I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
cutting the prologue was certainly a choice one could, conceivably, make
mailman and something at the naval yard. my mommoms worked for the irs and bell telephone (after their youngest kids were in school). and damn i get to read and write and teach about bad musicals for a living 😭
my life is little but a round-the-clock Romeo and Juliet apology tour
If you want to make the philosophical argument that the soldier pulling the trigger for imperialist masters and the ones he aims his gun at are both victims of a violent system, you better actually acknowledge who is harmed first and who is harmed more in that exchange or you're just doing apologia.
I would like to be able to message this entirely on the basis of “they should simply not be bombing foreign countries and they bombed a school full of kids” and we should do that too but people are not going to like this bit and we should take advantage of it, all tools in the toolbox
too many people are being waaaayyyy too consent manufacturing shaped right now dawg. they fucking blew up kids. if your gut reaction to what's going on right now is anything less than "holy hell this should never have happened and it needs to stop immediately" you need to do a lot of self reflection
This man was murdered by the federal immigration authorities as surely as Renee Good and Alex Pretti were
The reason you can’t give a single inch on anything be it trans rights or dignity for unhoused people is that they, democrats and republicans alike, will take it and say thanks what else is in your pockets? They won’t say thanks actually.
bryce heard that we were missing harrison bader and came through (derogatory)
captain von trapp is about to rip the nazi flag. on top of this, i've circled in yellow the fabric right between his hands, where you can sort of see CVT's tan suit peeking through, and the fabric right where the white background for the swastika starts, because there's a tiny reddish line there indicating a tear or distressing.
now i've had to watch this very, very slowly lol. it looks like the stretched or distressed the flag real subtly in the spot where he starts ripping and right at the white to get him started. if you pause and look extremely closely, you can see some mild discoloration at those two spots
lets fuckin GO
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
🗃️ Tyler Austin Harper’s insane Andrew Mellon Foundation hit piece, which of course @theatlantic.com was happy to print, has rightfully pissed off everyone in the Humanities.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
Holy shit.
This is in South Jersey?!
abolishing is the moderate answer
It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
“has a monopoly” is such a funny (disgusting) way to say “is the only existing outlet”
It's corny as hell but the solution to fascism is loving thy neighbor
half of this is unlistenable, half of it sounds like a kurt weill deep cut (affectionate, to be clear)
phils are going all the way this year, i don't make the rules the rib does
yes haha yes sickos dot gif
(its me i’m sickos GO CATS)
BREAKING: Villanova and Notre Dame's men's and women's basketball teams are set to open the next college basketball season in none other than Rome, sources told CBS Sports.
The reason? Take a big papal guess.
Details on a huge deal in college hoops: www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
The truth is especially important for leftists now more than ever. Material conditions & reality are what shape actual politics, not idealism & wishcasting.
As conservatives continue to sink into conspiracy, this contradiction will heighten as will the temptation to practice a politics of delusion.
yes, a crucial part of the 'performative' is that it produces or materializes real effects + affects
@ zohran if you're listening i'd love to be the hallie flannigan of your administration. this would be my to-do list
they’re the same picture
the whole bar in bk sang along and then BOOED. crypto is well and fully dead, may we say the same of ai next year
the whole bar just booed that crypto reveal
