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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 16h

We heard you were looking for books to read this #InternationalLesbianDay 🌈

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Celebrating International Lesbian Day: A Reading List - UNC Press Blog

October 8th marks International Lesbian Day, a time to honor lesbian visibility, history, and culture across generations and geographies. At UNC Press, we’re proud to publish scholarship that uplifts ...

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 17h

seems like a disincentive to continue communication with a person

Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 17h

he really walked into that one

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 18h

it was truly a pleasure!

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 20h

back before I started my current in-house job I had the distinct pleasure of copyediting this book. very smart analysis and written with a lot of heart. highly recommended!

University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 1d

@dandipiero.bsky.social's book "Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl" is now available! Sample the book's music playlist and read an excerpt at press.umich.edu/Books/B/Big-...

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 22h

whaaaaaa??? *blushing*

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 1d

great cover!

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Audra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder for academic book authors:

Yes, it’s totally fine to flag a couple of people who should not peer review your book

But do it in a phone call, not the proposal, not an email

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Katherine Wiley @goldenrod-ed.bsky.social · 1d

How to structure a chapter or article? Quick tips: use the argument as a guide, consider potential sections in relation to each other, and focus on how you want to tell the story. Read on!

www.goldenrodeditorial.com/blog/structure

#AcademicWriting #AcademicSky #PhDSky #writingtips

Writing Challenges: How Should I Structure my Chapter or Article? — Goldenrod Editorial | Academic Editing

Structure is a challenging part of scholarly writing. I provide three strategies you can employ when trying to figure out how to organize your scholarly article or book chapter.

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

well, that one, they say, was rejected by speakers.

this project looks purely descriptivist—like linguistic anthro, just documenting and collecting what's out there, being said by people

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

well, I found this page on the Yale Grammatical Diversity Project's website. it documents the existence of "that's" as a relative possessive, but it doesn't make any statement about whether the construction should be considered "grammatically correct"

Relative possessive that’s | Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: English in North America

ygdp.yale.edu

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

the (original) length of that intro!

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

haha see I have no beef with S-ending names in possessive form. Miles Davis’s name looks fine to me like that.

and I will need to investigate further, but I’m not sure grammarians would say the possessive “that’s” *is* technically correct

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

yeah, me neither

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

“a term that’s origins”
“a concept that’s time has come”

the “that’s” in these phrases sounds really off to me

Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

I saw the possessive form of the relative pronoun “that” in an online article today:

“…a term referring to a new online slang term that's origins stem from…”

looks *really* weird to me in print. has anyone else spotted this usage in the wild?

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Ellen C. Bush @iambicellen.bsky.social · 2d

Cops lie, part eleventy million

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Kelly Lynn Thomas @kellylynnthomas.bsky.social · 2d

And here is a helpful list of Banned and challenged books by living marginalized authors!

Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 3d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like people have been imploring Microsoft to do this for almost 20 years

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 3d

the struggle is so real

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 4d

my favorite of the “paranoia trilogy”

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 4d

have you seen The Parallax View? also directed by Pakula and also heavily featuring old-fashioned phone calls and paper documents

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll admit I don’t know ANY of the writers on the list! so I’m going purely on the one-sentence synopses I read. I should say I am still interested in exploring these writers! just not thrilled if the committee is sticking with literary realism, which has always been dominant in the prestige economy

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 4d

just read a summary of the Booker Prize shortlist this year. looks like the committee went all in for dramatic realism, which seems like a regression 😕

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 5d

omg that lede is such a self-own. just ridiculous

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