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Natalie Belisle

@nataliebelisle.bsky.social
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I write, teach, move about Latin America & the Caribbean. CARIBBEAN INHOSPITALITY, www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/cari…

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
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Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
If you are a law professor and you do not understand the framework for the scope and limits of executive authority that Jackson laid out in Youngstown Sheet & Tube, you maybe shouldn't be teaching con law.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The beginnings of an autogolpe in full effect.
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Who decided that these inherently porous categories—research, teaching, and service—should be forever in hierarchical relationship to each other, no matter the context of their application?
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 17/04/2025
If you honestly think autistic & otherwise neurodivergent people aren't going on dates, I'mma need you to do just a basic google search for the words "autistic" "neurodivergent" & "polyamory," because there's uh… There are some uh… Interesting lessons you can learn about autistic people & dating 😅😬
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
They can't spell "April"? "The termination emails were riddled with mistakes — with employees’ names, the month of April and even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed and haphazard nature of the operation..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters
D.C. employees of the institute, founded and funded by Congress, received late-night termination notices, though most of its overseas staff were left in place.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Thanks goodness the corruption of DEI is behind us, and we can create a new, golden age of merit:
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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
*looks directly at camera*
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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
March 31 at @intellpublics.bsky.social Brian Massumi discusses his brilliant new book www.dukeupress.edu/the-personal... with Katie Stewart. Massumi asks why we still think of fascism through theories from the 30's that don't adequately account for the rise of Trump. Register bit.ly/personalityo...
an announcement for a webinar conversation over zoom between professors and theorists Brian Massumi and Kathleen Stewart discussing Massumi's new book on contemporary fascism. The flyer shows pictures of Massumi and Steward and the cover of the book.
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winnie e. pérez martínez @winnieepm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
this. will. be 🔥
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Hey folks, I’ll be discussing my @rutgersupress.bsky.social book, Caribbean Inhospitality, with Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, @jossianna.bsky.social, and Nayan Shah, at the USC Levan Institute for the Humanities, Monday, March 24, 12 - 1 pm PST. Link to register calendar.usc.edu/event/levan-...
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Levan Book Chat—Natalie Lauren Belisle, Caribbean Inhospitality
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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay. #CaribbeanWomen Julia de Burgos, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Mariposa, Mayra Santos-Febres
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“Given the First Amendment’s protection of a university’s freedom to determine its own curriculum and how to deliver it, the constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution,” Treanor wrote.
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Georgetown law dean rebuffs DEI warning from top federal prosecutor for DC
Georgetown Law School’s dean has rebuffed an unusual warning from the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., that his office won’t hire the private school’s students if it doesn’t eliminate dive...
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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Grateful to be able to share this gorgeous cover, particularly given that it features a painting by Fignolé's fellow-Spiralist Frankétienne, who passed away last week.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
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Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. @profblmkelley.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Remembered that I wrote about how awful Woodrow Wilson's historic segregationist purge of Black workers from federal government jobs was last year.... www.thedailybeast.com/woodrow-wils...
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Woodrow Wilson Should Stay Canceled
The 28th President of the United States enabled segregation and vile treatment of Black federal workers. He doesn’t deserve an image rehabilitation.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
We’re busy working with old definitions of authoritarian forms that are continually evolving and shapeshifting. I’m uncertain why this being a coup is still a question.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I have to give it him. Given my knowledge of Latin American history, I couldn’t fathom how he’d gain control of the military, as is traditionally done, to mobilize a coup. Nope. He knew there’d be too many levels to clear. So he used computer/digital technology.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is good advice. I've found that I'm much happier if I treat social media like I treat caffeine -- and for the same reasons 1. None of either when I first wake up 2. Stop consuming both after about 2pm so I can calm my nervous system enough to get ready for bed
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I read a post elsewhere that advised, for the sake our our mental health, to treat current 24-hr news cycle like we did in the pre-social media—where we came home from work/school and only watched the news at 6 pm and 10 pm instead of scrolling all day. And I think I’m going to adopt that stance.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It feels strange to celebrate in these dark times. Yet ☝🏾Two days before its official pub date, my book has been #1 on Amazon’s new releases in Caribbean and Latin American literary criticism.🤭🫢 😮I know these rankings are arbitrary. Thanks to those who’ve preordered. So much went into writing this.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This man’s term will not end in 2028. They are setting everything up to ensure that.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Here we go…
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 06/02/2025
I mean, thousands of Black folks do very well on standardized tests. I'm one of them. Many in my family test well. Barring an excessive amount of trauma and halfway decent schooling, etc. we'll pop up here and there in the first quartile, quintile, or decile with high GPAs, extracurriculars, etc.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
They are paving the way for academia and the arts, which are already elite/privileged spaces, to fully return to being the domain of the very very privileged few (1%). We’re going back to pre-19th century
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Meet Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, a teenage DOGE engineer, who has access to sensitive federal data • Runs Tesla.Sexy, a company operating a Russian website • Worked at startup that hired convicted hackers • Someone using his Telegram handle solicited a cyberattack www.wired.com/story/edward...
