Dr. Megan Faragher
@meganfaragher.bsky.social
Professor, English, opinions own.
Interwar Literature & Sociology; Roller derby athlete ft/ cat.
AUUP-AFT Wright State Chapter President
Co-President, Space Between Society
Books: Psychographic Turn (OUP, 2021); Midcentury Women's Writing (MUP, 2024)
Interwar Literature & Sociology; Roller derby athlete ft/ cat.
AUUP-AFT Wright State Chapter President
Co-President, Space Between Society
Books: Psychographic Turn (OUP, 2021); Midcentury Women's Writing (MUP, 2024)
I booked a flight for next week instead of driving partly because I feel more confident I’ll get there and partly so I can wear the most pajamas.
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I booked a flight for next week instead of driving partly because I feel more confident I’ll get there and partly so I can wear the most pajamas.
We are in peak cocoa and knitting weather.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
We are in peak cocoa and knitting weather.
AAUP has a Political Action Committee!
Professors tired of getting jerked around, unite!
Professors tired of getting jerked around, unite!
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
AAUP has a Political Action Committee!
Professors tired of getting jerked around, unite!
Professors tired of getting jerked around, unite!
This guy. First dude to get fired from DOGE, and now he’s gonna try to DOGE through all our teacher’s unions here in Ohio with this silly nonsense.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This guy. First dude to get fired from DOGE, and now he’s gonna try to DOGE through all our teacher’s unions here in Ohio with this silly nonsense.
From AAUP.
Ironically this is how they’ll have accidentally anti-woke themselves out of every STEM degree?
Ironically this is how they’ll have accidentally anti-woke themselves out of every STEM degree?
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
From AAUP.
Ironically this is how they’ll have accidentally anti-woke themselves out of every STEM degree?
Ironically this is how they’ll have accidentally anti-woke themselves out of every STEM degree?
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
“This is yet another rollback of academic freedom & shared governance. It’s not the place of a state—it’s not the place of politicians—to tell faculty such things & it opens a door for political reprisal, for other ways to limit academic freedom.”
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
Ind. May Reject Degrees That Don’t Commit to American “Values”
Indiana may reject proposed degree programs at public institutions that don’t “cultivate civic responsibility and commitment to the core values of American society.” Earlier this month, the Indiana Co...
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“This is yet another rollback of academic freedom & shared governance. It’s not the place of a state—it’s not the place of politicians—to tell faculty such things & it opens a door for political reprisal, for other ways to limit academic freedom.”
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
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In 2024, a record-low 9.9 percent of U.S. workers were members of a union, according to the Labor Department, but interest is soaring.
The future of white-collar work might include some tried and tested ways to protect one’s job.
The future of white-collar work might include some tried and tested ways to protect one’s job.
The future of white-collar work may be unionized
Law firms, banks and tech companies are seeing an uptick in employees choosing to join unions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In 2024, a record-low 9.9 percent of U.S. workers were members of a union, according to the Labor Department, but interest is soaring.
The future of white-collar work might include some tried and tested ways to protect one’s job.
The future of white-collar work might include some tried and tested ways to protect one’s job.
As one myself, it hits me that the ZM-DJT meeting gives very strong “only child” energy.
Only children have lots of one-on-one time with our elders, alone.
Tactical deference with amiable head tilts? I see you!!!
Way to lean into that favorite only grandkid evergy.
Only children have lots of one-on-one time with our elders, alone.
Tactical deference with amiable head tilts? I see you!!!
Way to lean into that favorite only grandkid evergy.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As one myself, it hits me that the ZM-DJT meeting gives very strong “only child” energy.
Only children have lots of one-on-one time with our elders, alone.
Tactical deference with amiable head tilts? I see you!!!
Way to lean into that favorite only grandkid evergy.
Only children have lots of one-on-one time with our elders, alone.
Tactical deference with amiable head tilts? I see you!!!
Way to lean into that favorite only grandkid evergy.
I’m so glad I’m NOT a scholar of online fanfic and that the generation who will study this work is coming, but not me.
Because when all is said and done, we will probably be needing to study the fanfic of this time for historical significance.
I’m so sorry. I don’t make the rules.
