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Thoughts on James and the Swamped History of Black Women’s Resistance I recently rewatched Harriet (2019) starring Cynthia Erivo. I was a high school History teacher when the film first came out and I organized a screening with students and our school community. I was i...

I wrote a blog post that came out of recent conversations with my neighborhood book club when we read Percival Everett's new novel, James.
(Low-to-no spoilers here.)
Includes more book recommendations for anyone interested in further reading.
#james #marktwain #womenshistory #historyofslavery

Large Sandhill crane standing on a grassy hill with an palm trees in background

Sandhill Crane in the neighborhood.
Florida is beautiful 🌴

I just posted about finally reading Ulysses for the first time.

Q: What’s a Big Novel you’ve never read before but really want to someday??

Plus the metal gets hot.

A copy of Ulysses by James Joyce is pictured along with another book as an guide to Ulysses

Summer self-challenge 😳
I have to keep up with my English grad student son, after all!

Wild and dangerous 😞

A chart of Great society programs established under President Johnson in the 1960s and addressing issues of poverty, education , housing, and civil rights.

This is what they’re mad about.
It’s basically their checklist of things to dismantle.
And they’ve been mad about it since 1964.
Actually, they’ve been mad since 1864.

At Least 10 Florida Universities Have Signed ICE Agreements Amid a state crackdown on undocumented migrants, at least 10 public universities are giving campus police immigration enforcement powers. More are considering doing so.

Sickened. And feel so bad for my colleagues at FAU (and everywhere) who always have students best interests at heart. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

At Least 10 Florida Universities Have Signed ICE Agreements Amid a state crackdown on undocumented migrants, at least 10 public universities are giving campus police immigration enforcement powers. More are considering doing so.

It’s not one university. It’s the whole Florida state system and it’s going to happen in other state systems too 😢 www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

You can change your federal withholding to zero. They will still deduct Medicare & social security (which we may never see at this point).

Why didn’t the states do this?!

A floppy disk from 2001 labeled Dissertation chapters and drafts

Be like me and always back up your files, kids.

Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

Greatly enjoyed @tressiemcphd.bsky.social putting the boot to A.I. hype and reminding the world that "mid" technology that streamlines some activities isn't truly transformative, and thinking and expertise will always matter. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

Proposals due April 1st!

I’m excited about this planned volume for educators on new ways to teach the U.S. women’s suffrage movement!
See below if you’d like to submit a chapter proposal.

Announcement for Southern Association of Women’s History conference in Daytona, Florida in June 2025

Would love to connect with anyone planning to attend #SAWH women’s history conference in Daytona, FL in June!

Who would have thought misogyny & racism would bring down the United States 🤔

And simultaneously freezing

Why is James Carville still a thing?!

Oh wow , looking forward to reading this!

And Democrat Josh Weil is running to fill the seat left vacant by Trump appointee Mike Waltz.

Rep Jasmine Crockett was recently on TV urging everyone to support both Valimont & Weil so we can block the MAGA agenda in the House!

bsky.app/profile/josh...

Here’s something tangible to do: Support TWO Florida Democrats in special election to replace MAGA seats in the House.
Gay Valimont is running to fill the seat vacated by Matt Gaetz.
Republicans have VERY narrow lead in the House. 218 Rep, 215 Dem, & 2 vacancies.
Donate, boost, share!

Well this summer is going to be lots of fun with all the museums and national parks closed and huge numbers of Americans newly unemployed. Plus whatever other destruction is on the horizon. Awesome 🇺🇸

It’s your nightmares

I didn’t even notice that! 😭 🪑

screenshot of an AI generated video on American civil war with AI image showing an unidentifiable animal with contorted body and two legs and a 19th c man on a porch with a machine gun style rifle

AI is so awesome because now our students can find even more useless & false information out there.
Screenshot from @civilwarmemory.bsky.social’s video for educators trying to navigate all this.

All That She Carried is one of my favorite books. Taught it at FAU last year.

New U.S. History class just dropped

Small gopher tortoise eating leaves off a branch

View of waterway in Savannas preserve in Florida with reflection of clouds on still water.

Greetings from this gopher tortoise and from the nesting Sandhill cranes we saw out on the savannas here in southeast Florida this morning.