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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · Apr 7

In the midst of all of this crap news, I’d like to remind y’all that I had a cameo in one of Dav Pilkey’s comics, about a year ago. It’s about my work on Fredric Wertham. Check out some of the images!

I appreciate having my work cited in academic pubs, but this citation is priceless. 📚 #libcomix

A two page spread from the Fredric Wertham mini-comic in Pilkey’s Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. It is drawn in “kid”-style. The panels depict the impact of Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent, Carol Tilley’s research at the Library of Congress and subsequent publication in 2012 of her findings about Wertham’s research, and a visual depiction of Wertham conducting questionable research on comics. In the top right panel, Carol is depicted with a book titled, “Diary of a Wimpy Doctor” and is saying “That dude LIED!"

The Notes & Fun Facts page from Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. One note is circled. It reads: “Somebody” (mentioned on page 102) was actually an assitant professor at the University of Illinois named Dr. Carol Tilley. She investigated Dr. Wertham’s manuscripts at the Library of Congress and in 2012 concluded that “Wertham manipulated, overstated, compromised, and fabricated evidence - especially that evidence he attributed to personal clinical research with young people - for rhetorical gain."

The cover of Dav Pilkey’s book Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. It shows a three big-eyed creatures along with Cat Kid reading a bright pink book.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 5h

All this month, you can read THE NEFARIOUS NIGHTS OF WILLOWWEEP MANOR online by subscribing to Simon Teen!
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We've got a variety of books that you can read FOR FREE on SimonTeen.com this month, plus Extended Excerpts of must-read new releases.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 7h

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Let the Right Hon In @danhon.com · 5h

Be smarter than the J6ers who got caught, yeah?

You don't want to be as stupid as them.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5h

As we all know, real activists who achieve real things talk about doing federal crimes on public social media all the time

(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 6h

Goodnight, friends.

This energy that my beloved Catman is giving off in this photo? Take it with you into this week.

Be fierce and resolute.

Also, don't be ashamed to seek out consensual cuddles.

I love you.

A closeup photo of a brown tabby looking slightly peeved.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 8h

Frogs of Glory
The Frog Hunter
The Frog on the River Kwai

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 13h

Great antifa movies:
Frog Day Afternoon
Reservoir Frogs
The Frog of War

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17h

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 9h

I think she’s mostly just deterred by the idea of Amy Grant. Alas.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 10h

I have wanted to see her, but K is a bit reticent. 🤣

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 10h

Well, who?!

Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely. His purrs are guiding my feedback.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11h

The amount of money we are giving to Argentina amounts to $450 per resident of that country. But we're not even giving it to people there who need it, we're giving it to prop up Elon's pal, the corrupt President of that country, who'll then shovel some of it into the pockets of Trump's friends here.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

“America First.”

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 11h

I am grading on the couch, and I have the sweetest Ziggy cat curled up on my shoulder. If only my phone was close enough so I could take a photo.

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The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 12h

Keep Resisting Chicago! At Wilson and Sawyer -an hour ago. 10/12/25

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16h

On top of the endless performative public lying (bsky.app/profile/donm...), this is more of the endlessly offensive/inane “government jobs are not real jobs, except when they’re cops & soldiers” nonsense that every right-wing politician from Ronald Reagan to Scott Walker has been selling for years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 17h

Trump was President on January 6th.

The FBI agents were sent by his FBI in response to the riot at the Capitol.

The lies are either getting more ridiculous and dangerous, or his grip on reality is. Either way, this is not a man who should have nuclear codes.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 15h

“We’re sorry, your package did not clear customs and has been removed from the UPS network. Per customs guidelines, it has been destroyed. Please contact the sender for more information."

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 16h

story here: www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 18h

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · Jan 11

Annie Lennox

short-haired white woman in sleeveless dress wearing a monocle

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 18h

Shout out to the student who pointed this out.

"the University's existing buildings and spaces whose names are dedicated to slaveowners and individuals who 'committed treason against the United States and led vigilante groups to terrorize black voters.'"

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

www.dailytarheel.com

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