Charlotte Canning
@cmcanning.bsky.social
Performance historian. Reader. Teacher. Feminist. Views my own and represent no one else. She/hers
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Charlotte Canning
@cmcanning.bsky.social
· Jul 10
Theater Helps Us Remember the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
'Inherit the Wind' changed how people understand, and remember, the legendary Scopes trial.
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The Scopes Trial began 100 years ago today. Why do we even remember it? The power of theatre. Live performance makes things real and relatable.
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Hegseth Order on First Caribbean Boat Strike, Officials Say: Kill Them All
By Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima
Hegseth Order on First Caribbean Boat Strike, Officials Say: Kill Them All
By Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Hegseth Order on First Caribbean Boat Strike, Officials Say: Kill Them All
By Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima
Hegseth Order on First Caribbean Boat Strike, Officials Say: Kill Them All
By Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Episode 082 is here! Pannill, Miriam, and Harvey discuss Carla Neuss's Theatre Journal article on gender reveals, James Bundy's retirement from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and the PBS stream of the free production of Twelfth Night in Central Park. Enjoy!
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On TAP: 082
For your holiday enjoyment! Pannill, Miriam, and Harvey discuss Carla Neuss's Theatre Journal article on gender reveals, James Bundy's retirement from leading the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale,
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November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Episode 082 is here! Pannill, Miriam, and Harvey discuss Carla Neuss's Theatre Journal article on gender reveals, James Bundy's retirement from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and the PBS stream of the free production of Twelfth Night in Central Park. Enjoy!
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Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
Trump fighting with his architect about wanting to build a ballroom bigger than the actual White House feels very on brand
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November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
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This reporter asks a legitimate, followup question—something the White House press corps doesn’t do all that often.
Trump isn’t used to this, and you can see how it gets under his skin.
Reporters need to do this more often, or at least come to the defense of those who are willing to do it.
Trump isn’t used to this, and you can see how it gets under his skin.
Reporters need to do this more often, or at least come to the defense of those who are willing to do it.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This reporter asks a legitimate, followup question—something the White House press corps doesn’t do all that often.
Trump isn’t used to this, and you can see how it gets under his skin.
Reporters need to do this more often, or at least come to the defense of those who are willing to do it.
Trump isn’t used to this, and you can see how it gets under his skin.
Reporters need to do this more often, or at least come to the defense of those who are willing to do it.
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We're working hard on November's list (which will be another doozy, piggies), but until then, here's October's. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: October 2025: Atrocities 467-529
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We're working hard on November's list (which will be another doozy, piggies), but until then, here's October's. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
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My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.
UPDATE: The publisher intends to retract the paper, but insists it went through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the... by @jacksonwryan.com. No word on how they will make sure this sort of thing never happens again.
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.
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“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
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unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country
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Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities.
We center these tradi...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
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As a reporter, I can't imagine standing by quietly while a powerful person I was reporting on spoke to a colleague like that.
It just wouldn't be in me to keep my mouth shut.
It just wouldn't be in me to keep my mouth shut.
Trump rants at reporter calling her stupid 5 times and no one stands up to him. That sucks. Business as usual. Dictator.
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As a reporter, I can't imagine standing by quietly while a powerful person I was reporting on spoke to a colleague like that.
It just wouldn't be in me to keep my mouth shut.
It just wouldn't be in me to keep my mouth shut.
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I'll be in conversation with Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, Slow Poison, on December 3. Open to the public. Info here sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
Celebrating Recent Work by Mahmood Mamdani | Event
Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State by Mahmood Mamdani In 1972, when Mahmood Mamdani came home to Uganda, he found a…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'll be in conversation with Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, Slow Poison, on December 3. Open to the public. Info here sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
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Friends don’t let friends buy from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Friends don’t let friends buy from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
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wow you really got his ass
Robert F Kennedy Jr is currently receiving gender-affirming care. Yes, really
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Robert F Kennedy Jr is currently receiving gender-affirming care. Yes, really
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the anti-trans US health secretary, is currently undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
www.thepinknews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
wow you really got his ass
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"when adjusted for inflation, College Board data shows that the average, inflation-adjusted cost of public four-year college tuition for in-state students has doubled since 1995. Tuition at private, four-year colleges is up 75% over the same period."
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"when adjusted for inflation, College Board data shows that the average, inflation-adjusted cost of public four-year college tuition for in-state students has doubled since 1995. Tuition at private, four-year colleges is up 75% over the same period."
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It's pretty obvious what is going on with that crypto fund.
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's pretty obvious what is going on with that crypto fund.
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We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
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“ICE is about to have a bigger budget than the entire military of Israel. It’s an insane way for us to be spending our resources as a country.” - @timmiller.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“ICE is about to have a bigger budget than the entire military of Israel. It’s an insane way for us to be spending our resources as a country.” - @timmiller.bsky.social
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A reminder that it has never been about "illegal" immigration. They want to stop all immigration because they are greedy racists who have nothing to offer their base other than the felt superiority over an out-group. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A reminder that it has never been about "illegal" immigration. They want to stop all immigration because they are greedy racists who have nothing to offer their base other than the felt superiority over an out-group. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Men will literally train for a year to enact an insane plan to invade a foreign island, kill the men, enslave the women and children, and live out their depraved racist rape fantasies, rather than go to therapy
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Men will literally train for a year to enact an insane plan to invade a foreign island, kill the men, enslave the women and children, and live out their depraved racist rape fantasies, rather than go to therapy
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This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
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From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.