O’Donovan
@odonovan.bsky.social
Writing hero: E.B. White, “Death of a Pig”
Education hero: bell hooks, “Teaching to Transgress”
Gardening hero: Crowley, “Good Omens”
Education hero: bell hooks, “Teaching to Transgress”
Gardening hero: Crowley, “Good Omens”
Best thing about my job: For three 10-week academic terms each year, I have a tiny force of journalists-in-training who can do Useful Projects for Democracy. Now accepting suggestions for winter and spring quarters.
Last project: What high school grads need to know about renting and their rights
Last project: What high school grads need to know about renting and their rights
November 11, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Best thing about my job: For three 10-week academic terms each year, I have a tiny force of journalists-in-training who can do Useful Projects for Democracy. Now accepting suggestions for winter and spring quarters.
Last project: What high school grads need to know about renting and their rights
Last project: What high school grads need to know about renting and their rights
... the specifics really tell the story here.
I was curious about what the religious discrimination actually was. As many of you know, I’ve successfully litigated such a claim for a plaintiff in a case that went … places I did it expect.
Anyway, to my surprise, this is the behavior the jury found was protected by Title VII
Anyway, to my surprise, this is the behavior the jury found was protected by Title VII
August 8, 2023 at 8:33 PM
... the specifics really tell the story here.
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New polling: Americans’ discontent with the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade remains as potent as a year ago, with record-high share saying they’re likely to take a candidate’s position on abortion into consideration when voting.
CNN Poll: Abortion's role as an electoral litmus test hasn't faded a year after Supreme Court decisi...
Americans’ discontent with the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade remains as potent as it was a year ago, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with a record-high share of t...
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August 8, 2023 at 4:14 PM
New polling: Americans’ discontent with the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade remains as potent as a year ago, with record-high share saying they’re likely to take a candidate’s position on abortion into consideration when voting.
For $25, you can buy 100 tests that can detect pregnancy five days before a missed period.
If you live in a state with a six-week ban, you should know about that. And if you’re a sexually active straight woman, maybe set up a weekly calendar reminder to test.
https://www.pregmate.com
If you live in a state with a six-week ban, you should know about that. And if you’re a sexually active straight woman, maybe set up a weekly calendar reminder to test.
https://www.pregmate.com
Pregmate Pregnancy Test Strips
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July 13, 2023 at 11:29 PM
For $25, you can buy 100 tests that can detect pregnancy five days before a missed period.
If you live in a state with a six-week ban, you should know about that. And if you’re a sexually active straight woman, maybe set up a weekly calendar reminder to test.
https://www.pregmate.com
If you live in a state with a six-week ban, you should know about that. And if you’re a sexually active straight woman, maybe set up a weekly calendar reminder to test.
https://www.pregmate.com
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2 weeks after the targeted stabbing attack on a gender studies course at the University of Waterloo, student Nadia Khan wrote about it for Teen Vogue.
"How was it possible that in the same building where I first read texts like Gender Trouble, multiple people were violently attacked for the same?"
"How was it possible that in the same building where I first read texts like Gender Trouble, multiple people were violently attacked for the same?"
I Thought My Campus Was Safe, Then There Was A Violent Anti-LGBTQ Attack
"Hatred doesn’t happen in a vacuum: when left unchecked, it spreads like poison."
www.teenvogue.com
July 12, 2023 at 4:41 PM
2 weeks after the targeted stabbing attack on a gender studies course at the University of Waterloo, student Nadia Khan wrote about it for Teen Vogue.
"How was it possible that in the same building where I first read texts like Gender Trouble, multiple people were violently attacked for the same?"
"How was it possible that in the same building where I first read texts like Gender Trouble, multiple people were violently attacked for the same?"
I am an unabashed fan of @washingtonpost.com's Post Grad project, and can confirm that intergenerational friendships are fantastic in all directions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/13/post-grad-intergenerational-friendship-young-adults/
Opinion | What friends of other ages — and life stages — can teach us
Many young people enter workplaces feeling awkward or worried about making friends in mixed-age environments.
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July 13, 2023 at 6:16 PM
I am an unabashed fan of @washingtonpost.com's Post Grad project, and can confirm that intergenerational friendships are fantastic in all directions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/13/post-grad-intergenerational-friendship-young-adults/
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For Teen Vogue and my first piece supported by Economic Hardship Reporting Project, I reported on students organizing to end unpaid work requirements for social work, teaching, and other programs. They talked about student debt, how economic hardship shapes fields, and more.
Unpaid Labor Is Seen As a Given in Many Fields
From student teaching to nursing to social work.
www.teenvogue.com
July 5, 2023 at 3:07 PM
For Teen Vogue and my first piece supported by Economic Hardship Reporting Project, I reported on students organizing to end unpaid work requirements for social work, teaching, and other programs. They talked about student debt, how economic hardship shapes fields, and more.
Browsing old bookmarks and this post from Heather Bryant holds up: "Journalism has a class problem. We know this."
So this one time at a journalism conference…
I was talking to this person whom I’d just met. They told me about their job and where they worked. They asked me about mine. I told them…
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July 5, 2023 at 6:12 PM
Browsing old bookmarks and this post from Heather Bryant holds up: "Journalism has a class problem. We know this."
I am trying to imagine a more perfect modern iteration of bread and circuses and cannot.
I was told things wouldn’t get stupider, that was clearly a lie.
July 4, 2023 at 1:29 AM
I am trying to imagine a more perfect modern iteration of bread and circuses and cannot.
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Tony Wolf, author of the graphic novel "Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst's Amazons," talks to us about his novel and the marvelous and colorful history of these Suffrajitsu women.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/34-circe-salon-make-matriarchy-great-again-disrupting/id1515852327?i=1000619013724
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/34-circe-salon-make-matriarchy-great-again-disrupting/id1515852327?i=1000619013724
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History: Encore: Tony Wolf - Suffraji...
Show 34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History, Ep Encore: Tony Wolf - Suffrajitsu-- The Female Bodyguards of the British Suffrage Movement - Jul 2, 2023
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July 4, 2023 at 1:07 AM
Tony Wolf, author of the graphic novel "Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst's Amazons," talks to us about his novel and the marvelous and colorful history of these Suffrajitsu women.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/34-circe-salon-make-matriarchy-great-again-disrupting/id1515852327?i=1000619013724
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/34-circe-salon-make-matriarchy-great-again-disrupting/id1515852327?i=1000619013724
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It’s July 3. Don’t forget to leave artisanal hipster sandwiches out tonight for Captain America!
July 3, 2023 at 9:28 PM
It’s July 3. Don’t forget to leave artisanal hipster sandwiches out tonight for Captain America!