P. Gabrielle Foreman
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
Literary historian. Poet’s daughter. MacArthur Fellow. Archives builder working collectively at @CCP_org and @DigBlk.
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It’s academic interview season so I thought I’d share here what I share with my advisees about campus visits. First up—job talk, then teaching demo, meals. Pan out and pro tip—your job is leave with them thinking of you as an 🔥exciting new colleague who wants to be there.🔥
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Science is stitched into the fabric of every town, both urban and rural. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is encouraging scientists to write opinion pieces in their hometown newspaper, advocating for investment in American #science, especially the NIH and NSF. Learn how to participate: buff.ly/e3Bjd28
July 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Science is stitched into the fabric of every town, both urban and rural. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is encouraging scientists to write opinion pieces in their hometown newspaper, advocating for investment in American #science, especially the NIH and NSF. Learn how to participate: buff.ly/e3Bjd28
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding
Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive stormwater runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive stormwater runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding - Inside Climate News
Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive stormwater runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.
insideclimatenews.org
July 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding
Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive stormwater runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive stormwater runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
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When I offer workshops on crafting values-driven and strategic careers, I help academics create a “H€>l No/Sacred Yes Practice” based on questions like: “What energizes me? What enervates/depletes me?” Knowing that up front allows you to say NO to whole categories, and redirect people too.
A) people recoil in horror when I tell them the amount of reviewing I do in a year
B) sometimes I do service because, if I didn't, a person with less power would be harmed (e.g., tenure)
C) women are treated very differently when we say no to these types of requests
B) sometimes I do service because, if I didn't, a person with less power would be harmed (e.g., tenure)
C) women are treated very differently when we say no to these types of requests
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When I offer workshops on crafting values-driven and strategic careers, I help academics create a “H€>l No/Sacred Yes Practice” based on questions like: “What energizes me? What enervates/depletes me?” Knowing that up front allows you to say NO to whole categories, and redirect people too.
Perfect. August or Sept is just about right!
July 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Perfect. August or Sept is just about right!
This is my line at this point in my life—craft your own, for this point in YOUR life.
July 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is my line at this point in my life—craft your own, for this point in YOUR life.
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"We have to make sure we know what our history is so we don't repeat the crazy, nasty, racist mess," said Reena Evers-Everette, the daughter of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Medgar Evers’ Daughter Sees Echoes of Violence That Killed Him
Reena Evers-Everette sees “painful” echoes of the political violence that led to the assassination of her father, Medgar Evers, in America today.
buff.ly
July 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"We have to make sure we know what our history is so we don't repeat the crazy, nasty, racist mess," said Reena Evers-Everette, the daughter of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Have academic questions—reach out and I’ll answer for everyone if I can. That’s not service, that’s building community, passing the baton, and creating collective knowledge—and I love saying yes to that.
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Have academic questions—reach out and I’ll answer for everyone if I can. That’s not service, that’s building community, passing the baton, and creating collective knowledge—and I love saying yes to that.
Then there’s the work you must say yes to but it depletes you or takes too much time—set limits there. “I only write promotion letters for endowed chairs because so few of us can do that work” is one example. Promotion files take me months. I love getting to know the work but it kills me—so, rules.
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Then there’s the work you must say yes to but it depletes you or takes too much time—set limits there. “I only write promotion letters for endowed chairs because so few of us can do that work” is one example. Promotion files take me months. I love getting to know the work but it kills me—so, rules.
Finally, feel empowered to *advocate* against useless labor when saying no. “It’s exploitative to ask for outside letters for hires from like institutions for super stars” I regularly responded when asked to write letters for, well, superstars. You know you just got lucky—why ask me to co-sign that?
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Finally, feel empowered to *advocate* against useless labor when saying no. “It’s exploitative to ask for outside letters for hires from like institutions for super stars” I regularly responded when asked to write letters for, well, superstars. You know you just got lucky—why ask me to co-sign that?
Redirecting people to the labor that’s in your lane is critical for how folks receive your “No, I pass,” sure, but it also allows you to set limits in that area too—and to do the work YOU choose, define, and contour.
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Redirecting people to the labor that’s in your lane is critical for how folks receive your “No, I pass,” sure, but it also allows you to set limits in that area too—and to do the work YOU choose, define, and contour.
