Tina Powell
@keewee250.bsky.social
Knitter, dog and parrot and tween mom, scuba diver. Am lit scholar focused on refugee literature, immigration, and protest. Assoc prof of English at Concord U.
Submitted a proposal that I didn’t think would ever get done.
a man speaking in front of a crowd with a sign that says trusted leadership for a stronger america
ALT: a man speaking in front of a crowd with a sign that says trusted leadership for a stronger america
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Submitted a proposal that I didn’t think would ever get done.
I need today to be over so I can stop doomscrolling and breathe a short, albeit needed, sigh of relief.
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I need today to be over so I can stop doomscrolling and breathe a short, albeit needed, sigh of relief.
This administration is so fucking stupid.
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
America... boy, I dunno.
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This administration is so fucking stupid.
Reposted by Tina Powell
Do you see O my brothers and sisters?
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Do you see O my brothers and sisters?
Today is a good reminder that LMS makes our jobs harder and our students’ experience worse.
October 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Today is a good reminder that LMS makes our jobs harder and our students’ experience worse.
Federal offices have shown up on Bluesky and are pushing propaganda. Block them.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Federal offices have shown up on Bluesky and are pushing propaganda. Block them.
Sounds like a party! I don’t see the problem, Senator.
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sounds like a party! I don’t see the problem, Senator.
I just explained the intricacies of the epic genre to my engineering husband while taking a jab at James Fenimore Cooper. Doing God’s will here.
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I just explained the intricacies of the epic genre to my engineering husband while taking a jab at James Fenimore Cooper. Doing God’s will here.
The arrogance and absolute refusal to learn anything is just astounding.
In case you need me to say it, “political correctness” is not why we lost in Vietnam.
In case you need me to say it, “political correctness” is not why we lost in Vietnam.
Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The arrogance and absolute refusal to learn anything is just astounding.
In case you need me to say it, “political correctness” is not why we lost in Vietnam.
In case you need me to say it, “political correctness” is not why we lost in Vietnam.
This is chilling. My research, and the research of so many of mentors, colleagues, and intellectual role models, would violate this “compact.”
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is chilling. My research, and the research of so many of mentors, colleagues, and intellectual role models, would violate this “compact.”
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
What an enlightening week it’s been on the interwebz. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Syhqnb/
#LanguageLearning #news #meme #learnontiktok #fyp
TikTok video by JAXX
www.tiktok.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What an enlightening week it’s been on the interwebz. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Syhqnb/
It’s my birthday and I can think of no better gift than the rumors to be true.
August 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s my birthday and I can think of no better gift than the rumors to be true.
Reposted by Tina Powell
🚨 BREAKING 🚨: The Trump administration is planning citywide sweeps of dozens of homeless encampments in DC starting tonight.
“Arrests will occur at night, in an effort to avoid news cameras,” Jesse Rabinowitz, communications director at National Homelessness Law Center, said via email.
“Arrests will occur at night, in an effort to avoid news cameras,” Jesse Rabinowitz, communications director at National Homelessness Law Center, said via email.
Trump plans raids on DC's homeless tonight, sources say
Advocates are scrambling to relocate people from tent encampments before imminent arrests.
www.motherjones.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨: The Trump administration is planning citywide sweeps of dozens of homeless encampments in DC starting tonight.
“Arrests will occur at night, in an effort to avoid news cameras,” Jesse Rabinowitz, communications director at National Homelessness Law Center, said via email.
“Arrests will occur at night, in an effort to avoid news cameras,” Jesse Rabinowitz, communications director at National Homelessness Law Center, said via email.
Buttigieg is increasingly a profound disappointment. If I need a white dude to bear the Dems’ banner, give me Beto.
Pod Save America: Do you think it's time to recognize a Palestinian state?
Pete Buttigieg: I think that that's a profound question that arouses a lot of the biggest problems that have happened with Israel's survival, Israel's right to survival, in the diplomatic scene.
Pete Buttigieg: I think that that's a profound question that arouses a lot of the biggest problems that have happened with Israel's survival, Israel's right to survival, in the diplomatic scene.
August 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Buttigieg is increasingly a profound disappointment. If I need a white dude to bear the Dems’ banner, give me Beto.
My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer during a routine screening. Without that screening, who knows how his health would be now.
Excuse the language, but this fucker needs to go. He is a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the nation and even the world.
RFK Jr. says cancer screenings are too 'woke' now. As an actual doctor, I disagree. | Opinion
RFK Jr. is considering dismantling the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This would be a disaster for public health.
www.usatoday.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer during a routine screening. Without that screening, who knows how his health would be now.
JFC, Trump is going to end us all.
The move is being interpreted in Beijing as another green light from Trump for a Chinese invasion and occupation of Taiwan. www.ft.com/content/2157...
