A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving.

Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.

I’m thrilled to represent EFA tomorrow and to share how freelance editors support authors in reaching their goals. (I will also excitedly discuss all things writing, books, editing, EFA, CMOS…)

#AWP25 #amediting #amwriting #editors #writers #FreelanceEditorialServices #EFA

The EFA is committed to standing by DEI; we re-affirm the principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Learn more about our commitment: The-efa.org/diversity-equity-belonging #DiversityEquityInclusion #DEI #InclusionMatters #EquityForAll #DiversityMatters #Freelancers #EquityInAction

Reading Beloved with you all has definitely been worth firing up my dormant Bluesky account. I'm going to miss closing my book and opening my browser to share in our community. Thank you, @marcusluther.bsky.social and @heymrsbond.com for bringing us together for this! #BelovedFebruary

“One simple way [to push back] is to simply keep teaching exactly as we have been. This admin has made it clear that empirically verifiable knowledge itself is a threat…so they are attacking those of us who create knowledge.”

Keep teaching, keep writing, and—fellow publishers—KEEP PUBLISHING.

I just posted under the original post how to contact NEH to let it know what we think. Here's the most important one, I think, the Research Division (202) 606-8200 research@neh.gov My hunch is that Dept heads & research deans should be flooding them with emails + calling congresspeople.

Woke up in the middle of the night incensed about this. It’s bad for research & scholars. It’s also outright bigoted and so horrifically shameful for NEH to capitulate and effectively endorse this unscholarly, unfounded, hateful crap. This invalidates anything they DO fund now.

What is #StetPet? It's our way of honoring your trusty animal editorial assistants, and we here at the Guild have been sharing your buddies as official #StetPets every Wednesday since the summer of 2017. Learn how to submit a photo of your helper and learn more at edsguild.org/stetpet.

The U.S. DOE announced they are eliminating $600 million in grants related to PD on social justice activism, white supremacy, anti-racism, DEI -- and programs to recruit teachers of color.

We'd like to hear from programs directly impacted by these draconian cuts. Email zep@zinnedproject.org

“The Association of University Presses agrees… that the White House executive order recognizing only two sexes constitutes censorship, pure and simple… Gender is lived experience, not political ideology, and this specious order has no place in a free society.”

Chapter 16 begins with the POV of the four horseman, replicating the perspective from which American stories have disproportionately been told. Their dehumanizing language and commodity-based thinking is glaring in ignorant brutality after readers have spent so much time with Sethe. #BelovedFebruary

It should not be radical for the American Bar Association to say that it supports the rule of law. But right now, it is. Let's see some other orgs taking a similar stance.

Community.

There are so many layers of community and connection in these first 9 chapters. It's intergenerational. Many, many layers of connection. #BelovedFebruary

“This amounts to the censorship of scientists, breach of rights to free expression, dehumanisation of LGBT individuals, and indifference for the American taxpayers and human beings worldwide who support CDC’s research and have a right to expect that the findings are shared.”

Last chapter nine thought: the repetition of Sethe and Baby Suggs having only 28 days of joy after Sethe’s arrival figuratively connects that timeline to menstruation cycles and parenthood in a meaningful way. It reminds me of this quote from a Morrison interview on Margaret Garner. #BelovedFebruary

Chapter nine also had me thinking of love as dangerous and revolutionary in a world of racist violence. Ella’s hardened advice is “Don’t love nothing” and Paul D knew that “For a used-to-be-slave woman to love anything that much was dangerous,” but… #BelovedFebruary

From the “shameless beauty” of Sweet Home’s sycamores to the chokecherry tree on Sethe’s back, trees in the novel are heavy with complex meaning. And now Beloved arrives and sits on a tree stump. #BelovedFebruary

A day late, but chapter three had me thinking about characters grounding themselves in their senses. Denver retreats to the smells of cologne, Amy dreams of touching velvet, and Baby Suggs spends the last of her energy pondering color. #BelovedFebruary