When I offer workshops on crafting values-driven and strategic careers, I help academics create a “H€>l No/Sacred Yes Practice” based on questions like: “What energizes me? What enervates/depletes me?” Knowing that up front allows you to say NO to whole categories, and redirect people too.
A) people recoil in horror when I tell them the amount of reviewing I do in a year
B) sometimes I do service because, if I didn't, a person with less power would be harmed (e.g., tenure)
C) women are treated very differently when we say no to these types of requests
B) sometimes I do service because, if I didn't, a person with less power would be harmed (e.g., tenure)
C) women are treated very differently when we say no to these types of requests
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When I offer workshops on crafting values-driven and strategic careers, I help academics create a “H€>l No/Sacred Yes Practice” based on questions like: “What energizes me? What enervates/depletes me?” Knowing that up front allows you to say NO to whole categories, and redirect people too.
Want to take a walk or have a meal on the riverfront? I coached and offer workshops on this question. This level of takes a long-term toll even when you’re making important contributions to the field now.
July 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Want to take a walk or have a meal on the riverfront? I coached and offer workshops on this question. This level of takes a long-term toll even when you’re making important contributions to the field now.
We should talk.
July 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We should talk.
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A Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that Mamdani's proposals (freezing rent, free universal child care, taxes on the rich) are overwhelmingly popular, especially among Democrats – and that's nationally, not just in deep-blue NYC. www.yahoo.com/news/poll-zo...
July 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that Mamdani's proposals (freezing rent, free universal child care, taxes on the rich) are overwhelmingly popular, especially among Democrats – and that's nationally, not just in deep-blue NYC. www.yahoo.com/news/poll-zo...
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Carla Hayden, the ex-Librarian of Congress who was fired by Trump, has a new role as senior fellow with the Mellon Foundation
Former Librarian of Congress, fired by Trump, vows to improve public information in new Mellon role
Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump, has joined the the country's foremost philanthropic supporter of the arts.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Carla Hayden, the ex-Librarian of Congress who was fired by Trump, has a new role as senior fellow with the Mellon Foundation
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Marronage as a Guide to Police Abolition
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
Left of Black | A World Beyond Policing with Celeste Winston on Black Maroons
YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
www.youtube.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Marronage as a Guide to Police Abolition
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
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It’s gotten lost in the deluge of news over the past few months, but abortion has gotten dramatically less accessible and more expensive. Women are losing freedom over their own bodies, lives, and futures. The freedom and dignity this country promises should be women’s freedom and dignity, too.
July 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It’s gotten lost in the deluge of news over the past few months, but abortion has gotten dramatically less accessible and more expensive. Women are losing freedom over their own bodies, lives, and futures. The freedom and dignity this country promises should be women’s freedom and dignity, too.
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In 1852, Frederick Douglass asked: “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?”
Inspired by Douglass’ famous question, 20 people ensnared in the sprawling US criminal legal system answered this variation: “What, to the currently or formerly incarcerated American, is your Fourth of July?”
Inspired by Douglass’ famous question, 20 people ensnared in the sprawling US criminal legal system answered this variation: “What, to the currently or formerly incarcerated American, is your Fourth of July?”
What, to the American Incarcerated Person, Is Your Fourth of July?
In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.
www.themarshallproject.org
July 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In 1852, Frederick Douglass asked: “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?”
Inspired by Douglass’ famous question, 20 people ensnared in the sprawling US criminal legal system answered this variation: “What, to the currently or formerly incarcerated American, is your Fourth of July?”
Inspired by Douglass’ famous question, 20 people ensnared in the sprawling US criminal legal system answered this variation: “What, to the currently or formerly incarcerated American, is your Fourth of July?”
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Read Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's full dissenting opinion in #trumpvcasa SCOTUS case on #birthrightcitizenship here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Read Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's full dissenting opinion in #trumpvcasa SCOTUS case on #birthrightcitizenship here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Organized, robust, discussions of democracy were taking place as post Civil War amendments were added to the Constitution. We love hearing how Colored Conventions counter the majority’s take on originalism + its limits by
@jamellebouie.net @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @sifill.bsky.social
@jamellebouie.net @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @sifill.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Organized, robust, discussions of democracy were taking place as post Civil War amendments were added to the Constitution. We love hearing how Colored Conventions counter the majority’s take on originalism + its limits by
@jamellebouie.net @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @sifill.bsky.social
@jamellebouie.net @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @sifill.bsky.social
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