Laura Barrio-Vilar (she/her)
@drlbv.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English + Gender Studies Coordinator, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. African American Lit., Postcolonial Studies, Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, Migration Studies, Afro-Caribbean Lit.
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Opinion | I Am Captcha: ‘Ghost’ Students and the AI Machine
Adam Bessie and Jason Novak capture the higher educator’s dilemma in the age of generative AI. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3XaL5X8
Adam Bessie and Jason Novak capture the higher educator’s dilemma in the age of generative AI. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3XaL5X8
I am Captcha: "ghost" students and the AI machine (opinion)
Adam Bessie and Jason Novak capture the higher educator’s dilemma in the age of generative AI.
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February 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Opinion | I Am Captcha: ‘Ghost’ Students and the AI Machine
Adam Bessie and Jason Novak capture the higher educator’s dilemma in the age of generative AI. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3XaL5X8
Adam Bessie and Jason Novak capture the higher educator’s dilemma in the age of generative AI. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3XaL5X8
I need to win the lottery so I can buy this beauty: yosekastationery.com/products/tac...
Taccia Miyabi Bon-Bori Fountain Pen - Twilight Shimmer - Limited Editi
Taccia Miyabi Bon-Bori Stardust Raden Fountain Pen - Twilight Shimmer. This pen features delicate strips of abalone shells arranged in horizontal rays, evoking the sun's rays fading below the horizon ...
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February 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I need to win the lottery so I can buy this beauty: yosekastationery.com/products/tac...
Nothing like a plagiarism case to send me down a downward spiral of binge eating dark chocolate. Ugh.
a baby girl is making a funny face while sitting on a couch .
ALT: a baby girl is making a funny face while sitting on a couch .
media.tenor.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Nothing like a plagiarism case to send me down a downward spiral of binge eating dark chocolate. Ugh.
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
--Audre Lorde
--Audre Lorde
February 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
--Audre Lorde
--Audre Lorde
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You've read all about it: Teaching today's students can be incredibly frustrating. But a new survey by The Chronicle finds that working with students can often be faculty members' chief source of joy. chroni.cl/41k91K9
What Keeps Stressed-Out Faculty Members Going? Their Students.
Professors like teaching. It’s all the other stuff that’s burning them out.
chroni.cl
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
You've read all about it: Teaching today's students can be incredibly frustrating. But a new survey by The Chronicle finds that working with students can often be faculty members' chief source of joy. chroni.cl/41k91K9
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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When explaining the similarities between lynching and anti-LGBT violence, know-your-place aggression is key. American culture’s message is clear, and it is most forcefully sent when marginalized groups are successfully claiming space as citizens.
The message is: “Know your place! You don’t
The message is: “Know your place! You don’t
February 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When explaining the similarities between lynching and anti-LGBT violence, know-your-place aggression is key. American culture’s message is clear, and it is most forcefully sent when marginalized groups are successfully claiming space as citizens.
The message is: “Know your place! You don’t
The message is: “Know your place! You don’t
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In FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, I trace know-your-place aggression toward African Americans, but @projectmuse.bsky.social is making my essay that explains it via racism, sexism, heterosexism, tran antagonism, Islamophobia, and ableism FREE for Black History Month!
tinyurl.com/4rsareth
tinyurl.com/4rsareth
February 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, I trace know-your-place aggression toward African Americans, but @projectmuse.bsky.social is making my essay that explains it via racism, sexism, heterosexism, tran antagonism, Islamophobia, and ableism FREE for Black History Month!
tinyurl.com/4rsareth
tinyurl.com/4rsareth
One of my new goals this year is to treat myself to something fun once a month. Last night I went to my first Arkansas Pen Club meeting with my friend René and had a wonderful time, trying new fountain pens and meeting new people. I even came back with some goodies. 😁
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of my new goals this year is to treat myself to something fun once a month. Last night I went to my first Arkansas Pen Club meeting with my friend René and had a wonderful time, trying new fountain pens and meeting new people. I even came back with some goodies. 😁
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Inaccurate IDs can expose transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people to harassment and discrimination.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to defend our freedom to be ourselves.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to defend our freedom to be ourselves.
