It's almost International Workers Day and billionaires and multimillionaires have an outsize impact on our education and cultural heritage institutions, dangling donations and reaping acclaim, while workers in these areas often do not make a living wage.
#MayDay
That's why you can only trust the assets statement they submit and honestly even then
Also Dean of Librarians? Good grief. Dean of Libraries.
Every time I talk to my dad I get a new horrifying story and my god.
Also don't rename anything for someone until they have actually cut you a check and that money has hit the bank. You think they'd do you different? No.
It's 2026. That money has still not hit the bank. Presumably it's a bequest on death but a) $6 million in 1988 is not worth the same in 2026, b) this is a great example of why fundraising for nonprofits is largely smoke and mirrors and we should tax billionaires appropriately.
Several years later, the University named the new science library with his name in recognition of the gift. Still hadn't been received, still "can't say anything."
My dad went to talk to the KU Endowment person to get more details like for example, when would the gift be received, anything on how they would disburse it. Was told "we can't tell you anything."
I'll tell a lil story about Phil Anschutz because he's a feature in this year's worker led May Day efforts. When my dad became Dean of Librarians at the University of Kansas in 1988, the university had just announced a 6 million $ gift to support library collections.
Screenshot of flyer for talk KIRK LECTURE Socially Responsible Sweatshops: The Politics of "Ethical Capitalism" | Thursday, April 23, 5 p.m. Anderson Academic Commons 290 Over the past five decades, elites have absorbed left critiques into capitalism, framing racial equity initiatives, microloans, and fair-trade consumption as ways the system can address its own harms. These efforts sustain the belief that capitalism, aligned with humanitarian goals, can repair its violence. But what happens when even these modest reforms face backlash - not from the left, but from ethno-nationalists attacking "woke capitalism"? When gestures toward inclusion are cast as threats? Reflecting on her book,Capitalist Humanitarianism, Lucia Hulsether argues that today's right-wing movements are not a rupture from neoliberal globalism, but another expression of its underlying logic. RSVP Live Stream Also Available • College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Join us on Thurs, 4/23 @6pm (reception @5pm) In-person/livestream
@uofdenver.bsky.social Religious Studies welcomes the incomparable @lhulseth.bsky.social to deliver this year’s Kirk Lecture.
She discusses her award-winning book Capitalist Humanitarianism & the anathema of “ethical” #capitalism.
Flyer for talk KIRK LECTURE BOOK PANEL Capitalism and the Future of Democracy Wednesday, April 22,4:30 p.m. Sturm Hall, Lindsay Auditorium (online and in person) This panel asks: Is capitalism compatible with democracy? And how can we better understand the moral frameworks that sustain or challenge these systems? Drawing on Lucia Hulsether's Capitalist Humanitarianism, panelists will explore how ethical ideals like charity, freedom, and justice, shape political and economic life through a religious studies lens. The panelists reflections examine how capitalism absorbs moral critique, often reframing inequality as ethical opportunity. The session features brief reflections from Religious Studies and DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program students, a response from Dr. Hulsether, and a moderated Q&A, inviting the community to engage some defining questions of our time. Panelists: • Zane Johnson, DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program for the Study of Religion, Student • Devyn Whitaker, Master of Arts in Religious Studies, Student Kirsten Dalquist, DU-lliff Joint Doctoral Program for the Study of Religion, Student • Andrew Robb-Scott, DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program for the Study of Religion, Student David Kemp, DU-lliff Joint Doctoral Program for the Study of Religion, Candidate College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Live Stream Also Available RSVP
Hi friends! Join us on 4/22, 4/23 for 2 events @uofdenver.bsky.social Religious Studies is hosting! Both are in person/online (link sent after registration)
Join us Wed, 4/22 @430pm
#Capitalism & the Future of #Democracy
Book panel & discussion w/@lhulseth.bsky.social & DU RLGS MA, PHD students.
Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.
I constantly think about 1920s and 30s social hygiene posters and I would buy 2026 versions of them so fast
I will just change my sheets every few days, worth it.
I know not everyone loves letting dogs in the bed but I love it when they line their little bodies next to me under the blankets for warmth
I actually don’t understand the expectation that I will be generous with people who are condescending to me
I am not a perpetual motion machine. I have finite energy. Why would I waste it on that
HBD to this talented human
This 2024 series is really good though. A nice palate cleanser for the mess that is the Forsytes
Honestly I used to know more details but there are so many. And so many women who were like, running whole libraries but without admin level pay and then getting forced out at a certain age by jackasses like this
Although Dewey's contributions to the modern library are widely recognized, his legacy is marred by his sexual harassment of female colleagues, as well as his racism and antisemitism
It's all of the above!
I keep misspelling Count of Monte Cristo as Cunt of Monte Cristo which feels appropriate bc the Count is extremely cunty (which I enjoy)
This is the problem with creating a worldview based entirely on grievance.
Yes please!
It 100% is
Being judgemental is the only appropriate response
I think I was so distracted by all these people with the half up half down hair that I didn't even focus on the dance costumes
You'd think he could at least go for an out of place Russian Cossack hat or something
Also why is this other man wearing a raccoon skin hat like he's effing Davy Crockett
