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Ilene-Dawn
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45 years as uni lecturer doing abolitionist accessible inclusive learning-centered teaching in writing, lit, women’s & queer studies, and pedagogy courses.

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Minnesotan
Wales & Manchester home from home
I’d bet that a beautifully stylized food spread would taste better after a photo shoot than this desiccated looking “assemblage.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’m forever grateful for my paternal grandmother and her brother telling me their Mayflower ancestors were “no better than horse thieves” - and doing so with receipts in the form of family stories. They were my first truth tellers.
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Thx for this🧵The Panthers were part of my great uncle’s narrative about his service in a white tanker unit, a late 1960s truth telling to a great-niece asking questions about war and protest.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Yup, and said by pretty much every Minnesota DFLer who I encountered in 2019 primary months, especially those on the 60+ cohort.
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
To be fair, I don’t really want to hear from James Carville…
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“…but her emails” was his tell years ago that he had done, was doing, and would continue to point to others to deflect what he was doing and to affirm the rules don’t apply to him or his circles
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM