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La Doctora

@literarychica.bsky.social
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HS Teacher. Writer. Editor. Cat lady. PhD. 🇵🇷 via New York. Love me some HTX. Started from the bottom, now we’re here.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/02/2026
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Imagine trying to teach an opinion writing course, where half the course is devoted to challenging students’ perceptions and biases so they can argue their opinions more persuasively. You’d get fired in week one. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
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Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I spend so much time in my head, that getting out there and doing something that doesn’t require a lesson plan on a reading list is…nice. Doesn’t matter how slow I am compared to other experienced runners.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Gave myself a week break from running. (I mean, it was a 5k race but I wanted a break.) Left knee feels better. Also, I’m excited about getting back out there, in a way I haven’t felt excited about working out in a while. Here’s to long runs on Saturdays!
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Today’s the day. First 5k race.
Picture of We Are Houston 5K starting line
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Week 1, Day 3: already received requests to add MORE work to my plate, as a teacher. Could I get time off to grade essays? No? Huh.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Reported to “work” today. Technically I reported to a workshop from 8 am to 1 pm, and then back on campus until 4 pm. And then the copier broke. So…HAPPY SECOND SEMESTER TO MEEEEEE.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The Curriculum Discourse™️ has me returning to a question I often ask myself & PSTs—what might happen if we START the curriculum design process by asking “how can students join meaningful conversations within the literary humanities?” instead of “what skills/standards should I cover in this unit?”
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Sooo what do we do with last year’s vision boards? Do we just throw them out?
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 03/01/2026
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
Twitter thread in Spanish by José Mario de la Garza, a human rights lawyer in Mexico, translated using Google Translate:

1. Overthrowing a dictator sounds morally right. No one mourns a tyrant. But international law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost without exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest.

2. The problem is not Maduro. The problem is the precedent. When military force is used to change governments without clear rules, sovereignty ceases to be a limit and becomes an obstacle. Today it is “overthrowing a dictator”; tomorrow it will be “correcting an election,” “protecting interests,” “restoring order.” The law does not absolve dictatorships, but neither does it legitimize unilateral crusades.Cont’d:

3. The uncomfortable question is not whether a tyrant deserves to fall, but who decides when and how. Because history teaches something brutal: removing a dictator is easy; building justice afterward is not. And when legality is broken in the name of good, what almost always follows is not freedom, but chaos, violence, and new victims. The law exists to remind us of this, even when it makes us uncomfortable.Maduro isn't the problem: he's the face of the problem. Removing him from power would be merely opening the door. Behind him is the machine: Rodríguez, Cabello, the military command, the operators of repression and plunder. If you only change the person at the top and leave the system intact, what follows isn't democracy: it's a reshuffling.

And there's something even more difficult: Chavismo didn't just capture institutions, it captured daily life. Economy, media, bureaucracy, employment, fear, favors, blackmail. A country can't be "de-Chavistaized" by decree or by an electoral miracle. The real transition begins when that network is broken without setting the country ablaze.