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DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...
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Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities
The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/02/2025
NEW: Archived tweets for Gavin Kriger, Musk's 20-something DOGE employee wreaking havoc inside USAID, shows that Kriger has retweeted multiple neo-Nazis including Nick Fuentes, leader of the so-called Groyper movement, and another popular explicit Nazi account recently unmasked by @travisbrown.dev
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The 20-year-old hackers are not “little boys” or “kids.” To call them such is to minimize the gravity of their actions. When I recall the long history of criminalizing Black youth and designating them “adults,” this makes my blood boil. The racialized construction of “childhood” holds strong.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
If they aren’t answering their D.C. phones call their local office. That’s what I did yesterday.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I think it's very cool that Wired in its current form has taken the tone and approach to current political events, but it's also wild to think about considering earlier incarnations of the publication kind of contributed to creating the current situation.
An old issue of Wired with a picture of Elon Musk on the cover sitting next to a Tesla with the caption The Age of The Electric Car is here. CHARGE!
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We need strategy, right now, not doom and gloom. That’s where I’m directing my energy.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/02/2025
Trump is advocating for ethnic cleansing of Gaza. This is a war crime. Centuries will not erase the shame of our country's complicity with this genocide. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ but to Leave Gaza: Live Updates
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
So I was able to reach someone at my congressperson’s local office in Burbank. They took my contact info and said they’d email me when they have more details. We are two and a half weeks in to this country’s dismantling, and these people have no plan. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Let me make my exit strategy…
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 04/02/2025
So the FBI could surveil & then assassinate a 21 year old Civil Rights leader in 1969, but is powerless to take any steps to stop--checks notes--a 19 year old who goes by the name Big Balls from defunding and defrauding a $6 Trillion economy? Do I have that right?
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Karen Tongson @inlandemperor.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We cannot rely on “norms” and a “dignified” compliance with rules when the other side has set fire to the rule book along with every other book they don’t like.
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Please stop posting if you’re not going to tell us what you are doing to stop this madness. I voted for you.
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Jessica Marie Johnson @jessicamariejohnson.com · 31/01/2025
Resegregation orders. Not anti-DEIA orders. Not a "rollback" of DEIA. A rollback of DEIA is a return to segregation. You don't break even on a desegregation order issued in 1965 or after. Resegregation. Segregation. Segregationist. Resegregation. Segregationist.
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
maybe 250 words describing status250-ish social justice wordssmaller text -- 400 words on social justice and gender?And another 150 or so on race
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Natalie Belisle @nataliebelisle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Just called my congresswoman’s D.C. office, which went straight to voice mail. This is some bullshit. I cannot believe (oh yes, I can) that officials we elected are allowing an actual foreign enemy to dismantle the government.
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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
You are MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. If they threaten you with arrest for trying to access a site you are lawfully entitled to access, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING ARREST YOU. YOU MAKE THEM SLAP THE CUFFS ON A CONGRESSMAN LIVE ON TV, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING DO IT.
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Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Hear me out — If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is. Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Canada just signed a trade deal with Ecuador so the orange juice options will increase now Florida Oranges aren't being bought. Oasis is a Canadian brand in the mean time and Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges.
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/02/2025
NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money. The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
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Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
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