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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

How have I never heard Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Machine Gun’ before yesterday? What a visceral protest song.

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Mike Behr @mabehr.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

I’m still amazed at how hard it is for people to recognize that others on their own “side” can be bad, or even do bad things. Terry Pratchett very wisely described it years ago, and these words have been so descriptive of the last decade or so.

And then he realized why he was thinking like this.
It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me?
After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No-one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us.
It's Them that do the bad things.

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a 2024 full of health, happiness & stationery.

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Best way to take stock I’ve ever seen.

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 31/12/2023

If I could pick one single figure to transport to the modern age with microblogging social media access I would pick Dorothy Parker in an absolute heartbeat and never even think about anyone else

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Add Nick Miroff to your list. He’s been stoking immigration fears since the Trump admin.

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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Yesterday was the anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee. It is time for Congress to pass the Remove the Stain Act and revoke the medals of honor given to the soldiers who perpetrated this entirely avoidable slaughter. michaelleroyoberg.com/current-even...

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The Remove the Stain Act

This past June a congressman from Washington state named Denny Heck introduced the “Remove the Stain Act,” which would rescind “each Medal of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Kne…

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/12/2023

there is still a pervasive but unstated belief within mainstream media institutions that republicans represent a “real america” that must be indulged regardless of what they believe or the implications thereof

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

NEWS: SCOTUS will not immediately hear the case over Trump’s immunity claim in connection with the Jan. 6-related federal charges he faces in DC. The DC Circuit, however, has already expedited the appeal to be heard there in early January.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 22/12/2023

Y'know I was gonna just enjoy my holiday but if I see one more white man law professor saying it would be Undemocratic, Actually to enforce a constitutional provision expressly designed to foster multiracial democracy and disempower instigators of white supremacist takeovers, I'm gonna lose my shit

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

“Deplatforming Nazis makes the Nazi problem worse” is demonstrably wrong. There’s endless evidence and studies and data and proof that not giving Nazis a platform and forcing them into silent obscurity works to fight the Nazi problem. Anyone saying otherwise just likes Nazis.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

PSA: today is the LAST DAY that UK people can book a covid vaccination. if you are caring for elderly/ill relatives over the xmas period this is THE LAST CHANCE you have to try to get a vaccine in your arm for the festive season. www.england.nhs.uk/2023/12/nhs-...

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Reminds me of the Black Books scene where a customer only wants to buy the Dickens collection if it’s made with real leather. Pointing it’s real Dickens whatever the cover, Bernard eventually gets so frustrated that he demands real leather pounds.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

"he refused to shut the fuck up for decades"

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

The great historian Barbara Keys is finishing a book on Kissinger. @jamestwotree.bsky.social on Twitter refers us to two of her essays. I was delighted to find copies on her website. 1) Keys, Barbara. “The Kissinger Wars.” American Historian 10 (2016): 16–22. www.barbarakeys.com/wp-content/u...

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with photos of Grandin and Ferguson book covers

Early in their new books on Henry Kissinger,
Niall Ferguson and Greg Grandin tell the same
story about a decisive break between Kissinger
and his former Harvard colleagues over the U.S.
invasion of Cambodia in the spring of 1970. A
dozen professors headed by Nobel Prize-winning
economist Thomas Schelling flew down to
Washington, D.C., where they took turns venting
outrage and excoriating their old friend.
Ferguson and Grandin agree that this episode
is revealing, and revealing it is, for their sharply
contrasting uses of the story lay bare much about
the assumptions and methods that underpin
their two books, as well as about the battle tactics
in what we might call the “Kissinger wars”:
the high-stakes contest over how to appraise
the record of America’s most controversial
statesman.

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I went with Nonie, and we had a great time. I reckon you’ll have a great discussion. So much good material (literally!)

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

The Colour exhibit at the Ashmolean is good fun. It’s always a joy to see aniline dyes creating bright, beautiful clothing. And shoes! Gorgeous cloth shoes.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Instead of asking yourself “why do successful women date abusive men?” Ask — why would an abusive man prey on a successful woman? Abuse is one of the tools in the patriarchy’s toolbox.

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

FYI: If you're wondering why a bunch of rape allegations have been made against celebrities in the last few days, New York's Adult Survivors Act — a law that that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for filing a sexual assault complaint — expires today.

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Perfect image for Black Friday is perfect.

