Stacey Balkan
@sbalkan5.bsky.social
public university professor in Florida (views my own) | energy humanist | bike warrior | lover of pups| WVU press author | www.staceybalkan.com
Another testament to the burden of coercive automobility!
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Another testament to the burden of coercive automobility!
Beautiful and timely memoir as I lick my wounds. ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Beautiful and timely memoir as I lick my wounds. ❤️
Spring course in Literature and the Environment!!! Please share with your students! This course satisfies the Category 1 requirement for the English major; and it is also one of the two core requirements for our new undergraduate minor in Environment and Society. Join me!!
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Spring course in Literature and the Environment!!! Please share with your students! This course satisfies the Category 1 requirement for the English major; and it is also one of the two core requirements for our new undergraduate minor in Environment and Society. Join me!!
I LOVE YOU JERZY!!!! Pretty homesick right about now 🥰
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I LOVE YOU JERZY!!!! Pretty homesick right about now 🥰
Really great turnout in Boca—great reminder that they don’t outnumber us; they just spend more time sharing AI-generated trash on social media. One thing though friends: I wish the car horns could be replaced by bicycle bells. We have to stop fueling their politics. 🚴♀️🌈
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Really great turnout in Boca—great reminder that they don’t outnumber us; they just spend more time sharing AI-generated trash on social media. One thing though friends: I wish the car horns could be replaced by bicycle bells. We have to stop fueling their politics. 🚴♀️🌈
Rounding out our long journey down the road—began with Sinclair and Kerouac, and here we are: “By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.” Exquisite.
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Rounding out our long journey down the road—began with Sinclair and Kerouac, and here we are: “By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.” Exquisite.
Helen Kapstein’s brilliant Petroforms is in the world!!! @wordbird20.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social 👏👏
October 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Helen Kapstein’s brilliant Petroforms is in the world!!! @wordbird20.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social 👏👏
Day off over here…
September 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Day off over here…
Made a beautiful meal last night, which was accompanied by a delicious bottle of wine—eating well and anricipating a day off, because of the bravery and fortitude of the United Faculty of Florida and unions everywhere. #happylaborday #unionstrong
September 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Made a beautiful meal last night, which was accompanied by a delicious bottle of wine—eating well and anricipating a day off, because of the bravery and fortitude of the United Faculty of Florida and unions everywhere. #happylaborday #unionstrong
Listened to Scranton‘s interview on “Cultures of Energy” yesterday, and I am very excited about this book: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
September 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Listened to Scranton‘s interview on “Cultures of Energy” yesterday, and I am very excited about this book: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
‘Bicycling in Paradise: On Radical Cadence and Just Futures in the End Times’ is officially under contract, and I am over the moon! (continuing to take any and all recs for bike lit 💖🚴♀️🌈) @bikesky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
‘Bicycling in Paradise: On Radical Cadence and Just Futures in the End Times’ is officially under contract, and I am over the moon! (continuing to take any and all recs for bike lit 💖🚴♀️🌈) @bikesky.social
Bike studies research with my trusted assistant ❤️🌈 @bikesky.social
July 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Bike studies research with my trusted assistant ❤️🌈 @bikesky.social
Tonight in petrocinema… @calebwellum.bsky.social excited to read this!
July 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Tonight in petrocinema… @calebwellum.bsky.social excited to read this!
Power Shift: Keywords for a New Politics of Energy, out now! With entries ranging from “cycling” to “degrowth” to “online” to “art,” an incredibly teachable resource. Check out powershiftbook.com for the powerful introduction by @imreszeman.bsky.social and Jennifer Wenzel 🌈🚴♀️#energy #power
July 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Power Shift: Keywords for a New Politics of Energy, out now! With entries ranging from “cycling” to “degrowth” to “online” to “art,” an incredibly teachable resource. Check out powershiftbook.com for the powerful introduction by @imreszeman.bsky.social and Jennifer Wenzel 🌈🚴♀️#energy #power
I am digging in now!
July 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am digging in now!
Automobile culture is parasitic, violently destructive, and economically pretty stupid. It’s also the undisputed cause of social isolation and all manner of physical illness; as well as infrastructural/racial apartheid along with the assassination of public transportation… #rideabike #cyclejustice
July 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Automobile culture is parasitic, violently destructive, and economically pretty stupid. It’s also the undisputed cause of social isolation and all manner of physical illness; as well as infrastructural/racial apartheid along with the assassination of public transportation… #rideabike #cyclejustice
Energy justice pups reading about the revolution 💖🌈☀️ @imreszeman.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Energy justice pups reading about the revolution 💖🌈☀️ @imreszeman.bsky.social
Summer in Florida: tumultuous rain, perfectly tiny dogs, and good books. @mltondre.bsky.social excited to read your introduction with my students in the fall :)
June 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Summer in Florida: tumultuous rain, perfectly tiny dogs, and good books. @mltondre.bsky.social excited to read your introduction with my students in the fall :)
For a clear-eyed view of the complicated political history of the glades, check out this terrific podcast from @npr.org For a glimpse into the homicidal nature of our dog-killing homeland security secretary, take a look at the social media accounts of the federal government. God help us. #florida 🥲
June 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Injustice prevails where hopelessness persists. Hope is your superpower.” Courtesy of Equal Justice Initiative in Tallahassee 💖🌈 (inspired by Mamdani’s win today and thinking about the many fronts here in the swamp)
June 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“Injustice prevails where hopelessness persists. Hope is your superpower.” Courtesy of Equal Justice Initiative in Tallahassee 💖🌈 (inspired by Mamdani’s win today and thinking about the many fronts here in the swamp)
Application submitted for the National Academy of the Sciences’ Gulf Scholars Program. Our intention is to build institutional bridges between our shiny new programming in environmental humanities, environment science, and environmental education❤️🌈(🙏)
June 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Application submitted for the National Academy of the Sciences’ Gulf Scholars Program. Our intention is to build institutional bridges between our shiny new programming in environmental humanities, environment science, and environmental education❤️🌈(🙏)
wvupressonline.com/petroforms
Supremely excited about this book! I taught “crude fictions” and “petroart” this past term in my infrastructure seminar—so good! @wordbird20.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social
Supremely excited about this book! I taught “crude fictions” and “petroart” this past term in my infrastructure seminar—so good! @wordbird20.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
wvupressonline.com/petroforms
Supremely excited about this book! I taught “crude fictions” and “petroart” this past term in my infrastructure seminar—so good! @wordbird20.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social
Supremely excited about this book! I taught “crude fictions” and “petroart” this past term in my infrastructure seminar—so good! @wordbird20.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social
Had the great pleasure and privilege to talk about radical cadence and bicycle-inspired futures on @biketalk.bsky.social 🚴♀️😍
June 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Had the great pleasure and privilege to talk about radical cadence and bicycle-inspired futures on @biketalk.bsky.social 🚴♀️😍