Barry Shank @barryshank.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Black Sounds concert in Columbus. Featuring Talib Kweli, the Deal Breakers, and Starlit Ways, all repping central Ohio in its beautiful variety. Concert organized by grad students in Music and Comp Studies. 040
Barry Shank @barryshank.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I promise to live what’s left of my life the way that George plays his solo on I Should Have Known Better. 020
Reposted by Barry ShankMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Elon Musk suddenly going into overdrive to blame DEI, Obama, Biden... likely because he doesn't want you to know that the FAA was without a leader during the DC plane crash thanks to him 9238831161
Reposted by Barry ShankBen Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 26/01/2025DEI was not the demand, it was the settlement 061
Reposted by Barry ShankRoopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 14/10/2023“What if our morality and our politics did not end with the act of condemnation? What if we insisted on asking what form of life would release the region from violence such as this?” -Judith Butler’s latestlrb.co.ukJudith Butler · The Compass of Mourning · LRB 13 October 2023We are to condemn or approve, and that makes sense, but is that all that is ethically required of us? In fact, I do... 15518
Reposted by Barry ShankAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 18/08/2023First excerpt from my new book: “If inequality can be captured in statistics, insecurity requires talking about feelings: It is, to borrow a phrase from feminism, personal as well as political.” www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/…nytimes.comOpinion | Our Economy Thrives on Bad FeelingsOnly by reckoning with how deep manufactured insecurity runs will it become possible to envision something different. 37219
Reposted by Barry ShankBonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 18/08/2023Astra Taylor on how we might come together as things fall apart! Read every word - no pull quotes do the job, but: “We work hard, shop hard, hustle, get credentialed, scrimp and save, invest, diet, self-medicate, meditate, exercise, exfoliate.” None of it provides “the security we crave.” 3188
Barry Shank @barryshank.bsky.social · 18/08/2023www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/… This is a great piece by @astra.bsky.social Amazing control of tone as she states what should be obvious with total clarity. 151
Reposted by Barry ShankSid Griffin @sidthesquid.bsky.social · 12/08/2023I feel sheepish to plug an upcoming project with all the woes of the world swirling around us but…deep breath…a band I am in tours 🇪🇺central Europe in October and I hope some of you folks will come check us out. 🎸🥁 031
Reposted by Barry ShankJill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · 11/08/2023Half-baked thought: maybe now all humanities professional orgs should have watchdog/activist committees to keep an eye on major assaults by legislatures, boards of trustees, etc.? a necessary shift, culturally? both for ready activism & for easy rallying nodes for orgs to communicate & band together 13010
Reposted by Barry Shankamy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 09/08/2023jd vance is having a terrible night and i think that’s nice 1235361
Barry Shank @barryshank.bsky.social · 09/08/2023Thanks to the people of Akron, Toledo, Dayton, Athens, and the 3Cs! 000
Barry Shank @barryshank.bsky.social · 09/08/2023The cities of Ohio have pushed back against the Republican effort to cheat us of majority rule. Happy for all of us. 1101
Reposted by Barry Shankjj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 26/07/2023in all the remembrances about sinead’s passionate and righteous life, let us not forget how powerfully tender her music was. few people can sing about intimacy, longing, desire, and grief in a way that cuts to the quick every time and never feels hackneyed 117146
Barry Shank @barryshank.bsky.social · 23/07/2023Reskeet with first album bought with your own money. 020