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Breaking a generational cycle! The kid’s decided against doing history at A-Level. His grandparents were historians, his parents are historians, and he will NOT be a historian. I am so proud.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Le Roy Ladurie was a brilliant historian. Montaillou was a revelation to me. Jasmin's Witch remains a necessary point of reference for my current work. But he was also *v publicly* homophobic and I'm finding it a bit odd this is going unmentioned in obits etc link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

The deepfake crisis for women and girls has grown tremendously. It isn’t mentioned in most AI discourse, even though it’s the primary use of deepfakes by far. Now, it is being used to victimize dozens of teen girls. The perpetrators include their male classmates www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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For teen girls victimized by ‘deepfake’ nudes, there is little recourse

The FBI has warned that technology used to create pornographic deepfake photos and videos was improving and being used for harassment and sextortion.

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

The kid gave his bff a water spray bottle when they came out as non binary to use whenever someone misgendered or deadnamed them. They had a lot of fun AND got their point across.

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Truth. Happy for you, Keri Leigh.

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Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Only a few days left to send us your proposals!

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Dear #skystorians, could someone help me out with an article? Fernández-Silva et al., "Mujeres Magazine as a Classifying Space of Performativities of Being a Woman in Cuba". Unfortunately, I don't have institutional access to Journalism Practice. 🗃 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Barrie Shannon @barrieshannon.com · 22/11/2023

🌈🎓 Academic jobs at LSE: -- Associate Professor in Gender and Sexuality -- Assistant Professor in Gender, Development and Globalisation -- Assistant Professor in Gender, Peace and Security

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Work with us

Vacancies at the LSE Department of Gender Studies

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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Frankly, I am so done with media outlets "explaining" the electoral successes of right-wing or downright fascist candidates/parties in many parts of this world as "people" being "fed up" with "the usual" politics. Really? Then how come, e.g., Black people don't provide right-wing majorities? (1/n)

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20/11/2023

"Other countries have social safety net. The U.S. has women." That quote is the beating heart of my new book, HOLDING IT TOGETHER, which will be out June 4, 2024 with Portfolio/Penguin, and which I can't wait to share with all of you. For the curious, a 🧵 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

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Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding...

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Great news! And a good time to make sure everyone knows #UequalsU. (Undetectable = Untransmittable. It means that if someone with HIV has a consistently undetectable viral load, then they can’t pass on the virus.)

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

If UK universities do have a legal duty of care that could significantly change how they handle not just mental health, but also sexual harassment. /1 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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High court to consider whether universities owe students legal duty of care

Campaigners say move would save lives and bring England and Wales in line with other countries

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Deadline approaching! Get your submissions in for this fantastic opportunity! As always please let us know if you have any queries...

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

However, if the High Court enshrines duty of care in the law, then administrators will have incentive to prioritise their duty of care to students over their employment obligations to harassers. /fin

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

When the union provides representation to harassers, the problem compounds from the perspective of HR admin. Students do not have similarly strong, independent, and organised support. /7

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

The harasser can contend that the university is threatening to terminate their position. And HR administrators consider the threat of harassers suing more important than their duty of care to victims of harassment. /6

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Currently, at Oxford at least, the administration places greater weight on employment contracts with the harasser, and are trepidatious about doing anything that would suggest the university is standing in the way of the harasser completing their job duties. /5

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

It was an innovative argument that puts duty of care front and center. If the High Court decides that the duty of care is more than a moral obligation but a legal one as well, then it will change universities’ legal strategy about harassment. /4

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

They argued that multivalent administrative failure to act of complaints about his harassment meant that Harvard failed their contractual obligations to duty of care. This failure made Harvard as liable for the harassment as Comaroff. /3

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

In the Comaroff case at Harvard, the plaintiffs argued that Harvard had a duty of care to remove Comaroff as they knew he had a history (and present) of sexually harassing students. /2

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Mara Keire @marakeire.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

If UK universities do have a legal duty of care that could significantly change how they handle not just mental health, but also sexual harassment. /1 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

theguardian.com

High court to consider whether universities owe students legal duty of care

Campaigners say move would save lives and bring England and Wales in line with other countries

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

"Not the odds, but the stakes..." is my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in campaign coverage. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy. I have been floating this phrase since March. This week it took off a bit, after CNN wrote about it.

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Journalism professor’s six-word mantra is a blueprint for how news outlets should cover the 2024 r...

NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen implores newsrooms to organize 2024 campaign coverage around the stakes of the presidential contest — not the horse race.

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