Jesse Sopher
@jessesopher.com
Community college English instructor | Posting about academia, literature, technology, politics, and whatever else catches my interest | Powered by curiosity & a good book
https://jessesopher.com
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Dostoevsky has just earnestly told me for the fourth time that he needs to relate one final piece of information to me before he begins the novel and I’m beginning to get suspicious 🤔
October 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Dostoevsky has just earnestly told me for the fourth time that he needs to relate one final piece of information to me before he begins the novel and I’m beginning to get suspicious 🤔
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Watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Independent media is more important than ever.
CBS was the network of Edward R Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Katie Couric…. all journalists who earned their spots through doing actual journalism for YEARS
And it’s now led by Bari Weiss who *checks notes* an opinion writer who was a book review editor
And it’s now led by Bari Weiss who *checks notes* an opinion writer who was a book review editor
Bari Weiss was named the editor-in-chief of CBS News, cementing the rightward shift of one of media's most storied newsrooms
October 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Independent media is more important than ever.
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This made me laugh. And then I sat and thought about it. This is correct.
August 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This made me laugh. And then I sat and thought about it. This is correct.
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Now that pride month is over every queer person should be allowed to go hibernate until next June
July 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Now that pride month is over every queer person should be allowed to go hibernate until next June
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"We stay within the parable that furnishes the formal conditions of its own reading…”. #JudithButler #Democracy
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Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities
Many young people tell me that they fear there is no future. When they ask about the future, they are also asking: what is still imaginable or for what may we still hope? To say there is no future,…
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February 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
"We stay within the parable that furnishes the formal conditions of its own reading…”. #JudithButler #Democracy
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I'm slowly #degoogling my life. I use MEGA for Drive, Ente for Photos, Fastmail for mail, and Firefox. I'm an Android user, though, so there are some things I can't easily get rid of (Android Auto, Google slides (for work), Messages, etc.), but I'm doing as much as I can to break away from #Google.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day. 💔
Ready to #degoogle your life? We’re rounding up a handful of privacy-forward alternatives for:
📧 Email
🔍 Search
🌐 Browsers
📝 Writing tools
💼 Office suites
🗺️ Maps
Check out the full list here: ellips.us/4gIabn4
Ready to #degoogle your life? We’re rounding up a handful of privacy-forward alternatives for:
🔍 Search
🌐 Browsers
📝 Writing tools
💼 Office suites
🗺️ Maps
Check out the full list here: ellips.us/4gIabn4
February 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm slowly #degoogling my life. I use MEGA for Drive, Ente for Photos, Fastmail for mail, and Firefox. I'm an Android user, though, so there are some things I can't easily get rid of (Android Auto, Google slides (for work), Messages, etc.), but I'm doing as much as I can to break away from #Google.
It took me 5 years to break out of the adjunct hole. While I was fortunate enough to have a supportive Chair, the precarity of my position was always stressful. When a full-time position opened, my years in the department did benefit me in the hiring process. I recognize that's not the norm, though.
Career Advice | Advice to a Friend on Becoming an Adjunct
Melissa Olson-Petrie pens an epistle for all those now or henceforth laboring in steerage. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hUR1eH
Melissa Olson-Petrie pens an epistle for all those now or henceforth laboring in steerage. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hUR1eH
On taking an adjunct teaching job (opinion)
Melissa Olson-Petrie pens an epistle for all those now or henceforth laboring in steerage.
bit.ly
February 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It took me 5 years to break out of the adjunct hole. While I was fortunate enough to have a supportive Chair, the precarity of my position was always stressful. When a full-time position opened, my years in the department did benefit me in the hiring process. I recognize that's not the norm, though.
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I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
February 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
Just finished watching #BigBoys. It's a great, short binge. Poignant. Important. Queer as f*ck. Feeling a lot of emotions with that finale. Definitely recommend watching it!
February 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just finished watching #BigBoys. It's a great, short binge. Poignant. Important. Queer as f*ck. Feeling a lot of emotions with that finale. Definitely recommend watching it!
My college announced the 'sunsetting' of our Diversity, Equity, and Belonging department and initiatives today.
Unsurprising, but disappointing.
Unsurprising, but disappointing.
February 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My college announced the 'sunsetting' of our Diversity, Equity, and Belonging department and initiatives today.
