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Kirsten Carithers

@kcarithers.bsky.social
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Musicologist/ music historian: labor, gaming, technology, economics, gender, sound studies, experimentalism. Associate prof at Uni of Louisville. Views my own. Interpretive Labor (OUP, 2025)

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 6h
garbage call that was not a fumble
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 8h
Begging people to learn the difference between "understated" and "overstated" (this is probably just one of my many pedantic pet peeves)
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026
Checking in on how things are going over at the Chronicle Against Higher Education:
Screenshot of Chronicle of Higher Education website showing featured articles: "Anthropology Has a Truth Problem"; "The Social Sciences Have a Politics Problem"; "Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?"; "Colleges Should Take Linda McMahon's Call to Action Seriously."
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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Americans 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...
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henselpushers @henselpushers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is time. Registration has opened. henselfest.org/register/p/r...
Henselfest
Registration 
is open!

Black text on pink background
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Paul David Flood @pauldavidflood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We'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...
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International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - JPMS Call for Associate Editor
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It would be so rad if taylor swift saved the nashville symphony
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yeah, this is truly not an ideal way to start a day, people
Email from the university comms office with the header "School of Music attempted arson"
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy 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
The Operatic Kaleidoscope
Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage
Author: Kristen M. Turner
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to wound the autumnal kitty @blurry-line.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Overheard outside the music building: "I chose a French song." "Why would you do that to yourself? It's *French*!"
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Prof Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So 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.”
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ATTENTION 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!
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Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👀👀👀👀 fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...
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How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Everyone and especially all the academics on AI task forces and initiatives should read this.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
i hate it @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social, please kill this
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I 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.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
nobody 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
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man wearing a signed pinned to his shirt that says bring back HIP HOP
JAZZ
SYMPHONY
BOX OFFICE
STUDENTS EDUCATORS INTERNSHIPS
THE ARTS
JOBS OPERA DANCE THEATRE FESTIVALS AUDIENCES
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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the 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.
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big 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...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The 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.”
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Abby @abbyshupe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’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.

  Screenshot of event page at the Library of Congress for my lecture about John Adams and 9/11.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
(two or more competing things need to be done) i'm just going to do nothing instead
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026
You 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...
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Taxes on High-Skill Immigration: Demand and Supply Response in the International Student-OPT-Work Visa Pipeline
ROCKWOOL Foundation
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You 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
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
After 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/
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So 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.
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just look at this absolute goober. I love her so much
Long brown dachshund stretched out on a throw pillow on an armchair. Snooze time. Princess and the pea, really
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 11/09/2026
You cannot in fact make that argument
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
AAUP 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-...
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FOIAs for Better Shared Governance Around Technology
The 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...
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Texas 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.” 🔥🔥
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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has crossed a line on academic freedom - Trinitonian
On 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 ...
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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A little taster from our recent release: Alexandra Dariescu and the Manchester Camerata in Carwithen’s 1948 ‘Concerto for Piano and Strings.’
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How old is everybody on this app? what memory are we talking about here? Because this never happened.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
you love to see it
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Wichelhaus @formertwtruser.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.kob.com/news/top-new...
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New Mexico State Fair ribbon quilt now on display in Smithsonian
Carol Johnson stitched over 600 of her New Mexico State Fair ribbons into a quilt and earned another ribbon – plus a spot in the Smithsonian.
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
OKAY CHELSEA!!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
two panel animated meme with left panel showing a character dialing on a phone (meme edit has added "Gender Studies" to the above the number pad) and right panel showing a stone faced animated character with their phone to their ear
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How pathetic, and what a waste of taxpayer resources. Best of luck to Mayday Health!
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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
UW-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.
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UW-Madison students, records detail investigation of professor
Dietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one.
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Louisville Public Media @lpm.org · 04/09/2026
Susanna Hancock and Seare Ahmed Farhat are the composers in the Louisville Orchestra’s Creator Corps this season. www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...
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Meet the composers of the Louisville Orchestra 2026-27 Creator Corps
Susanna Hancock and Seare Ahmed Farhat are the composers in the Louisville Orchestra’s Creator Corps this season.
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Prof Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sweet 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.
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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here 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...
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Olivia Rodrigo's women-led Daisy Chain Fields festival put the power in fans' hands
The 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.
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Olivia 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."
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Olivia Rodrigo's festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being
Few superstars are better suited to bridge the gap between Gen Z and nonprofits, which have struggled to build relationships with younger donors.
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Worked 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
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A 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.
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Love 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
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I 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
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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The *library*!!
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