Sara VanderHaagen
@svhaag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
Scholar and teacher of rhetoric at a public university. AFT Local 3535 ✊🏻 Midwesterner. Lover of plants, people, music, pink tile bathrooms, and Lake Michigan, not […]
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The service that records and archives proceedings in the Wisconsin state legislature has had to stop services due to lack of funding. We need these tools to keep our state leaders accountable!
Please consider donating to keep Wisconsin Eye in operation! 👀 #wisconsin #democracy #publicmedia […]
Please consider donating to keep Wisconsin Eye in operation! 👀 #wisconsin #democracy #publicmedia […]
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mas.to
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The service that records and archives proceedings in the Wisconsin state legislature has had to stop services due to lack of funding. We need these tools to keep our state leaders accountable!
Please consider donating to keep Wisconsin Eye in operation! 👀 #wisconsin #democracy #publicmedia […]
Please consider donating to keep Wisconsin Eye in operation! 👀 #wisconsin #democracy #publicmedia […]
No way, Onion. I'd take Aldi over that Bezos $h!t every day of the week. https://rss-parrot.net/u/theonion.com/status/1766067723777465704
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December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No way, Onion. I'd take Aldi over that Bezos $h!t every day of the week. https://rss-parrot.net/u/theonion.com/status/1766067723777465704
RE: https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/115623556596746949
"A healthy higher education system depends not only on producing employable graduates but also on cultivating citizens and leaders who can interpret uncertainty, question assumptions and connect ideas across disciplines." 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
"A healthy higher education system depends not only on producing employable graduates but also on cultivating citizens and leaders who can interpret uncertainty, question assumptions and connect ideas across disciplines." 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
newsie.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
RE: https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/115623556596746949
"A healthy higher education system depends not only on producing employable graduates but also on cultivating citizens and leaders who can interpret uncertainty, question assumptions and connect ideas across disciplines." 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
"A healthy higher education system depends not only on producing employable graduates but also on cultivating citizens and leaders who can interpret uncertainty, question assumptions and connect ideas across disciplines." 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We had a good showing for democracy here in Holland, Michigan! We brought three generations, ages four to 75! #nokings #nokingsholland #democracy
October 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We had a good showing for democracy here in Holland, Michigan! We brought three generations, ages four to 75! #nokings #nokingsholland #democracy
Thanks to historian John Fea for featuring my new book in his "Author's Corner"! Check out the interview here: https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/10/15/the-authors-corner-with-sara-c-vanderhaagen/
The Author’s Corner with Sara C. VanderHaagen
Sara C. VanderHaagen is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This interview is based on her new book, Community and Critique: The Rhetorical Activism of Bl…
thewayofimprovement.blog
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to historian John Fea for featuring my new book in his "Author's Corner"! Check out the interview here: https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/10/15/the-authors-corner-with-sara-c-vanderhaagen/
Brian Merchant and Hagen Blix on how AI is enshittifying knowledge work: "Everybody who’s in teaching knows that these things are coming in and enshittifying those kinds of domains of jobs." We need our universities and students to understand this […]
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mas.to
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Brian Merchant and Hagen Blix on how AI is enshittifying knowledge work: "Everybody who’s in teaching knows that these things are coming in and enshittifying those kinds of domains of jobs." We need our universities and students to understand this […]
My new book is out! You can buy a physical copy from the University of South Carolina Press, or you can read the ebook for free thanks to the generous support of the Open Carolina program.
https://uscpress.com/Community-and-Critique
https://uscpress.com/Community-and-Critique
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My new book is out! You can buy a physical copy from the University of South Carolina Press, or you can read the ebook for free thanks to the generous support of the Open Carolina program.
