Justin Smith, Ph.D.
justinsmithphd.bsky.social
Justin Smith, Ph.D.
@justinsmithphd.bsky.social
-PhD, English and African American Studies
-Assistant Prof. of English and Black Studies at Randolph-Macon College
-Opions are my own
-He/him
And, if you are interested, I am working on putting together an AALCS panel on Black Artistic and Literary Responses to Misinformation that you can view here.

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cfp | call for papers
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October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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👇🎯 Once again, the answer here is that there are exactly societal institutions more protective of free speech, viewpoint diversity, & the marketplace of ideas than universities, least of all these places EK & RD think liberals don't go bc of their "bunker mentality"

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It takes both real effort and enormous bad faith to turn the openness of universities to a wide range of perspectives into evidence that progressives have a bunker mentality but these two lifelong pundits have found a way to do it
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM