Julia (she/her)
@tlaquatl.bsky.social
Aspiring fool. Lover of textiles, speculative fiction and crying.
Current reads: Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
Current reads: Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
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🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History
In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...
s-usih.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
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Reading Ronald Radano’s new, magisterial Marxist history of Black music and sound. @dukepress.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reading Ronald Radano’s new, magisterial Marxist history of Black music and sound. @dukepress.bsky.social
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The Disturbing Profane: Hip-Hop, Blackness, and the Sacred
Hip-hop isn’t a threat to holiness — it’s a witness to survival. Joseph R. Winters’ "The Disturbing Profane" reframes the sacred through Black art and expression. Jordan Burton offers a review.
@dukepress.bsky.social
Hip-hop isn’t a threat to holiness — it’s a witness to survival. Joseph R. Winters’ "The Disturbing Profane" reframes the sacred through Black art and expression. Jordan Burton offers a review.
@dukepress.bsky.social
The Disturbing Profane: Hip-Hop, Blackness, and the Sacred
In "The Disturbing Profane: Hip Hop, Blackness, and the Sacred," Winters shows hip-hop’s sacred power, disrupting the sacred/profane divide.
pres-outlook.pulse.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Disturbing Profane: Hip-Hop, Blackness, and the Sacred
Hip-hop isn’t a threat to holiness — it’s a witness to survival. Joseph R. Winters’ "The Disturbing Profane" reframes the sacred through Black art and expression. Jordan Burton offers a review.
@dukepress.bsky.social
Hip-hop isn’t a threat to holiness — it’s a witness to survival. Joseph R. Winters’ "The Disturbing Profane" reframes the sacred through Black art and expression. Jordan Burton offers a review.
@dukepress.bsky.social
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My article on toxic ecologies post-9/11 now available open access in the latest issue of Environmental Humanities @dukepress.bsky.social Dust as both sacred and toxic. Inspired by Elena del Rivero's art, situated between exposure and containment
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
Gathering Dust | Environmental Humanities | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My article on toxic ecologies post-9/11 now available open access in the latest issue of Environmental Humanities @dukepress.bsky.social Dust as both sacred and toxic. Inspired by Elena del Rivero's art, situated between exposure and containment
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
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This thread is 💯. Labor precarity in academia means the evisceration of faculty governance and academic freedom, opening the door to administrative purges of the most vulnerable. And faculty-esp tenured faculty and academic leaders-who aren't defending their trans colleagues are enabling it.
So yeah, this is fundamentally about trans people and that cannot be elided, but the ways in which junior faculty are targeted and disposed of, while academic jobs are increasingly precarized, and political grandstanders seek to influence academic governance are fucking terrifying for everyone.
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This thread is 💯. Labor precarity in academia means the evisceration of faculty governance and academic freedom, opening the door to administrative purges of the most vulnerable. And faculty-esp tenured faculty and academic leaders-who aren't defending their trans colleagues are enabling it.
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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Short notice, but if anyone is served by the Irving County Library board in Texas they have a Library board meeting tomorrow Dec 1 that might discuss LGBTQ+ materials, new bylaws, & collection development policy. Time & location: irvingtx.gov/index.php?se...
Library Board | Irving, TX Official Website
irvingtx.gov
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Short notice, but if anyone is served by the Irving County Library board in Texas they have a Library board meeting tomorrow Dec 1 that might discuss LGBTQ+ materials, new bylaws, & collection development policy. Time & location: irvingtx.gov/index.php?se...
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Bookish Holiday Fun and Games For... YOU!
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Bookish Holiday Fun and Games For... YOU!
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
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Here's the research article reporting on the newly reinterpreted Mayan Dude Ranch sauropod trackway, which was published earlier in 2025. Kudos to "Jurassic Judy" for her discovery & for her well-deserved inclusion as a coauthor on the study. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧪🦕🐾🪨 #ichnology
www.tandfonline.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Here's the research article reporting on the newly reinterpreted Mayan Dude Ranch sauropod trackway, which was published earlier in 2025. Kudos to "Jurassic Judy" for her discovery & for her well-deserved inclusion as a coauthor on the study. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧪🦕🐾🪨 #ichnology
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Behind the scenes on our love notes from nature calendar!
Meg’s work is so stunning and you can see what her process is like here 👀
Get ‘em at squidfacts.net 🫡
These calendars fund our 2026 native plant project in Philly!
Meg’s work is so stunning and you can see what her process is like here 👀
Get ‘em at squidfacts.net 🫡
These calendars fund our 2026 native plant project in Philly!
Drawing each page has fed my obsession to learn about each of these fascinating animals. I hope you can share in my delight! Get a copy of the 2026 Love Notes From Nature calendar here: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Behind the scenes on our love notes from nature calendar!
