Professor teaching radical love, critical pedagogies & community building. Affiliate Researcher UC National Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement. Anti-authoritarian.https://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3lfb2ypenx22tBeyond unbelievable. The world is literally burning in three fires around us, we're in a state of emergency, major events are being canceled left and right, and the email is just an outright denial of danger while flames are visible and everyone breathes ash. I moved my class online. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfb2ypenx22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3leupcmyhhc2tAs someone struggling with what I want to share with students when the term starts, reading this was immensely helpful. Also, what lovely treat to be listening to Workers Playtime while reading Billy Bragg's 2025 words almost 30 years after the album's release. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jan 2025 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3leupcmyhhc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3leuipzpmvk2oAs someone born in the Oregon Trail Generation where Gen X and Millennials meet I can't remember ever being taught about the idea of consent in either high school or college. https://jennymag.com/2025/01/02/babygirl-gen-x-women/03 Jan 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3leuipzpmvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3ldykqjzql22xIf you work with young people, do your part to emphasize the importance of signatures! https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-12-23/young-voter-signatures-california-ballot-curing-verification23 Dec 2024 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldykqjzql22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3ldquvmtozs2jAn OC Register article lists 2024 restaurant closures around the county, but misses a big one: Old Vine Kitchen & Bar (aka Old Vine Cafe 2007-2019). I was behind the scenes at Old Vine for 13 years and if you were part of our community, then you know what a loss this was for Costa Mesa. ❤️20 Dec 2024 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldquvmtozs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3ldm7twejks25The stack of unread books on my desk can confirm that they are releasing booxytocin, just like their friends, the books about to be delivered and lovingly added to said pile. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2024 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldm7twejks25https://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3ld4tykt5ik2eThis box haunts my 2nd grade memories. Bleak, but using SRA was the first time I remember feeling competition, individualism, and ranking as important in the classroom. We learned to tie our worth in education to quick card completion and next leveling. I kind of get the chills thinking about it.12 Dec 2024 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4tykt5ik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3ld3pctux3s2s#Edusky friends: I’m a child of the 80s with vivid 2nd grade (?) memories of a box of what I can only describe as large reading cards with colors denoting different levels. Each kid was on a different level depending on how quickly they completed the cards. Do you remember this? What was it called?12 Dec 2024 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3pctux3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3ld3k5ahpic2s#Edsky friends: I’m a child of the 80s with vivid 2nd grade (?) memories of a box of what I can only describe as large reading cards with colors denoting different levels. Each kid was on a different level depending on how quickly you completed the cards. Do you remember this? What was it called?12 Dec 2024 05:31 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3k5ahpic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3ld2iasw5qk2iThis. Exactly why I stopped playing Two Dots. Watching anxious and terrified animated characters on ads between rounds, and then realizing their suffering is the story line of other games was just a hard pass. Since I refuse to pay to bypass ads of their distress, I stopped playing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2iasw5qk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3lcvzkz36wk2tICYMI, this was one of the best things I read all week. Reminded me of being a teen reading 1990s Sassy Magazine and wanting to be IRL friends with Angela, Rayanne, and Rickie so bad. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-12-02/my-so-called-life-30th-anniversary10 Dec 2024 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvzkz36wk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3lcvso5ugpk2zMade the mistake of logging into NextDoor and someone was trashing a small POC-owned restaurant. The person claimed she was mistreated, the place wouldn't accommodate her modifications, and then admitted she threw a plate of food on the floor and yelled at the owner to clean it up. (continued in 🧵)09 Dec 2024 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvso5ugpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3lcq7mh6xsc2iI'm on sabbatical this fall, which means this is the first semester since 2013 that I'm not drowning in papers while living out my Joy Division grading playlist: Isolation, A Means to an End, She's Lost Control, Twenty Four Hours, Disorder, Something Must Break... #EduSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd07 Dec 2024 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:hhea6axsgx2ymv7mcfvxfx4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcq7mh6xsc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bellhookedme.bsky.social/post/3lcoimuxkqk2uExactly right. I’ve been told I shouldn’t offer extensions because students “need to learn about consequences.” No. They understand punitive driven education. I want them to learn how to ask for an extension when they need it, and to learn grace — how to accept it and how to extend it to others. 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