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English Prof at Southwestern U. Victorian Studies, Film Studies.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

submitted 9 days ago • 185 comments

“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.” —Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

submitted 10 days ago • 98 comments

This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.

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submitted 90 days ago • 67 comments

If you like hearing a serial rapist claim that he is the foremost protector of women in America you will love this speech

submitted 112 days ago • 52 comments

Oh so this was the red wave y’all were talking about

submitted 113 days ago • 333 comments

ICYMI: Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to file a bill Thursday morning to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." It would be referenced as the "Gulf of America" in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record.

submitted 168 days ago • 370 comments

Just realized my 21-yo son’s entire casual night outfit is from #costco. Don’t sleep on the Champion sweats, Hurley tee and Gerry puffy coat! Get ya some Puma sport undies too, (probably, I’m guessing). Fashion lives at #costco!

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

When the possibility of curing disease will exhaust the pool of chronically ill patients, it threatens the biotech business model. #latestagecapitalism

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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

submitted 190 days ago • 36 comments

Remember during Covid when some governors provided regular updates about what was happening? We need regular updates by the best Democratic communicators explaining the reckless incompetence of the Trump bunch and providing the public a picture of how things can and must be better.

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Great pairing for holiday film viewing: Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and Peele’s Get Out. Just do it and thank me later. (And yes, Polanski is problematic, but Ira Levin’s source material and Mia Farrow’s amazing performance more Han conpensate).

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We are looking for an activist or scholar in residence for publicly engaged humanities for next year. Please share with your networks--and consider coming to help us out for a year. Happy to answer questions. www.southwestern.edu/live/news/16...

submitted 224 days ago • 1 comment

Honestly friends, The Cure’s new album is amazing so maybe we can just go goth again like during the Reagan administration.

submitted 220 days ago • 0 comments

botoxic masculinity

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