The US stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected
For transgender Americans, passports just became a lot more complicated. President Donald Trump issued an executive order saying there are two sexes, male and female, and rejecting the idea that peopl...
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February 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Inaccurate IDs can expose transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people to harassment and discrimination.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to defend our freedom to be ourselves.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to defend our freedom to be ourselves.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
In the midst of so much chaos, yesterday it felt good to "teach" my first card-making class at my neighborhood library. Crafting is the cheapest form of therapy and self care, folks.
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In the midst of so much chaos, yesterday it felt good to "teach" my first card-making class at my neighborhood library. Crafting is the cheapest form of therapy and self care, folks.
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“We think it’s very important to hold the sanctity of our campuses and to protect students no matter what.”
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Undocumented and international students worry about their fate in second Trump term
Some Minnesota college students from foreign countries are concerned how changes to U.S. immigration policy could affect them.
www.startribune.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“We think it’s very important to hold the sanctity of our campuses and to protect students no matter what.”
www.startribune.com/undocumented...
www.startribune.com/undocumented...
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Campuses No Longer Off-Limits to ICE
The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to take action on campuses, sowing fear among undocumented students. Higher ed leaders are struggling with how to respond. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hnSgDy
The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to take action on campuses, sowing fear among undocumented students. Higher ed leaders are struggling with how to respond. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hnSgDy
Campuses no longer off-limits to ICE
The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to take action on campuses, sowing fear among undocumented students. Higher ed leaders are struggling with how to respond.
bit.ly
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Campuses No Longer Off-Limits to ICE
The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to take action on campuses, sowing fear among undocumented students. Higher ed leaders are struggling with how to respond. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hnSgDy
The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to take action on campuses, sowing fear among undocumented students. Higher ed leaders are struggling with how to respond. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hnSgDy
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Americans are likely to pay more for products from popular Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu as the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
USPS suspends incoming parcels from Hong Kong and China
Americans are likely to pay more for products from popular Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu as the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Americans are likely to pay more for products from popular Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu as the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
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Hello followers! Please consider following the new account of Academe, the magazine and blog of the AAUP:
@academemagazine.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
@academemagazine.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
February 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hello followers! Please consider following the new account of Academe, the magazine and blog of the AAUP:
@academemagazine.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
@academemagazine.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
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The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked during World War II to justify the internment of thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestry.
Resurrecting this 18th century law to carry out the president's mass deportation agenda would be unlawful.
Resurrecting this 18th century law to carry out the president's mass deportation agenda would be unlawful.
Trump plans to invoke obscure 18th century wartime law in bid for mass deportations
Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked during World War II to justify the internment of thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestry.
Resurrecting this 18th century law to carry out the president's mass deportation agenda would be unlawful.
Resurrecting this 18th century law to carry out the president's mass deportation agenda would be unlawful.
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Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
February 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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With all the uncertainty around ICE raids, we need to ensure that we spread information, not fear.
If ICE comes to your workplace, stops you on the street or knocks on your door, you have rights! #KnowYourRights
📲Download these infographics on our website: weprotectusny.org.
If ICE comes to your workplace, stops you on the street or knocks on your door, you have rights! #KnowYourRights
📲Download these infographics on our website: weprotectusny.org.
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
With all the uncertainty around ICE raids, we need to ensure that we spread information, not fear.
If ICE comes to your workplace, stops you on the street or knocks on your door, you have rights! #KnowYourRights
📲Download these infographics on our website: weprotectusny.org.
If ICE comes to your workplace, stops you on the street or knocks on your door, you have rights! #KnowYourRights
📲Download these infographics on our website: weprotectusny.org.
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Note the masculine-feminine coding in @nytimes.com headlines on Trump (“blunt force”) vs Trudeau (“emotional”). The gendered coding of the US vs Canada is reinforced by the imagery of fist-pumping Trump vs Trudeau’s strained face and open palm.
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Note the masculine-feminine coding in @nytimes.com headlines on Trump (“blunt force”) vs Trudeau (“emotional”). The gendered coding of the US vs Canada is reinforced by the imagery of fist-pumping Trump vs Trudeau’s strained face and open palm.