At the International Lesbian Lives Conference - raising hell with @margaretgalvan.bsky.social, Rani Bishakh Som, @jennifercamper.bsky.social
, Diane DiMassa, and @sharonleedelacruz.com
Glad you enjoyed! The talk is from the 2nd chapter of my book, In Visible Archives (2023), which you can read in book form or on an open-access online platform accessible thru the press website: www.upress.umn.edu/978151790324... The 3rd chapter is about the origins of Alison Bechdel’s cartooning!
What a great conversation. Looking forward to reading the piece!
Yes! Felt the same when reading an NYT oped about reforming the NEH where the author said derisively, “Without queer theory in the academy in the 1990s, the Supreme Court’s Obergefell and Bostock decisions, which extended rights & protections to gay & transgender people, might not have happened.”
Do you have any new tips/thoughts on how to contest the cancelation via eGMS, especially now that we know that so many NEH staff have been put on leave? Got the junk mail termination letter like so many others and trying to figure out next steps.
Thank you!!!
The Andy Warhol Foundation has announced the winners of this year’s Arts Writers Grant, & it includes me! I am so honored to be part of this cohort & have support to write my next book on lgbtq+ cartoonists! You can learn more about everyone’s projects at artswriters.org. #visualarts #queercomics
My department at the University of Florida is hiring two tenure-track positions this year:
Assistant Professor in Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Assistant Professor in African American Literary and Media Studies: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Applications for the 2025-2027 cohort of Junior Fellows in the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School are now open—this can be a career-changing group; I’m happy to talk about it with folks interested rarebookschool.org/admissions-a...
Congrats on the new job!!!
A review of my book, In Visible Archives, is up in the latest issue of The American Archivist! It's a joy to be reviewed in such a storied publication and to receive a review where the author really gets what you're trying to do, down to the smallest of structural details! @uminnpress.bsky.social
We are San Diego-bound! See y’all at the Eisner Awards on Friday night!!! My book, In Visible Archives, which celebrates the comics of Alison Bechdel, Roberta Gregory, and Lee Marrs, is up for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (Winners in each category will be announced live at the awards.)
On 6/17, I spoke w/ @danroyles.bsky.social, @deanallbritton.bsky.social, & @radiorodriguez.bsky.social
as we discussed strategies of teaching with Wikipedia & working w/ our students to preserve LGBTQ+ history on Wikipedia. Andrés Vera of WikiEducation asked great Qs.
Link: tinyurl.com/wikilgbtq24
On 6/6, I spoke w/ @qianawhitted.bsky.social & @anuncivilphd.bsky.social about the legacy of Fredric Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent (1954) that was part of a midcentury push against comics, & how it speaks to censorship now. The Library of Congress hosted the event.
Link: tinyurl.com/locwertham
If you missed the comics and LGBTQ+ history virtual events I did last month, fear not, for they are now available to watch online! Links and quick recaps below!
Realized I never shared these updates:
1. I started a newsletter for the Queer Digital History Project as a way to keep folks abreast of new entries, happenings, etc. You can read the first issue and subscribe here: buttondown.email/qdhp/archive...
I haven’t, but I will check it out! Thanks for the tip! So good to have a chance to chat at QHC and learn more about your work!
I’m participating in a conversation later today about teaching students how to use Wikipedia to help preserve LGBTQ+ history! Register here: tinyurl.com/WikiLGBTQ
Carol spoke to this a bit during the panel—how it seems that he gets a lot of his homophobic readings from one of his close associates.
Join us tmrw, 6/6, online at noon (EST) for a convo on comics & censorship, centering around Fredric Wertham's infamous Seduction of the Innocent (1954). Thrilled to be chatting w/ @anuncivilphd.bsky.social, @qianawhitted.bsky.social, & Library of Congress folx!
Register here: tinyurl.com/wertham70
All comics industry professionals including the scholarly types (historians/educators/librarians) are eligible to vote to determine the winner! Voting is open until June 6. My book and I will be traveling out to San Diego come July to attend the awards ceremony in person at San Diego Comic Con!
Hey friends, my book has been hyped about its Eisner nomination for Best Scholarly/Academic Work & wants to remind you that the deadline to register to vote if you haven’t voted before is tomorrow, May 30, via this form: cci.tiny.us/2p8r8e6c. @uminnpress.bsky.social
You can vote for the Eisners if you are a pro in comics (creator, editor/publisher, historian/educator, librarian, retailer). If you have not voted before, you must register by MAY 30: cci.tiny.us/2p8r8e6c. If you've voted before, you'll receive a ballot. Voting ends JUNE 6.
Congratulations to past guests @margaretgalvan.bsky.social and Jeffrey Brown, and of course our own @claremontrun.bsky.social, on their Eisner noms for best scholarly work! 🥳 #Eisners #ComicsStudies
www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne...
Some MAJOR news! My book, In Visible Archives, has been nominated for an EISNER for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (The Eisners are the top awards in the comics industry & getting nominated is the equivalent to being nominated for an Oscar.) I’m over the moon! @uminnpress.bsky.social
The Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature is out! My chapter, “Comics as Trans Literature,” discusses the history of trans cartoonists in 20th century America. This is a rich volume you’re definitely going to want to check out!
Can’t wait!!!