Trump blocks Taiwan’s President Lai from New York stopover
Move comes as US and China hold trade talks and seek to stabilise relations
www.ft.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
JFC, Trump is going to end us all.
Some baby seals to cleanse your timeline.
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Some baby seals to cleanse your timeline.
Hello, I’m an English professor in film. Since I’m a woman, I don’t exist.
Hello, I'm a historian in a film. My office is a massive space filled with Persian rugs, leather couches and massive wooden bookcases. There's a Tiffany lamp on my desk and an original Gutenberg Bible on a stand next to it. I am wearing a tweed suit with five layers.
Hello, I'm a historian in a film. I am teaching a college course in American history, and for a lecture midway through the semester I have written the words "Spanish-American War," "New Deal," and "17th Amendment" on the chalkboard, and nothing else.
July 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hello, I’m an English professor in film. Since I’m a woman, I don’t exist.
Reposted by Tina Powell
Mike Johnson attends Cypress Baptist Church in Benton, Louisiana. I encourage you to send Pastor John Fream a postcard and ask him to pray that Mike Johnson stops enabling pedophilia. Let’s send tens of thousands of postcards! Overwhelm them. They’ll think it’s a sign.
Apply pressure at source.
Apply pressure at source.
July 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Mike Johnson attends Cypress Baptist Church in Benton, Louisiana. I encourage you to send Pastor John Fream a postcard and ask him to pray that Mike Johnson stops enabling pedophilia. Let’s send tens of thousands of postcards! Overwhelm them. They’ll think it’s a sign.
Apply pressure at source.
Apply pressure at source.
Is 4725 wire transfers a lot? It seems like a lot.
July 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Is 4725 wire transfers a lot? It seems like a lot.
Hmmm… let me put my thinking cap on here. Why would Trump offer a pardon to Epstein’s gf and keeper of Epstein s secrets? 🤷♀️ it sure is a head scratcher.
2 points here:
1) There's no statute of limitations in New York for Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes (maybe also options in New Mexico and Florida). A pardon can't stop state prosecutions.
2) We just got another reason to release the Epstein files: so the public can test Maxwell's truthfulness.
1) There's no statute of limitations in New York for Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes (maybe also options in New Mexico and Florida). A pardon can't stop state prosecutions.
2) We just got another reason to release the Epstein files: so the public can test Maxwell's truthfulness.
July 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Hmmm… let me put my thinking cap on here. Why would Trump offer a pardon to Epstein’s gf and keeper of Epstein s secrets? 🤷♀️ it sure is a head scratcher.
Hirsch leaving is not just bad for Columbia but for the girl at large. I look to her analysis often in my own work. Her views are absolutely needed.
“We learn by making analogies,” [Marianne] Hirsch said. “Now the university is saying that’s off-limits. How can you have a university course where ideas are not up for discussion or interpretation?”
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
July 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hirsch leaving is not just bad for Columbia but for the girl at large. I look to her analysis often in my own work. Her views are absolutely needed.
At what point will his handlers step in and tell him that the more he does stuff like this to deflect, the guiltier he looks?
But then again, MAGA doesn’t actually care about punishing pedos. And honestly, I’m beginning to think it’s a MUCH bigger problem among Republicans than I thought.
But then again, MAGA doesn’t actually care about punishing pedos. And honestly, I’m beginning to think it’s a MUCH bigger problem among Republicans than I thought.
Trump, hoping to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein furor, posts what appears to be an AI-generated video showing Obama being arrested and locked up in prison. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
Trump Posts Fake Video Showing Obama Arrest
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
At what point will his handlers step in and tell him that the more he does stuff like this to deflect, the guiltier he looks?
But then again, MAGA doesn’t actually care about punishing pedos. And honestly, I’m beginning to think it’s a MUCH bigger problem among Republicans than I thought.
But then again, MAGA doesn’t actually care about punishing pedos. And honestly, I’m beginning to think it’s a MUCH bigger problem among Republicans than I thought.
Shout this from the rooftops!
When the right talks about intellectual diversity in higher ed, what they really mean is they don’t like conservative views being challenged.
When the right talks about intellectual diversity in higher ed, what they really mean is they don’t like conservative views being challenged.
Also completely ignorant of higher ed economics. Our College of Liberal Arts brings more money into the univ than any other college, because we teach the most credits. And yet we're the lowest paid. Business and engineering are the highest paid, and those colleges are packed with conservatives.
Another defense of "intellectual diversity" that doesn't reckon with what this would mean in the areas that most students at U.S. universities study, such as engineering, business, health sciences, computer science, data science, economics, etc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Shout this from the rooftops!
When the right talks about intellectual diversity in higher ed, what they really mean is they don’t like conservative views being challenged.
When the right talks about intellectual diversity in higher ed, what they really mean is they don’t like conservative views being challenged.