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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 17h

Totally! In my own experiences (at protests, work, daily life) the average lib wine moms are very vocally pro-Palestine AND pro-trans rights. Many are also pro-Medicare for All. It's wild how people talk about their politics online!

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 22h

Whoa, this ad is very good!

Lisa Vedernikova Khanna @lisaforvirginia.bsky.social · 1d

Things around here just got a little bit more interesting...

I'm running for Congress because the rest of us can use a break. Especially if you've got a growing family.

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major was known as many things in her community — a caretaker for other Black trans women, a defender of the homeless and the incarcerated, and a Stonewall veteran who did not want the past to be used as an excuse for inaction.

Read our full obituary here:

Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78

Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.

19thnews.org

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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 1d

Rest in power, Mama Major! 💜🙏🏽

It was a blessing to live in the same earthly timeline as you. A true freedom fighter, you never stopped reminding trans people—especially Black trans people—of our worth and our power.

Because of Major, our foundation is unshakeable and our liberation inevitable.

September 2024 in Washington, D.C.
I’m standing beside the legend, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, at the Gender Liberation March under a white tent. Both of us are wearing flowing white outfits and warm smiles, holding hands in a moment of tenderness and strength.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 2d

Finally, I'm really looking forward to reading the YA adaptation of Ned Blackhawk’s ‘The Rediscovery of America.' I'm sure this book will be essential for secondary ELA and social studies!

www.sevenstories.com/blogs/392-an...

Announcing Ned Blackhawk’s ‘The Rediscovery of America for Young People,’ adapted by Rebecca Stefoff

Seven Stories Press Acquires Ned Blackhawk's National Book Award-winning history of Native America, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History, for adaptation in 'For ...

www.sevenstories.com

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 2d

Joaquin Muñoz's article, “'All of this is whitewashed, all of this is colonized': Exploring Impacts of Indigenous Young Adult Literature on Teacher Candidates Perceptions of Indigenous Peoples" discusses approaches to Indigenizing English lit, among other ideas.

ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cr...

“All of this is whitewashed, all of this is colonized” | Critical Education

ices.library.ubc.ca

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 2d

I'd also recommend Christine Day's I Can Make This Promise. Some students read this title as part of a lit circle in my methods course a few semesters ago.

www.bychristineday.com/i-can-make-t...

I Can Make This Promise — Christine Day

www.bychristineday.com

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 2d

We're reading Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here in my methods course. Gansworth is local-ish, so there are plenty of places in the books that my students recognized!

www.ericgansworth.com/if-i-ever-ge...

If I Ever Get Out Of Here | ericgansworth-new

www.ericgansworth.com

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 2d

For Indigenous Peoples' Day I wanted to highlight a sampling of recent(ish) work that has really shaped my understandings and informed my practice as an ELA educator. First is Daniel Heath Justice's Why Indigenous Literatures Matter:

www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/W/Why-...

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

Wilfrid Laurier University Press - Transforming Ideas

www.wlupress.wlu.ca

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29d

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 3d

✅ He fired a U.S. Attorney who refused to bring charges against her
✅ He replaced them with someone with NO prosecutorial experience

This isn't justice. This is retaliation.

When Black women do their jobs with excellence, they face attacks. But AG James isn't backing down, and neither should we.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 3d

Of course, M4L don't care about this distinction. They're trying to turn an issue that's polling terribly for them into white grievance politics. Still, the more we can talk about book bans as an *electoral* issue the better because we can organize people to vote out book banning politicians.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 3d

I use these slides too often, specifically with the TKAM example:

Image that reads:

Book Ban: Political body (ex. State legislature, school board) removes books, makes it illegal to carry certain titles.

Curriculum Change: An educator(s) (ex. teacher, professor, dept.) update or change one or more books for another book.

Slide that reads:

"A district or state banning (removing) To Kill a Mockingbird because it discusses racism is different than a district changing out To Kill a
Mockingbird with another book (ex. YAL) to discuss contemporary racism.

In the former example, the book is no longer in the school. In the latter example, the book is still in the school (ex. bookshelf, library) but not the focal point of a curricular unit of study."

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 3d

Worth saying that a curriculum change is *not* a book ban. A teacher may replace/update TKAM in their curriculum. Students can still access TKAM at their school library or in a classroom library. M4L want to remove books from classrooms, libraries, & other public spaces. Intent & access matter here!

Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 3d

Mom's 4 Liberty finally realizes they are on the losing end of a 75-25 issue seeing @rweingarten.bsky.social celebrating banned books and just decide to go with, no, no, the liberals are the book banners.

moms 4 liberty tweet attacking "the left" for being the real book banners because Randi Weingarten is celebrating banned book week.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 6d

Some of the most beautiful eight words! 🤓

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 20d

Announcing a three-part CCCC Reading Circle Series:

Oct 16—Discussion of Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social!

Dec 10—Discussion of Enduring Digital Damage by
@dustinedwards.bsky.social!

Jan 12—Teaching Session on bringing these ideas to the writing classroom!

cccc.ncte.org/cccc/cccc-fa...

CCCC Fall 2025 AI Reading Circle - Conference on College Composition and Communication

Labor, Land, Water, and Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom These events are free for CCCC members. Not yet a member? Join today! Join CCCC for a critical, nuanced, and though...

cccc.ncte.org

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 12d

Reasons to Teach High School English when the World is on Fire

Black girls in advanced academics who write literary analyses about “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Queer kids who call the English Department The Fruit Factory. Allowables and Legacies by Nikki Giovanni.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 12d

The Fruit Factory! 🤭

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 12d

You are amazing and our field is SO incredibly lucky to have you in it! 🥰

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 13d

In our new issue, @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social investigates the right-wing push toward “classical education,” a departure from the longstanding bipartisan agreement that school should first and foremost prepare students for the daily grind.

Uniform Policy | Jennifer C. Berkshire

Democrats must come up with a defense of public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce preparation

thebaffler.com

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 13d

This is an excellent piece from @georgianndavis.bsky.social on the wave of anti-scientific censorship sweeping the country and what it means to teach honestly in the moment.

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'?

A campaign against teachers who acknowledge realities of human biology forces a choice: Teach truth and risk your job, or lie and maybe keep it.

www.latimes.com

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 13d

A huge shoutout to one of the best to ever do it, @heymrsbond.com! My class read both of her pieces on AI in the classroom this week. Her words brought so much hope and tangible ideas to my students (and me) about teaching in this present moment. 📚🤓

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sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social · 13d

🚨My new op-ed in @chicagotribune.com: What we can do when the government fails our constitutional responsibility to maintain an informed citizenry.

Full piece: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/o...

#CivicEducation #Democracy #Resistance #Education #CriticalThinking

Stephanie R. Toliver: What can we do as the Trump administration sanitizes civic education?

Democratic citizenship requires intellectual courage: the willingness to encounter perspectives that challenge our assumptions.

www.chicagotribune.com

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 14d

Meanwhile, Des Moines students stage a walkout to protest their superintendent's detention www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gall...

A crowd of teenage students walk on a brick path beneath trees. Some hold signs—one says "ICE MELTS UNDER RESISTANCE."

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