https://uscpress.com/Community-and-Critique
https://uscpress.com/Community-and-Critique
Now is the time for university leaders to stand up to the Trump regime, not cough up millions that could be used for supporting and educating students and continuing essential research. Let's demand courage from our campus leaders! […]
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mas.to
August 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Now is the time for university leaders to stand up to the Trump regime, not cough up millions that could be used for supporting and educating students and continuing essential research. Let's demand courage from our campus leaders! […]
Reason #2864 why I love my neighborhood: 24-hour bike race complete with drum lines and silly costumes and candy throwing and general great vibes. Happy People's Holiday! #riverwest24 #milwaukee
July 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Reason #2864 why I love my neighborhood: 24-hour bike race complete with drum lines and silly costumes and candy throwing and general great vibes. Happy People's Holiday! #riverwest24 #milwaukee
Happy #juneteenth! It's a day to celebrate, educate, and agitate. And maybe drink a red drink like this tasty number from chef Bryant Terry: https://worldspice.com/blogs/recipes/roselle-rooibos-drink
Roselle-Rooibos Drink
Afro-Vegan by Bryant Terry is a staff favorite vegan cookbook that we always refer back to. And bonus? Every recipe has a song or book choice to go with it! Hibiscus tea is delicious, and we love finding new ways to use it.From Bryant Terry author of Afro-Vegan: "This drink is tart, sweet, and floral and has become one
worldspice.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy #juneteenth! It's a day to celebrate, educate, and agitate. And maybe drink a red drink like this tasty number from chef Bryant Terry: https://worldspice.com/blogs/recipes/roselle-rooibos-drink
One of the best #nokings videos I have seen all day. Love to see our elders showing up! https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/114683774656522725
Indivisible ❌👑 (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 video 🥹 Millions of Americans are coming together on this #NoKings Day to reject authoritarian overreach, defend democracy, and stand up for their communities.
mastodon.social
June 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
One of the best #nokings videos I have seen all day. Love to see our elders showing up! https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/114683774656522725
June 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thanks to being raised in a fully disclosed open adoption, I have never had to use for-profit DNA testing to access information about my family of origin. But many, many adopted people had to use these services because they were denied access to original birth certificates and other records that […]
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mas.to
June 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thanks to being raised in a fully disclosed open adoption, I have never had to use for-profit DNA testing to access information about my family of origin. But many, many adopted people had to use these services because they were denied access to original birth certificates and other records that […]
Trump is planning a military parade in DC on June 14, but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. I'm rallying on No Kings Day to reject strongman politics and corruption. Join us! https://app.sosha.ai/s/GeRdNqyS
June 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Trump is planning a military parade in DC on June 14, but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. I'm rallying on No Kings Day to reject strongman politics and corruption. Join us! https://app.sosha.ai/s/GeRdNqyS
If you are also looking for positive ways to Do Something in these times, this essay by Barbara Peterson has practical recommendations for building community-based alternatives.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/building-alternatives-key-counter-authoritarianism/
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/building-alternatives-key-counter-authoritarianism/
May 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you are also looking for positive ways to Do Something in these times, this essay by Barbara Peterson has practical recommendations for building community-based alternatives.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/building-alternatives-key-counter-authoritarianism/
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/building-alternatives-key-counter-authoritarianism/
Reposted by Sara VanderHaagen
Huge shout out to @jasooooon.bsky.social for writing this very important story for @wired.com . Also love to see @atbw.bsky.social and @bergisjules.bsky.social get light for the very important work they are and have been doing for years. ✊🏾
Blacksky is memory work 🖤
Blacksky is memory work 🖤
May 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Huge shout out to @jasooooon.bsky.social for writing this very important story for @wired.com . Also love to see @atbw.bsky.social and @bergisjules.bsky.social get light for the very important work they are and have been doing for years. ✊🏾
Blacksky is memory work 🖤
Blacksky is memory work 🖤
We had an enthusiastic crowd out for the May Day march here in Milwaukee, despite the awful weather! #mayday2025 #milwaukee
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We had an enthusiastic crowd out for the May Day march here in Milwaukee, despite the awful weather! #mayday2025 #milwaukee
Harvard to Trump regime: "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the
federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an […]
federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an […]
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mas.to
April 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Harvard to Trump regime: "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the
federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an […]
federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an […]
Milwaukee showing up and showing out! #handsoff #handsoffeducation #handsoffouruniversities #milwaukee
April 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Milwaukee showing up and showing out! #handsoff #handsoffeducation #handsoffouruniversities #milwaukee
Yesss, Wisconsin! 🙌🏻 Glad to also see our state superintendent, Dr. Jill Underly, re-elected.
