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@wildepatty.bsky.social
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wildepatty
@wildepatty.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric - WAC
Peitho is the peer-reviewed journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. Published quarterly, Peitho seeks to encourage, advance, and publish original rese...
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Goes live on the same day we hear the news about CCCC: wacclearinghouse.org/peitho/
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I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
October 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
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“On Tuesday, department chair Danielle Clealand told faculty in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department that the provost’s office rejected all women’s and gender studies courses from counting toward UT’s core, according to an email reviewed by the Statesman.”
UT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classes
The provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum.
www.statesman.com
September 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
“On Tuesday, department chair Danielle Clealand told faculty in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department that the provost’s office rejected all women’s and gender studies courses from counting toward UT’s core, according to an email reviewed by the Statesman.”
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CCCC Leadership Response to NCTE’s De-Chartering of CCCC. Please read and sign.
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September 19, 2026 at 11:57 PM
CCCC Leadership Response to NCTE’s De-Chartering of CCCC. Please read and sign.
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theorganizationformerlyknownascccc.com
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A lot of people are not well right now: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is an excellent time to de-escalate conflicts and to lean into patience. This is true in our personal lives and also (maybe especially) online when it's overwhelmingly strangers crashing into each other.
September 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A lot of people are not well right now: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is an excellent time to de-escalate conflicts and to lean into patience. This is true in our personal lives and also (maybe especially) online when it's overwhelmingly strangers crashing into each other.
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People read the "AI WILL KILL US" narrative as involving a brave whistleblower revealing that AI researchers believe AI will kill us all — suggesting that they know something we don't, having worked on the technology. AI CEOs had to respond. As did politicians from Trump to Sanders.
That's false.
That's false.
September 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
People read the "AI WILL KILL US" narrative as involving a brave whistleblower revealing that AI researchers believe AI will kill us all — suggesting that they know something we don't, having worked on the technology. AI CEOs had to respond. As did politicians from Trump to Sanders.
That's false.
That's false.
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Hours before a new student-visa rule was set to take effect, a federal judge blocked it nationwide. The ruling is a win for colleges and international students — but the court fight is just beginning. https://chroni.cl/4y1H2Na
After a Court Win, What’s Next for a Challenge to Visa Rules?
Plus, a new report catalogs worldwide attacks on academic freedom.
www.chronicle.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Hours before a new student-visa rule was set to take effect, a federal judge blocked it nationwide. The ruling is a win for colleges and international students — but the court fight is just beginning. https://chroni.cl/4y1H2Na
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I like this bit especially because it's true
September 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I like this bit especially because it's true
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Thesr aren't the same things! At all! A generative algorithm is not the same as a calculator! Why do people keep saying this!
They used to say the same about calculators.
September 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Thesr aren't the same things! At all! A generative algorithm is not the same as a calculator! Why do people keep saying this!
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I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
August 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
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This network has been running for many years now and has big American money behind it. Cofnas is just one of their guys and they are all over the world.
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This network has been running for many years now and has big American money behind it. Cofnas is just one of their guys and they are all over the world.
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I'm sure this take has been took already but it's worth saying: the obscene, cynical performance of "It's about being against plagiarism" re Arday is absurd when the entire academic superstructure is being reorganised around mandating plagiarism using advanced plagiarism automation software
August 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this.
Andrew Baker was also a “token black professor” at Bates College. But his perspective on the events Tyler Austin Harper recounts in his Atlantic cover story is very different. Read Baker’s side of the story online today.
newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...
newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...
Racism and labor at Bates: the other side of the story
Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper
newsletter.thedriftmag.com
August 20, 2026 at 12:32 AM
My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this.
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Many Alaskans rely on diesel for electricity, but Nick Begich and Dan Sullivan have supported Trump’s war that raised diesel prices astronomically.
This is a matter of life and death for some Alaskans. #26in2026
This is a matter of life and death for some Alaskans. #26in2026
August 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Many Alaskans rely on diesel for electricity, but Nick Begich and Dan Sullivan have supported Trump’s war that raised diesel prices astronomically.
This is a matter of life and death for some Alaskans. #26in2026
This is a matter of life and death for some Alaskans. #26in2026
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I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
August 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Tw: suicide.
I can promise you that you live and work with people who might have suicidal ideation. you might not/will never know it, they might not show it to you; because why would they? But they too deserve to be a part of our world, even as they/we have our inner struggles.
I can promise you that you live and work with people who might have suicidal ideation. you might not/will never know it, they might not show it to you; because why would they? But they too deserve to be a part of our world, even as they/we have our inner struggles.
August 15, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Tw: suicide.
I can promise you that you live and work with people who might have suicidal ideation. you might not/will never know it, they might not show it to you; because why would they? But they too deserve to be a part of our world, even as they/we have our inner struggles.
I can promise you that you live and work with people who might have suicidal ideation. you might not/will never know it, they might not show it to you; because why would they? But they too deserve to be a part of our world, even as they/we have our inner struggles.
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The league has to get rid of this Dundon guy. He bought the Blazers to hold the city of Portland hostage for arena money and now he's telling all of his underlings to shittalk the city so he can move to Kansas City or something. Cut this shit out or the league will be held hostage by similar ghouls.
July 31, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The league has to get rid of this Dundon guy. He bought the Blazers to hold the city of Portland hostage for arena money and now he's telling all of his underlings to shittalk the city so he can move to Kansas City or something. Cut this shit out or the league will be held hostage by similar ghouls.
Goes live on the same day we hear the news about CCCC: wacclearinghouse.org/peitho/
Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric - WAC
Peitho is the peer-reviewed journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. Published quarterly, Peitho seeks to encourage, advance, and publish original rese...
wacclearinghouse.org
July 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Goes live on the same day we hear the news about CCCC: wacclearinghouse.org/peitho/
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From Kathleen Blake Yancey with clearest info about possible actions: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
July 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
From Kathleen Blake Yancey with clearest info about possible actions: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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There is no refuge, no wall, no island, no mountain high enough to escape the fact that all of our fates are linked together and that we must change absolutely everything.
July 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
There is no refuge, no wall, no island, no mountain high enough to escape the fact that all of our fates are linked together and that we must change absolutely everything.
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July 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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When professors want to dispute cuts, they turn to Howard Bunsis. Is he just telling them what they want to hear? https://chroni.cl/4goDNcR
The Faculty’s Numbers Man
When professors want to dispute cuts, they turn to Howard Bunsis. Is he just telling them what they want to hear?
chroni.cl
July 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
When professors want to dispute cuts, they turn to Howard Bunsis. Is he just telling them what they want to hear? https://chroni.cl/4goDNcR
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Palestinians in Gaza have had the opportunity to collectively watch the World Cup, but the man who had been organizing the watch parties was killed by an Israeli strike ahead of the event.
July 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Palestinians in Gaza have had the opportunity to collectively watch the World Cup, but the man who had been organizing the watch parties was killed by an Israeli strike ahead of the event.