Jill Galvan
@jillgal
Lit (& other fiction) scholar; writer; teacher; person. Local AAUP board, active for higher ed. Research: media, emotions, marriage, horror.
The labor org AFT (American Federation of Teacher)'s recent partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic is really concerning. Perspective from a writing prof. Includes an overview of terms of the deal.
Just one of several results from the public records request: "For complaints where the content of the chalked message is noted in the documentation, *every single one* pertains to pro-Palestine, anti-Zionist, and/or anti-Israel chalked messages."
We need experts on the challenges of writing instruction in the age of AI. So misguided. Plus the "culture" problem claim is super alarming given CCCC's advocacy for underrepresented groups.
Or the direct look at the thorny problem administrators are trying to deal with through AI, disingenuously: the rise of unionization and demand for better wages for the now-majority ranks of the non-tenured:
Saw the person bagging my groceries was reading Flynn's Dark Places, raved, said oh! Flynn's been compared to a book I'm excited to read next, I'll find the title! Was still searching long after this poor roped-in bagger had obvi lost interest, so hey, here it is. Victorianists: that cover ALONE.
On the other hand...back to form. Way to carve out and say your transphobia, NYT
saving this unusually vivid/accurate NYT language about the birthright citizenship verdict for posterity
Real question, maybe especially for horror folks: what did you think of the The Beauty? am I the only person who liked it BECAUSE it was over the top? and that tag line
It took me years to realize emotions were a thing you have to deal with when you write, wish I'd had Sarah Mesle's book along the way. Practical tips but much more. It's incredibly generous, plus honest about how confusing it is to write for the humanities right now, esp for the precarious.
I don't even watch this one (it's other reality tv that lures), but this analysis makes it tempting. What's a cast to do when its dynamic is ten years in to the "reality" and stale?
One of the best contemporary "love" poems, Kim Moore's "In That Year" (2014).
Voting Rights Act gutted. Disenfrachising as "sunsetting," no. Doesn't work for academic discourse, doesn't work here.
The Pitt is forgiven its laughable version of an English prof because of its on-time book recommendation
This is one of the best political analyses I've seen in a long time. Great anthropological piece about "Cassandras" (and their pernicious foil, "anti-alarmists"). Also just really good writing.
Taking a break from the chaos to recommend this character-driven mystery. It's a slow burn and one of the best of its type I've read in a long time. Can't believe it's Walsh's first novel.