If anyone is wondering what it has been like to live and work at a public university in Florida for the last few years (and why I quit my job), here’s a piece I wrote for the LRB about the DeSantis admin’s war on education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... - ThreadSky

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dfontaine.bsky.social • 506 days ago

If anyone is wondering what it has been like to live and work at a public university in Florida for the last few years (and why I quit my job), here’s a piece I wrote for the LRB about the DeSantis admin’s war on education: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n20/darcie-fontaine/diary

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profmarylewis.bsky.social•506 days ago

Heartbreaking. Thank you for writing. Wish you hadn’t needed to.

drchrisdeutsch.bsky.social•506 days ago

Thank you for sharing. I can only imagine how difficult it was to write.

eichnercarolyn.bsky.social•505 days ago

Its an outstanding essay, Darcie.

dfontaine.bsky.social•505 days ago

Thank you so much Caroline!

historianofarch.bsky.social•499 days ago

Thanks for capturing the essence of how bad things have gotten in Florida. We are grateful to have left before it sank this low, but sorry that you had to face it. I hope you are well.

derekbrauders.bsky.social•506 days ago

A concise but pretty damning indictment of the state of political academia (is that a correct term?) in Florida. I'd guess that some elements might be prevalent in other institutions worldwide, but the extreme politicisation is a different level.

jdegroat.bsky.social•506 days ago

A powerful description of this disastrous situation, Darcie. Thanks for writing it.

dfontaine.bsky.social•506 days ago

Thank you Judith!

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