Rachel Warburton
@rwarby.bsky.social
English prof, Early modern, histories of sexuality
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at uni:
1. Intro to Drafting
2. African and Caribbean lit
3. Medieval Women Writers
4. Cominatorics
5. Feminism and Postmodernism
1. Intro to Drafting
2. African and Caribbean lit
3. Medieval Women Writers
4. Cominatorics
5. Feminism and Postmodernism
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at uni:
1. Intro to Drafting
2. African and Caribbean lit
3. Medieval Women Writers
4. Cominatorics
5. Feminism and Postmodernism
1. Intro to Drafting
2. African and Caribbean lit
3. Medieval Women Writers
4. Cominatorics
5. Feminism and Postmodernism
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This seems important. Ontario academics take note. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities
Nous Group has slowly taken over the university sector, filling VCs’ offices with ex-staff and buying ‘incredibly sensitive’ data that is sold back for benchmarking.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
June 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This seems important. Ontario academics take note. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
Yep.
Republicans’ idea of Small Government™️ is when a small group of white men get to tell the rest of what to do and what we can do.
May 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yep.
Not that I needed a warning. But this is where we’re at.
April 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Not that I needed a warning. But this is where we’re at.
My current hot take: Mark Carney is a Joe Clark Conservative. Discuss.
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My current hot take: Mark Carney is a Joe Clark Conservative. Discuss.
Every Canadian should read this. If you think we are immune to American-style devastation of education, we are not.
Inside Doug Ford’s Plan to Starve Ontario’s Universities | The Walrus
What happens when a government stops believing in education?
thewalrus.ca
March 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Every Canadian should read this. If you think we are immune to American-style devastation of education, we are not.
An unhappy but important read.
Blame Canada
Our warmongering, drugged-out conspiracy theory
snyder.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An unhappy but important read.
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“The End of the University as We Know It”, by Meghan O’Rourke www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“The End of the University as We Know It”, by Meghan O’Rourke www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
On a lighter note…
Furious Poilievre criticizes Trump tariffs for uniting Canadians
Furious Poilievre criticizes Trump tariffs for uniting Canadians
OTTAWA - Following a tumultuous weekend in which Donald Trump threatened Canada with steep tariffs on all goods, only to back down, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre angrily criticized the US presi...
thebeaverton.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
On a lighter note…
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Trudeau: "They're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin- a lying, murderous, dictator. Make that make sense. Canadians are reasonable and we are polite. But we will not back down from a fight...Canada will be implementing 25% tariffs against $155b of American goods."
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trudeau: "They're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin- a lying, murderous, dictator. Make that make sense. Canadians are reasonable and we are polite. But we will not back down from a fight...Canada will be implementing 25% tariffs against $155b of American goods."
Dear Ontario: Vote!
February 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Dear Ontario: Vote!
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Glad Day Books haul.
February 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Glad Day Books haul.
RIP Marianne Faithfull. 😢
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
RIP Marianne Faithfull. 😢
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
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Useful resource for students and theatre folk ...
Shakespeare's Globe: Finding Queerness in our records.
Free pdf book download (156 pages)
#sexuality #gender #LGBTQ #history #queer #performance #drama
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
Shakespeare's Globe: Finding Queerness in our records.
Free pdf book download (156 pages)
#sexuality #gender #LGBTQ #history #queer #performance #drama
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
January 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Useful resource for students and theatre folk ...
Shakespeare's Globe: Finding Queerness in our records.
Free pdf book download (156 pages)
#sexuality #gender #LGBTQ #history #queer #performance #drama
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
Shakespeare's Globe: Finding Queerness in our records.
Free pdf book download (156 pages)
#sexuality #gender #LGBTQ #history #queer #performance #drama
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
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Free educational resource from the Globe Theatre, London:
"Tracing Race in our Records" (146 pages)
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
"Tracing Race in our Records" (146 pages)
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
January 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Free educational resource from the Globe Theatre, London:
"Tracing Race in our Records" (146 pages)
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
"Tracing Race in our Records" (146 pages)
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
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Also highly recommended:
"Finding Gender in our Records" (146 pages)
[ A free educational resource from the Globe Theatre, London ]
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish #performance #gender #literature
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
"Finding Gender in our Records" (146 pages)
[ A free educational resource from the Globe Theatre, London ]
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish #performance #gender #literature
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
January 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Also highly recommended:
"Finding Gender in our Records" (146 pages)
[ A free educational resource from the Globe Theatre, London ]
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish #performance #gender #literature
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
"Finding Gender in our Records" (146 pages)
[ A free educational resource from the Globe Theatre, London ]
#Shakespeare #history #drama #TeamEnglish #performance #gender #literature
cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025...
Holy doublespeak!
U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.”
www.ed.gov
January 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Holy doublespeak!
Comfort food for discomfiting times.
January 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Comfort food for discomfiting times.
