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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD

@doctorcarrie.bsky.social

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Professor, Applied Communication, Sensemaking Studies, and Communication Literacy, Dickinson State University. Posts do not reflect DSU or NDUS. Jedi who fights for peace, justice, truth, dialogue, compasison, and empathy. www.playingwithresearch.com

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 28d

Is the suspending of Kimmel when the fandoms fight back?

Is this when all the fandoms align to stop the evil threat?

Is this our "Avengers Assemble" moment?

captain america is holding a hammer and says avengers assemble

Alt: captain america is holding a hammer and says avengers assemble

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 5h

We celebrate our victories as examples that good still exists in the world. Congratulations!

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 5h

This has been the plan...

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5h

Trump could just keep the government "shutdown" forever, and use the power he claims to raise/lower taxes & spend to just do whatever he wants. It is obviously illegal & unconstitutional, and terrible for US, but unless Congress or Supreme Court chose to act, nothing is stopping him.

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 14h

I mean, raise your hand if you saw all this coming in 2024...

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 14h

The reason for thr uncanny valley is our ancestors living alongside other hominids.

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 14h

Cosplay artistry has contributed to a resurgence of practical effects.

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 21h

Neurologically speaking, there's no such thing as 'useless' subjects or 'rip-off' degrees

Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results

If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 15h

OMG yes! I love to talk, so just pick my brain!

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 21h

My annual reminder to students that you want a letter of recommendation from someone that can speak to your work and your work ethic in detail. Get to know your professors before you need a letter, and ask the professors that have commented on your work. Office hours are ideal for this.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 15h

This is my new role model. #PussyBitch

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 17h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

A rising tide lifts all ships.

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

It's Thing!!!!!! #AEWDynamite

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

Bryan sometimes finds commentary so delightful. #AEWDynamite

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

Goldfarming becoming farming, farms, farm (verb) for "to do the work, put in the grind" as linguistic indication that we are living in the cyberpunk dystopia.

So, not zombie, not climate, not religious -- nope, our cause of the apocalypse was the creation of the Internet.

At least now we know...

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

KOROC and the Evil Twinks. #AEWDynamite

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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 18h

I would like to encourage all Americans to talk to everyone they know, particularly relatives, friends, and coworkers, to engage them in a conversation about what they think about this? Would they sell themselves to help a dictator destroy their country?
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ICE Ads Are All Over Your Favorite Streaming Services

Users call out streaming services for dystopian ICE ads on Spotify, Max, and Pandora amid $30 billion deportation push.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

And a corpsing Bryan was perfect.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

Chef's kiss for marketing masterclass.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

I realized this morning that I hate my body because I have always seen it through my mom's eyes. And my body was more like the women in my dad's family, who she didn't like. And also because she had always seen herself through her mom's eyes, who always emphasized thin is pretty. #GenerationalTrauma

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 19h

Student wrote back to say they'll change to rural North Dakota culture.

I think he learned something today without getting upset?

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 19h

I have another student who is arguing about a cultural identity for rural Montana. Doing so doesn't conflate race and culture. Would that be an approach that would work better?

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 19h

Are you arguing that across these European, Russian, and Middle Eastern cultures there is now a blended culture that is specific to this region? With the real-life examples you provided, was everyone in those situations white? Do you know their specific race/ethnicity and cultural identity?

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 19h

White nationalism is thus often associated with white supremacy and white ethnocentrism.

So, for me, if you do want to analyze "white American culture," I would need to see some considerations about what that means, given what I wrote above.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 19h

Another thing to remember is that "white" is often used as a racial identity, not a cultural identity. Indeed, scholars and activists argue that conflating racial identity with cultural identity is done to support arguments of white nationalists who seek to create a country only for white people.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 19h

Each one of those cultures do still exist as microcultures within this culture, such as Little Italy in New York City, Greektown in Chicago, even Ukrainians here in Dickinson. Additionally, the idea of a "white American culture" is often regarded as the dominant culture within the United States.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 19h

Whether or not there is a single, unified, monolithic culture of "white Americans" is highly debatable. That's because the white people who make up this country come from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East.

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