I for one welcome the new era of hot democratic socialists
Mitch R. Murray
@mitchrmurray.bsky.social
Literature and sci fi scholar Contributing editor, ASAP/Review Host, Less Worse podcast, https://tinyurl.com/lessworse
Our second academic job market materials workshop starts this Friday with @mitchrmurray.bsky.social. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/36fvvctv More info on our website: mid-theory.com/mtc-writing-...
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Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...
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I'll be giving advice on developing academic job materials on Friday at 1:00 ET with @mid-theory.bsky.social. Register here: tinyurl.com/kc5jcf8y
MTC August Newsletter
Summer is not over yet and MTC has got your Fridays covered!
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You can read my "Undead Academia: On the Campus Novel of Decline" at muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/issue... It's about how autofictional tendencies take root in the ruins of the university and how horror/campus novels by Percival Everett and Ling Ma meet that moment DM/email for a pdf if you lack access
Saw Nolan’s Odyssey and thought it kinda rocked. I’m sure everyone online will be super cool about it too!
New essay on Everett’s The Trees, Ma’s Severance, and why autofiction sucks just dropped
Friends, I have stopped reading Ben Lerner’s new novel to read Douglas Stuart’s, and you can too
@isanchezprado.bsky.social I’ve been planning a similar notebook method for this fall, but this helps so much and gives me some cool new ideas as well
Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · 2mo ago"My students taught me that they are terrified of the deskilling they are experiencing in real time & the relief they feel in an analogical space as the rest of the world forces them into technology." Read this careful reflection by @isanchezprado.bsky.social on his notebook assignment leisurely...
There is no reason at all ever to even mention AI in a commencement speech! Hope this helps
Bro bro bro, AI is going to revolutionize everything. We’ve almost unlocked its potential to read names, bro, we’re almost there
If you’re looking for a new pod for this weekend, I’ve got you covered! The first episode of Less Worse, feat. April Anson and Will Callison, is available now
Mitch R. Murray@mitchrmurray.bsky.social · 3mo agoAs April Anson puts it so clearly, the ecofascism of the far right “isn’t far, and it isn’t right.” It seeps into our common sense. open.spotify.com/episode/11Ps...
As April Anson puts it so clearly, the ecofascism of the far right “isn’t far, and it isn’t right.” It seeps into our common sense. open.spotify.com/episode/11Ps...
Ecofascism & Fossil Fascism w/ April Anson and William Callison
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I can now share that I've been awarded an @acls1919.bsky.social Project Development Grant to research the beginnings of US speculative fiction publishing! tinyurl.com/ACLSprojectd...
Recent Fellows
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Happy to say that I am one of these grantees!
American Council of Learned Societies@acls1919.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are excited to announce the 2026 ACLS Project Development Grant recipients. The $5,000 grants support scholars in teaching-intensive faculty roles who are conducting innovative research in the humanities and social sciences: bit.ly/42zWCSk
Ever been stuck shopping in Target and thought, "Am I an ecofascist?" How can we undo the ecofascist creep that invades the full political spectrum? Find out, with April Anson and William Callison on the inaugural episode of Less Worse: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ecofascism & Fossil Fascism w/ April Anson and William Callison
Podcast Episode · Less Worse · May 11 · 1h 34m
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LESS WORSE is now on Spotify! Check out the inaugural episode on eco- and fossil fascism with April Anson and William Callison open.spotify.com/show/033dexA...
Ecofascism & Fossil Fascism w/ April Anson and William Callison
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LMS hacked at the end of semester? I got you: the first episode of LESS WORSE is available now! Listen to April Anson and William Callison explain the quotidian perniciousness of eco- and fossil fascism podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Less Worse
Society & Culture Podcast · An ever-growing academic conversation about why the future sucks. But also how it could be better—or, at least, less worse.
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LESS WORSE is now live! It's an academic podcast about why the future sucks and how the humanities can help make it better. In this first episode, I interview April Anson and William Callison about the insidiousness of eco- and fossil fascism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Less Worse
Society & Culture Podcast · An ever-growing academic conversation about why the future sucks. But also how it could be better—or, at least, less worse.
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I'm starting a podcast called LESS WORSE. It's about why the future sucks and how the humanities can help make it better. For the first episode, I interviewed @aprilanson.bsky.social and @williamcallison.bsky.social about their work on eco- and fossil fascism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ecofascism & Fossil Fascism w/ April Anson and William Callison
Podcast Episode · Less Worse · May 6 · 1h 34m
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Best part of parents visiting is they drop off your old Pokémon cards
TEACHING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LITERATURE: ESSAYS FROM THE CLASSROOM Officially under contract and coming in 2028! It's a monster volume: 33 teacher-scholars from around the world writing provocative, shortform essays in the service of pedagogy
Yesterday, I recorded the first episode of Less Worse, an academic podcast about why the future sucks and how it could be better. Featuring @aprilanson.bsky.social and @williamcallison.bsky.social and dropping… soon (still have a lot to learn about editing)
Happening today at 5:30 - 7:00 PM: "After Sustainability: Climate Change and Authoritarianism" w/ @aprilanson.bsky.social and @williamcallison.bsky.social. Use link or QR code for live stream: mediasite.mms.rpi.edu/mediasite/Pl...
Happening in Troy, NY next month! If you are in the NY capital region, this event on climate change and ecofascism at Rensselaer Polytechnic is open to the public. RSVP here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/1z8jiVQmjq
What kind of fake ass phd do you complete in 3.5 years??
Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhy do so many AI loving academics hate thinking?
