Melissa Bradshaw
@missybradshaw.bsky.social
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Feminist modernist studies, American poetry, material culture, textual studies, periodical studies, DH, and all things diva at Loyola University Chicago. 1st VP of the Modernist Studies Association, Director of the Amy Lowell Letters Project.
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missybradshaw.bsky.social
Stunned and thrilled that the Amy Lowell Letters Project was funded in this round with a Scholarly Editions and Translations grant!
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waitingfordogot.eyeats.com
SHE WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST ACTUAL LIBRARIAN TO EVER GET THE JOB. BEFORE HER IT'S OLD WHITE DUDES ALL THE WAY DOWN
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kweingarten.bsky.social
Kate Schnur and I are co-editing a cluster for @fimassociation.bsky.social journal on accessibility and feminist modernism, or on "modernist difficulty." Abstracts aren't due until Nov. 15 so you have a long time to think about a submission. Feel free to reach out with questions. CFP is here:
Accessibility and “Modernist Difficulty”
think.taylorandfrancis.com
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drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
While you're watching Cory Booker's soon-to-be record-breaking oratory in Washington, here's a way to help the humanities support free thought in the future...
modernlanguage.bsky.social
Advocacy alert: @humanitiesall.bsky.social has learned that DOGE is targeting the NEH "with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded." Tell your officials you support the NEH: p2a.co/DdtlGIT
URGENT: Save the NEH
I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.
p2a.co
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profsarahparker.bsky.social
profsarahparker.bsky.social
You can now register for the Amy Lowell and Her Imagist Networks Symposium, taking place in London on Fri 23 May:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/amy-lowell...

Please share and promote to your modernist networks!
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middlebrownetwork.bsky.social
📢Call for applicants: PhD studentships at University of Glasgow with journal managing editor role for the prestigious journal Modernism/ modernity. Supervised by Professor Faye Hammill with start Oct 2025. For details see: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Closing date: 2 April 2025.
PhD studentships in arts and humanities with journal managing editor role at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD studentships in arts and humanities with journal managing editor role at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
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moderniststudies.bsky.social
The MSA needs someone to take over as Treasurer this fall. Many members feel intimidated by the position, but the current Treasurer promises it's not as scary as it sounds. The organization can't run without a Treasurer! Please consider putting your name forward. Email or DM me for more details.
moderniststudies.bsky.social
MSA Members! Are you interested in serving on the MSA Board, which runs our organization? We need you! There are four positions open: 2nd VP, Treasurer, Vice Program Chair, and Contingent Faculty Rep. Nominations are open until April 21. More info here: www.moderniststudies.org/about/board-...
Board Nominations
The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
www.moderniststudies.org
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erininthemorning.com
INCREDIBLE Ruling!

Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.

Trans military members may continue to serve.
missybradshaw.bsky.social
Following. I have no idea what you’re talking about, but I do love very, very thin French fries.
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moderniststudies.bsky.social
MSA Members! Are you interested in serving on the MSA Board, which runs our organization? We need you! There are four positions open: 2nd VP, Treasurer, Vice Program Chair, and Contingent Faculty Rep. Nominations are open until April 21. More info here: www.moderniststudies.org/about/board-...
Board Nominations
The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
www.moderniststudies.org
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katiephang.bsky.social
NEW:

“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”

newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
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marcelias.bsky.social
Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.

And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.

I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
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matthewhodson.bsky.social
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
A square canvas. Only the top corner is filled with Harings distinctive figures, rendered in Lavender, the rest is blank.
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gxldsociety.bsky.social
THIS IS IT. The special general elections for Florida’s 1st & 6th Congressional Districts are on APRIL 1, 2025. If we flip these seats, we can STOP Project 2025. No excuses! Mark your calendars! Show up!
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drkj.bsky.social
CFP: 2025 SSAWW Conference
“Understanding Histories, Imagining Futures: 25 Years of SSAWW”
November 6-9, 2025 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marriott Old City. Proposals for panels, roundtables, & individual papers due February 28th, 2025. studyamericanwomenwriters.org/events/2025-...
2025 SSAWW Conference
CFP: 2025 SSAWW Conference “Understanding Histories, Imagining Futures: 25 Years of SSAWW” November 6-9, 2025 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marriott Old
studyamericanwomenwriters.org
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moderniststudies.bsky.social
If you've tried to access the new MSA website and got an error, it's possibly because the site hasn't been fully indexed and your university/ work server is blocking it. Try again in a few weeks, or try when you're in a different location.
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measuredandslow.bsky.social
Jfc cis people, we really fucking need you on this one. Barring people from accessing bathroom facilities is barring people from public life, and if they succeed here they’re going to move on to barring them from every other possible place.

Call your reps please.
erininthemorning.com
Nancy Mace has introduced a federal bathroom ban which would ban trans people from bathrooms in DCA and Dulles airports, national park bathrooms, museum bathrooms, and all federal building bathrooms.