Lara Schwartz
@laraschwartz.bsky.social
Professor who actually likes my students, free expression advocate who actually means it.
Some jerk impersonates me in web contact forms.
The real me wrote: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240008/try-to-love-the-questions
Some jerk impersonates me in web contact forms.
The real me wrote: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240008/try-to-love-the-questions
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can schedule teams messages and outlook messages so that they arrive on Monday if someone is out for thanksgiving week and it's not urgent
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can schedule teams messages and outlook messages so that they arrive on Monday if someone is out for thanksgiving week and it's not urgent
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
Today, in intellectual diversity
“When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'”
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Today, in intellectual diversity
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
In these polarized times, I think we can all come together and agree that we don't want anyone to sign us up for their freaking newsletter.
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In these polarized times, I think we can all come together and agree that we don't want anyone to sign us up for their freaking newsletter.
Actual footage of Senate Democrats' huddle.
a woman sitting at a table talking to another woman with the words " give up on your dreams susan "
Alt: A scene from "Spy" Melissa McCarthy explains that her mother put notes saying " give up on your dreams susan " in her lunchbox.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Actual footage of Senate Democrats' huddle.
Podcast idea: Intrusive Thoughts.
Always recorded at 4 or 5am.
I'll ask my guests what's keeping them up right now and how it relates to their scholarship or work.
Always recorded at 4 or 5am.
I'll ask my guests what's keeping them up right now and how it relates to their scholarship or work.
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Podcast idea: Intrusive Thoughts.
Always recorded at 4 or 5am.
I'll ask my guests what's keeping them up right now and how it relates to their scholarship or work.
Always recorded at 4 or 5am.
I'll ask my guests what's keeping them up right now and how it relates to their scholarship or work.
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I think I'm going to sit down for an interview with Isaac Chotiner. I'm also going to tug on Superman's cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger, and mess around with Jim
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I think I'm going to sit down for an interview with Isaac Chotiner. I'm also going to tug on Superman's cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger, and mess around with Jim
Today, in intellectual diversity.
Trump: "They have Jasmine Crockett -- a low IQ person. AOC is low IQ. Have her pass the exams I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. They're cognitive tests. Let AOC go against Trump. Let Jasmine go against Trump. The first couple questions are easy -- a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe ... "
October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today, in intellectual diversity.
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You never met a bigger critic than Bret Stephens of “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” nor a bigger proponent of courageously engaging in argumentation and embracing discomfort.
Until someone advocates for Palestinian human rights. Then he shrivels up into a whimpering, tearful, quaking mess.
Until someone advocates for Palestinian human rights. Then he shrivels up into a whimpering, tearful, quaking mess.
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You never met a bigger critic than Bret Stephens of “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” nor a bigger proponent of courageously engaging in argumentation and embracing discomfort.
Until someone advocates for Palestinian human rights. Then he shrivels up into a whimpering, tearful, quaking mess.
Until someone advocates for Palestinian human rights. Then he shrivels up into a whimpering, tearful, quaking mess.
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For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
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New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."
Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"
The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."
The "peacemaker" has been blowing up boats, claiming we're in a war with drug dealers.
October 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The "peacemaker" has been blowing up boats, claiming we're in a war with drug dealers.
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"I am not pro-vampire and I am not anti-vampire. I am just trying to have an objective discussion here without using loaded words like 'kill.'"
I Am Just Trying to Have a Civil Online Conversation About Vampires
Whoa there! That’s a pretty extreme claim. Surely you don’t mean to call ALL vampires “blood-sucking ghouls?” Have you ever donated to a blood bank...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"I am not pro-vampire and I am not anti-vampire. I am just trying to have an objective discussion here without using loaded words like 'kill.'"
Why does a corporation decide what amount of chocolate is fun for me.
September 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Why does a corporation decide what amount of chocolate is fun for me.
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Muslims are also 1% of the population. So are Hindus and Buddhists. Jews are 2%. Shall we also compromise about equal rights for each of them?
How big must a minority be to deserve truly equal rights, versus a "nuanced" form of second-class citizenship?
How big must a minority be to deserve truly equal rights, versus a "nuanced" form of second-class citizenship?
September 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Muslims are also 1% of the population. So are Hindus and Buddhists. Jews are 2%. Shall we also compromise about equal rights for each of them?
How big must a minority be to deserve truly equal rights, versus a "nuanced" form of second-class citizenship?
How big must a minority be to deserve truly equal rights, versus a "nuanced" form of second-class citizenship?
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Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
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One of the things we <actually> teach students at universities is that you need to support your arguments with data & evidence. When you don’t, or when you lie, your “arguments” are not taken seriously. Maybe that’s what these folks don’t like about universities. The marketplace of ideas is tough 🤷♂️
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
This is just a slightly politer version of the lies Robin Vos spreads about UW all the time (bsky.app/profile/mcop...). It's ugly. It's not true. Nor are the grants lies true. Frankly, it's all obscene given the authoritarian assault now on 🇺🇸 higher ed.
This is just a slightly politer version of the lies Robin Vos spreads about UW all the time (bsky.app/profile/mcop...). It's ugly. It's not true. Nor are the grants lies true. Frankly, it's all obscene given the authoritarian assault now on 🇺🇸 higher ed.
September 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
One of the things we <actually> teach students at universities is that you need to support your arguments with data & evidence. When you don’t, or when you lie, your “arguments” are not taken seriously. Maybe that’s what these folks don’t like about universities. The marketplace of ideas is tough 🤷♂️
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If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.
What's the word for someone who's anti- antifascism. We need something pithy. IDK
September 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What's the word for someone who's anti- antifascism. We need something pithy. IDK
Today in intellectual diversity.
Q: Outlets are reporting you plan to tie Tylenol to autism
TRUMP: It's a big factor, but you'll see tomorrow. We want things to take effect immediately
Q: Links between vaccines & autism?
T: Children get these massive vaccines like you'd give to a horse. I've said spread them out over 5 years
TRUMP: It's a big factor, but you'll see tomorrow. We want things to take effect immediately
Q: Links between vaccines & autism?
T: Children get these massive vaccines like you'd give to a horse. I've said spread them out over 5 years
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today in intellectual diversity.
We're about to see who is really committed to freedom of expression, regardless of whether they agree. We're about to see whether constitutionalism is a stronger ethos than partisan preference.
Even a year ago, I wouldn't have been so uncertain what we'd learn.
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Even a year ago, I wouldn't have been so uncertain what we'd learn.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're about to see who is really committed to freedom of expression, regardless of whether they agree. We're about to see whether constitutionalism is a stronger ethos than partisan preference.
Even a year ago, I wouldn't have been so uncertain what we'd learn.
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Even a year ago, I wouldn't have been so uncertain what we'd learn.
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In this Ohio diner, ABC are the grades on a valedictorian’s report card. But they do know this: Canceling Kimmel was a good start, and next Disney has to pull any movies where women work outside of the home.
September 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In this Ohio diner, ABC are the grades on a valedictorian’s report card. But they do know this: Canceling Kimmel was a good start, and next Disney has to pull any movies where women work outside of the home.