Joan Wallach Scott 4eva!

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"This defiance, of course, had its costs—material, social, + psychic. My father lost his income + his pension; my parents lost friends who shunned them for fear of being implicated in their politics. And then there was the betrayal by those once considered comrades who went over to the other side."

Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me. His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard. This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.

This essay was a blast to write! Thanks to @wendyallisonlee.bsky.social for recommending me as a contributor, to @dfmorgan.bsky.social for being a fabulous editor, and to @carlospescador.bsky.social for his expert feedback.

Contemporaries at Post45@atpost45.bsky.social · last yr.

MSCL’s main character, Angela Chase, is both loved and abhorred for her over-analyzing. Her fraught monologues have been read as both the center of the show’s relatability & as whining and entitled. @cmceleney.bsky.social probes this ambivalence in "A Lover’s Discord" post45.org/2025/05/a-lo...

🗣️ *My So-Called Life* turned 30 (1994-1995) this year! We've got a cluster for you, stay tuned— Ed. by @dfmorgan.bsky.social, & ft. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social, Steven T. Gravatt, @cmceleney.bsky.social, @elishacohn.bsky.social, @mythrijega.bsky.social, @ehl.bsky.social, @oliviastowell.bsky.social

I love pub dates for the authors I interview—it’s nice to have one of my own. Happy birthday to Kazuo Ishiguro Against World literature, born today with Bloomsbury. #books #kazuoishiguro www.bloomsbury.com/us/kazuo-ish...

Every time I join a new social media site it’s like walking into a cocktail party full of confident, extroverted people, while I’m the introvert who wanders around the fringes pretending I’m looking for somebody.