Unsurprising, but disappointing.
Unsurprising, but disappointing.
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I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
February 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
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FX renewing "English Teacher" — a show I *really* liked — sends a very clear message regarding whose experiences/stories/accusations we find significant and whose experiences/stories/accusations we do not.
And I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why FX feels like sending that message.
And I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why FX feels like sending that message.
February 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
FX renewing "English Teacher" — a show I *really* liked — sends a very clear message regarding whose experiences/stories/accusations we find significant and whose experiences/stories/accusations we do not.
And I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why FX feels like sending that message.
And I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why FX feels like sending that message.
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Now It’s Official: #EnglishTeacher Is Renewed for Season 2 at FX
It’s Official: English Teacher Renewed for Season 2 at FX
Get ready to go back to school: FX has officially renewed freshman comedy 'English Teacher' for Season 2
tvline.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Now It’s Official: #EnglishTeacher Is Renewed for Season 2 at FX
I can't believe I missed his birthday!
Today is Edward Prime-Stevenson's birthday. I recommend celebrating by writing music-themed historical fiction that is totally not a vehicle for your eccentric queer analytical framework, lying about your age, and citing your own pseudonym.
Read more about EPS here: notchesblog.com/2023/03/21/h...
Read more about EPS here: notchesblog.com/2023/03/21/h...
“Homosexual Hearers” and Queer Musicality in Xavier Mayne’s The Intersexes (1909)
In The Intersexes (ca 1909), Edward Prime-Stevenson used gossip to support his queer readings of 19th-century symphonic music.
notchesblog.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I can't believe I missed his birthday!
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I wonder how much Trump will like the new cover of Time.
February 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I wonder how much Trump will like the new cover of Time.
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From the Chronice of Higher Ed's daily newsletter email. The first ICE arrest on a college campus happened at Spokane Community College yesterday. The Chronicle, however, is here to tell us that in "the bigger picture," it's no big deal, even if "the loudest voices" say it is.
February 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
From the Chronice of Higher Ed's daily newsletter email. The first ICE arrest on a college campus happened at Spokane Community College yesterday. The Chronicle, however, is here to tell us that in "the bigger picture," it's no big deal, even if "the loudest voices" say it is.
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You need to study history to learn from it.
Queer rights was rowdy and disruptive that's how "The Rowdy Queer Rebels Who Turned Television Gay" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Os... because "Homosexuals Are Mad as Hell and We're Organizing" www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown... via @mattbaume.bsky.social
Queer rights was rowdy and disruptive that's how "The Rowdy Queer Rebels Who Turned Television Gay" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Os... because "Homosexuals Are Mad as Hell and We're Organizing" www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown... via @mattbaume.bsky.social
The Rowdy Queer Rebels Who Turned Television Gay
YouTube video by Matt Baume
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
You need to study history to learn from it.
Queer rights was rowdy and disruptive that's how "The Rowdy Queer Rebels Who Turned Television Gay" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Os... because "Homosexuals Are Mad as Hell and We're Organizing" www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown... via @mattbaume.bsky.social
Queer rights was rowdy and disruptive that's how "The Rowdy Queer Rebels Who Turned Television Gay" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Os... because "Homosexuals Are Mad as Hell and We're Organizing" www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown... via @mattbaume.bsky.social
Is anyone on #Pixelfed? It looks to be the best Instagram alternative at this point. Looking for folks to follow!
I'm here: pixelfed.social/jessesopher
I'm here: pixelfed.social/jessesopher
Jesse (@jessesopher@pixelfed.social)
1 Posts, 4 Following, 0 Followers · Saint Olaf's meanest ventriloquist.
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February 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Is anyone on #Pixelfed? It looks to be the best Instagram alternative at this point. Looking for folks to follow!
I'm here: pixelfed.social/jessesopher
I'm here: pixelfed.social/jessesopher
February 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm consolidating my social media and officially leaving Twitter and Meta, for obvious reasons. What's your #Instagram alternative? I created a #Pixelfed account, but I don't see any of my followers there. Where is everyone?
February 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I'm consolidating my social media and officially leaving Twitter and Meta, for obvious reasons. What's your #Instagram alternative? I created a #Pixelfed account, but I don't see any of my followers there. Where is everyone?