Ooh, I teach at a polytechnic university and, whoo boy do we hear about how "innovation" is an unalloyed "good" all the time! Definitely going to check this out. Congrats on the book!

Thank you! As a professor who's part of the largest state system in the country, this drives me bonkers! Where's the coverage of issues our students, staff, and faculty face???

Koerner's 19th Century painting "Prairie Madonna"

I wonder if the costume designer was going for a Koerner "Prairie Madonna" thing?

Right? In the books Caroline is constantly reminding Laura to keep her bonnet on so she wouldn't get too tan (Mary, of course, always kept her bonnet on.)

Don't let the door hit ya, etc. Fwiw, as a Californian, I basically only see Becerra and Porter as viable (D) candidates for governor. Name recognition and all that. Gonna be an interesting primary, particularly as it's likely to be low turnout.

As a voter in California - No No NO!

Those astronauts are probably like, leave us up here until yall figure some shit out down there.

Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty Four, Brave New World and for extra credit, A Clockwork Orange.

Can we rename Caesar Chavez day Dolores Huerta day?

Never have I been so glad my mom taught me to make corned beef and cabbage in a crockpot, not in the oven. Couldn't imagine having to run the oven for 4-5 hours in the weather here in SoCal. Happy melty St. Patrick's Day, ya'll!

These are so cool!

Every single time a new outlet feels compelled to interview an unremarkable billionaire they should pause and ask themselves if there isn't an under-represented artist, scientist, activist, engineer, or academic actually doing useful/interesting things that's more deserving of your readership's time

Thanks for this!

I never saw this Ilhan Omar fanart from 5 years ago but it's baller as fuck. Drop a meteor on ICE.

Like I'm sorry that these events all read like a didactic feminist novel but that's not my fault

Just randomly happened upon the little factoid that France has 280 nuclear warheads deployed, ready to pop. Anyway, what were we talking about?

lotta motherfuckers who wish they could've gotten the iraq war without having to actually vote for the iraq war, know what i mean

So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.

I'm in a blue state and our dean just sent an email saying next semester they want copies of every faculty syllabi "for the students," which is of course horsepucky. Our union reps are on it. But if they can't get them to stand down, nope, not going to comply with that, no way no how.

As someone who has been on many a higher ed hiring committee (albeit at a state school), can confirm.

BOA: We apologize for our questionable behavior in the past and want to keep your business.
Me: Uh huh.
Also BOA: Has feminism failed women?
Me: Sorry, what?

A little too on the nose, frankly, but ok.

As a Gen Xer who obviously missed some kind of meeting, truly, no.

Strong Floor Because Otherwise The Guillotines Are Going To Break Through Into The Basement

Where's a king who thinks he's made of glass when you need one?

Why is the consulting class so bad at slogans? Our uni blew big money on this kind of thing and got back the slogan "Become by Doing." Which, just...what? It's now on banners and everything. *Smacks head on desk repeatedly*

Gotta go with a (revised) classic here: Sir, this is a McDonald's.

Gavin is a fuccboi, not a sleazebag, important distinction.

Californian here. There's a deep bench of talented people in politics here that haven't had a chance of moving up til now. Imho, her daughter doesn't have nearly the visibility (yet?) it would take to pursue the seat. Gonna be interesting to see what happens!

Oh, ffs, NPR. Do better. Assign a review like this to someone who actually read the book. Or at least revise the headline so they're not telling on themselves.