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Ajantha Subramanian

@ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social
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CUNY Graduate Center Prof interested in class/caste/racial/spatial politics.

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There’s blood in the water. I am so incredibly proud of the kids in my country.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists.
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
there should be no university police forces. Cornell has failed in every way and every process, including the lack of regulation of greek life before this horrible rape even happened, the police, the title ix processes. it is disgusting.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm grateful to Radcliffe and the Schlesinger Library for ensuring that my mom's work will be accessible to her many students, past and future
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Lani Guinier’s legacy, in her own words - Harvard Law School
Schlesinger Library collection offers scholars a closer look at Lani Guinier's work on voting rights, race, education, and equality.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everyone employed at a postsecondary institution (& esp deans of students) should read Kate Manne's powerful essay: "Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism. ... become a place where our sons are not initiated into rape culture."
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Ajantha Subramanian @ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Check out my co-authored essay with Jeff Maskovsky in response to the Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences: www.anthropology-news.org/articles/a-c...
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A Conservative Hit Job in the Age of MAGA - Anthropology News
The Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences is not a neutral audit; it is a tactical hit job on
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026.... YES!!!!! #FreePalestine. So proud of these students.
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Charges dropped against Stanford students over pro-Palestine protest
Students faced prison terms and thousands of dollars in restitution over campus protest against Israel’s war on Gaza
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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The man who shot three Palestinian college students in November 2023 in Vermont was found guilty of attempted murder. My Guardian colleague @suzannegaber.bsky.social produced a series of extraordinary audio reports on one of the victims, Hisham Awartani, for WYNC www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anx...
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Vermont man convicted of attempted murder of three Palestinian students
James Eaton, 51, faces life in prison after jury rejects insanity defense rooted in claims he was acting on orders from US and Israeli intelligence
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
She adds, "But Republicans have made it a big attack on you," which is a telling statement. Stated simply: We don't find it newsworthy either, but it's our job to use talking points from one side and parrot them back to the other side. If not, we'll be accused of bias. (Also, my boss is Bari Weiss)
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"This is a film about a system. It focuses on orders, policies, and patterns of operation, not deviations from them. The mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza was not a “tragic byproduct” of a war against Hamas, but a premeditated, calculated, intentional act." www.972mag.com/naza-exposin...
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‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in Gaza
Our new film shows how Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians was a calculated and intentional act, through the testimonies of those responsible.
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Ajantha Subramanian @ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Check out the new episode of The Caste Pod on how caste came to be seen as religious and Dalits as Hindus with Rupa Viswanath and Joel Lee: newbooksnetwork.com/enclosing-ca...
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Enclosing Caste with Rupa Viswanath and Joel Lee - New Books Network
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEWS: After the Hindu nationalist RSS rally at MSG – and as students across India continue to protest – nearly 100 US politicians are pledging to reject money from the RSS (which birthed Modi’s political party). Includes everyone from Abdul El-Sayed & Haley Stevens, to Ro Khanna & Pramila Jayapal:
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U.S. Politicians Reject Donations From Hindu Nationalists, Days After Far-Right RSS Rally in New York
The pledge comes after a controversial gathering at Madison Square Garden, addressed by Mohan Bhagwat, head of the RSS, the group that produced both the killer of Gandhi and Narendra Modi’s BJP party.
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Sohini Kar @karsohini.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I've spent 15 years thinking about regulation of microfinance in India. With increased financial inclusion by a broad range of financial actors, this open-access paper is an attempt to think about the central bank at the margins. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Waivers and frauds: The politics of regulation and claims-making in Indian microfinance
As microfinance has expanded in India, so have efforts to regulate the sector. The competing regulatory authority of the state governments and the central bank have produced unexpected refusals by ...
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This one hadnt made it to my feed and hit me pretty hard. Amazing @athenahollins.bsky.social
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Foreign Students Who Criticized Israel www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Stanford Students Who Criticized Israel
The ruling was a win for Stanford’s student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, and it followed another court victory for students targeted by the Trump administration last year.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries are, by trying to destroy Hassan Piker, telling us that they prefer Trump to anyone pushing change even if it means Democrats winning— because they too are enriched by the same capitalists. I wish people would listen.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I had a great convo with @proftwolf.bsky.social, president of the American Association of University Professors. He discussed AAUP's endorsement of El-Sayed, the group's plans to make more endorsements this fall, and why universities are a core part of democracy. newrepublic.com/article/2146...
