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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Saban was the corrective, obvs. Turns out you just need to hire the absolute best college coach alive and it resolves all the complicated in-family/out-family dynamics

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Saw a video of an on-the-streets extended dialog between college undergrads and a hostile protester where the kids were sincerely trying to de-escalate a tense situation, and used GenAI language ticks IRL: “he’s genuinely just going to class, let him go,” “it was a genuine accident.”

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Recently went to the Elks Lodge with my septuagenarian parents and was surprised by the number of younger (30s? 40s?) people there

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 13/09/2026

If you're a band nerd and a college football nerd... well, you already follow us. But also go buy this book.

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Chris Robinson @chris-robinson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Nonfiction authors: y'all don't need so many images in your book. In most cases they aren't necessary. And besides, it makes it harder to get the book translated.

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This hit my husband’s LinkedIn the other day and we could not stop laughing. Best part: your old male ass can only possibly be unseated by a younger male ass

LinkedIn post with gendered pronouns highlighted: But right now there is a 38 year old VP in your building who doesn't need three cups of coffee to function by 9am. He doesn't lose his train of thought at 3pm. He doesn't need a drink to shut his brain off at night.
He is fully optimized. He is hungry. And he is watching you slow down.

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

No one has ever looked more like they live in the Charlotte suburbs than Andy Roddick

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There is practice and there is Justice and sometimes they do not converge

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This interview was both pleasant—walks down professional memory lanes—and challenging (whither AI? Subscribe-to-Open? The monograph?). Thank you for the conversation, @mupshall.bsky.social

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Contra history and cultural reputation

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Similarly, mine was Mark Ingram vs South Carolina

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 09/06/2026

More blurbs for the @uchicagopress.bsky.social republication of Sally Benson's Meet Me in St. Louis from lovely @louisbayard.bsky.social and glorious @realjoannagleason.bsky.social!

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

No crocodiles but lots of gators

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

That’s a challenge worthy of a Millenium Prize Problem

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Deadloch season 2 is giving hard Lower Alabama vibes. Darwin, Australia = Baldwin County, AL

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Today the DUP blog highlights April's new books, including “Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign” edited by Daphne A. Brooks, “Erotic Knowledge” by Elena Gambino, and "Melodrama As Provocateur" by Linda Williams and edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker. buff.ly/cb6xrFO

Cover of Melodrama as Provocateur by Linda Williams. The cover is black with three red triangles creating a geometric design. The title is written at an upwards diagonal in a cream all lowercase sans serif font. The author’s name is written in diagonally between two of the triangles in all caps and yellow. The editors are written in a serif font in the bottom red triangle.

Cover of Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign: The Sonic Afterlives of David Bowie and Prince edited by Daphne A. Brooks. The cover features David Bowie on the left and Prince on the right both in different shades of purple. Between the two artists the title is written in a bold sans serif font in a gradient fading from orange to pink to purple. The subtitle is written vertically to the left of the title in yellow. The editor’s name is below and follows the same gradient of yellow to purple.

Cover of Erotic Knowledge: Toward a Lesbian Feminist Political Theory by Elena Gambino. The title appears at the top left in large black type on an orange background. Inset is a sketch of a powerful-looking nude woman angled away from the viewer with one arm outstretched. The author's name appears to the left of the woman's head and the subtitle, rotated ninety degrees, runs vertically down the cover from her hand.

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Ah, Dorton! The last place I saw a Ringling Bros circus ❤️

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This was SO illuminating. Thank you, from a resident of Durham

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Quite a statement in Raleigh’s federal court today

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

put baby photos on all DLs or give these people their rights

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

In "The Connector," Alexandra Middleton examines the embodied life of experimental medicine through an ethnography of the creation of neuromusculoskeletal prostheses and the everyday experience of patients living with them. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/qfusIHk

Cover of The Connector: Living with Experimental Neuroprosthetics by Alexandra Middleton. It has a black background featuring a white, abstract illustration resembling two branching, neuron‑like forms connected by a web of fine filaments. The title appears in large white text, with the subtitle above it. The author’s name is printed at the bottom.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The Weekly Read is "Public Health Under Siege," the introduction to a special issue of @jhppl.bsky.social (51:2) edited by Jonathan Oberlander and Sarah E. Gollust. Read it for free: buff.ly/wEHKRqJ Buy this issue and use code SAVE30 at checkout for a 30% discount: buff.ly/bGLjJc6

Green gradient cover with Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law title in white text and small light green square accent, volume 51 issue 2 April 2026.

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Clare Hooper @clarehooper.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The @aupresses.bsky.social Journals Committee (including me) have organised a Hangout - Let's Talk About…The Impact of AI on University Presses, Thurs 3/5 at 12p EST. Please do some along if you are a member!

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This Valentine's Week, help us celebrate our centennial by sharing your love of DUP on social media. We'll be sharing quotes from our authors all week. Use #DUPLove and #DUP100 so we can reshare! buff.ly/dHsarya

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Tortillería customer, normal week: 15lbs, please. Snow week: 150 lbs, and make it quick

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

That airport has the best food from so many local restaurants. The Japanese restaurant there is my must-eat.

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It’s an embarrassment that Duke, mere blocks/miles from you hasn’t extended an offer

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

When the best angles include the toilet

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Any tips for accessing the free -to-read? I’m hitting the paywall with the “free” account level

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I feel for you. I was so grateful Saban stayed publicly apolitical and privately decent

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Loved spinning that cylinder

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I've reverted to my game 2 wish: let's bottom out so we can move on from this guy quickly

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I mean, I'm a from-birth, alumna, through the bad years Bama fan, and I'm a little outraged. Whatever: Roll Tide

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I tried to translate that as slice of shit 😁

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

What about wins as an assistant coach at Alabama? Does that count?

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Allison Belan @acbelan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The tone of this story is utterly bizarre

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