"Man eats hearty meal, imperilling his sustained fast."

Did we somehow never talk about 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept'?

Yes, signed this when it was circulating! Was just wondering if, as due dates for panel submissions arrive, people are working to re-publicize this, and put pressure on those who are moving to participate…

Sending power to Sterne, and all those near him. The speech he gave is accessible on his blog, here: superbon.net/2011/11/14/t...

Through the next months he would continue to be outspoken, even at the most conservative of universities in Quebec. I’m grateful for his powerful scholarship, and I’ll always think of it as an extension of a commitment to the public, contestatory work of thinking in common.

who were gearing up for the monumental strike of 2012, and insisted that police presence on university campuses must not be normalized. It was a powerful speech of solidarity, in support of a vision of the university as a space against privation and privatization, in support of a more just world.

Congrats David!

So so good! Didn’t realize that there’s been a vinyl release.

And somehow that's the best of the three pages?

I teach a couple chapters from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's 'As We Have Always Done': '7. The Sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples’ Bodies' & '8. Indigenous Queer Normativity' to help make this connection.

Ah! So looking forward!

If you need any other club members…

(feeling devastated, today, and trying to find strength in these words which have been close)

Collective liberation is entwined with the freedom of children, and their abilities to grasp towards new worlds. I've been so grateful to learn this anew in conversation with @lalouverouge.bsky.social. I can't think of something more vital than making sure that trans children continue to flourish.

And today, in a different class, we discussed this passage from Jan Morris' 'Conundrum,' envisioning (with an unfortunate orientalist framing) a version of identity which emphasizes its relationality, its ability to travel.

Anyway—as someone who’s also at a SLAC with a generalist bent, if we ever end up at the same conference I’d be excited to talk, and combat cliquishness!