Reposted by Joanna GrisingerAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4830241058
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doingslate.comIt Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage. 151028260
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10130823627
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471425193
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I feel you, Daniel L 434354670
Reposted by Joanna Grisingerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026there are only three narratives in fiction: 1) the hero's journey 2) a stranger comes to town 3) a greedy developer is going to tear down our beloved community center...UNLESS we put on the greatest breakdance show this town's ever seen 743217445
Reposted by Joanna Grisingerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's 164113112106
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@runwithskizzers.bsky.social is right. 28316
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 18/09/2026I'm really glad that Code Switch included this part of my interview, because I think these are the points that so often get lost in the discussion of trans panic and why the WNBA might be an ideal target for those anti-trans groups to latch onto. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n... 9840327
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerDr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall (she/her) @lindstorian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026THIS. Cool DNA study, but this has been settled since the late 1990s. Historical analysis isn’t just guessing. It’s no less provable than DNA analysis, & framing it otherwise warps our understanding of both ways of knowing. (And yes, read @agordonreed.bsky.social’s work!) 1287
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026we're hosting a daylong workshop on how to track the financial interests of university trustees who offer such funding, how to work for legislative protections and workplace protections in the classroom and far beyond, join us! www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...zeffy.comAgainst the AI Campus: Building Power in Higher EdWelcome Reception / October 23 / 6-8 PM Central / Chicago, ILWorkshop / October 24 / 9AM-5 PM Central / University of Illinois-Chicago Email us to inquire… 011150
Joanna Grisinger @grisinger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026On first glance I read the last word as “disassociate,” which is also an important part of the PhD process. 020
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Individual trans people NEVER have to shut up and accept disrespect. Never. The people who need to shut up and stop disrespecting trans people are the POWERFUL and these include fucking elected officials. GET IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR MINDS. 51767417
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12/09/2026We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.netboycottstarbucks.netBOYCOTT STARBUCKSStarbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks! 161047687
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerGreg Shill @gregshill.com · 07/09/2026✈️ If you’re flying today, try airportwtf.com at the airport and let me know what’s missing! I’ve rolled out several updates to this l’il side project since deploying it Friday. The idea is to give flyers the info they actually want (which I find existing airport maps don’t). Feedback invited.airportwtf.comAirport Food Maps, Coffee & Lounges | Airport WTFFind food, coffee, bathrooms, airport lounges, and more near your gate at 50 U.S. airports. Browse airport and terminal maps. 021
Joanna Grisinger @grisinger.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I thought that was just the University of Chicago, where it definitely came up in every seminar. 010
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerCharles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 03/09/2026i have to be a big-time wife guy about this and brag that my wife collected these archival materials and the huge collection of artifacts related to menstruation. it has been a years-long project to get these collected, catalogued, photographed, and put online for research.americanhistory.si.eduThe Menstrual History Collection: Attitudes and Advertising 815345
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is a good film. I'll be speaking with the director after the 9.20 screening. However, it is screening from 9/18 to 9/24. I've been talking about this case for a long time because it remains relevant today. 010537
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerPresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Happy Skyscraper Day! (architects dressed as their NYC buildings, 1931) 9458123
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerMr. Completely @brokensymmetry.art · 03/09/2026Time for my occasional ask for e folks that shops vintage or yard sales to look out for a set of VHS tapes called Pickin' For Merle. It's my lost media white whale and I'm 100% sure it's out there. If you see it buy it and I'll PayPal you immediately, or let me know where it is & I'll figure it out 7599
Joanna Grisinger @grisinger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Historians and catalog enthusiasts: some hero has digitized Sears, Montgomery Ward, and JC Penney catalogs, 1930-2017. christmas.musetechnical.comchristmas.musetechnical.comCatalogs & WishbooksA collection of US retail Seasonal Catalogs & Christmas Holiday Wishbooks 26125
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerThe Onion @theonion.com · 31/08/2026‘Wall Street Journal’ Defends Decision To Publish Peggy Noonan–Generated Article theonion.com/wall-street-journal-de… 332693278
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Life hack: When writers suck, do not read them. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-can-ig...hamiltonnolan.comYou Can Ignore the Bad PunditsOne easy trick to make yourself smarter. 31718130
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026What Black people think does not matter to them, how Black people have used the term and how we understand it does not matter to them. They don’t have any use for the opinions of Black people because they don’t think Black people’s thoughts hold any value. 331884459
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerCleg @clegggg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026this is a pretty wild exchange with someone seemingly in a moderator position 1363216277
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerJoshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It is the start of a new academic year and a great time to read (or assign) Scott Sandage's indispensable and moving essay on how to achieve book-life balance with the X-ray Method of seeing through a book. Check it out on Commonplace: commonplace.online/article/how-...commonplace.onlineHow to Read a Book: The X-Ray Method for Achieving a Sustainable “Book-Life Balance” - CommonplaceThis is why you need a plan: to read attentively but efficiently, and sustainably, without surrendering your book-life balance. 021
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases! 1027181845679
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026second: promo posters, postcards and more for humanist inquiry across the disciplines, combatting misinformation, refining majors. ideas are for everybody! and they pay! humanitiesworks.orghumanitiesworks.orgHUMANITIES WORKS – posters, postcards, and handouts to support the humanities 1145
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Apply to (symbolically!) replace Linda Kerber and Landon Storrs! It’s a phenomenal department at a phenomenal university in a phenomenal college town. 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/jobs/70222/u...networks.h-net.orgThe University of Iowa - Assistant Professor, U.S. Women's History (Tenure Track) | H-Net 12721
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerDrew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle. Deadline Oct. 21. www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrantrapoportfamilyfoundation.comRapoport Doctoral Dissertation GrantsSupporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice. 17790
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+ 21920551
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerJesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Have you watched “Somebody, Somewhere”? Because if you want to have hope for human beings that is a great thing to watch. It is so funny and heartwarming and zero percent corny. I wish it got half the attention Ted Lasso did. 919634
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerA.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It Takes A Nation of Millions To Form A Subcommittee To Look Into The Possibility Of Determining The Feasibility Of Holding Us Back 492319417
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The unwritten story is about seething resentment in elite institutions over labor competition in collapsing sectors from people who were only ever supposed to be subjects, not authors 769293
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Chicago here is a good little doable thing for books and public schools and indie media today blockclubchicago.org/b2s-donate26/blockclubchicago.orgB2S Donate 2026Back To School With Block Club Want to chip in this back-to-school season? Ahead of the school year, Block Club has partnered with the nonprofit Open Books to provide 2,000 free books to CPS students.... 082
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Northwestern University admin accepting $35 million for the football program from MAGA donors Dick and Liz Uihlein while also shuttering the African Studies program and its 80-year-old history is a pretty good encapsulation of higher ed in the US. 311998646
Joanna Grisinger @grisinger.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Employee grooming standards from National Airlines: 020
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerCrow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026I think about this a lot. 7895092494
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 12/08/2026The push for Harry Potter the TV show is going to be completely enormous—they're debuting it on fucking Christmas—and it is the responsibility of TV critics to contextualize this as rewarding the world's most transphobic billionaire (which is saying something) in everything we write about it. 5546891359
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerDan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A reminder, as polls open in Wisconsin: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or need to re-register, you can do so at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote. 9455201
Reposted by Joanna GrisingerSteve Greenberg @slgreenberg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Don’t know if anything has come of this, but you’ve got to appreciate good people. Not always enough kindness and neighborliness nowadays. On Fransico in between the Galter Life Center and River Park. Maybe we can help ring and finger reunite. 312468
