Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 10hAnd we wondered why CMU needed the humanities to be “more synergistic” rather than “antagonistic” with the mission of the university. It won’t save ya’ll. 163
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“A Lesbian Media Strategy: This Bridge Called My Back and Persephone Press” is out now in the September issue of American Literature. Read it here: doi.org/10.1215/0002... 264
Reposted by CatherineMél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"I went home, past the gas plants, with that memory in my throat." dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...dissentmagazine.orgDeath by Data Centers - Dissent MagazineI’m an oncology nurse in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. My patients and I breathe the same polluted air, and we can’t afford the toxic exposure from the gas-fired plants set to power the state’s proposed A... 0117
Reposted by CatherineCatherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...fnl.mit.eduHow We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter 6357166
Reposted by CatherineSheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Threw some Baudrillard at the kids yesterday and they ate it up. One reason I teach theory is that I’ve seen how it can grant students the permission and vocabulary to be smart, and to view their own lives as objects worthy of smart analysis, in ways way pure “skills”-based education cannot. 0303
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Honored (and humbled) to be a part of a department taking a clear, direct stance on AI usage in the English and creative writing college classroom. Read it! Share it! Write one with your colleagues!! 🫶 010
Reposted by CatherineMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The conflation of AI-critical with technophobic is tactical & infuriating. While accusing us of just knee-jerk hating tech, they’re enshittifying search engines, degrading digital archives, sundowning or enclosing popular tools, etc. We were all happily using that tech! 3504147
Reposted by CatherineAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The fact also that the product in question seems to produce a dangerous dependence that leaves students lacking confidence in their own minds and abilities is enough for us not to be testing it; but the fact that the tech is driving some vulnerable young people to suicide is even more alarming. 25414
Reposted by CatherinePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/09/2026@librariesftp.bsky.social is sunsetting at the end of 2027. We started as a 5 year project. We are planning a community-focused conference/gathering about public libraries & some lessons learned in Fall 2027. Any potential Foundations and funders who might want to support this, please reach out. 04116
Reposted by CatherineAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/09/2026This article succeeds where most on the same topic fail (most notably Heller's infamous New Yorker piece on the 'end of the English major') bc it shows the relationship between 'declining majors' and 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 defunding and disinvestment in programs administrators want to diminish or end. 220984
Reposted by CatherineCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Creating the third-largest university plant collection" may seem celebratory, but remember: this is happening because Duke administration decided to axe the herbarium as a cost-cutting measure. Natural history collections are a precious scientific resource, and too many are at risk of being lost. 5273104
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Don’t mind me. Just smiling thinking about Kipp, her daughter, and the joy of last week while preparing to teach my first course of the semester. 030
Reposted by CatherineJohanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Honestly, it's one of the honors of my life that I got to write this essay that put into words what so many people feel and do, fight for and love. Here it is again, and thanks always to everyone sharing it and @bostonreview.bsky.social for publishing it. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...bostonreview.netThe Claims of Close ReadingLiterary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical. 37228
Reposted by CatherineBenjamin Williams @bkwilliams21.bsky.social · 29/08/2026International laborers united against apartheid is an undertold story. Go see it. Solidarity forever. 111
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Curating “Solidarity Forever: A Radical Pop-Up” @haymarkethouse.bsky.social has been an absolute pleasure. Go see it, Chicago, tonight and tomorrow only! Kipp and her daughter will meet you there :) 33010
Reposted by CatherineMake Common @makecommon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Poetics Program at University at Buffalo is officially graveyard dead. Another case of administrations turning what had been a strength in the humanities into a smoking crater. To do it, UB liquidated several chairs in ways I suspect violated donor agreements. RIP big weird angsty thing. 911232
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Shout out to the Walmart-brand frog legs in what I wrongfully thought to be the vegetarian section. 000
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Kipp and I are coming to Haymarket House in Chicago! Be there! (Or zoom in!) She will be in conversation with her equally fabulous daughter, Leah, surrounded by a pop-up of archival materials curated by yours truly.haymarkethouse.orgSolidarity Forever: A Radical Pop-Up and Intergenerational Conversation with Activist Kipp Dawson - Haymarket HouseJoin us Friday, August 28th for an intergenerational dialogue with Kipp Dawson facilitated by her daughter Leah Yacknin-Dawson. The pop-up will remain on display through 3PM during the Radical Used Bo... 010
Reposted by Catherineeileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925) 16686140
Reposted by CatherineSarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 30/07/2026those who work in University writing programs should pay close attention—developing AI-friendly teaching doesn't make you safe from layoff www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... 08727
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Every year Carnegie Mellon does something in the summer months that makes this relevant once again.. 100
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Thrilled to have this piece on Kipp Dawson’s T-shirt collection in the world. Read it now, for free, @femmediahist.bsky.social 030
Reposted by CatherineMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 21/07/2026just got an email from my (former) chair that the university has acted & the state has approved the formal closure of my department. this was done without any faculty input on the decision or the process, & has ended a vibrant, growing (!), humanities department that won teaching and research awards 1591560510
Reposted by CatherineJuan Llamas-Rodriguez @llamasjr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026UT Austin’s denial of Iván Char Lopez’ tenure is enraging and disheartening, not least because it demonstrates how the recent dismantling of faculty governance across UT has left little recourse for independent oversight to appeal this type of one-sided decisions: 13924
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Ah yes. A nice summer walk through the Carnegie Mellon library stacks 🫠 120