https://www.wisn.com/article/ap-declares-susan-crawford-winner-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race/64358025
https://www.wisn.com/article/ap-declares-susan-crawford-winner-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race/64358025
AP declares Susan Crawford winner in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Judge Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in Wisconsin Supreme Court race, preserving 4-3 liberal majority on state's highest court.
www.wisn.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yesss, Wisconsin! 🙌🏻 Glad to also see our state superintendent, Dr. Jill Underly, re-elected.
https://www.wisn.com/article/ap-declares-susan-crawford-winner-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race/64358025
https://www.wisn.com/article/ap-declares-susan-crawford-winner-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race/64358025
Shout out to my Congresswoman Gwen Moore and her diligent staff! Not only does she have actual humans answering the phones; those folks are also responding to constituents with topical letters. Yesterday I got these four reporting everything she's doing to protect […]
[Original post on mas.to]
[Original post on mas.to]
March 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Shout out to my Congresswoman Gwen Moore and her diligent staff! Not only does she have actual humans answering the phones; those folks are also responding to constituents with topical letters. Yesterday I got these four reporting everything she's doing to protect […]
[Original post on mas.to]
[Original post on mas.to]
Highly recommend this article from the Chronicle of Higher Ed to anyone in #highered Thank you for this call to action @jeremycyoung
https://www.chronicle.com/article/hands-off-higher-ed?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_12799193_nl_Academe-Today_date_20250305&sra=true
https://www.chronicle.com/article/hands-off-higher-ed?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_12799193_nl_Academe-Today_date_20250305&sra=true
March 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Highly recommend this article from the Chronicle of Higher Ed to anyone in #highered Thank you for this call to action @jeremycyoung
https://www.chronicle.com/article/hands-off-higher-ed?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_12799193_nl_Academe-Today_date_20250305&sra=true
https://www.chronicle.com/article/hands-off-higher-ed?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_12799193_nl_Academe-Today_date_20250305&sra=true
Just in time for the last day of Black history month! My latest piece is out in the Oxford Handbook of African American Women's Writing. The chapter, titled "Memory Work and Rhetorical Activism," charts how Black American women have used rhetoric and public discourse to shape American public […]
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mas.to
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just in time for the last day of Black history month! My latest piece is out in the Oxford Handbook of African American Women's Writing. The chapter, titled "Memory Work and Rhetorical Activism," charts how Black American women have used rhetoric and public discourse to shape American public […]
Thank you, @AFTUnion, for bringing this lawsuit against the Department of Education for its unlawful threats to education. I'm proud to be a member of AFT Local 3535!
https://www.aft.org/press-release/educators-sue-challenge-trump-administrations-efforts-weaponize-civil-rights-laws
https://www.aft.org/press-release/educators-sue-challenge-trump-administrations-efforts-weaponize-civil-rights-laws
Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities
AFT, AFT-Maryland, American Sociological Association File to Challenge Administration's ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter in Defense of Students Nationwide
www.aft.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Thank you, @AFTUnion, for bringing this lawsuit against the Department of Education for its unlawful threats to education. I'm proud to be a member of AFT Local 3535!
https://www.aft.org/press-release/educators-sue-challenge-trump-administrations-efforts-weaponize-civil-rights-laws
https://www.aft.org/press-release/educators-sue-challenge-trump-administrations-efforts-weaponize-civil-rights-laws