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c19 Americanist prof: form & genre, women's writing, pop culture, and public humanities.
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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happy bday English writer Jane Austen, b.1775.
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
happy bday English writer Jane Austen, b.1775.
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
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Jane Austen mentions Christmas in all of her novels - spent with family & friends, stoking ‘a roaring Christmas fire’ against the snow outside, and making merry with dancing.
Hilary Davidson (@fourredshoes.bsky.social) introduces a fashion-focused Austen Christmas.
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Hilary Davidson (@fourredshoes.bsky.social) introduces a fashion-focused Austen Christmas.
yalebooks.co.uk/a-jane-auste...
A Jane Austen Christmas - Yale University Press London
Author Hilary Davidson introduces a fashion-focused Jane Austen Christmas ... Jane Austen mentions Christmas in all six of her completed novels. The Jane Austen mentions Christmas in all six of her co...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Jane Austen mentions Christmas in all of her novels - spent with family & friends, stoking ‘a roaring Christmas fire’ against the snow outside, and making merry with dancing.
Hilary Davidson (@fourredshoes.bsky.social) introduces a fashion-focused Austen Christmas.
yalebooks.co.uk/a-jane-auste...
Hilary Davidson (@fourredshoes.bsky.social) introduces a fashion-focused Austen Christmas.
yalebooks.co.uk/a-jane-auste...
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This Syllabus Sunday we are highlighting a nonfiction as literature course from the Assay syllabi bank. Magazine Culture and the Modern American Essay by Professor Ned Stuckey-French.
Read the full syllabus here:
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Read the full syllabus here:
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#Syllabus#TeacherResources#FreeTeachingResources#Teaching#Pedagogy
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This Syllabus Sunday we are highlighting a nonfiction as literature course from the Assay syllabi bank. Magazine Culture and the Modern American Essay by Professor Ned Stuckey-French.
Read the full syllabus here:
buff.ly/y44sd0g
#Syllabus#TeacherResources#FreeTeachingResources#Teaching#Pedagogy
Read the full syllabus here:
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#Syllabus#TeacherResources#FreeTeachingResources#Teaching#Pedagogy
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"I learned about close reading when I asked them to take their own thinking seriously—to take themselves seriously. "
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"I learned about close reading when I asked them to take their own thinking seriously—to take themselves seriously. "
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
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In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press), coeditors and English professors Sinykin and Winant seek to redefine the technique as a way to make and understand arguments, with uses beyond literary studies.
Breaking It Down: PW Talks with Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant
In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press), coeditors and English professors Sinykin and Winant seek to redefine the technique as a way to make and understand…
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December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press), coeditors and English professors Sinykin and Winant seek to redefine the technique as a way to make and understand arguments, with uses beyond literary studies.
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Symbols of the two regimes that killed the most Americans - now embraced by the Trump regime.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Symbols of the two regimes that killed the most Americans - now embraced by the Trump regime.
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In the age of prevailing performative cruelty, let's make a
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In the age of prevailing performative cruelty, let's make a
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
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The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
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Amen. 'Leadership is about leading people by convincing them of your vision. Not just feeding them what the polls say will work... 🌟 it means you need to be worth following 🌟. You need to present a vision of a world they can believe in... ' - @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/11/06/m...
Mamdani’s Win Shows That Believing In Something Beats Performative Hatred
Last week, I wrote about how the Trump administration has replaced any sort of concept of governance with governance-by-trolling—a government optimized purely for making a huge segment of the count…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Amen. 'Leadership is about leading people by convincing them of your vision. Not just feeding them what the polls say will work... 🌟 it means you need to be worth following 🌟. You need to present a vision of a world they can believe in... ' - @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/11/06/m...
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
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This literally looks like a blue wave.
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This literally looks like a blue wave.
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"create “public media centers”—publicly-owned hubs in every community federally guaranteed but locally governed+democratically operated. establish new anchor institutions universally available to everyone—not unlike the ideal version of public schools+libraries."
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The Media We Need Requires Structural Transformation | Public i Contact
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October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"create “public media centers”—publicly-owned hubs in every community federally guaranteed but locally governed+democratically operated. establish new anchor institutions universally available to everyone—not unlike the ideal version of public schools+libraries."
publici.ucimc.org/2025/10/the-...
publici.ucimc.org/2025/10/the-...
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"Real Beach Boys or just the guys who own the legal rights to the name?" lol
The Beach Boys are coming to Austin. You may not want to go.
Are Mike Love's Beach Boys the real deal? It depends on who you ask.
www.chron.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Real Beach Boys or just the guys who own the legal rights to the name?" lol
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Been cited in Slate & Defector this week, but something must really be happening when I get a message from a modernist scholar in Nova Scotia which says, "Matt, our local independent newspaper has a write-up on your podcast!?!"
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Been cited in Slate & Defector this week, but something must really be happening when I get a message from a modernist scholar in Nova Scotia which says, "Matt, our local independent newspaper has a write-up on your podcast!?!"
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NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
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I wrote about using breached data to confirm the dox of DHS, ICE, FBI, DOJ officials that hackers posted www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wrote about using breached data to confirm the dox of DHS, ICE, FBI, DOJ officials that hackers posted www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
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Important 🧵
We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
October 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Important 🧵
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Fun morning being told to my face I’m a fine “public intellectual” but not a “real researcher.”
August 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Fun morning being told to my face I’m a fine “public intellectual” but not a “real researcher.”