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Transcript: Why Professors Got Behind El-Sayed
AAUP President Todd Wolfson says that endorsing El-Sayed and other candidates is part of defending both higher education and democracy.
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Ajantha Subramanian @ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-mil...
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Documents Reveal Trail of Unreported Millions From Israeli Military to U.S. Universities
Research funding by Israel’s Ministry of Defense and arms manufacturers often fails to appear in national databases intended to track foreign funding.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
The largest and oldest Black studies departments in the country have been closed, but a bunch of people decided the eugenics guy was the crucible for academic freedom.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism
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Courtney T. Wittekind @ctwittekind.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Very proud of this piece, and of our writing team
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Ajantha Subramanian @ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
An extended fuck you to the unholy alliance of meritocrats and race realists: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Machine That Came for Jason Arday
It wasn't a scandal but a machine—funded, transatlantic, and still running.
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Ajantha Subramanian @ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Must read: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Aisha Wahab is heading to D.C. & will replace Eric Swalwell: AP just called the #CA14 special election for her. Wahab faced heavy spending from AIPAC in the final stretch of the race, as well as attacks over her support for criminal justice reforms by her opponent.
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amulya.bsky.social @amulya.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is going straight into my syllabus for the new year:
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The use of Al is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. Al use is prohibited for any use for any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class content— into generative Al systems. Al can be used for research on papers ONLY for the limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources. Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of prohibited Al use.
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Noelle Schultz @nrvschultz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
💯. A great example is how Bill Ackman made it his life’s work to ruin a black woman’s life over accusations of plagiarism and anti-semitism. Then it came out that his new wife had also been credibly accused of plagiarism. With a straight face, he said when his wife did it, it was different.
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Think of all the mediocre white men with their plagiarism/stealing student work/sexual harassment who kept their jobs or quietly retired but are alive. Jason Arday’s situation did NOT have to play out or end this way, no matter his errors. And the media and everyone with a hot take is responsible.
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
For the Authoritarianism 101 syllabus from the Am Historical Review, I wrote on this incredible photograph from the Law of Evidence Protest led by women in Lahore 1983 against draconian laws that denied women basic citizenship. A teaching module accessible to all. www.historians.org/module/women...
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Women Challenge Patriarchal Authoritarianism – AHA
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Don’t just do things; be seen doing them
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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Hindus for Human Rights Action @hfhraction.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hindu American PAC is 0/4 in its key races. Hindu American voters played a critical role in taking down Hindu nationalist politicians in Democratic primaries.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 03/08/2026
Palestinian trade unionists have long called on workers worldwide to refuse arms shipments to Israel. Dockworkers answered—from Belgium and Sweden to Italy. Now unions in six countries are organizing for October 30.
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Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes and Protests Against War and Genocide
Unions representing workers at 40 ports in Europe and the Mediterranean are calling for an international day of action on October 30.
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
LFG
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/07/2026
At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.
Mayor Mamdani holds up bananas with a 30% off sticker on them. Shelves of produce and canned goods, all with 30% off stickers on them. New Yorkers clap at the press conference announcing the 30% discount for municipal grocery stores.
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/07/2026
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The denial of tenure to a scholar in Religious Studies is drawing attention to broader questions about academic freedom and activism
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Academic Freedom and the Palestine Exception at Princeton
BY JOAN W. SCOTT Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber has carefully curated his public reputation as a defender of free speech and academic freedom against the wanton attacks by the…
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AAUP @aaup.org · 20/07/2026
“A settlement with this administration does not get them off your back." “It’s strange to students, faculty, and alums: Why are you so eager to settle?” 🤔 @yaleaaup.bsky.social
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Yale caught between Trump administration pressure and a campus that wants to fight
Leaders are weighing a settlement over reverse discrimination claims amid criticism from students, faculty and alumni.
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Ajantha Subramanian @ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Check out the latest episode of The Caste Pod with Rahul Sonpimple on caste as a material question: newbooksnetwork.com/category/up-...
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New Books Network - New Books Network
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
German broadcast. Nailed it
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Carol Almeida 🇵🇸 @caroltypes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Lamine Yamal é campeão da Copa do Mundo.
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Wonny Jalsh @jalsh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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