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“What are we to make of grown women playing mommy with these dolls? It’s a question that Emilie St Hilaire, a humanities PhD student at Concordia University in Montreal, has spent the last three years looking into.” #reborns ConcordiaGradStudies gu.com/p/d9kgt/stw

Just got an email from a prof: “As a reminder, you are required to wear clothes during Zoom meetings.” Rules are made when they become necessary, not before.

Quarantine day 6.

José G. Soto-Márquez NPR

Fake babies, real love: the women who care for lifelike baby dolls - video theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/v…

#COVID19 update: The experts on the novel #coronavirus stress the need to avoid three overlapping conditions. The “Three Cs” are: closed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings. kantei.go.jp/jp/content/000… (please follow the guidelines for the public use of this poster.)

In her final blog post, #Concordia #PublicScholar Emilie St-Hilaire explains how our current period of #isolation might be an ideal moment to dabble in co-authoring - should you try it? bit.ly/3buZ8x0

#blackouttuesday

I hope I no longer hear “I’m not a political person” #thepersonalispolitical #silenceiscompliance

LOUISVILLE, KY JUST MADE HISTORY. WE PASSED BREONNA'S LAW, BANNING NO-KNOCK WARRANTS. NEXT, WE GO FEDERAL. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS.

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I stand with the Mi’kmaq fishermen attempting to freely exercise their right to self-determination. The racism and abuse they are enduring is intolerable. Reconciliation is an empty word unless we stand with First Nations whenever they seek to exercise their rights. #cdnpoli

PTJC's excellent webinar series continues this week:

The future for academic conferences? Food for thought. “Face-to-face conferences are a valued ritual that need to be rethought given the carbon cost of air travel,” ualberta.ca/folio/2021/04/…

Why does NBC News refer to the scarecrow village as Ichinono? It’s called Nagoro. 'Outnumbered by puppets': Depopulated village in Japan crafts dolls for sense of life nbcnews.com/news/world/out…