LaPutaBruja
@laputabruja.bsky.social
✨Chicanita Historian❤️Dissertation Topic: Badass Latinas from Detroit (1920-1990)📚PhD Candidate in Hist&WGS@umich🧿Bruja🌙
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This is astounding. The @michigandaily.bsky.social upstages every single legacy outlet in the country when it comes to exposing the underbelly of higher education. Just tremendous work.
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
From the Daily: The University's values on trial
specials.michigandaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is astounding. The @michigandaily.bsky.social upstages every single legacy outlet in the country when it comes to exposing the underbelly of higher education. Just tremendous work.
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
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I'm always very open about the fact that I received SNAP benefits and Medicaid for a bit after I fled my abusive husband with my little kid in tow. I used it to help me start over in a new state and go back to school to get my BA. I now have a PhD.
SNAP benefits saved my life.
SNAP benefits saved my life.
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm always very open about the fact that I received SNAP benefits and Medicaid for a bit after I fled my abusive husband with my little kid in tow. I used it to help me start over in a new state and go back to school to get my BA. I now have a PhD.
SNAP benefits saved my life.
SNAP benefits saved my life.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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ICE killed a father of three in Franklin Park a few days ago. They are snatching people at gas stations, at bus stops, and from their homes and cars, leaving screaming, panicked children in their wake. It is a nightmare, and when ICE has amassed 10,000 new agents, it could be the new normal.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
ICE killed a father of three in Franklin Park a few days ago. They are snatching people at gas stations, at bus stops, and from their homes and cars, leaving screaming, panicked children in their wake. It is a nightmare, and when ICE has amassed 10,000 new agents, it could be the new normal.
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When governments police museums, they are not simply policing exhibitions. They are policing imagination itself. Censorship has taken hold at the Smithsonian. I refused to play along.” —Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald Speaks Out on Cancelling Her Smithsonian Show
"When governments police museums, they are not simply policing exhibitions. They are policing imagination itself," the artist wrote in a new opinion essay.
hyperallergic.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When governments police museums, they are not simply policing exhibitions. They are policing imagination itself. Censorship has taken hold at the Smithsonian. I refused to play along.” —Amy Sherald
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Acknowledging that we are living under a fascist regime at the Federal level is essential for figuring out how to fight. And I'm sorry but burying one's head in the sand at this moment is actually allowing fascism to be further entrenched & authority more easily consolidated.
August 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Acknowledging that we are living under a fascist regime at the Federal level is essential for figuring out how to fight. And I'm sorry but burying one's head in the sand at this moment is actually allowing fascism to be further entrenched & authority more easily consolidated.
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Ons thing that's really bugging me about the "PhD level intelligence" is that a PhD isn't a measure of intelligence, it's a measure of commitment to study and specialisation in a narrow field (and opportunity to do so).
"PhD level intelligence" isn't really a meaningful phrase
"PhD level intelligence" isn't really a meaningful phrase
August 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Ons thing that's really bugging me about the "PhD level intelligence" is that a PhD isn't a measure of intelligence, it's a measure of commitment to study and specialisation in a narrow field (and opportunity to do so).
"PhD level intelligence" isn't really a meaningful phrase
"PhD level intelligence" isn't really a meaningful phrase
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***Attention Historians***
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
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Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
1/
July 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
***Attention Historians***
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
1/
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
1/
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Faculty friends at @ufl.edu, in response to Rufo's attack on Ono, r/wingers say "but he closed the U-M DEI office, he's one of us!" It is important to know that he was 100% pro-DEI as long as it earned him 1.3M/year at U-M. He closed our DEI office AFTER Florida offered him 3M/year.
May 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Faculty friends at @ufl.edu, in response to Rufo's attack on Ono, r/wingers say "but he closed the U-M DEI office, he's one of us!" It is important to know that he was 100% pro-DEI as long as it earned him 1.3M/year at U-M. He closed our DEI office AFTER Florida offered him 3M/year.
