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Feminist, theater history professor, dramaturg, parent of humans, lover of dogs, ally. Investigative journalism admirer. Occasional roller skater. BLM🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ AAUP: One Faculty https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781838673338
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Gave my students extra credit for participating in Frederick Douglass Day 2025 at our uni library, transcribing documents from African American history. They reported back that so many people were participating nation wide that the website kept crashing. #skystorians #academicsky #fuckoffnazis

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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At the rally with my ride or die and work wife @mysteriousdrcase.bsky.social

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Angie is a reporter with the Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social. I've talked with her before for an article. She is excellent and trustworthy.

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If you only have time to read one thing today, read this. Excellent analysis of the dismantling of our institutions – – the movement behind it and what is occurring in real time. We’re in the fight of our lives. open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

🚨 Your House representative is now back home through February 23. That’s where we come in. With Trump and Elon Musk pulling off a billionaire coup in real time, this congressional recess is about turning up the heat like never before. Let’s get to work: indivisi.org/muskorus

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.

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NEW: How a gene therapy drug ends up costing $2 million a dose, and why it doesn't have to. The fascinating inside story from Robin Fields of @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/zolg...

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

Are you an early career theater journalist or critic of color? You should apply for this program tcg.org/Web/Web/Our-...

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Please share this with everyone - you never know who may need this critical info!! 🩵💙🩵

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🧵 THREAD: In the second Trump administration, we’re devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans. Here are some of the issues we’re watching — and how you can inform our work.

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UTAH: call Gov Cox and tell him to veto HB 267, which bans collective bargaining for public sector workers (teachers, firefighters, etc). This will undermine public ed and public safety, not to mention the ability of workers to advocate and negotiate for better conditions. 801-538-1000

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Preparing to teach realist drama and the so-called woman problem of the late 19th century. Contemplating ways to connect this topic to examining documents from the current shitshow. Ideas welcome. #skystorians #primarysources #theater #drama #academicsky #genderstudies

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I just read this great slate article written by someone who works at OPM. If you have the time, worth the read. I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know. We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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DOGE security has called the police on members of Congress who were attempting to enter a federal building.

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Public Statement 🧵 (1/10) (see full statement here- docs.google.com/document/d/1...) We are deeply troubled by the news of HRC planning to lay off ~20% of its staff. These are not just numbers. These are people who have dedicated their lives to LGBTQIA+ rights.

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 19 days ago • 1328 comments

#AcademicSky Coming soon to a state near you? www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

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Important for history folks 🗃 #academicsky

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What to do if ICE is on your campus. #academicsky #skystorians @uuaaup.bsky.social

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If you’re a blue state legislator wondering how you can protect trans people right now, allowing birth certificates to be changed without listing them as “amended” so that we can still get passports is high on the list.

submitted 22 days ago • 24 comments

they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.

submitted 22 days ago • 797 comments

This is a 5 alarm fire. They're going to pull down all publicly available data, studies, guidance, etc that involves LGBTQ people so when the worst happens to us, no one will know. They're actively trying to erase us. gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...

submitted 22 days ago • 119 comments

Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup

submitted 22 days ago • 104 comments