Jordan Scott Hardesty
@jshardesty.bsky.social
PhD Theatre and Performance student @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Brooklyn, NYC
Dutch language theatre and culture, political performance, the performativity of the economy.
Brooklyn, NYC
Dutch language theatre and culture, political performance, the performativity of the economy.
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Oh good. We've reached the "I don't have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be less woke than you" stage of faculty solidarity. archive.is/wGNDr
August 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Oh good. We've reached the "I don't have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be less woke than you" stage of faculty solidarity. archive.is/wGNDr
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Anywho, as I tell the young people in my life whom I love deeply, this is your time to create beautiful works of art, to throw the most fun parties you can for no money, and to fight like hell for a future worthy of you. This is NOT a time to retreat into yourself and to forgo the world.
July 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Anywho, as I tell the young people in my life whom I love deeply, this is your time to create beautiful works of art, to throw the most fun parties you can for no money, and to fight like hell for a future worthy of you. This is NOT a time to retreat into yourself and to forgo the world.
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New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years
Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi slams Zohran Mamdani as "a bad example" who made "lofty, utopian promises: free public transit, free college tuition, more public housing"
July 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years
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A beautiful afternoon to bike with @bradlander.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A beautiful afternoon to bike with @bradlander.bsky.social
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I'm not against the No Kings protest - you should go. But also be careful not to compare this to what we're watching in LA. There's a difference between a permitted, coordinated march that advocates a return to a sense of status quo & a grassroots movement that calls for its abolition. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm not against the No Kings protest - you should go. But also be careful not to compare this to what we're watching in LA. There's a difference between a permitted, coordinated march that advocates a return to a sense of status quo & a grassroots movement that calls for its abolition. 1/
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Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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One problem is that those who oversee endowments tend to live in a world in which there is no higher value than long-term financial stability. Which I get. But universities are now going to have to decide between two existential threats: A shrinking nest egg, or a surrender of their core missions.
April 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
One problem is that those who oversee endowments tend to live in a world in which there is no higher value than long-term financial stability. Which I get. But universities are now going to have to decide between two existential threats: A shrinking nest egg, or a surrender of their core missions.
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This week 17 CUNY students showed up the SEVIS lists. Some have been offered pro bono counsel by their institution, while others were offered a list of paid counsel or nothing at all. I spent the afternoon talking to a terrified student on an F-1. Like what do we do? 1/
April 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This week 17 CUNY students showed up the SEVIS lists. Some have been offered pro bono counsel by their institution, while others were offered a list of paid counsel or nothing at all. I spent the afternoon talking to a terrified student on an F-1. Like what do we do? 1/
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NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
I’m not on this site much, but wanted to drop in to announce that in the Fall I will be beginning my PhD in Theatre and Performance at The Graduate Center, City University of New York! Really looking forward to this next chapter!
March 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I’m not on this site much, but wanted to drop in to announce that in the Fall I will be beginning my PhD in Theatre and Performance at The Graduate Center, City University of New York! Really looking forward to this next chapter!
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A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
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Read, share, act.
January 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Read, share, act.
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If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.
January 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
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Waarom hoogopgeleiden geen zuil vormen, maar een klasse. Opiniestuk van mij in de Volkskrant. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: Hoogopgeleiden vormen een klasse, geen zuil
Analyses van verkiezingsresultaten of ongelijkheid in Nederland verwijzen vaak naar opleidingsniveau. Hoogopgeleiden zouden hun eigen, afgezonderde ‘zuil’ vormen. Die vergelijking leidt echter af van ...
www.volkskrant.nl
January 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Waarom hoogopgeleiden geen zuil vormen, maar een klasse. Opiniestuk van mij in de Volkskrant. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Excellent article from De Volkskrant this morning about the precarious position of dramaturgs in the Netherlands: “The role of the dramaturg is under pressure, but wait, what is a dramaturg?” www.volkskrant.nl/theater/thea...
De dramaturg staat onder druk, maar wacht, wat is een dramaturg eigenlijk?
Ze staan zelden in de schijnwerpers, maar zijn vaak een onmisbare schakel in de voorstellingen die we in het theater zien: dramaturgen. Met de huidige forse cultuurbezuinigingen wordt hun positie bedr...
www.volkskrant.nl
January 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Excellent article from De Volkskrant this morning about the precarious position of dramaturgs in the Netherlands: “The role of the dramaturg is under pressure, but wait, what is a dramaturg?” www.volkskrant.nl/theater/thea...
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Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
Preaching to The Choir, by Rebecca Solnit
harpers.org
November 24, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
Thrilled that my beloved Lillian was named a finalist in @charlotteobserver.bsky.social’s Fall 2024 Cutest Cat in Charlotte contest! Confirms what I already know to be true! www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
December 10, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Thrilled that my beloved Lillian was named a finalist in @charlotteobserver.bsky.social’s Fall 2024 Cutest Cat in Charlotte contest! Confirms what I already know to be true! www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
From Todd London’s tribute: “She never served a theatre…, she served the theatre.” Truly a legacy to which we should all aspire.
We also asked a dozen of Morgan Jenness's close friends and associates—members of her chosen family—to recall the gifts of attention, clarity, fire, and joy Morgan gave to them, the theatre field, and the larger world. www.americantheatre.org/2024/12/06/t... 2/2
The Wit and Wisdom of Morgan Jenness
Members of the dramaturg/activist’s chosen family remember her lifelong commitment to theatre, politics, and the art of friendship.
www.americantheatre.org
December 10, 2024 at 5:01 AM
From Todd London’s tribute: “She never served a theatre…, she served the theatre.” Truly a legacy to which we should all aspire.
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Damion Searls, who has translated the Nobel laureate Jon Fosse, gives neither an apology nor a theory nor a history but, rather, a “philosophy” of translation. More precisely, he offers a “phenomenology” of translation, Max Norman writes.
What Does a Translator Do?
Damion Searls, who has translated a Nobel laureate, believes his craft isn’t about transforming or reflecting a text. It’s about conjuring one’s experience of it.
www.newyorker.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Damion Searls, who has translated the Nobel laureate Jon Fosse, gives neither an apology nor a theory nor a history but, rather, a “philosophy” of translation. More precisely, he offers a “phenomenology” of translation, Max Norman writes.
Giving this platform a try!
Going to try my best to post and contribute to conversations about expanded dramaturgies, Dutch/Flemish and American theatre & performance, lefty theory, and of course the occasional cat picture.
Going to try my best to post and contribute to conversations about expanded dramaturgies, Dutch/Flemish and American theatre & performance, lefty theory, and of course the occasional cat picture.
December 5, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Giving this platform a try!
Going to try my best to post and contribute to conversations about expanded dramaturgies, Dutch/Flemish and American theatre & performance, lefty theory, and of course the occasional cat picture.
Going to try my best to post and contribute to conversations about expanded dramaturgies, Dutch/Flemish and American theatre & performance, lefty theory, and of course the occasional cat picture.