The challenge is enormous, and it's also a moral one: to unite without vengeance, but without impunity. Targeted justice for those most responsible, truth for the victims, guarantees that the rest will dismantle the system, and a plan for people to live again—not just survive. Because freedom doesn't come with a new president: it comes when the state ceases to be a threat.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 03/01/2026
Trump promised no “new stupid wars,” yet he’s starting one with Venezuela without congressional approval. People can’t afford groceries and millions are losing healthcare, but this is where his focus is. This is unconstitutional and not what the American people asked for.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
What teachers get way too often, I think: 1️⃣ lots of resources without much, if any, agency 2️⃣ lots of agency without much, if any, resources Maybe 2026 we can, you know, give teachers...both?
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Do you too want to spend a month reading Moby-Dick? Details below! (Srsly, this book blew me away the first time I read it; it is weird and beautiful and dreadful)
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Merriam Webster word of the year: golden
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
During this break, I’ve watched a lot of films, knitted a lot (catching up on my blanket), and worked on my puzzle. Last night I made arroz con gandules, which I haven’t made in a long time, and everyone was happy with it. We started watching SHERLOCK as a family. That’s fun.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This morning I unfolded my 13th winter solstice wish, and WOAH. It is abstract and deep and definitely something to keep me busy this year. I’m looking at it like “…I wrote this?” Yup, sure did. Anyway, I’m glad to have released the other ones out into the universe.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
This year had me asking questions. So many questions. Some of them rhetorical. I wanted answers so badly, but this year just kept giving me questions. Here’s hoping for answers in 2026.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 23/12/2025
Small note: if you see a fat person out exercising, you don’t need to give them advice!
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Boyfriend left to brave the crowds of the grocery store. I am here, watching over a pernil in the oven, counting down the hours until it’s done.
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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I teach my students to question but I did not do enough questioning when it comes to my personal life and my personal choices. This OLW may have been the most impactful of them all. deannamascle.com/my-olw-for-2...
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My #OLW for 2018 is Question
I have made no secret of my love for the one little word (#OLW) concept rather than focusing on a New Year’s Resolution. I find tremendous comfort choosing a focus word to guide me. However, …
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/12/2025
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
me using my humanities education to analyze the background when christopher anderson asks me to pose against this wall
Man in a white button-up shirt and blue pants puts his hands on his hips and looks at a gray background
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Rep. Joyce Beatty @repbeatty.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I also think society is way too comfortable asking educators to do more and more with fewer and fewer resources. Then, when educators cry out, “these expectations are impossible to keep up with!” society says “you clearly don’t care for your students. You should be Giving Your All Every Day!”
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This semester I started seeing a therapist through work (I may have mentioned this). She diagnosed me with burnout. But, unlike my G.A.D. diagnosis, which gave me a peace of mind I have long sought for, this diagnosis hasn’t eased my mind. I have a name for the problem, but aside from “advice,”
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I sure do!
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It’s hard to be a teacher now. At the same time, I am enjoying AP Language. But geez it’s so hard to be a teacher right now.
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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
what's wild about people using ChatGPT is that they think it's like asking the all-knowing computer from Star Trek, but it's really like asking your day-drunk neighbor, who then steals your water and sets fire to your house
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I guess I’ll finish reading in the morning.
Tortoiseshell cat sleeping on top of a pile of photocopied paper.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Rereading an article for tomorrow’s AP Lang lesson. As soon as I put my papers down, Josie The Cat decided that was her spot.
Tortoiseshell cat sitting on top of a photocopy of an article from The Atlantic, on a bed.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It’s kind of like what it felt like before my ex and I separated. That’s a wild thing to notice. hashtag: what do you notice, what do you wonder.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I have good days at work, and there are parts that make me smile. But the parts that bring me anxiety, that stress me out, that take over my nights and weekends…that list continues to grow. I hate to say it, but I feel old. And yet, I don’t think it’s an age thing.
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Well, at least October is over. Signed, a tired teacher.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/11/2025
Deeply moving to see this first family.
Mamdani with his wife and parents on the stage after his victory speech.
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BettyFastCat1 @bettyfastcat1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Buy hard media. Buy merch from your favorite artists’ websites. If they don’t gig they don’t eat and neither do their crews.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
One of my perhaps-niche opinions is that "competitive eating" is the quintessential US "sport": in a nation where food insecurity has always been a problem, and currently threatens to run rampant, having televised events celebrating obscene, inhuman levels of eating is and always has been disgusting
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
In October I had several anxiety attacks, most of them related to work in some way. I hadn't dealt with several so close together since 2020. Finally scheduled an appointment through my job's EAP. I love teaching but something has changed, and I'm having trouble dealing with it.
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Sparrow J @summergirl505.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.
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Kawa @kawarcc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
In light of the cut to SNAP this coming month, I'd like to share that Aldi grocery stores have a "Feast for 10" deal for $40 until 12/24. It includes everything for making turkey, sides, and dessert. www.aldi.us/products/tha...
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I’m just, you know, a philosopher, but it seems obvious that intelligence is social and relational and the AI bros are deeply invested in it being private property that can be owned, so they will always always miss the mark.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
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Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
In MA, folks enrolled in SNAP who have active EBT cards with at least a $1 balance will still be able to access fresh produce with their cards through the Healthy Incentives Program. That funding doesn't go away Nov. 1, when SNAP does. www.mass.gov/info-details...
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Max Weiss @maxthegirl.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
One year ago
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La Doctora @literarychica.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Update on life: October feels like it won’t ever end. I have so much to grade. Teaching a new prep is hard. I love my students and I love my school but every week there is some new expectation of me as a teacher. Also, home ownership kicked my ass with unexpected electrical repairs last week.
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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Chicago kids FTW Flyer: www.threads.com/@emily.gener...
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.
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