Really enjoyed speaking to @variety.com about the public response to recent casting decisions. I emphasize that these are not one-off responses to individual actors or characters, but instead a cumulative response to decades of erasure.
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Amazing! Would love to hear your students thoughts! The full report is here: learcenter.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/LearCenter_P...
So excited to have launched my latest research on Latino representation alongside this exclusive from @thewrap.com. Interested in reading but don’t have access? DM me!
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
CNN. The initial report, also called a bulletin, typically include all information gathered in an investigation so that agents anywhere will know what is being collected - but the information is not always correct. The ATF bulletin said that agents found engravings that they interpreted as "expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" on ammunition inside a weapon believed to have been used in the murder of Kirk. Two law enforcement sources told CNN that agents quickly ran an initial search on one of the markings, including a series of arrows, which analysts initially interpreted to be a connection to the transgender community. That information remains unverified and is still being investigated.
The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.
🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
The August 18 edition of @thelatinonewsletter.org is by @julito77.bsky.social
Nearly Half of Latinos Say the American Dream Is Slipping Away
Hispanic Sentiment Study reveals a decline in optimism, eroding trust, and a widening gap between Latino influence and recognition
extremely, EXTREMELY odd and misguided to pin this piece on THE HUNTING WIVES, which is a very clear ~satire~ of anti-woke groupthink and actually a soapy, queer thriller with a female showrunner & all female directors (including cheryl dunye), but not mention the taylor sheridan TV universe once.
This part —> “May I never be such a willing accomplice in my own doing.”
NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
Women’s sports, especially these sorts of sports moments, don’t just entertain. They draw us into larger social movements.
“And I believe that every individual, and especially people of color, who so often have their existences defined by the standards of a white majority (recall, for example, the one-drop rule), should be able to identify as they see fit.”
Breaking News: Paramount agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said deploying the National Guard is "purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions."
There’s a substantial amount of social science backing up Newsom’s suggestion.
Musk throwing out Trump’s history of sexual violence is just another example of a man objectifying survivors for his own political gain.
The only time any of these men think rape is wrong is when they suspect taking that stance will give them a competitive edge over another man.
May she Rest in Power.
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
Harvard will not comply.
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
New York Times headline reading "New York says it does not intend to comply with D.E.I. order on schools"
Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...
💥 👊🏽 gen z roasts are the best.
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
