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Professor Power

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16thC after it was cool. Any pronouns except 'it.' Political theorist (ops =/= my employer's). Tired Jew. Solo parent. Curmudgeon extraordinaire.

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · Jun 27

My summary of the 'torah' of gender, standing on one foot:

Gender can and should be a home, not a prison. That is the entire teaching. The rest is interpretation.

(inspiration: www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.31a....)

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1h

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 20h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21h

💥 Mediators are currently planning for an agreement to be signed tomorrow between Israel and Hamas that will see the immediate release of remaining living hostages in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Mediators aiming to sign deal tomorrow to immediately free living hostages, begin ceasefire — sources tell ToI

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Teoni Maughan Passereau @teonipassereau.bsky.social · 23h

I was invited to co-organise this upcoming conference being held later this month at the University of Exeter. With two days of exciting talks and panels, plus a walking historical tour of Exeter and a group dinner, I'd highly recommend coming along if you can!

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23h

Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent who drove a car into pedestrians and attacked people with a knife at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, claimed allegiance to Islamic State in call to police

www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...

U.K. synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State in call to police, reports say

Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British Citizen of Syrian Descent, Made the Call After Driving a Car Into Pedestrians and Attacking People With a Knife at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue ...

www.haaretz.com

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 1d

A snide comment prompted some reflection and writing from me on the blog. Many thanks to everyone who responded initially, and I hope this reassures many more that nobody can 'age out' of #goth!

#gothicstyle #ageing #subculture #gothsubculture #goths

Goth: The Oldest Youth Subculture

What I want to speak to is this concept of punishing those who dare to age – particularly in the goth scene. A scene that has, since existence, actually tried hard to venerate its veterans.

theblogginggoth.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago resident: The gentlemen were on the inside of the bakery, just getting a cup of coffee. I saw them being taken by the ICE agents. Mario has been a customer for years. Wonderful people, not criminals at all. And he's ill, he needs his medication.

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 1d

Patriarchal masculinity is necessarily an ever-receding point on the horizen with the only means of 'transport' thither the ubiquitous, constant small and large acts of dominance and violence and control that maintain the entire system of oppressive exploitation.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Lilith Magazine @lilithmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Banned Books Week from Lilith!

Did you know that fighting book bans is a great way to save and protect democracy? Learn more in Lilith's Winter 2024-2025 issue: buff.ly/9JAVnIf

Art by Yaara Eshet.

Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 3d

How your email finds me

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Joe Slater @joeinaustralia.bsky.social · 3d

Collateral damage, I guess:

’books… where a “pronoun/name change [is] central to narrative” should be pulled.

In “The Devil’s Arithmetic,” the protagonist is referred to by a different name … after she travels back in time to assume the identity of a relative who died in the Holocaust.‘

Texas school district yanks Holocaust book ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ over ‘DEI content’

Decision made after Austin suburb's Leander Independent School District undertook review using AI; teacher says he suspects novel was pulled as it deals with questions of identity

www.timesofisrael.com

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 3d

A lie repeated often enough...

Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, there's a growing body of evidence about this. Just read a good, recent book on the political violence of misogyny, Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss.

Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 3d

The Manchester Evening News has an interview with the ex-girlfriend of the Manchester Yom Kippur terrorist in which he says he sent her rape fantasies post-breakup. Misogyny and sexual violence are common to terrorists regardless of ideology. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

The abusive messages Manchester synagogue attacker sent to his ex-girlfriend

EXCLUSIVE: Jihad Al-Shamie had sent a barrage of abuse after the pair broke up, plus a controlling voice note during their relationship

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 3d

OH RIGHT. Ha, I forgot about the song. 😂

(In my defence, I was mostly just sitting in the dark listening to old Cure albums, so not as plugged into pop music of any genre as I could have been)

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 3d

I think I saw that in the cinema, but it didn't leave much of an impression. I feel like it was part of a wave of big budget 'threat of annihilation' films at the time, eh? Or maybe I'm misremembering?

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 3d

I haven't seen Scream nor American Pie.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 5d

As per kiddo's request, mohn babkas have been made. Shabbat shalom!

Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 5d

Well this show is super Canadian (now there's a KITH member cameo!) and I'm here for it.

Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 5d

Just threw on Wayward while I prep Shabbat and...is that...Glendon? My campus is Tall Pines Academy?! 😂

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 5d

Just threw on Wayward while I prep Shabbat and...is that...Glendon? My campus is Tall Pines Academy?! 😂

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

media.tenor.com

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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 6d

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 6d

At the height of WWII, Elaine Buchman Yoneda became the only Jewish woman on record to be imprisoned in an American concentration camp.

In our new podcast episode, tracyslater.bsky.social describes how anti-immigrant policies tore families apart and how those forces are reemerging: buff.ly/zMgBVOI

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