Francesca Coppa

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English & theatre & film & fandom. Fair use advocate.

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It me: How young is too young for anti-aging? The “Sephora Kids” debate we need to have www.reckon.news/honey/2024/0... I note that *social media does not have to be like this!*

How young is too young for anti-aging? The “Sephora Kids” debate we need to havewww.reckon.news The viral beauty trend is opening the doors on needed discussions around age and the impact of social media on young girls.

Coming soon to NYC www.eventbrite.com/e/entertaini...

Entertaining Mr. Sloane by Joe Ortonwww.eventbrite.com A nice young man- Sloane- arrives to rent a room in a family home. But this isn't a normal family. Sloane isn't just any nice young man....

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If I were a New York Times education reporter, I’d cover this, really looking at the consequences for students in New York City.

Queens College Lays Off 26 Professors Two Weeks Before Spring Semester - Queens Ledgerqueensledger.com by Charlie Finnerty and Celia Bernhardt | [email protected] Administrative leadership at Queens College CUNY informed faculty Wednesday that they would not reappoint 26 full-time substitute profes...

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Thanks, American Dialect Society, for choosing "enshittification" as the 2023 Word of the Year. Cory Doctorow's apt term describes how online platforms decay by showing users less and less of what they came for, while keeping them trapped and unable to exit for better alternatives.

2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification” – American Dialect Societyamericandialect.org

SO honored that my book Vidding: A History is a finalist for the ACLS's Open Access Book Prize!! Thanks to UMichican Press who're the BEST & most supportive editors/publishers. Thanks also to Muhlenberg College for supporting my work & to my student (now alumni) team and to ALL THE VIDDERS. <3 <3

ACLS Names Finalists for 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awardswww.acls.org ACLS is pleased to announce 10 finalists for the 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards.

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Join us for a free Zoom event, the "Queen of Lesbian Pulp," Ann Bannon, in conversation with the maven of erotic sf/fantasy, Cecilia Tan! The University of Illinois rare books library is bringing us together for a one-of-a-kind discussion!

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Follow-On Work of the Day, Advent Edition

Don't forget to open the first door on your Samuel Beckett Advent Calendar today!

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If ya HEAR some jingle bells by the side of the road, saying 15 miles to the

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People who didn't have to live through the '80s can't understand what a wasteland it was, and what a cool oasis Peter Gabriel's music was amidst the pop desert.

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Venture capital killed a 151-year-old magazine that I and so many other people were proud to work for, until, of course, we were all laid off a few weeks ago.

After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazinewww.theverge.com The long-running publication has come to an end.

I love Reylo fanfiction — and so does publishing mashable.com/article/reyl... For all the bitter Spuffy, Reylo, etc fans out there (including me, quoted!)

I love Reylo fanfiction — and so does publishingmashable.com A deep dive into the popular enemies-to-lovers ship and the books it's shaped, including "The Hurricane Wars."

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Conservative Bishops : but what about the scripture, these so called wom- Pope : PASTA DINNER Conservative Bishops : bu- Pope : PASTA FUCKING DINNER

Pope Francis sitting down and eating heaps of pasta with his assembled guests made up of migrants, sex workers, trans people and the unhoused - and apparently all having a lovely time of it - is what I'd like to see from all leaders today. www.them.us/story/pope-a...

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Agamemnon had plenty of riches, big ego and no common sense, which is the cause of the Quarrel, and here is the moral: Don't confiscate other guys' bitches. [Actually, I have a lot of sympathy for Agamemnon, and this is not really the moral of the Iliad or even book 1...Just Limericking!]

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From Vonnegut’s preface to Breakfast of Champions www.loa.org/news-and-vie...

Kurt Vonnegut, on 11 November.

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Even if you've only had half a cream cheese bagel since 6 o'clock this morning, summon the strength to pitch @contingent-mag.bsky.social's special December issue on The X-Files and history. contingentmagazine.org/x-files/

Jose Chung's December Issuecontingentmagazine.org Since it premiered on September 10, 1993, The X-Files has challenged its viewers to think about truth, memory, power, perspective, and technology. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the show, we are...

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Council of Elrond is like a departmental meeting. They all know the only difficult solution but it's not possible to get there right away so they while away hours and hours of discussing non-starter solutions until there's finally some junior faculty who volunteers "I will take ring to Mordor"

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First book talk coming soon at Muhlenburg College! We'll be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the school's radio station.

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What makes this even better is that Tom Morello shared it 🤣

be careful out there!

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Trektober 31 - The women behind-the-scenes in Star Trek production! There are actually a lot of women behind-the-scenes throughout the history of Star Trek production, so it was really hard to figure out who to fit in the last one. (Another long thread incoming)

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"Toyota is raising the wages of its factory workers — all of them non-unionized — after the UAW strikes at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis culminated in pay hikes for unionized employees." www.axios.com/2023/10/31/t...

Toyota raised wages immediately after UAW dealswww.axios.com Toyota is raising the wages of its non-unionized factory workers after the UAW strikes at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis culminated in pay hikes for unionized employees.

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Taking kids trick or treating in Brooklyn never feels quite real; it always feels like it’s a movie. This was from last year (tho tonight was quite the same), but, like, this doesn’t seem real. Sometimes living in NYC is exhausting, but sometimes it’s pretty magical.

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New favourite example of ambiguity

Fuck this hustle-culture bullshit. When I’m a skeleton I’m not doing a goddamn thing

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"This problem could be solved if only people stopped being lazy," is not going to work. Smaller retail footprints in large developments, more affordable commercial rents, and programs that make it easier to pack a wider array of essential businesses into neighborhoods that lack them would all help.

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BREAKING: The UAW has won a tentative agreement with General Motors. Six weeks ago the UAW launched a historic and creative strike. These disciplined walkouts and years of organizing have now led to huge tentative agreements covering 150,000 workers at America’s Big 3 automakers.

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Bravo uOttawa law students.

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How To Be Gay, by David M. Halperin rb.gy/t5g9t

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Heh.

The kids are all right. :D Great article on fan edits by Cat Zhang in the NYT, plus a shout out to the great Kandy Fong. Bonus quote from me. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/s...

Why Do Fan-Made Trailers Rule the Internet?www.nytimes.com Fan edits — short montages of films and television shows like “Bottoms” and “Succession” set to music — have become a staple of online life.