Joy Castro
Author of 'The Truth Book,' 'Hell or High Water,' 'Island of Bones,' 'Nearer Home,' & 'How Winter Began.' Latina, mother, professor. Loves justice & hard work.
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92 cases of COVID-19 reported on campus from Oct. 15-21
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln reported 92 positive cases of COVID-19 during the most current seven-day period (Oct. 15-21). During that same span, 1,514 tests were conducted.
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Joy Castro
92 more cases of #COVID-19 reported at #UNL last week. #highered
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Ricketts eyes resources for hospitals as COVID cases rise
Coronavirus hospitalization has reached a new high of 315 patients in the state.
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“There were 924 new coronavirus cases reported Wednesday, bringing the state total to 54,467. With three deaths Wednesday, the number of COVID-related deaths rose to 530.” #Nebraska
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Opinion| Right-Wing Trolls Attacked Me. My Administration Buckled.
On the cravenness and cowardice of the corporate university.
Armed civilian roadblocks in Oregon town fuel fears over vigilantism
People driving in Corbett describe being stopped by militias and asked to identify themselves as fires burn
Midlands Voices: Universities underpay adjuncts; administrators should take pay cut
Most Americans don’t realize that 70% of college-level teaching is performed by higher education’s most vulnerable workers: adjunct instructors, who teach for painfully low wages on temporary contracts. At the
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#Highered: On underpaid adjuncts, administrative priorities, & moral leadership in a time of budget crises.
#race #gender #COVID
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COVID-19 Digest: 3 more quarantines announced, drawing total to 5
The university announced two additional quarantines on Aug. 30, raising the number of student living facilities directly impacted by COVID-19 to five. In other news, the university has updated safe operating procedures related to cleaning and...
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Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Pi, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Delta Delta, & Kappa Alpha Theta all under quarantine at #UNL.
#COVID #highered
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Covid in the Classroom? Shhh. Some Schools Are Keeping It Quiet.
Some states and school districts provide detailed data on school outbreaks. Others choose to keep such information under wraps.
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I’m very troubled by #UNL’s policy on this. In my view, our mandated lack of full transparency about positive COVID cases is unethical, & it capitulates to just the kinds of political pressures mentioned in this article.
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July Newsletter - Igniting Inclusive Excellence
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“It is also important to remember that students entering or returning to the University may arrive still processing #trauma, frustration, and uncertainty.”
—@DrMarcoBarker
#highered #BlackLivesMatter #COVID
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Joy Castro Archives - [PANK]
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Happy to have the opening of my new novel, ‘Flight Risk,’ published in @pankmagazine! Gratitude to @RubenQuesada!
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Breaking Silences: PW Talks with Kate Manne
In 'Entitled' (Crown, Aug.), Manne, a philosopher at Cornell, scrutinizes recent case studies of male privilege and misogyny.
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“I’m trying to give a philosophical analysis of phenomena like misogyny and entitlement, and also to identify their real world forms in the milieux I inhabit.”
—philosopher @kate_manne
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Nonfiction Book Review: Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne. Crown, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-1-984826-55-8
Cornell University philosopher Manne (Down Girl) delivers a hard-hitting and outrage-inspiring interrogation of the links between male entitlement, both individual and systemic, and misogyny.
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“In the political realm, [@kate_manne] cites studies showing that women seeking power must be ‘exceptionally communal’ to a degree not required of their male peers to explain the rise and fall of Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign.”
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Democracy Now! Audio on Apple Podcasts
News · 2020
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Today’s episode reveals to the broad public, via interviews with Black people who knew & worked with him, the loving work of community uplift in which #GeorgeFloyd was engaged when he was slaughtered by Minneapolis police. Listen.
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Department of English | Nebraska
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Proud—again—to be a member of @unlenglish. Our statement, “Departmental Commitment to Anti-Racist Action,” has actual teeth in a moment when many academic & other organizational statements do not.
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#Unis4all: An Open Letter to the U.S. Higher Education Community - Public Seminar
For a growing majority of outspoken administrators and faculty, the economic fallout associated with the COVID-19 crisis threatens to catapult U.S. higher...Read More
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Terrific #highered thought experiment/pandemic solution from @videotroph, @BillySaas, @MaxSeijo, & Benjamin Wilson. Wild but def worth thinking through…
@RonnieDGreen
@MEButton
@UNLLancePerez
@UofNE_President
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'We've never seen this': wildlife thrives in closed US national parks
Deer, bobcats and black bears are gathering around parts of Yosemite national park typically teeming with visitors
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“A handful of workers who have remained in Yosemite…describe an abundance of wildlife not seen in the last century.”
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Seven faculty earn named professorships
Seven professors have been awarded professorships from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor. They will be recognized at a luncheon planned for the fall.
UK coronavirus mass home testing to be made available 'within days'
Test to be validated this week, then made available to healthcare workers and general public.
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“Thousands of 15-minute home tests for coronavirus will be delivered by Amazon to people self-isolating with symptoms or will go on sale…within days” in the UK.
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Fiction Book Review: All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad. Dutton, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-1-5247-4597-4
A tragic accident leads to soul-searching in Masad’s smart, heartfelt debut. Maggie Krause is enjoying an intimate moment with her girlfriend when her younger brother, Ariel, calls to say that their m
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“[S]mart, heartfelt,” and “remarkable”: @PublishersWkly’s starred review of @ilanaslightly’s debut novel.
@UNLwriters @unlenglish
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Why So Many Organizations Stay White
Understanding how race is historically and structurally built into the workplace
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“Hiring for elusive notions of ‘fit,’ locating operations in largely white communities, mandating dress and grooming rules rooted in European beauty standards, and expecting non-white employees to code-switch…”
—@victorerikray
(#highered)
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Students burn Latina author's book after she discusses white privilege
Jennine Capó Crucet was discussing My Time Among the Whites and Georgia Southern University ‘not planning any actions’ against students
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Proud of our #Latinx colleague Jennine Capó @Crucet for the important political work she continues to do. The book-burning students exemplify what she critiques.
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