Reposted by Kathy LavezzoTessa Brown @tessa.germnetwork.com · 06/01/2026This piece blew my mind about Tolkien’s real life racism toward his would-be colleague Stuart Hall link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comWhiteness, medievalism, immigration: rethinking Tolkien through Stuart Hall - postmedievalThis essay rethinks Tolkien’s scholarship and fiction in light of his rejection at Oxford of Stuart Hall, who approached him regarding graduate work on William Langland. I argue that Tolkien’s white m... 121
Kathy Lavezzo @klavezzo.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Agree! It’s too much like Twitter to my taste but can’t do the others anymore. 010
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoMegan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 08/09/2024This essay teaches really well! 121
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoPetrified Unrest @petrifiedunrest.bsky.social · 27/12/2024'Whiteness, medievalism, immigration: rethinking Tolkien through Stuart Hall' - Kathy Lavezzo. Rethinks Tolkien’s scholarship & fiction in light of his rejection of Stuart Hall. Argues that Tolkien’s white medievalism contains his most deeply felt racist formations link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057... 073
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024mom reached the embroidering gramsci phase 418234
Kathy Lavezzo @klavezzo.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Sula is the culmination of the course precisely due to the reasons you outline. Your piece adumbrates Weheliye and others’ recent work on the human. A restorative holiday to you and yours. ❤️ 141
Kathy Lavezzo @klavezzo.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Grateful for your presence in this world. Your piece on Sula and the human is central to my introduction to the major course. 141
Reposted by Kathy Lavezzovijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 23/12/2024“It simply becomes accepted that rights are not bestowed by humanity, but by the parties who decide who is human… If they must die, let it be a crime.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine MalikIt may feel hopeless to see supportive states continue to back Israel, but bearing witness matters for future reckoning, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 020382
Kathy Lavezzo @klavezzo.bsky.social · 21/12/2024A beautifully written and generously evocative review! 010
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoSam Cohen @samcohen.bsky.social · 20/12/2024New issue of Genre is out, with review by me of @harrys.bsky.social's excellent book, read review, buy book, have a good weekend read.dukeupress.edu/genre/issue/...read.dukeupress.eduVolume 57 Issue 3 | Genre | Duke University Press 243
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoNina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25 14492463975
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoMedievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Interested in joining MfP? Fill out our intake form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comMedievalists for Palestine Intake Form 024
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoNYU Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine @nyufsjp.bsky.social · 18/12/2024📣 Action Alert: Please sign our open letter demanding that NYU administration rescind the Persona Non Grata designations of our colleagues and students and drop charges against arrested colleagues, we urge you to do so now! Please also circulate to your networks! forms.gle/buPzimRLTUHJ...forms.gleOpen Letter to NYU LeadershipOn December 12, the NYU administration invited the NYPD to arrest two faculty members who were supporting students involved in a nonviolent protest at the main library. The university also designated... 12825
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024On Dec 6 I resigned from the MLA Exec Council in dissent against its decision to block the vote on resolution 2025-1 & in solidarity w/ the proposers & members. Chris Newfield, w/ whom I served for 2 yrs, has kindly posted my resignation letter on his blog: utotherescue.blogspot.com/2024/12/mla-...utotherescue.blogspot.comMLA and BDS: The Resolution, the Blocked Debate, Some Responses, a ResignationAustin, Texas MLA Convention on January 8, 2016 Chris here with the Story Thus Far. A group of members of the Modern Language Association... 15423
Reposted by Kathy LavezzoMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 19/12/2024"It may be the 'right' decision based on a narrow construal of the EC’s fiduciary duty. But members are also right to ask: What does this say or, indeed, not say about the organization’s values and principles?" From @rcolesworthy.bsky.social letter of resignation from the MLA Executive Council.utotherescue.blogspot.comMLA and BDS: The Resolution, the Blocked Debate, Some Responses, a ResignationAustin, Texas MLA Convention on January 8, 2016 Chris here with the Story Thus Far. A group of members of the Modern Language Association... 083
Kathy Lavezzo @klavezzo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024lithub.com/8-former-mod...lithub.comFormer Modern Language Association Presidents Call for BDS VoteIn late October, the leadership of the Modern Language Association (MLA)—one of the largest and wealthiest US scholarly organizations in the humanities—refused to allow the organization’s Delegate … 010
Kathy Lavezzo @klavezzo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024My office neighbor Pia invited her General Education Literature students to do creative final assignments. Behold a panorama of Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. 040
Kathy Lavezzo @klavezzo.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Anna--this is my first post! If you are a carnivore and referring to MLA, the porchetta at Cochon Butcher is the best sandwich I've ever had. 110