Because when all is said and done, we will probably be needing to study the fanfic of this time for historical significance.
I’m so sorry. I don’t make the rules.
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I’m so glad I’m NOT a scholar of online fanfic and that the generation who will study this work is coming, but not me.
Because when all is said and done, we will probably be needing to study the fanfic of this time for historical significance.
I’m so sorry. I don’t make the rules.
Because when all is said and done, we will probably be needing to study the fanfic of this time for historical significance.
I’m so sorry. I don’t make the rules.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
The modern cubicle was the brainchild of Robert Propst. He was dismayed at how his dynamic design became a symbol of monolithic workplace boredom.
Robert Propst Invented the Cubicle. But Don’t Blame Him if You Hate It.
The much-derided office workstation originally was designed to accomplish the opposite of what it became.
on.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The modern cubicle was the brainchild of Robert Propst. He was dismayed at how his dynamic design became a symbol of monolithic workplace boredom.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I, for one, am so glad the president said it’s okay to call him a fascist again. If we’d like. Whew!
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I, for one, am so glad the president said it’s okay to call him a fascist again. If we’d like. Whew!
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
Teaching is hard, and it's frustrating when students don't buy into our passion and values. But if we're not articulating those values in the design and implementation of our courses and not modeling those values in our work as educators, claiming that "literacy is liberation" is bullshit. 8/8
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Teaching is hard, and it's frustrating when students don't buy into our passion and values. But if we're not articulating those values in the design and implementation of our courses and not modeling those values in our work as educators, claiming that "literacy is liberation" is bullshit. 8/8
In times like these I can see why Yeats got really into theosophy or whatever.
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In times like these I can see why Yeats got really into theosophy or whatever.
I would like to propose making it a social crime to be mad at United States academics not keeping up with writing deadlines and non urgent email right now.
We’re all doing our best!
If you’re down to absolve one another, let me know.
We’re all doing our best!
If you’re down to absolve one another, let me know.
a little girl in overalls is standing with her arms outstretched and saying `` i 'm trying '' .
ALT: a little girl in overalls is standing with her arms outstretched and saying `` i 'm trying '' .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I would like to propose making it a social crime to be mad at United States academics not keeping up with writing deadlines and non urgent email right now.
We’re all doing our best!
If you’re down to absolve one another, let me know.
We’re all doing our best!
If you’re down to absolve one another, let me know.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
pig-like he whines
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
pig-like he whines
You know what really sucks about this? Remembering that we still haven’t even fully sorted through all the damage from the first go-round.
Looking forward to the next pardon!
Looking forward to the next pardon!
A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
A New Jersey man convicted of defrauding investors of roughly a quarter-billion dollars is among a growing number of people granted clemency only to to be charged with new crimes.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
You know what really sucks about this? Remembering that we still haven’t even fully sorted through all the damage from the first go-round.
Looking forward to the next pardon!
Looking forward to the next pardon!
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
When Indiana police officers gave "fake tickets to elementary school students for saying '6-7' I got the joke," writes PEN America's Kristen Shahverdian. "But having police issue 'tickets' for saying '6-7' is sending the wrong message." Read more at: https://pen.org/policing-6-7/
6-7 Might Be Annoying, but Should We Police It?
We want our students to be excited by their right to express themselves through their speech, music, dance, painting, and writing.
pen.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When Indiana police officers gave "fake tickets to elementary school students for saying '6-7' I got the joke," writes PEN America's Kristen Shahverdian. "But having police issue 'tickets' for saying '6-7' is sending the wrong message." Read more at: https://pen.org/policing-6-7/
America rn.
(Jeff Tiedrich credit for apt header)
(Jeff Tiedrich credit for apt header)
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
America rn.
(Jeff Tiedrich credit for apt header)
(Jeff Tiedrich credit for apt header)
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
US Border Patrol has been secretly using a nationwide network of license-plate readers and predictive algorithms to track millions of American drivers, even far from the border, ABC reports.
Anyone the system throws up for “suspicious travel patterns” are questioned, searched or arrested by police.
Anyone the system throws up for “suspicious travel patterns” are questioned, searched or arrested by police.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
New classroom policies on passive voice unlocked
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New classroom policies on passive voice unlocked