Elizabeth Alsop
@elizabethalsop.bsky.social
CUNY prof, writer, editor, unionist, author of Elaine May (U of Illinois Press, 2025). Words in LARB, NYT Magazine, The Atlantic, The TLS, Public Books
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u.s. universities' sudden insistence on kneecapping themselves is perplexing. "what if we make our product worse?" does not seem like a winning strategy, but what do I know www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
u.s. universities' sudden insistence on kneecapping themselves is perplexing. "what if we make our product worse?" does not seem like a winning strategy, but what do I know www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Xmas Eve menu update: Due to my shellfish allergy & the size of my kitchen I cannot prepare the Feast of the Seven Fishes, so I will instead be serving my spouse's giant family a big-ass lasagna, sausage from Landi's pork store, radicchio/endive salad, and some crazy Italian cookies HAPPY HOLIDAYS
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Xmas Eve menu update: Due to my shellfish allergy & the size of my kitchen I cannot prepare the Feast of the Seven Fishes, so I will instead be serving my spouse's giant family a big-ass lasagna, sausage from Landi's pork store, radicchio/endive salad, and some crazy Italian cookies HAPPY HOLIDAYS
today my trainer taught me about one-repetition maximums and the thermic effect of food, and I taught him about different translations of the Odyssey and the reception history of Moby Dick
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
today my trainer taught me about one-repetition maximums and the thermic effect of food, and I taught him about different translations of the Odyssey and the reception history of Moby Dick
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Added more resources to the Anti-GenAI bibliography! If you have links you think I may have missed while I was in Ireland (November 23 to today), please do drop them! I'll be so glad to add them (and self-promotion is welcome). catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
Against Generative AI – Cate Denial
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December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Added more resources to the Anti-GenAI bibliography! If you have links you think I may have missed while I was in Ireland (November 23 to today), please do drop them! I'll be so glad to add them (and self-promotion is welcome). catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
long-form investigative piece on rpk group, huron consulting, and the for-profit dismantling of higher ed WHEN
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
long-form investigative piece on rpk group, huron consulting, and the for-profit dismantling of higher ed WHEN
when your child, objecting to something, tells you they are “going to go read in defiance”
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
when your child, objecting to something, tells you they are “going to go read in defiance”
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Something I’ve encountered a lot lately is misperception of Luddites as technophobic reactionaries motivated by ignorance & resentment, rather than what they were, part of a well-informed labor movement seeking to seize control of means of production.
THE MAKING OF A PARIAH: The Case of the Luddites on JSTOR
David Linton, THE MAKING OF A PARIAH: The Case of the Luddites, ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Winter 1991-92), pp. 404-413
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December 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Something I’ve encountered a lot lately is misperception of Luddites as technophobic reactionaries motivated by ignorance & resentment, rather than what they were, part of a well-informed labor movement seeking to seize control of means of production.
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I wish higher ed in the US had a media outlet willing to stick up for it, but even the Chronicle seems to hate everyone who works in universities except the upper admin/trustees.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I wish higher ed in the US had a media outlet willing to stick up for it, but even the Chronicle seems to hate everyone who works in universities except the upper admin/trustees.
that old New York game: is the yelling I hear outside happy or the opposite
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
that old New York game: is the yelling I hear outside happy or the opposite
bourbon renewal (but with rye)
December 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
bourbon renewal (but with rye)
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"At first glance it sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think. We’ve laid the groundwork."
by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
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by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
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Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now | Labor Notes
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December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"At first glance it sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think. We’ve laid the groundwork."
by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
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December can be a tough month, but if you are looking for a way to make a real difference for your neighbors, please choose an item or two for the toy/gift drive that @prisonculture.bsky.social is organizing this month. It will matter a lot!
Toy list: shorturl.at/T08zv
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy list: shorturl.at/T08zv
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
December can be a tough month, but if you are looking for a way to make a real difference for your neighbors, please choose an item or two for the toy/gift drive that @prisonculture.bsky.social is organizing this month. It will matter a lot!
Toy list: shorturl.at/T08zv
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy list: shorturl.at/T08zv
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
I’m really more about that straight-edge life?
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m really more about that straight-edge life?
Hello! If you or someone you know might be interested in learning more about certificate programs at the CUNY Graduate Center, join us tonight! Many of the programs, including ours (Film and Media Cultures), accept external applicants! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hello! If you or someone you know might be interested in learning more about certificate programs at the CUNY Graduate Center, join us tonight! Many of the programs, including ours (Film and Media Cultures), accept external applicants! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
is there any word more cursed than innovation
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
is there any word more cursed than innovation
it wasn't easy but we got it
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
it wasn't easy but we got it
my deadhead bestie from HS is laughing so hard right now
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
my deadhead bestie from HS is laughing so hard right now
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tomorrow!
how to strategize faculty power in technofeudal times!
how to strategize faculty power in technofeudal times!
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
tomorrow!
how to strategize faculty power in technofeudal times!
how to strategize faculty power in technofeudal times!
look I have sharp elbows, but I would prefer not to have to throw them so much
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
look I have sharp elbows, but I would prefer not to have to throw them so much
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December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have some questions
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I have some questions
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They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research
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"People want the humanities. People want to care about literature. People want to be able to talk to each other about how art works in complex and skilled ways."
I said this in the interview and I mean it!
I said this in the interview and I mean it!
Hey! @johannawinant.bsky.social and I are in @publisherswkly.bsky.social today! We're talking about—guess?—close reading
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Breaking It Down: PW Talks with Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant
In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press), coeditors and English professors Sinykin and Winant seek to redefine the technique as a way to make and understand arguments...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"People want the humanities. People want to care about literature. People want to be able to talk to each other about how art works in complex and skilled ways."
I said this in the interview and I mean it!
I said this in the interview and I mean it!
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People of the World: Relax! | Los Angeles Review of Books
“People of the World: Relax!” is excerpted from “The Complete C Comics,” a collection of Joe Brainard’s innovative work, and featured in LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
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December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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