.Kiff_AriahFalls summer plans when you need them, coach!

Confirming the massive distinction between "bitch" and "little bitch"

2023: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Ejected from Freedom Caucus for Calling Lauren Boebert a 'Little Bitch'"

I just love how the devil is an interdisciplinary scholar ✊🏾

I read this book dozens of times to Kiff_AriahFalls

The Hollywood labor actions put the lie to the right-wing canard that Hollywood is liberal. Much of the talent might be, but once you get past a certain pay scale there are a ton of full-on MAGA people, plus execs who are no more "liberal" than the president of a logging company.

I am SO SAD. That Walgreens story was wonderful.

If we no longer tweet on Twitter, what is the verb to describe posting on x?

Every semester now, there's always that one kid who just found out about Jonestown.

AI: Is it artificial intelligence or is it Al like Al Gore? #SanSerifProblems

Is Substack really just Medium?

There is no Q in barbecue.

Looking for any critical/academic work on Mimi Bobeck. #DrewCarey #scms #ssca

NYT: "Americans Glimpse Jimmy Carter’s Frailty and His Resolve" Well he *has* been in home hospice care for months and he *is* 99 years old.

"Many of the circular kites possess a pixelated appearance, like computer screens glitching out" is what you write when an editor insists that you define "pixelated" for a younger target market mymodernmet.com/jacob-hashimot…{{%20subscriber.email_address%20}} #uncategorized #feedly

Let's see if this will hold up as the worst headline of 2024: "Claudine Gay Has Resigned as Harvard's President — Is She Married?"

My father, a retired economist, has decided that at age 87 he's going to start studying literary theory. Having recently been reading Judith Butler, he remarked: I believe that a large part of me is performative.

"I’d conjure an important event—the Oscars, a second wedding—and craft the perfect outfit or bundle of accessories to stand out in a way that ensured I fit in more than everyone else." #SundaySentence --Monica Heisey

Academic folk: is performative writing still a thing? If I put together a book proposal for a collection of performative essays, would someone from say, literary studies, be familiar enough to get it?

Sloane Crosley's Grief Is for People is a loving portrait of a dear friend and an offering of shared wisdom for the bereaved rooted in emotional chaos and its subsequent clarity. – Linda Levitt ➡️ tinyurl.com/3ftfyhac