Kaleb E. Goldschmitt
@kgoldschmitt.bsky.social
Popular music scholar and music department chair at Wellesley College. Neuroqueer. I wear a mask for a reason. Falo português. תיקון עולם 🏳️⚧️🚴😷
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The theme over the last month in many conversations about fascism: you never know when the new, terrifying rule (whatever it is, regardless of its legitimacy) is actually going to be applied.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
(Assuming we’re talking calendar year)
(Assuming we’re talking calendar year)
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
(Assuming we’re talking calendar year)
(Assuming we’re talking calendar year)
The tendency among those of us with tenure is to worry about upsetting colleagues, to just keep our heads down and do our research. But here's the thing: many of these revelations come from scholars of color, disabled scholars, and JUNIOR scholars. We owe it to them to share some of that risk.
I urge all of you, friends & colleagues, to please consider signing this petition to restore transparent governance and accountability in the AMS -- with this action, we can make our voices heard & remind everyone of our mission as a member-led society docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AMS Petition 2025
Petition to Restore Transparent Governance and Accountability in the American Musicological Society To add your signature to the petition, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/Sign_AMS_2...
docs.google.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The tendency among those of us with tenure is to worry about upsetting colleagues, to just keep our heads down and do our research. But here's the thing: many of these revelations come from scholars of color, disabled scholars, and JUNIOR scholars. We owe it to them to share some of that risk.
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I urge all of you, friends & colleagues, to please consider signing this petition to restore transparent governance and accountability in the AMS -- with this action, we can make our voices heard & remind everyone of our mission as a member-led society docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AMS Petition 2025
Petition to Restore Transparent Governance and Accountability in the American Musicological Society To add your signature to the petition, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/Sign_AMS_2...
docs.google.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I urge all of you, friends & colleagues, to please consider signing this petition to restore transparent governance and accountability in the AMS -- with this action, we can make our voices heard & remind everyone of our mission as a member-led society docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Alice Wong's GoFundMe has been transformed into a mission to continue her work after her passing.
gofund.me/47a499d5c
gofund.me/47a499d5c
Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us.
As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work
gofund.me
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Alice Wong's GoFundMe has been transformed into a mission to continue her work after her passing.
gofund.me/47a499d5c
gofund.me/47a499d5c
They made a movie adaptation of H is for Hawk and I’m wondering how that works.
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
They made a movie adaptation of H is for Hawk and I’m wondering how that works.
If they are going to say that the issue is queer people rather than pedophiles, I sure hope the American people reject this. With every fiber of my being. If they don’t, I weep for the future.
Catholic League claiming the real sex abuse crisis in the church wasn't about child sex abuse but in fact about homosexuality
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If they are going to say that the issue is queer people rather than pedophiles, I sure hope the American people reject this. With every fiber of my being. If they don’t, I weep for the future.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
Rest in power, Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Rest in power, Alice Wong
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The right can’t decide if it's okay to hate Jews
The right can’t decide if it's okay to hate Jews
The fallout from Nick Fuentes's appearance on Tucker Carlson continues.
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The right can’t decide if it's okay to hate Jews
Never in a million years did I think that being someone who loves to read books would make me clockable.
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Never in a million years did I think that being someone who loves to read books would make me clockable.
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in online corners like these I think people largely recognize how credulous, unprincipled opposition to "wokeness" functioned as lightly papered over defenses of impunity, but it's one of those drums people should probably start beating for normies
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
in online corners like these I think people largely recognize how credulous, unprincipled opposition to "wokeness" functioned as lightly papered over defenses of impunity, but it's one of those drums people should probably start beating for normies
Mercury in retrograde is still doing its thing. The voting website stopped working for today’s Academic Council. 😬😂
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Mercury in retrograde is still doing its thing. The voting website stopped working for today’s Academic Council. 😬😂
Are any of the recently laid off reporters for Wired, Teen Vogue etc combing through this massive info dump?
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Are any of the recently laid off reporters for Wired, Teen Vogue etc combing through this massive info dump?
No joke, I’m worried I may have triggered half my class by showing them the “Like a Prayer” video. These students were really not ready for peak controversy Madge.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
No joke, I’m worried I may have triggered half my class by showing them the “Like a Prayer” video. These students were really not ready for peak controversy Madge.
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doin some phrenology ovah here, but... like wokely and stuff
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
doin some phrenology ovah here, but... like wokely and stuff
I remember once in 3rd grade (1987-8) we learned to “guess” a word’s meaning based on context. We talked about it just one day and never approached it again. A year later we were told we should look words up & annotate our questions in books. I resisted, but eventually liked that much better.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I remember once in 3rd grade (1987-8) we learned to “guess” a word’s meaning based on context. We talked about it just one day and never approached it again. A year later we were told we should look words up & annotate our questions in books. I resisted, but eventually liked that much better.
How long before this place becomes its own version of the bad place?
Why won’t you tell Sarah why she has been suspended?
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
How long before this place becomes its own version of the bad place?
The year isn't over so my opinions are still in flux. Consult the replies to Ann's query to expand your musical horizons.
OK I'm making a list. I have my opinions but what was your favorite album released this year?
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The year isn't over so my opinions are still in flux. Consult the replies to Ann's query to expand your musical horizons.
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I have been hearing from multiple corners that there’s some very bad things happening on the AMS, and I can only speak for myself, but I think I’d rather not be a member if these shenanigans continue.
I’ve been a member since 2004…
I’ve been a member since 2004…
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have been hearing from multiple corners that there’s some very bad things happening on the AMS, and I can only speak for myself, but I think I’d rather not be a member if these shenanigans continue.
I’ve been a member since 2004…
I’ve been a member since 2004…
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for my colleagues & friends in the American Musicological Society, a small (but big) update about what has transpired at this year’s meeting www.facebook.com/share/p/17Gz...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
for my colleagues & friends in the American Musicological Society, a small (but big) update about what has transpired at this year’s meeting www.facebook.com/share/p/17Gz...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.
It seems that every parent/geandparent of small children in my town had the exact same idea I had for how to spend the late Saturday morning. I’m only here because it’s across the street from my favorite local auto shop. So here I am, sitting outside, waiting for my winter tire installation.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It seems that every parent/geandparent of small children in my town had the exact same idea I had for how to spend the late Saturday morning. I’m only here because it’s across the street from my favorite local auto shop. So here I am, sitting outside, waiting for my winter tire installation.