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Rebecca Hill Dec 24, 2022

Katherine Alejandra Cross Dec 24, 2022

It appears, at least in my little archipelago of Mastodons, that there's a Great Quote-Tweet debate happening.

One person I respect asked pointedly to see data that proved QTs were abusive. Since I've been researching affordances of social media platforms I pulled some bits and bobs out of my hideous pile of papers and thought I'd share some insights with y'all about this question.

Cards on the table: I think QTs are a net negative. But nothing's ever simple.

Rebecca Hill Dec 18, 2022

Rebecca Hill Dec 8, 2022

I run an academic reading challenge every year. Here are this year's categories: https://readinglisten.blogspot.com/2022/12/academic-reading-challenge-categories.html

Academic Reading Challenge 2023

Hello friends and strangers, It's December, and that means it's time to start planning for next year's academic reading challenge. For thos...

Rebecca Hill Dec 16, 2022

libcom.org Dec 16, 2022

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#OtD 16 Dec 1871 in France, teacher and revolutionary Louise Michel was put on trial after the crushing of the Paris commune for trying to overthrow the government and other offences. Sentenced to exile in New Caledonia. Learn more about her life: https://libcom.org/history/michel-louise-1830-1905

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory/status/1603633572480434176

Michel, Louise, 1830-1905

A short biography of French anarchist, Paris Communard, and national hero at the time, Louise Michel.

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Rebecca Hill Dec 8, 2022

I run an academic reading challenge every year. Here are this year's categories: https://readinglisten.blogspot.com/2022/12/academic-reading-challenge-categories.html

Academic Reading Challenge 2023

Hello friends and strangers, It's December, and that means it's time to start planning for next year's academic reading challenge. For thos...

Rebecca Hill Nov 21, 2022

Today's reading is James Aho, The Politics of Righteousness. Reading buddy is PJ

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Rebecca Hill Nov 14, 2022

I'm wondering if it might turn out that when we had even smaller student cohorts in the past (say, Gen-X) state funding was higher than w/growth due to large milennial cohort just b/c of replacement of ft tt faculty with part-time fac and lecturers w/low pay and high teaching loads

Rebecca Hill Nov 14, 2022

Just finished a faculty senate meeting where the warning of the "demographic cliff" was sounded. I am skeptical about this talk, given declining spending on higher ed by state governments. Does anyone here have any good counter-data, say re state budget declines per student? I saw one study that said there was an average drop of 13% in state funding per student between 2008-2018. #highered #demographiccliff #criticaluniversitystudies

Rebecca Hill Nov 2, 2022

On the way to the American Studies Association conference #ASA2022 #Theroofisonfire

Rebecca Hill Oct 29, 2022

Pogo on #Caturday

Rebecca Hill Oct 29, 2022

I guess I'll go ahead and introduce myself. I'm an American Studies professor based in Atlanta, GA. I write about US politics and culture. When I'm on social media, I'm usually chatting about books, politics and/or music. I run this academic reading challenge every year: https://readinglisten.blogspot.com/2021/12/academic-reading-challenge-2022.html

Also - I am really excited to see there's an #editbutton

Academic Reading Challenge 2022

Hello, readers and friends, like everything else this year, it took me a little longer than usual to get the next year's challenge set-up. H...