ellie c
@pinebeltblues.bsky.social
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ref librarian & law prof @ UNC law library
PhD student @ UNC AmSt
UE150
she/her from AL
ref librarian & law prof @ UNC law library
PhD student @ UNC AmSt
UE150
she/her from AL
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This gorgeous, heartbreaking, and deeply hopeful essay from @hannahmatthews.bsky.social from our anthology is featured in FULL on @literaryhub.bsky.social today ♥️ give it a read + send it to someone who needs it
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Navigating Preteendom in the Shadow of the American Girl Doll
On September 1, 1998, my girlhood abruptly changed its shape. Two things happened on that blustery back-to-school morning that fell exactly a month after my eleventh birthday. I got my first period…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This gorgeous, heartbreaking, and deeply hopeful essay from @hannahmatthews.bsky.social from our anthology is featured in FULL on @literaryhub.bsky.social today ♥️ give it a read + send it to someone who needs it
lithub.com/navigating-p...
lithub.com/navigating-p...
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finally found the difference between truth and beauty
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
finally found the difference between truth and beauty
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"I’ve learned that good scholarship, like good politics, depends on empathy as much as on evidence." (via @dukepress.bsky.social)
What Socialism Got Right
Writing "The Red Riviera" taught me that even flawed socialist systems offered insights into equality, solidarity, and the dignity of everyday life.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"I’ve learned that good scholarship, like good politics, depends on empathy as much as on evidence." (via @dukepress.bsky.social)
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I made a random compliment generator today because I wanted to make something nice :)
Compliments 💖
You deserve to hear this
dr.eamer.dev
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I made a random compliment generator today because I wanted to make something nice :)
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
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Because, as I have said, it’s only good universal use case is disciplining labor.
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Because, as I have said, it’s only good universal use case is disciplining labor.
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
How Brutalism Became Both a Utopian Dream and a Dystopian Meme
Brutalism, an architectural movement associated with state power and science fiction, is perpetually misunderstood – yet it has left an indelible imprint on popular culture.
www.sothebys.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
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This essay was so affirming for someone who usually thinks of story first and only then can ask -- as Javi so succinctly puts it -- "what sort of character needs this plot?"
hey #screenwriting #screenwriter who writes #tv and #film - have you ever wondered how a great writer creates unforgettable characters? ME TOO! sadly, all you get is my latest essay in which i break down how i cope with what i see as my weakest suit!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-am...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-am...
I Am Insecure About My Character(s) - Uncanny Magazine
Great characters are the cornerstone of storytelling. For a story to work, the audience must bond in a meaningful way with a cast of fully realized individuals whose actions and conflicts create drama...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This essay was so affirming for someone who usually thinks of story first and only then can ask -- as Javi so succinctly puts it -- "what sort of character needs this plot?"
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The wizard is having lunch with the librarians. He brought crusty bread and they brought banana squashes, raspberries and egg.
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The wizard is having lunch with the librarians. He brought crusty bread and they brought banana squashes, raspberries and egg.
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“Álvaro López, the electoral coordinator for the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, believes “we need to get away from a ‘holding them accountable’ framework toward a ‘building power’ framework.” hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance.
hammerandhope.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Álvaro López, the electoral coordinator for the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, believes “we need to get away from a ‘holding them accountable’ framework toward a ‘building power’ framework.” hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
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you probably shouldn't let what commentators like Ezra Klein say be the limit of your imagination or determine what you think is politically possible. He doesn't have a clue what is possible.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
you probably shouldn't let what commentators like Ezra Klein say be the limit of your imagination or determine what you think is politically possible. He doesn't have a clue what is possible.
Oh wow just realized I’m a content AND structure radical
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Oh wow just realized I’m a content AND structure radical
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
All I had to vote for were two uncontested races in Hillsborough and I showed up anyway
My theory is that people would have voted in the new coke elections yesterday if that’s all there was. People just want to VOTE, period.
carolinapublicpress.org/73287/high-t...?
carolinapublicpress.org/73287/high-t...?
High turnout for NC municipal elections as voters make themselves heard
Many voters say they are concerned about too-rapid development in major cities as they cast votes in council races across NC in 2025.
carolinapublicpress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
All I had to vote for were two uncontested races in Hillsborough and I showed up anyway
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
!!!!
They broke the republican supermajority in the Mississippi state senate
respect to the organizers and power to the people
respect to the organizers and power to the people
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
!!!!
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Mayor-elect Mamdani comes out to Ja Rule's "New York" and starts his victory speech by quoting Eugene V. Debs. Gotta love that contrast lol
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Mayor-elect Mamdani comes out to Ja Rule's "New York" and starts his victory speech by quoting Eugene V. Debs. Gotta love that contrast lol
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If any sad rich New Yorkers would like to sell me your apartment at a massive loss please DM me
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If any sad rich New Yorkers would like to sell me your apartment at a massive loss please DM me