Dr. Karen Carr
@quatrus.bsky.social
anarchafeminist archaeologist PhD Michigan, Prof. Emer. Portland State (((she/elle))) Land back. Articles and (award-winning!) books at http://linktr.ee/karen.eva.carr. Coming soon: a history of gender and money, and a new take on ancient slavery.
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Dr. Karen Carr
@quatrus.bsky.social
· Nov 15
My most recent book that has actually been published is Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming (Reaktion 2022). (available here: a.co/d/7rCKdSL)
Shifting Currents explores centuries-old global tensions around race, class, and power through people's changing experiences with swimming.
Shifting Currents explores centuries-old global tensions around race, class, and power through people's changing experiences with swimming.
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On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
As someone who has spent a lot of the last few years checking people's citations in detail, a fairly high percentage of them have always been wrong. Even without ChatGPT it's important to check them for yourself.
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
As someone who has spent a lot of the last few years checking people's citations in detail, a fairly high percentage of them have always been wrong. Even without ChatGPT it's important to check them for yourself.
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The Warren Cup at the British Museum today, an ancient Greco-Roman silver drinking cup decorated in relief with two images of male same-sex acts. It was purchased by the British Museum for £1.8 million in 1999, the most expensive single purchase by the museum at that time. 🗃️🏺
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Warren Cup at the British Museum today, an ancient Greco-Roman silver drinking cup decorated in relief with two images of male same-sex acts. It was purchased by the British Museum for £1.8 million in 1999, the most expensive single purchase by the museum at that time. 🗃️🏺
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This is something a lot of us have been talking about in academic circles.
Men over the last few decades have greatly benefitted from universities seeking “gender balance” in their student populations, and tend to fare much worse in academic-merit-based college admissions
Men over the last few decades have greatly benefitted from universities seeking “gender balance” in their student populations, and tend to fare much worse in academic-merit-based college admissions
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
"The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men."
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
"The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men."
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is something a lot of us have been talking about in academic circles.
Men over the last few decades have greatly benefitted from universities seeking “gender balance” in their student populations, and tend to fare much worse in academic-merit-based college admissions
Men over the last few decades have greatly benefitted from universities seeking “gender balance” in their student populations, and tend to fare much worse in academic-merit-based college admissions
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worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
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Fuck YEAH!
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Fuck YEAH!
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Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
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the thing is Indian Christianity existed before Western Christianity
Local North American Christians surprised to learn of missionary work’s effects on faraway countries for first time
December 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the thing is Indian Christianity existed before Western Christianity
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
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From leading abolitionist organizers, How To End Family Policing is a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that purport to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2609-h...
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
From leading abolitionist organizers, How To End Family Policing is a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that purport to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2609-h...
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One of the pious legends about St. Nicholas is that even as a baby, he would observe days of fasting, refusing to nurse on those days. This stone carving circa 1140-1150 depicts the infant Nicholas turning away from his mother (probably rather inconvenient, if you ask most moms).
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
One of the pious legends about St. Nicholas is that even as a baby, he would observe days of fasting, refusing to nurse on those days. This stone carving circa 1140-1150 depicts the infant Nicholas turning away from his mother (probably rather inconvenient, if you ask most moms).
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It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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It doesn't matter if you can prove you're a U.S. Citizen.
Without due process there's no one to prove it TO.
And ICE clearly doesn't care.
Without due process there's no one to prove it TO.
And ICE clearly doesn't care.
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It doesn't matter if you can prove you're a U.S. Citizen.
Without due process there's no one to prove it TO.
And ICE clearly doesn't care.
Without due process there's no one to prove it TO.
And ICE clearly doesn't care.
idk if it's just for me, but it looks like Amazon's offering a 19% discount on my book Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming, so this might be the time to give someone a copy?
*If it's still too much, you can get cheaper copies on Amazon used, still delivering before xmas!
*If it's still too much, you can get cheaper copies on Amazon used, still delivering before xmas!
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
idk if it's just for me, but it looks like Amazon's offering a 19% discount on my book Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming, so this might be the time to give someone a copy?
*If it's still too much, you can get cheaper copies on Amazon used, still delivering before xmas!
*If it's still too much, you can get cheaper copies on Amazon used, still delivering before xmas!
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In the 4.5-mile bike ride to pick up my kids from school, I found the following in painted bike lanes: at least 6 trash bins, a parked car, a parked firefighter truck (likely lunch break), and a parked city maintenance vehicle. This is unacceptable, and another reason why paint is not infrastructure
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In the 4.5-mile bike ride to pick up my kids from school, I found the following in painted bike lanes: at least 6 trash bins, a parked car, a parked firefighter truck (likely lunch break), and a parked city maintenance vehicle. This is unacceptable, and another reason why paint is not infrastructure
It's so often women and people of color who lose their jobs, and so often white men who keep them.
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It's so often women and people of color who lose their jobs, and so often white men who keep them.
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
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A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers.
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
www.wfae.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers.
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
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😅
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
😅
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NEW: The Trump administration sent Head Start employees a six-page list of "prohibited words" for grant applications, including terms like: disabilities, tribal, Black, and women.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
NEW: The Trump administration sent Head Start employees a six-page list of "prohibited words" for grant applications, including terms like: disabilities, tribal, Black, and women.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
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The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
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There's a right-wing group led by Randall Terry currently trying to break in and blockade the Planned Parenthood location in Memphis, TN. This morning, they tried to drive through to the employee entrance, but my dad, who is volunteering with a local activist org, stood in the way of their vehicle.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There's a right-wing group led by Randall Terry currently trying to break in and blockade the Planned Parenthood location in Memphis, TN. This morning, they tried to drive through to the employee entrance, but my dad, who is volunteering with a local activist org, stood in the way of their vehicle.
Can't help feeling that when the coming huge recession hits and jobless young people decide they might as well go to college, all these universities that have slashed spending are going to be in a big rush to reverse course.
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Can't help feeling that when the coming huge recession hits and jobless young people decide they might as well go to college, all these universities that have slashed spending are going to be in a big rush to reverse course.
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Ireland good
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ireland good