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M Cortez @mcortez.net · Aug 15

beautiful piece by @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social with @asle-us.bsky.social.

Deceleration @deceleration.news · Aug 15

Can #poetry save the world from extractivist plunder and climate violence?

These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes—and that the Earth has a language that is archived by poetic thinking.

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#climate #literature #ecolit #clifi #environment

graphic cover of flowers, trees, and ecologicial distress w/ headline reading: 'can poetry save the world from extractivist plunder and climate violence?'

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you @deceleration.bsky.social for the opportunity to attend ASLE & write an article. Check it out here: Can Poetry Save the World from Extractivist Plunder and Climate Violence? These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes, and... deceleration.news/can-poetry-s...

ASLE 2025: Can Poetry Save the World from Extractivist Plunder and Climate Violence? – Deceleration

These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes—and that the Earth has a language that is archived by poetic thinking. These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say y...

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Aug 15

Amid rising attacks on trans people, ideas from ‘queer ecology’ can light the way toward an alternative environmental politics capable of honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beside and beyond our waterways.

ASLE 2025: Femme Friendship as Eco-Resistance—From Barton Springs Attack to Poland's 'Sister Rivers' – Deceleration

Amid rising attacks on trans people, ideas from ‘queer ecology’ can light the way toward an alternative environmental politics capable of honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beside and beyond our ...

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Aug 15

@deceleration.bsky.social assembled a panel of South Texas writer-activists at the 16th convening of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) to explore what it means to write and publish for Earth protection and human rights in a time of authoritarian cruelty.

ASLE 2025: Birds, Barrios, Borders, & Books—Chicanx Poetics and Publishing from the Belly of the Beast – Deceleration

Deceleration assembled a panel of South Texas writer-activists at the 16th convening of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment to explore what it means to write and publish fo...

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Jun 12

"The Queer South" in Southern Cultures Mag.

The Queer South

In a region where ideological battles over family life, gender, and sexual politics continue to unfold, the South is crucial terrain for doing meaning-making work, and critically examining the ever…

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Jun 7

"It’s not the kids’ responsibility to fix things, it’s ours. But we can support them, combining their ideas, creativity and passion with our knowledge and experience."

Parenting in the climate crisis: how to raise kids who care about the environment

From acknowledging big emotions to finding ways to make climate action fun, it’s important to start where your kids are

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · Apr 29

Last week: Legislators have launched renewed attacks targeting gender and ethnic studies departments, programs, and courses, which educators say threaten academic freedom and the prestige of Texas universities

The Lege’s 'Big Government Intrusion' into University Academics

Expanding on last session's anti-DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 21

Pope Francis, who died on Monday at 88, was a strong and vocal environmental advocate and used his papacy to help inspire global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. He framed climate change as an urgent spiritual issue and helped push the world to take action.

How Pope Francis Helped Inspire the Global Movement Against Climate Change

Francis framed climate change as an urgent spiritual issue and helped push the world to take action.

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Apr 22

To all my Catholic friends and family, my deepest sympathy on the passing of Pope Francis, a person of power who championed climate justice, human rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, women’s rights, and much more. I texted with my son all day. “Something has shifted,” he tells me. 😔 QEPD. 🕊️ 📿

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Apr 14

Did I miss a memo about pickles, or am I only now noticing? I am almost certain I've never noticed a whole pickle menu (Popeye's), packages of corn puffs (Pickle Balls by Vlasic), and pickled drinks (Dutch Bros.). Pickles with chamoy? Yes. Topo Chico preparado? Yes. But, all these other things?

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Mar 27

You need this one. 🦜✨

M Cortez @mcortez.net · Feb 25

The Bird Church, my new poetry collection, is out this summer from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social! preorder now thru April 25 for a discounted rate:

www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...

cover art by the inimitable alice "pájara" canestaro-garcia <3

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Mar 27

Abrazo grandotote, querida amiga. ✨🥹

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Mar 27

Gave a talk yesterday for a beautiful community of folks, and I can't stop saying glochids. Must have mentioned it a thousand times. As I type with them all in my fingers (yes, ouch), it's a great reminder that relocating a nopal is for the birds! Much love for the invitation to talk about process.

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Mar 24

Community work. My jam! Blessed to be part of this incredible circle of people and plant relatives. Check out the "cool stuff" growing around town. www.terraadvocati.org/post/huertos...

Huertos Familiares Sprouts

In our garden, the Spring is an invitation for reflection, regeneration, and experimentation. We reflect on the seeds that gift us abundance; we regenerate the soils that feed us; we experiment with n...

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Mar 17

Congrats, Hannah! I'm excited to read it! <3

Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Feb 11

My first solo-authored article is up now in RSQ! This piece was a dream to work on. I'm so humbled by the generosity of the RSQ reviewers and editors, and even more sure that my crackerjack home team of friends + colleagues is the best in the game. Check it out! bit.ly/hhopkinsrsq

A Sense of Direction: Rhetoric, Energy, and Infrastructure

This article argues for a sense of proprioception as a conceptual frame for how energy materializations tangle with digital infrastructure, suggesting terms through which rhetoricians might advance...

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Mar 17

Just got my copy of RSQ. I'm super excited to read @hannahhopkins.bsky.social's piece! "A Sense of Direction: Rhetoric, Energy, and Infrastructure." Congrats, Hannah!

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Mar 12

How I’ve yearned for poetry to find me again. There she is. In the refraction of lemon ginger tea.

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Feb 28

Exciting for people who’ve never encountered/documented this chulita; however, did no one think to ask locals, ancianos, or native people before naming it & “discovering” it? I can almost guarantee it already has a relational or functional name w/ folks. 🌱☀️✨👀 #my2cents #icouldbewrong #askanabuelita

NPR @npr.org · Feb 26

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social

Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist...

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Emergence Magazine @emergencemagazine.bsky.social · Feb 27

What does it mean to love a place that is in constant change? Grappling with the impermanence of landscape, made evident in Montana’s wildfires and the Cascadia earthquake, @ericajberry.bsky.social tries to hold shifting lands she is rooted in. Read “The Fault of Time.” buff.ly/43l7ftT

A wide expanse of a beach beside the ocean with pools of water and a barnacle-encrusted tree stump in the foreground with a tree-covered hump in the distance surrounded by further tree stumps in the sand.

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Feb 15

Morning in the wetlands with research team.

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Feb 13

My next read as I co-labor on a community garden. 🪴 It’s been on my shelf too long.

Book cover of Soil by Camille T. Dungy. Book is pictured above a journal with a wooden desk in the background.

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Feb 13

Currently on audiobook on my commute to and from work. Let’s see how it goes… #booksky

Book cover for I Who Have Never Known Men.

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C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Feb 12

My bougainvillea is upset with me. She’ll need to be pruned in the next couple of weeks. She wasn’t ready to let go, yet.

Right hand pictured on a list of garden plants. Right hand has visible scratches from the thorns of a bougainvillea.

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Feb 10

I just showed up for the anthropology lesson at halftime. #biggerthanmusic

C. Hinojosa @nopalerahinojosa.bsky.social · Feb 10

I want to be on his level of “me vale madres.” 😎 If I ever say your name and smile like that… Hijuesu!