Meg’s work is so stunning and you can see what her process is like here 👀
Get ‘em at squidfacts.net 🫡
These calendars fund our 2026 native plant project in Philly!
Meg’s work is so stunning and you can see what her process is like here 👀
Get ‘em at squidfacts.net 🫡
These calendars fund our 2026 native plant project in Philly!
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Explore the UMP titles we selected for this year's International Open Access Week and read more about why we are committed to Open Access with this blog post: buff.ly/YqPuDrC #OAWeek
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Explore the UMP titles we selected for this year's International Open Access Week and read more about why we are committed to Open Access with this blog post: buff.ly/YqPuDrC #OAWeek
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The Texas law @heykellyjensen.bsky.social describes in this article effectively abolishes school libraries in Texas. Libraries rely on the curatorial expertise of professional librarians; otherwise they’re just buildings full of books.
2/4
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A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries
In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.
bookriot.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Texas law @heykellyjensen.bsky.social describes in this article effectively abolishes school libraries in Texas. Libraries rely on the curatorial expertise of professional librarians; otherwise they’re just buildings full of books.
2/4
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2/4
bookriot.com/new-braunfel...
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At UNB, professors and students were surveilled for Palestine solidarity because, per campus security, the university is the President’s “house.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
October 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
At UNB, professors and students were surveilled for Palestine solidarity because, per campus security, the university is the President’s “house.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
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instead they get grandmas, and priests, and inflatable frogs, and ordinary decent people rising up and saying "this is vile, this is unamerican, these are secret police"
they get kristi noem in a staring contest with a guy in a chicken suit
they get kristi noem in a staring contest with a guy in a chicken suit
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
instead they get grandmas, and priests, and inflatable frogs, and ordinary decent people rising up and saying "this is vile, this is unamerican, these are secret police"
they get kristi noem in a staring contest with a guy in a chicken suit
they get kristi noem in a staring contest with a guy in a chicken suit
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I eagerly await the first video of a newly-motivated, clarinet-playing protester in an inflatable animal costume
“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I eagerly await the first video of a newly-motivated, clarinet-playing protester in an inflatable animal costume
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Still conferencing but here is a peek at the slides for "The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: How White Librarianship Protects Itself and Hinders Belonging"
Images are linked and there is a full resource sheet at the end.
Full blog post with more on Friday.
drive.google.com/file/d/1b3Fg...
Images are linked and there is a full resource sheet at the end.
Full blog post with more on Friday.
drive.google.com/file/d/1b3Fg...
The Call is Coming From Inside The House.pdf
drive.google.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Still conferencing but here is a peek at the slides for "The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: How White Librarianship Protects Itself and Hinders Belonging"
Images are linked and there is a full resource sheet at the end.
Full blog post with more on Friday.
drive.google.com/file/d/1b3Fg...
Images are linked and there is a full resource sheet at the end.
Full blog post with more on Friday.
drive.google.com/file/d/1b3Fg...
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As a memoir in essays, this is a big change. I'm telling my own stories..but also a broader story about changes in queer life around the Millennium: from private to public; disconnected to online; gay and lesbian to queer and trans; AIDS as death sentence to manageable condition (for some) etc.
My Bad
A powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer ’90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed
The 19...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As a memoir in essays, this is a big change. I'm telling my own stories..but also a broader story about changes in queer life around the Millennium: from private to public; disconnected to online; gay and lesbian to queer and trans; AIDS as death sentence to manageable condition (for some) etc.
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It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything.
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything.
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.
Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop
Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop
Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games
www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...
www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.
Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop
Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs
October 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs
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This goes far beyond what usually happens in a government shutdown, which is that federal workers are furloughed but are restored to their jobs once the shutdown ends.
White House Fires Federal Workers to Pressure Dems on Shutdown
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have begun as the government shutdown continues.
buff.ly
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This goes far beyond what usually happens in a government shutdown, which is that federal workers are furloughed but are restored to their jobs once the shutdown ends.
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U.S. Department of Education reverses decision and will fund programs for students who are both deaf and blind.
But the money will flow a different way.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
But the money will flow a different way.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign
Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...
www.propublica.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
U.S. Department of Education reverses decision and will fund programs for students who are both deaf and blind.
But the money will flow a different way.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
But the money will flow a different way.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.
The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance
Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.
www.10news.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.
The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
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Another reason we can't "just get private bookmobiles to schools to get kids banned books" is that this isn't about the books. It's about the fundamental rights to democratic spaces that represent a whole community.
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights
A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.
bookriot.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Another reason we can't "just get private bookmobiles to schools to get kids banned books" is that this isn't about the books. It's about the fundamental rights to democratic spaces that represent a whole community.
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...