1st year students read this wonderful essay from one of my grad profs online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/7...
No Bad PartsForms of Self-Compassion in Inside Out 2
This essay argues that Inside Out 2’s critical success lies in its canny translation of three contemporary mental health discourses including Tibetan Buddhist mindfulness, holistic medicine, and the i...
online.ucpress.edu
April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
watched the film 'inside out' for one of my classes and had my 1st year students read this wonderful essay from one of my grad profs online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/7...
Reposted by Danielle K Nelson
I just wrote to all of my congressional representatives to plead them to support the NEH, for everyone, for public history, for scholarship, for teaching, for all of it. I used this widget: very easy, it has a template, and automatically looks up the emails of your representatives. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
URGENT: Save the NEH
p2a.co
April 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I just wrote to all of my congressional representatives to plead them to support the NEH, for everyone, for public history, for scholarship, for teaching, for all of it. I used this widget: very easy, it has a template, and automatically looks up the emails of your representatives. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
facebook people you may know showing me my old analyst from 2015
March 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
facebook people you may know showing me my old analyst from 2015
today in this would only happen at an arts school: student let me know they were on voice rest for an important audition so they would not be able to talk during discussion
March 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
today in this would only happen at an arts school: student let me know they were on voice rest for an important audition so they would not be able to talk during discussion
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"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
Reposted by Danielle K Nelson
i just want you all to know that i thought i had forgotten my teaching copy of 'the bluest eye' at home and panicked only to find it later that night in my bag.
March 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
i just want you all to know that i thought i had forgotten my teaching copy of 'the bluest eye' at home and panicked only to find it later that night in my bag.
so much of teaching at an arts school is me translating every aspect of what we're doing in the humanities to its equivalent function in the school of dance, film, design + production, drama etc.
March 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
so much of teaching at an arts school is me translating every aspect of what we're doing in the humanities to its equivalent function in the school of dance, film, design + production, drama etc.
Reposted by Danielle K Nelson
In light of some of the post #LegacyOnIce conversations happening right now, let’s remember the stories and the human beings whom we lost in the DC plane crash. I don’t want us as a community to lose the plot
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
The triumphant final days of the skaters killed in D.C. crash
This is the story of a week of joy and hope for young skaters chasing their dreams -- before a tragic end.
www.espn.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In light of some of the post #LegacyOnIce conversations happening right now, let’s remember the stories and the human beings whom we lost in the DC plane crash. I don’t want us as a community to lose the plot
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
crying over sylvia plath getting the ick because this man did not like woolf and to the lighthouse. honestly this is grounds for divorce imo.
March 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
crying over sylvia plath getting the ick because this man did not like woolf and to the lighthouse. honestly this is grounds for divorce imo.
“none of this is normal”
… an evergreen thought to throw to the blue skies before you quickly close the app out of overwhelm and anxiety.
… an evergreen thought to throw to the blue skies before you quickly close the app out of overwhelm and anxiety.
February 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“none of this is normal”
… an evergreen thought to throw to the blue skies before you quickly close the app out of overwhelm and anxiety.
… an evergreen thought to throw to the blue skies before you quickly close the app out of overwhelm and anxiety.
he loves to say “phenomenal… just phenomenal.” also he’s obsessed with alysa liu!! [as we all are]
February 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
he loves to say “phenomenal… just phenomenal.” also he’s obsessed with alysa liu!! [as we all are]
watch the video. governor mills is the one being threatened!
February 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
watch the video. governor mills is the one being threatened!
i am so tired. www.thedailybeast.com/fda-scientis...
FDA Scientists Say They Were Told to Stop Using the Words ‘Woman’ and ‘Disabled’
A White House spokesperson told Reuters that the circulating list of banned words was an error.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
i am so tired. www.thedailybeast.com/fda-scientis...
“Now we live in a country governed by a party of cruelty, and often it feels like the only thing left to do is rage against the dying of the light. We have to stay heartbroken about this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
Opinion | Tenderness as an Act of Resistance
They are trying to overwhelm us and force us to look away. But we must not.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Now we live in a country governed by a party of cruelty, and often it feels like the only thing left to do is rage against the dying of the light. We have to stay heartbroken about this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
hard launching my new skates. we’ve been together for just a few days now but i think it’s the real deal. they’re risport. italian! and very gorgeous.
February 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
hard launching my new skates. we’ve been together for just a few days now but i think it’s the real deal. they’re risport. italian! and very gorgeous.
wild and incredible story: junhwan cha skating absolutely brilliantly here at the 2025 asian games (his quad sal maxes out GOE!! or it should rather) and by winning the competition, he's now essentially exempt from military service in korea!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4LS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4LS...
Junhwan Cha 차준환 | Asian Winter Games 2025 동계 아시안 게임 Free Skate
YouTube video by skating.mp4
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
wild and incredible story: junhwan cha skating absolutely brilliantly here at the 2025 asian games (his quad sal maxes out GOE!! or it should rather) and by winning the competition, he's now essentially exempt from military service in korea!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4LS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4LS...
the dismantling of highered is a really scary timeline to be on... just really struggling to make sense of this right now.
February 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
the dismantling of highered is a really scary timeline to be on... just really struggling to make sense of this right now.