Associate Professor of Spanish, U. at Buffalo, SUNY. Author of _Alone Together_ (U. of Toronto Press, 2021). Medieval Iberian literature, song, and thought.
Buffalo, NY
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Academics love to say "most famously" and then describe a fact that 9 people in the world are aware of
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Can anyone recommend some basic intrusive thoughts for someone looking to get into anxiety?
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Thrilled and grateful for the publication of our special issue of ‘Metamorphoses’ dedicated to contemporary Catalan literature! Guest-edited by Guillem Molla & H.J. Gardner, with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull, and issued from the UMass Translation Center 📖
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It might not be politically correct to say, but I think it's time we started asking whether the contemporary right is capable of assimilating into American culture.
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How high is the correlation between talking a lot about IQ and never reading any books? I have my suspicions.
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2/ these are all telltales of the moral degeneracy of Trumpism; the free abandonment of democratic values, the slurping up and promulgating of nonsensical lies. authoritarianism is rooted in moral weakness and the willful abandonment of personal dignity.
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This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life.
Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.
Want the truth on Florida’s African American History Standards? See statement below from experts who crafted them.
“Any attempt to reduce slaves to just victims of oppression fails to recognize their strength, courage and resiliency during a difficult time in American history.”
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This list is supposedly of enslaved people who "developed ... trades from which they benefitted" but nearly all of these people were either never enslaved, or never held the jobs described on the list.
Some examples:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Cobb
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_How…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_For…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Was…
Here is a summary of the errors on the list:
twitter.com/etotheipie/sta…
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The court took a break after another plaintiff, Samantha Casiano, vomited while describing what she went through when she was denied an abortion after her baby was diagnosed with anencephaly. She said she had to watch her baby die after giving birth.
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NEWS:📢Alongside the editors of the Catalan Review (@NACatalanS), we are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new Prize for Best Article published in the journal. Find out more via the LUP blog: liverpooluniversitypress.blo… @wviestenz @orele24 @berlihe
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❤️🔥 Vallfogonitzar!
"Aquesta és la nostra missió: vallfogonitzar de nou la mentalitat dels catalans!".
Discurs de @joseppedrals a l'acte d'inauguració de l'#AnyRector, 26 de maig, Palau Moja.
📺 Ja podeu recuperar l'acte sencer des de la nostra web!👇
cultura.gencat.cat/ca/temes/…
