Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her)
@aketchum22.bsky.social
PhD in History, professor of Feminist + Social Justice Studies; food, environmental, gender, +tech history, queer, founder of Disrupting Disruptions
https://www.alexketchum.ca/
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https://www.alexketchum.ca/
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One year anniversary!!
New poster (and currently in the midst of planning events) to celebrate the Queers at the Table Anthology! @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social pre-order at: arsenalpulp.com/Books/Q/Quee...
October 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
One year anniversary!!
One year anniversary!
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October 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
One year anniversary!
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Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
October 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
It's out in mid-October!!! and you can pre-order it now / ask your local bookstore or library to order it
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How to Organize a Book Tour: Promote Your New Publication | Microcosm Publishing
Learn how to promote your writing beyond your computer screen with this expert guide to book tours and publicity from Dr. Alex D. Ketchum, author of How to...
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September 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
It's out in mid-October!!! and you can pre-order it now / ask your local bookstore or library to order it
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I also get SO MANY SCAM invitations for book talks and radio interviews. It's SOOOOOO annoying. It's averaging 5 a day.
September 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I also get SO MANY SCAM invitations for book talks and radio interviews. It's SOOOOOO annoying. It's averaging 5 a day.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/workshop-h... at Glad Day in Toronto
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Workshop: How to Organize Inclusive Events - with Alex Ketchum
Join us for a free workshop that also celebrates the launch of Alex D. Ketchum's new book How to Organize Inclusive Events & Conferences.
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September 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
www.eventbrite.ca/e/workshop-h... at Glad Day in Toronto
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“Drew wrote that topic courses were too ‘narrow’ to qualify for the core… The list of topic courses on the 🪓 block includes Modern Art of 🇲🇽; Slavery + its Legacies; Race, Law + 🇺🇸 Society; History of Money + Corruption;… Banned Books + Novel Ideas; Global Environmental History; 🇺🇸 Jewish History…”
This is the endgame for TX "core reform": wiping out any traces of the last 100 yrs of scholarship in the humanities, but also wiping out the humanities. This is coming to every system in the state. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
UT proposes cutting more than 100 'narrow' courses from core this spring
UT courses on slavery, race, sexuality and environmental history are among those that could stop counting toward UT's core.
www.statesman.com
September 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Drew wrote that topic courses were too ‘narrow’ to qualify for the core… The list of topic courses on the 🪓 block includes Modern Art of 🇲🇽; Slavery + its Legacies; Race, Law + 🇺🇸 Society; History of Money + Corruption;… Banned Books + Novel Ideas; Global Environmental History; 🇺🇸 Jewish History…”
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Over the past six years researchers have paid over $1B to publish in Elsevier journals. Elsevier has a ~36% profit margin and roughly $2.3B in profit last year. www.linkedin.com/posts/doug-w...
September 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Over the past six years researchers have paid over $1B to publish in Elsevier journals. Elsevier has a ~36% profit margin and roughly $2.3B in profit last year. www.linkedin.com/posts/doug-w...
Hey everyone! You know how I frequently organize book tours and book events? Well people kept asking me to share my tips... so I have-- by writing this zine!
Thanks for publishing @microcosm.bsky.social !
Learn more / order at:
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Thanks for publishing @microcosm.bsky.social !
Learn more / order at:
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
@mcgillarts.bsky.social
August 26, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Hey everyone! You know how I frequently organize book tours and book events? Well people kept asking me to share my tips... so I have-- by writing this zine!
Thanks for publishing @microcosm.bsky.social !
Learn more / order at:
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
@mcgillarts.bsky.social
Thanks for publishing @microcosm.bsky.social !
Learn more / order at:
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
@mcgillarts.bsky.social
I'm excited to announce that my new book is available for pre-order!! @mitpress.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026205810...
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August 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I'm excited to announce that my new book is available for pre-order!! @mitpress.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026205810...
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I similarly feel like every time I hold a book, I am holding part of someone's life force
Sometimes in a library I imagine each book as years of an author’s life such that you are standing amidst uncounted hours of effort and concentration like some oasis of meaningful time.
August 2, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I similarly feel like every time I hold a book, I am holding part of someone's life force
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"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer"
via No One Cares
via No One Cares
July 13, 2026 at 9:16 AM
"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer"
via No One Cares
via No One Cares
Thank you!!! @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social
I just finished @aketchum22.bsky.social and Megan J. Elias's "Queers at the Table"! I resonated with stories of trans community through shared meals, the use of zines and magazines to spread knowledge and queer culture, & the history of the ways we celebrate and feed ourselves. I won't soon forget.
July 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Thank you!!! @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social
SO COOL! Megan and I are in a short film about queer food: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imf9...
What is Queer Food?
YouTube video by Lauren The Campbell
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
SO COOL! Megan and I are in a short film about queer food: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imf9...
Reposted by Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her)
Reposted by Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her)
The point of having students do peer review is not to fix the essay, it’s to give the students a concrete experience of delivering their ideas to an audience and being in community caring about their compositional choices.
June 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The point of having students do peer review is not to fix the essay, it’s to give the students a concrete experience of delivering their ideas to an audience and being in community caring about their compositional choices.
thanks CBC books: www.cbc.ca/books/30-can...
30 Canadian books to read this Pride Month and beyond | CBC Books
June is Pride Month! To celebrate, CBC Books is highlighting fiction, nonfiction, poetry and comics by 2SLGBTQ+ writers in Canada to add to your reading list this year.
www.cbc.ca
June 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM
thanks CBC books: www.cbc.ca/books/30-can...
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Do people outside academia understand what a devastating, anti-science policy this is?
Medical breakthroughs, sustainable energy, technological innovations, social understanding, international collaboration... all sacrificed on the bonfire of MAGA ideology.
Medical breakthroughs, sustainable energy, technological innovations, social understanding, international collaboration... all sacrificed on the bonfire of MAGA ideology.
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
arstechnica.com
May 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Do people outside academia understand what a devastating, anti-science policy this is?
Medical breakthroughs, sustainable energy, technological innovations, social understanding, international collaboration... all sacrificed on the bonfire of MAGA ideology.
Medical breakthroughs, sustainable energy, technological innovations, social understanding, international collaboration... all sacrificed on the bonfire of MAGA ideology.
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It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
www.scientificamerican.com
May 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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I am so tired of these people. Can we have one fucking thing where AI isn't mining people for their knowledge and experience and then pitching a shitty, hallucinatory, often dangerous 'replacement.'
Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI
“With your permission, your child’s lead teacher may wear a small teacher-worn camera that captures the teacher's approximate first-person perspective, and/or we may place a fixed video camera in the ...
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May 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I am so tired of these people. Can we have one fucking thing where AI isn't mining people for their knowledge and experience and then pitching a shitty, hallucinatory, often dangerous 'replacement.'
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AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
May 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
thank you Washington Blade! for covering the Queer Food Conference! www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/21/w...
What is queer food?
Two experts tackle unique question in conference, books
www.washingtonblade.com
May 21, 2026 at 6:42 PM
thank you Washington Blade! for covering the Queer Food Conference! www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/21/w...