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This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
PSA: Undergrads or terminal master students interested in humanities PhD programs? Apply to Michigan's MICHHERS Program. A summer program where students spend 2 weeks at UofM learning about grad school. Want more info:https://rackham.umich.edu/rackham-life/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/michhers/
December 3, 2024 at 5:55 PM
PSA: Undergrads or terminal master students interested in humanities PhD programs? Apply to Michigan's MICHHERS Program. A summer program where students spend 2 weeks at UofM learning about grad school. Want more info:https://rackham.umich.edu/rackham-life/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/michhers/
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There is no such a thing as the Latino vote.
November 30, 2024 at 2:49 PM
There is no such a thing as the Latino vote.
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“I am filled with a sense of urgency and dread: dread at the apparently random waves of assaults against people and institutions closest to me; urgency to unearth the connections between these assaults.” – Audre Lorde
November 25, 2024 at 5:48 PM
“I am filled with a sense of urgency and dread: dread at the apparently random waves of assaults against people and institutions closest to me; urgency to unearth the connections between these assaults.” – Audre Lorde
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We organize. We work with our communities doing know your rights workshops. We armed them with information. We create sanctuary spaces. Those of us with privilege put out bodies on the line.
November 22, 2024 at 3:08 PM
We organize. We work with our communities doing know your rights workshops. We armed them with information. We create sanctuary spaces. Those of us with privilege put out bodies on the line.
During Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s, 60% of Mexicans who were coerced, tricked, and forced to leave were U.S. citizens. Many were Mexican American children. Whole communities and families were torn apart. How do we stop history from repeating itself?
I’ve been organizing undocumented parents to write directives and wills for the care of their children. Heartbreaking and necessary work. How are you organizing to support the most vulnerable in your community ?
How are you organizing to support communities when the massive deportations come?
November 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM
During Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s, 60% of Mexicans who were coerced, tricked, and forced to leave were U.S. citizens. Many were Mexican American children. Whole communities and families were torn apart. How do we stop history from repeating itself?
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Jonathan Rosa and I had the amazing opportunity to work with an undergraduate student and a high school student to "translate" our "Undoing Appropriateness" article for high school students. The final product is available for free here:
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
Language is Not the Problem, Racism is the Problem – Demystifying Language Project
Students of color are always being told that they need to change the way they speak. But what if, instead, educators changed the way they listen?
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu
November 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Jonathan Rosa and I had the amazing opportunity to work with an undergraduate student and a high school student to "translate" our "Undoing Appropriateness" article for high school students. The final product is available for free here:
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
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Excellent faculty and wonderful community at El Instituto—truly a vital hub for Latinx and Latin American Studies in New England @uconn.bsky.social #NutmegSky
Interested in studying and researching the Latine/a/o, Caribbean, or Latin American world? Apply for an MA in El Instituto: Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies in the University of Connecticut!
November 16, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Excellent faculty and wonderful community at El Instituto—truly a vital hub for Latinx and Latin American Studies in New England @uconn.bsky.social #NutmegSky
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SUPER postdoc at ASU Film & Media Studies: looking for U.S. Latina/o/x Studies; subspecialties in African American, Caribbean, Afro-Latinx Literature, Visual Culture Studies, and/or Women of Color Feminisms. 2 years + possible conversion to a T-T position. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/159508
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November 19, 2024 at 10:20 PM
SUPER postdoc at ASU Film & Media Studies: looking for U.S. Latina/o/x Studies; subspecialties in African American, Caribbean, Afro-Latinx Literature, Visual Culture Studies, and/or Women of Color Feminisms. 2 years + possible conversion to a T-T position. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/159508
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Latinx Studies folks. Think about supporting research. I’ll post latest article in next post
November 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Latinx Studies folks. Think about supporting research. I’ll post latest article in next post
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In my first semester as a faculty member, the regents of University of Michigan are set to defund DEI. I’m a scholar of anti-racist health. I was hired by the university wide initiative on anti-racism. This is extremely troubling but I’m glad the Faculty Senate is ready to fight.
November 21, 2024 at 3:37 AM
In my first semester as a faculty member, the regents of University of Michigan are set to defund DEI. I’m a scholar of anti-racist health. I was hired by the university wide initiative on anti-racism. This is extremely troubling but I’m glad the Faculty Senate is ready to fight.