Esther Peeren
@estherpeeren.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural Analysis - University of Amsterdam. Intellectual home: Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. Intellectual hero: Mikhail Bakhtin. Musical hero: Meatloaf. Favorite animal: 🦛
no, a more extreme way; it means you (can/will) get used to anything.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
no, a more extreme way; it means you (can/will) get used to anything.
Even more useful: “alles went”
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Even more useful: “alles went”
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Watch it here: www.thebulwark.com/p/heidi-heit...
Heidi Heitkamp: How Trump’s Trade Chaos Hurt Farmers
President Trump meets with Xi Jinping and agrees to an embarrassingly one-sided trade deal, as the “China Hawks” in the administration cower.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Can you send that to me? I read German even if most of my students don’t!
September 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Can you send that to me? I read German even if most of my students don’t!
Good to know! I’m teaching Enter Ghost this block.
September 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Good to know! I’m teaching Enter Ghost this block.
Reposted by Esther Peeren
Student evals have long been repeatedly shown to be racist and sexist. They expect women profs to be “mommy,” they find Black and Latino men “intimidating” www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Sexism, racism, prejudice, and bias: a literature review and synthesis of research surrounding student evaluations of courses and teaching
This paper analyses the current research regarding student evaluations of courses and teaching. The article argues that student evaluations are influenced by racist, sexist and homophobic prejudice...
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September 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Student evals have long been repeatedly shown to be racist and sexist. They expect women profs to be “mommy,” they find Black and Latino men “intimidating” www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Reposted by Esther Peeren
Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.
September 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.