Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 8hBegging people to learn the difference between "understated" and "overstated" (this is probably just one of my many pedantic pet peeves) 031
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026Checking in on how things are going over at the Chronicle Against Higher Education: 21492114
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersJournal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress. 🆕 by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 9444153
Reposted by Kirsten Carithershenselpushers @henselpushers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It is time. Registration has opened. henselfest.org/register/p/r... 188
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersPaul David Flood @pauldavidflood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We're seeking a new Associate Editor to join the Journal of Popular Music Studies Editorial Team! See the attached call for applications. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...iaspm-us.wildapricot.orgInternational Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - JPMS Call for Associate Editor 032
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now 56298961496
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It would be so rad if taylor swift saved the nashville symphony 061
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yeah, this is truly not an ideal way to start a day, people 060
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersUniversity of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happy Pub Date to THE OPERATIC KALEIDOSCOPE: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by @kristenmturner.bsky.social! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... #AfricanAmericanStudies #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusicMonth 054
Reposted by Kirsten Carithersto wound the autumnal kitty @blurry-line.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Overheard outside the music building: "I chose a French song." "Why would you do that to yourself? It's *French*!" 182
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersProf Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So many, but the one I will never forget was not a typo, but the most desperate final gambit in an essay on, I think, Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex. The student recounted the tragedy ending with, “Few, today, put out their eyes.” 8898
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ATTENTION BLUESKY! Annie says they are really hoping to boost the number of artists (crew, performers, creative teams, anyone) outside New York who are filling this out to get a broader sampling. If you are in the arts please take a second and fill this out! 0251284
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersBecca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026👀👀👀👀 fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...fnl.mit.eduHow We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter 47030
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersJennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Everyone and especially all the academics on AI task forces and initiatives should read this. 23820
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026i hate it @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social, please kill this 2548779
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167354691
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersRobin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026nobody can get mortgages anymore so they're bundling and speculating on song catalogs also at the exact moment musical LABOR is demonetized music as ASSET is the way people extract value out of music 0125
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersAriadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026the best thing they could do is give a bunch of recently graduated film students a budget of like £50,000 and access to a single abandoned quarry for a month and they'd have a perfect series of Doctor Who. 38514
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersShefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...19thnews.orgTierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken PaxtonThe case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.” 731277188070
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersAbby @abbyshupe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m honored to have been selected for an American Musicological Society and Library of Congress lecture. Lectures like this one draw on a collection at the LoC, and I’ll present on John Adams, *On the Transmigration of Souls*, and 9/11 memory. 5377
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 13/09/2026(two or more competing things need to be done) i'm just going to do nothing instead 1928329
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026You might ask: How can ICE levy a tax? What law gives legal authority for that? No law does; it is an illegal action. That is why the forthcoming proposed rule calls it a 'fee', which it certainly is not. I explain why on pages 5 and A-10, here—> www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...rfberlin.comTaxes on High-Skill Immigration: Demand and Supply Response in the International Student-OPT-Work Visa PipelineROCKWOOL Foundation 0567149
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersRobin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You know they could have asked Nadine Hubbs and/or Francesca Royster to write about this (they are the literal academic experts!) but ofc that's not want this paper wants to hear 0141
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/ 10452183
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So my husband apparently has magical powers?! He said "I need a goal from Joao Pedro" and not 30 seconds later it happened. Spoke it into existence somehow. Spooky. 010
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Just look at this absolute goober. I love her so much 091
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 11/09/2026You cannot in fact make that argument 1029737
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026AAUP has a new tool and how-to webinar coming for FOIAing third party contracts! the people who do the teaching and research should be in charge of procurement of the tech used in teaching and research make the terrible terms of these contracts public! www.aaup.org/event/foias-...aaup.orgFOIAs for Better Shared Governance Around TechnologyThe second session in our fall series of webinars on AI issues in higher education provides examples of how to conduct public records requests to gather and analyze information pertaining to an instit... 16836
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“As members of the Trinity AAUP, we believe this attestation letter represents an unprecedented intrusion into the life of the university…The moment has arrived where a Trinity faculty member must sign a declaration attesting that their curriculum will comply with state restrictions.” 🔥🔥trinitonian.comThe Texas Education Agency (TEA) has crossed a line on academic freedom - TrinitonianOn Sept. 1st, Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) across Texas were asked to sign a form specifying what future teachers can be taught and what kinds of academic experiences can be included in their ... 01710
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersJohn Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A little taster from our recent release: Alexandra Dariescu and the Manchester Camerata in Carwithen’s 1948 ‘Concerto for Piano and Strings.’ 0123
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How old is everybody on this app? what memory are we talking about here? Because this never happened. 55118282
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24650321563
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersAAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Happy Labor Day! 05817
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026you love to see it 6651101
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersWichelhaus @formertwtruser.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.kob.com/news/top-new...kob.comNew Mexico State Fair ribbon quilt now on display in SmithsonianCarol Johnson stitched over 600 of her New Mexico State Fair ribbons into a quilt and earned another ribbon – plus a spot in the Smithsonian. 1688100
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How pathetic, and what a waste of taxpayer resources. Best of luck to Mayday Health! 020
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersChokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.captimes.comUW-Madison students, records detail investigation of professorDietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one. 281104370
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersLouisville Public Media @lpm.org · 04/09/2026Susanna Hancock and Seare Ahmed Farhat are the composers in the Louisville Orchestra’s Creator Corps this season. www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...lpm.orgMeet the composers of the Louisville Orchestra 2026-27 Creator CorpsSusanna Hancock and Seare Ahmed Farhat are the composers in the Louisville Orchestra’s Creator Corps this season. 051
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersProf Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Sweet summer children eye-popping over permissions. Oh my, think about what it means to a musicologist. Or any academic. We don't get advances. We barely get royalties (on academic books, c'est pour rire). But if we want to do our freakin' jobs, we have to find money for permissions. 34712
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersAnn Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Here it is: a report from Daisy Chain Fields from the one and only Jenn Pelly, most qualified to rock this assignment: www.npr.org/2026/09/02/n...npr.orgOlivia Rodrigo's women-led Daisy Chain Fields festival put the power in fans' handsThe inaugural edition of Rodrigo's one-day, women-led concert, which featured artists like Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan and Chappell Roan, didn't sideline its stated political mission. 24615
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersGlobal Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show featuring a women-led lineup. Her show raised $10 million and Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million. Rodrigo said the festival's artists and activists give her hope despite the “regression of women's rights."nbcboston.comOlivia Rodrigo's festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-beingFew superstars are better suited to bridge the gap between Gen Z and nonprofits, which have struggled to build relationships with younger donors. 8276281712
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Worked my tail off all weekend but now I'm eating a BLT salad with tomatoes from the back yard garden. Doesn't get much better than that 020
Reposted by Kirsten CarithersMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A 30% cut to international enrollment is lights out at many public R1’s. And: once again, this is not bungling on the part of the administration, or unintended consequences. It is *precisely* the intention. 4501201
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Love this. I got a free library-branded scarf at a homecoming game once at my alma mater, and my husband didn't believe me that library swag exists until I showed it to him. Of course it does! Give the people what they (we) want! Lol 021
Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I am excited and honored to be working on an external review for the first time, but DANG did I underestimate the amount of time required for this task. I am now doubly thankful for the people who made it possible for me to get tenure, whomever they are 030