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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · 2d

...well placed diagrams and images that communicate central aspects of the work's theoretical and historical contributions. It really helps with teaching preparation! (visuals from assigned chapter attached)

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, I will teach Naomi Murakawa's chapter, "Freedom From Fear" in her book, The First Civil Right. I use the chapter teach the operations of political parties and their significance in American governance in context for an Intro to U.S. politics course. I really like when academic writing has

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · 5d

unfortunately, I won't be able to make it after all. hopefully we meet in person soon!! I hope you have a good time.

Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · 6d

Tomorrow, I am teaching chapter 6 of Iris Marion Young's *Justice and the Politics of Difference* in my Intro to American Politics course. Re-reading her political theory, again and again, has been the best teacher for me. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's class.

Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · 11d

😂😅 ahh thanks, Caleb. I'm looking forward to the next time we cross paths! FEAST was such a blast.

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · 11d

Yes! See u there?

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · 29d

Tomorrow, I teach "Counter-Revolution of Property" from Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 (Du Bois 1935). It's my first time reading this chapter and teaching this book. I hope it goes well!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Oct 3

I'm furious on behalf of everyone who was brutalized by ICE today in Chicago. My GOD, this is completely horrible.

I've been in meetings most of today and I just checked messages and see that comrades & friends were part of the people they brutalized today.

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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · Sep 26

"A district profile states he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana and grew up in Brooklyn, New York."

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents

The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...

www.iowapublicradio.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 21

Several times this year more than 100,000 people have been out in the streets in particular cities to protest this regime and the NYT & MSM barely covered those protests. I wonder why [I don't actually so no need to respond].

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 19

The thing everyone can do right now is to find your lane if you don't already have one and work that lane diligently and with commitment.

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Matthew Clair @mathuclair.bsky.social · Aug 13

Law is central to today’s social crises—from democratic backsliding to immigrant exclusion. This paper shows how cultural sociology offers rigorous explanations of, and insights into how to tackle, law-related crises. Hope it’s useful to law and society scholars and others

osf.io/preprints/so...

Title: The study of culture, law, and crisis
Author: Matthew Clair, Stanford University
Date: July 2025

Abstract: This paper reviews cultural sociological approaches to the study of law and how they may be applied to future research on law-related social crises. As the world faces myriad social crises, such as rising authoritarianism and police violence, the study of culture and the law has become an even more urgent intellectual and practical endeavor. Over the last decade, five concepts have dominated the cultural study of law: rules, norms, frames, cultural capital, and legal consciousness. While past research has provided generative insight, future research would benefit from more precise considerations of rules and norms in this unsettled moment. Moreover, future research could leverage the five cultural concepts to sharpen understandings of inequality and social control in understudied legal organizations, along understudied axes of social stratification, and with respect to the infusion of new technologies into the legal system.

Acknowledgments: Thank you to Asad L. Asad, Sarah Brayne, and Barbara Kiviat for comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · Aug 13

See the application here: www.emotionandsociety.com/fellows-prog...

Fellows Program — Emotion and Society Lab

The program aims to provide writing and professional support to young scholars working on emotions through private professional workshops and a monthly works-in-progress series.

www.emotionandsociety.com

Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · Aug 13

Participating in the Emotion and Society Lab hosted by Myisha Cherry and Francisco Gallegos was one of my favorite graduate student experiences. The cohort, our discussions, & the feedback reminded me how meaningful intellectual life can be. The lab now invites grad students to apply for 2025-26!

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · Aug 2

www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions

One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continued to refuse food, he said on Thursday.

www.nbcnews.com

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thank you!

Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · Jul 19

@sadfrancisco.bsky.social I would like to teach one of your podcast episodes from February! Do you by chance have transcripts of your podcast? Or is there a way I could email you all directly to ask? Thanks!

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · Jun 7

oh god

Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is absolutely fantastic.

Dr Alina Utrata @alinau27.bsky.social · Jun 6

People have been asking about what I think about GenAI in higher ed, so I put together a guide for students & educators that attempts to demystify what GenAI is & how it's bad.
Very much a work in progress, so do let me know if you have feedback/updates!
alinautrata.substack.com/p/the-anti-d...

The Anti-Dystopian's Guide to GenAI for students & educators

What is GenAI, Why is it Bad, and How Can Higher Education Resist It?

alinautrata.substack.com

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · Jun 4

It would be really awesome if we could have a small Cedric Robinson conference for people working primarily on theory building with his ideas. Just throwing it out there!

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · May 24

Nearly three years before the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd as he cried that he couldn’t breathe, Zoya Code found herself in a similar position: handcuffed facedown on the ground, with Chauvin’s knee on her. Code said she began pleading: “Don’t kill me.”

“That Could Have Been Me”: The People Derek Chauvin Choked Before George Floyd

They describe an officer quick to use force and callous about their pain.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · May 22

Friend and colleague, @bodegagyroao.bsky.social made this fantastic poster for Friday's talk. I hope this talk is just the beginning. Feel free to DM me for zoom link or see you in person!

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · May 21

ah right! just followed you back. Thanks for expressing interest. I also look forward to any feedback or comments you might have for me.

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · May 21

The lecture will share information collected from his archive and reconstruct the dense arguments he makes about charisma. In the discussion of Robinson, I invite the audience to think about how his critique can be fruitfully applied to current political conditions.

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Natasha Patel @tashahpatel.bsky.social · May 21

The lecture will cover ideas from his review of Michael Polyani's Personal Knowledge (1968), his writing on Malcolm X as a Charismatic Leader (1972), and his dissertation "Leadership: a Mythic Paradigm" (1975) which was later published as The Terms of Order (1980).

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