Andrew Michael Gorin

@andrewgorin.bsky.social

writer, assistant professor of poetics, media, public sphere andrewmichaelgorin.info, organismforpoeticresearch.org

As a parent of a four-year old, I can tell you that when he says there are going to be “big problems” if the straight isn’t opened, it’s because he doesn’t have any actually effective punitive action at his disposal

If he can get a list of Jews he can get a list of Black, queer, trans, Leftist, disabled, socialist, immigrant, poor, Muslim, feminist, Indigenous, Latino, undocumented, union organizer, teacher, librarian, journalist, artist, activist, health worker, scientist, voter-rights advocate, or unAmerican

"This is a peculiar time we are living in... We are being taken into fascism and world war III.... The man has sanctions on Nicaragua for being a Democracy, but somehow no sanctions on South Africa?!!" -"How to beat Reagan," audio of poem by Amiri Baraka, performed in Buffalo, New York, 1985

media.sas.upenn.edu

Excellent new report co-authored by William Herbert (@highered-cb.bsky.social) on academic freedom in union contracts. Check it out!

AAUP@aaup.org · 5mo ago

Check out this new report published today providing the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how #academicfreedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements across American higher ed. 👀 This report is useful for anyone hoping to collectively bargain meaningful AF protections.

Happy earth day. Federal funding is being denied to any infrastructure project whose proposal includes the words “wind” or “solar.” (At least we are being governed by people smart enough to figure out how to use the CTRL F function)