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Thrilled to see the Kipp Dawson public humanities/DH project get some attention. If you haven’t checked out the digital T-shirt archive I created (and am obsessed with), now is the time! tshirts.kippdawson.comtshirts.kippdawson.comHome · Home · Wearing the Movement 050
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A stretch of an ask: The iconic Nino Testa and I are starting on a project about “weird” Pittsburgh drag (and its relationship to Appalachia). If you or a loved one has performed as a ketchup bottle, a sinkhole bus, or an infrastructural failing, fill out our survey and talk to us!docs.google.comWeird Pittsburgh Drag Oral History ProjectAre you a drag performer in Pittsburgh who does "weird stuff" that you want to talk about? Have you ever dressed up like the Rachel Carson Bridge? What about the Duquesne Incline? We are looking for l... 031
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 18/06/2026New piece out on feminist anthologies, editorial care, and tender(ness) in Pittsburgh in @asapjournal.bsky.social. Read it, open access, here. dx.doi.org/10.1353/asa.... 142
Reposted by CatherineBenjamin Williams @bkwilliams21.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A widespread rebranding of DH scholars to AI 'experts' is particularly bleak. The DH to techo-extractivist pipeline is real. 031
Reposted by Catherineno fixed abode @zvh.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I do not think it is in any way an exaggeration to say that university boards and administrators are enemies of learning 0147
Reposted by CatherineSheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 26/05/2026The book is dead! Long live the book! yalereview.org/article/shei...yalereview.orgSheila Liming: “The End of Books”A university professor on what we lose when we lose the book as a physical medium. 1319046
Reposted by CatherineAmanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 23/05/2026"You’ve read a million pearl-clutching op-eds about woke professors and cancel culture, but for my money, the real crisis facing American higher education is that colleges & universities are increasingly run by people who are hostile to students & professors, &...the idea of the university itself." 126175
Reposted by CatherineErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Every single one of these schools is going to ask these grads for money in the fall and I for one am excited to see the creative ways they respond to those requests. 213739
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Sometimes it’s the small things. Like when your office window, the only PhD office with a window of course, becomes the chosen death window for the campus birds. 100
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I’ve been teaching Meridian for the last several years and have been screaming this from the rooftops. Everyone teach it - let’s make next academic year the year of Meridian. 021
Reposted by Catherinemy good bitch 💎 @clozilla.cryptoanarchy.network · 10/04/2026⚠️ This is an ABORTION FUND checkpoint. Did you know you can set up monthly donations to a reproductive fund that helps Pennsylvanians with gap funding? Click “Donate Here” and choose “Caravan Fund” in the drop-down menu: www.theautonomousbodyshop.com/caravanfundtheautonomousbodyshop.comCaravan Fund — the auto body shopThe Caravan Fund is a community-oriented fund that provides direct financial and practical support to individuals seeking access to vital sexual & reproductive health care in Pennsylvania, such as abortion, gender affirming care, and pregnancy help. 24133
Reposted by CatherineRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026"29% of respondents in states w/ a 'divisive concepts' law said they had altered their research & 10% said they were looking for a job in a diff state. Researchers in education & nursing were among the most likely to have altered their research." www.chronicle.com/article/near...chronicle.comNearly One-Third of Faculty in Red States Say They’ve Censored Their ResearchA new survey of 4,000 academics looked at the effects of state laws barring “divisive concepts” and federal grant cuts. 06229
Reposted by CatherineSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026If our classroom activities comprise teaching students how to use a commercial product then we are not teachers; we are salespeople. 316947
Reposted by CatherineAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 24/04/2026"Under the memo, graduate students will be permanently barred from writing theses or dissertations centered on LGBTQ+ topics once current teach-out programs conclude." What a joke Texas Tech's leadership is.erininthemorning.comTexas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ TopicsThe ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis. 1416765
Reposted by CatherineAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 21/04/2026250 workers jobless with no severance and little notice; support Hampshire staff and faculty! www.helphampshireworkers.com?fbclid=IwY2x...helphampshireworkers.comHelp Hampshire Workers | Support Hampshire Workers TodaySupport Hampshire College staff and faculty facing job loss with emergency relief funds for essential needs. Contributions and support help provide immediate assistance during this critical time. 03022
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A couple of days ago, Momo decided to self-medicate, breaking into a bag of “calming treats.” The outcome: 010
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Some things never change… do they? Found on the back of a Kipp Dawson letter circa 1985. 001
Reposted by CatherineBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 14/04/2026While Hampshire’s case is in some ways unique, it is amazing to think that in a single lifetime - about 70 years - the US founded the greatest public and liberal arts college system in the world and then destroyed it, to build prisons, give tax cuts to the rich, and own the libs 4316123
Reposted by Catherineborderless @borderless.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Firestorm was the epicenter of locally-led mutual aid after Helene. @distributeaid.org wouldn't have had such a successful response if @firestorm.coop didn't bring the community together first. Please support them. They are far more to the Ashville community than just another radical bookstore. 06243
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Devin Wilson’s “Whale Oil” has a lot to say about Moby Dick. Cerritos College Art Gallery Closes April 4 130
Reposted by CatherineThat Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 31/03/2026This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...newschannel5.comRutherford County Library Board fires director after she refuses to relocate 132 children's booksDr. Lu-anne James called the board's order to move books with LGBTQ+ themes to the adult section an unlawful act of viewpoint discrimination. 617461129
Reposted by CatherineDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Red States: We're going to cut all the programs that don't support our theology Blue States: We're going to cut the same programs, but because they don't support the business school 361361421
Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I've officially been working on my PhD long enough to watch students I taught in first-year writing get accepted into graduate programs themselves. If anyone needs me, I'll be in my rocking chair. 030