Ruby says we’re not trying to win, we’re trying to make sure all the hippos get fed
Bethany Mannon
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Studies rhetoric & writing, autobiography, feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | Currently writing a book about Rachel Held Evans UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
I would be such a good tradwife except that I like having my own money
Bethany Mannon@drbethany.bsky.social · yesterdayLets can some peaches!
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My dad is visiting and it’s been so fun watching him hang out with my kids, especially because my son keeps calling him “bruh”
My husband: “There’s a couple tomatoes ready in the garden” The ”couple tomatoes”:
Invented by men who were unaware of all the work their wives did
Dr Ian McCormick@wokestudies.bsky.social · last wk."A brownie or broonie (Scots), also known as a brùnaidh or gruagach (Scottish Gaelic), is a household spirit or hobgoblin from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farming tasks. " - wiki
"The devil works hard but CompRhet works harder"
Joshua Barsczewski@joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social · last wk.Astounded to see people already organizing symposiums about the future post CCCC. The devil works hard but CompRhet works harder. (Something about how working hard doing things other people won’t is what defines our field. See my work with @timotoleksiak.bsky.social and @dlib24.bsky.social )
NCTE Dissolves 77-Year-Old Composition Association The @ncte.org’s decision was met with swift backlash from Conference on College Composition and Communication members, who say their organization is vital to advancing composition research and improving teaching. https://bit.ly/4vVmjJk #EDUSky
Remember, kids: if you go to the dog rescue "just to look around," you WILL leave with a dog. This is Maggie, and I think she might be ours now?
Important petition re CCCC "If you are currently a CCCC member, we ask that you commit to cancelling your NCTE membership should these changes be made." Petition: "Join us in calling on the NCTE to halt any actions leading to the dissolution of the CCCC member group." www.change.org/p/halt-disso...
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My professional org, CCCC, was just dissolved for political reasons
Sea(n) Otter 🦦@seemtoggle.bsky.social · 2w ago
This should be the next Reacher book. "Reacher breaks up a pedophile ring that goes all the way up to the highest elected officials and CEOs. Mayhem ensues, pedophiles go to jail"
What exactly am I growing here? When it came up I thought “oh a volunteer cucumber“ but no . . .
This blueberry pound cake is inspiring some solid writing
The CCCC Exec Committee released a brief statement on the NCTE’s intention to dissolve CCCC. "CCCC is the professional home for thousands of scholars, teachers, and researchers...with a decades-long record of shaping how writing is taught, studied, and understood."
CCCC EC Quick Response July 23
Public Facing Statement To be Shared With the General CCCC Membership We, members of the CCCC Executive Committee, were alarmed to learn of the NCTE Presidential Team’s plans to dissolve CCCC, which ...
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I think they do hit back, but not in the language Trump understands or the tactics he can grasp
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2w agoTrump talks toughest to America's allies—and most carefully to America's adversaries. Canada gets tariffs and insults. Zelensky gets public humiliation. Putin gets deference. Xi gets an off-ramp. That's not "America First." open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
I appreciate the nuance Ryan Burge brings to his analysis, that the alliance between Christianity & Trump has drawn some people closer to evangelicalism while pushing others away. religionnews.com/2026/07/20/h...
Half of Gen Z says Trump support keeps them out of church
(RNS) — A new study found that, even among Gen Z Christians, the strong alliance between Trump and Christianity has had a negative impact on churchgoing for many.
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It‘s lucky this outbreak didn’t happen during the school year. Tainted lettuce in cafeterias and dining halls 🤢
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd from all accounts, it looks like Taylor Farms just...... kept selling tainted lettuce, while there was an active outbreak going on. After the first week or two, they HAD to have known it could have been them. And we have no idea what, if anything, they did to try & fix it.
