Marissa Kessenich
@marissakess.bsky.social
English PhD candidate at UVA studying historical recovery and African American literature | Texas Ex🤘| she/her
📍Charlottesville, VA
📍Charlottesville, VA
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JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
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Her crime was writing an op/ed. Her visa was valid, but she wrote an op/ed
March 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Her crime was writing an op/ed. Her visa was valid, but she wrote an op/ed
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson, famous advocate for color blind meritocracy and equal opportunity.
Glenn Youngkin takes a victory lap on Fox for University of Virginia ending DEI and says it's a step toward restoring the values of Thomas Jefferson
March 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thomas Jefferson, famous advocate for color blind meritocracy and equal opportunity.
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Sincerely hope folks begin to realize at some point that compliance will not save you. Institutional position will not save you. What we are seeing is a wholesale dismantling of higher education piece by piece.
March 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Sincerely hope folks begin to realize at some point that compliance will not save you. Institutional position will not save you. What we are seeing is a wholesale dismantling of higher education piece by piece.
Speechless and disgusted. The UVA BOV is an absolute joke.
March 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Speechless and disgusted. The UVA BOV is an absolute joke.
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Trans people exist, have always existed, and will loved and valued, no matter what their government tells them.
(Also, I’m a part of the government, and I’m here to tell you I love you + I won’t stop fighting for you no matter what!)
(Also, I’m a part of the government, and I’m here to tell you I love you + I won’t stop fighting for you no matter what!)
January 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Trans people exist, have always existed, and will loved and valued, no matter what their government tells them.
(Also, I’m a part of the government, and I’m here to tell you I love you + I won’t stop fighting for you no matter what!)
(Also, I’m a part of the government, and I’m here to tell you I love you + I won’t stop fighting for you no matter what!)
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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So apparently the AP Human Geography site is culling some of its "daily videos" for class use. A teacher tells me the videos on redlining and white flight are gone. In the screenshot below, you can see the Daily Videos start with no. 2 (no. 1 on this page was redlining, and it's gone now).
March 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So apparently the AP Human Geography site is culling some of its "daily videos" for class use. A teacher tells me the videos on redlining and white flight are gone. In the screenshot below, you can see the Daily Videos start with no. 2 (no. 1 on this page was redlining, and it's gone now).
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Worth noting that Tim Longo is the common thread in almost all off of this.
February 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Worth noting that Tim Longo is the common thread in almost all off of this.
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Pretextual traffic stops + security theater + incredibly poor messaging + unexamined local law enforcement mutual assistance agreements + local leaders unwilling to seriously examine public safety + past failures with minimal accountability = today in Charlottesville.
February 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Pretextual traffic stops + security theater + incredibly poor messaging + unexamined local law enforcement mutual assistance agreements + local leaders unwilling to seriously examine public safety + past failures with minimal accountability = today in Charlottesville.
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November 24, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 9:58 PM